The Washington times., 1922-09-01

Hiram Johnson's Victory.
The Country Is All Right.
LegIess Mr.. Malone.
Peter Manning's Record.
by ARTHUR BRIsBANE
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Hiram Johnson's victory in
California is good news for the
whole country, which needs such
men in the Senate. II does not
surprise anybody that knows
California, A State progressive
in everything else, going for
ward in a thousand directions,
could be nothing but progressive
10 thinking and voting.
The people of California be-
4 lieve in government for the
people Of the whole country. And
Hiram johnson represents that
belief.
Nothing the matter with this
country, says Judge Gary. Of the
big steel company. "The fault
is in individuals" Correct, and
the chief fault in individuals
applies to 80 per cent Of them.
They devote thought to eyery-
thing except the MOST I'M
PORTANT THING, their VOTE.
Dependent on laws, they allow
politicians. usually self-selected
lawyers, to do the governing
and make laws for them.
Men that have no experience,
special training, or executive
ability climb into the most im-
hportant seats. When individuals
vote intelligently, the nation will
have fewer troubles.
"A New York beggar, eStumpy"
Malone, Is prosperous in private
life. Having no legs, he travels
the sidewalks sitting on board
with four little wheels, pushing
with his hands. gAt home he has
artificial legs and fihe clothes:
also an automobile and chauf-
. feur.
II Is said he collects 500 a
day from charitable people. The
newspapers write about II, quite
excited
"Stumpy't Maloness gifts are
voluntary; in each case the
giyer enjoys pleasant thrill
Of self-approyal, worth the
money. 3 ss
Newspapers might pay at
tention to some others collec-
. tors, the corporations practicing
"taxation without representa-
tion," about which our ances.
tors got so excited, and which
we take so calmly. Any one Of
a dozen corporations takes out
or the public In minute more
than legless Mr.. Malone can
collsct-ii : wear,
Peter Manning has broken q
trotting record. Before you
could buy, for one-tenth the
price of a good trotter, an
automobile that would beat any
trotter on earth, the news of
mile trotted in l minute 59&
seconds would have been great
4 news.
Now it amounts to nothing.
n You need not be very old to
remember the excitement about
Maud S. Old William H, Van
derbilt, with the long side
whiskers, thought more of her
. than he did about the New
York Central railroad.
Now it wouldn't amount to
anything If horse trotted
mile in half minute. He can
only keep it up for one mile.
You can get an automobile that
\ will 20 all day long, nicely and
steadily, thirty-fiye miles an
hour. And at night you don't
have to stay up grooming it,
feeding it, bedding it down.
Once the fast horse was an
important part of civilization.
Now, like the greyhound in
England, it is simply tool of
professional gamblers.
Nellie Grant Is dead. That
has meaning only for people
with gray hairs. Many old sol
diers that went to Grants in
auguration in 1872 will remem-
her his only daughter, then a
girl Of fifteen with curly hair.
She was married In the White
House to an Englishman, Sar-
toris. She died the wife of
Franklin Hatch Jones, Chi
cago banker.
Nearly all those to whom the
name of Grant meant much had
died before her. That name
now is part of history that lit
tie boys and girls learn IN
school. The world moves along
rapidly and forgets.
For one man TO whom Nancy
Hanks" means the mother of
Lincoln, there are ten to whom
Il means the name Of trot-
ting horse. f
Lord Lascelles, nobody in par
ticular, except that he married
Mary, daughter of the English
King, is kicked in the chest very
gently by q race horse. He
"immediately treasures the