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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
MIR. HUGHES HUMILIATION.

1t is surprising that man OF such
ability and generally high character az
Secretary Of State Hughes should be
content TO remain in the humiliatins
position in which he Is now so plainly
placed by Mr.. Hamilton Hollis press
ing and pertinent inquiry in relation
to his attitude towards the League
of Nations. He is in the position Of
man who deliberately violates his
plighted faith.
Mr.. Hughes WAS one OF the thirty
prominent Republicans who. during
the campaign OF 1920, appealed TO the
people 20 elect Mr.. Harding President
a. the only hope OF victory for the
League Of Nations. For the Repub-
lican party" Mr.. Hughes then said in
explanation, "is bound by every con-
sideration OF good faith 20 pursue such
a course until the declared object Is
attained"
Mr.. Hughes was bound by this
double pledge, his signature and hii
public endorsement So was Mr.
Harding. who at the time made NJ
objection 70 this pledge In his behalf
President Harding has repudiatet
this pledge. as tho people well know
And Mr.. Hughes, forced TO an expla
nation by Mr.. Holt, virtually says n
repudiated il because Mr.. Harding did
How humiliating.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
SURPRISING REnIssrnss.

The legal business Of tho city of
Wilmington Is in the hands of tho
city solicitor. He has for years had
an assistant, and recently another as
sstant was provided for tho purpose
OF giving special attention TO the col
lection OF n large amount OF overdue
taxes which. through lonx-continued
inefficiency OF tho city administrati ton,
have been permitted to accumulate.
This week. In the court OF n local
magistrate. n policeman who had been
dismissed after trial by tho Depart
ment OF Public Safety, susd tho city
on claim for salary duo him during
tho period from HIS suspension to HIS
actual Dismissal The ex-polioeman
and his counsel were promptly on
hand. but counsel for tho city wns
conspicuous by absence. After waiting
'N"''S "A' "'u' Ao' nhi. uio uHsiS-
trate very properly Gave Judgment
for tho plaintiff, by default. And de-
fault It was. The assistant oity So
licitor who was expected to represent
the city at this hearing was engaged
In the Common Pleas Court on an
other case--not n city case. Il Is un-
derstood--and therefore wss not able
TO give attention to the city's legal
business without neglectins his own
Later no took an appeal froy the
magistrates Judgment and tho case
| Will go to higher court for deter
imitation.
Here we have an instance OF how
the public business fares under the
direction OF Tho Republican admins
tration which has long been In power
with n city solicitor and two assist.
ants, the city goes unraprcsented II
court The city solicitor WINS mott
fed and endeavored TO hnd his as
sistant, but without effect. This In
stance r. small I'm financial import
ance. but II Is large in respect of Tn
situation II presents. Why should Tn
people OF Wilmington put up will
such incfIlciency. ruch disregard q
their interests on the part OF an nd
miristration which IL chooses TO at
tend TO It's public business7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
THERE AMT NO TwAS1.-

Editor Every Evening: An esteem
ed contemporary" OF yours. weekly
newspaper. made this statement IN q
recent issue:
Professor Sharp teaches the
Yankees tho correct forms In litsra-
ture and may eventually show them
how 10 eliminate tho nRsal twens
from their conversation"
Ue-or someone else apparently
did that years ago. foe the writer has
mover heard any "twang" Of eny sort
in New England: and eho would sug-
gest that Professor Sharp bs secured
20 come here and eliminate tho local
twang-as IN such expressions af
"daovn," "araound" and INA wrket
by tho way. J have heard Professor
Sharp lecture In New Bngiand-~-ant
there wns no difference dscernsbls ir
HE epcach from that Of tho New
Englanders lie himself would 10 th'
first Co deplore the extreme dis
courtesy of the statement quoted.
But one feature which has proved
moro Interesting than local express
sions Ia the higotry and nsSrowness Of
certnin local newspapers. They bo~s
OF their broad mindsdpcss. Wbsre 4
NJ Nsver. IN New England nswr
paper. have known editorial writsr-
/ to descend 20 such petty prsctioc n
/ 20 sheer and slur continually q
neighboring states. They have NOR
worthy things 10 concern them thai
sectional prejudice.
Possibly. he who wrote the abov
, quoted paragraph has been no neare
New England than Philadelphia and
therefore no competent Judge of TIM
disturbing "twang" OWN that strik
a spark from tho fint?)
Can II no expected that tho,e No
/ Englanders who have come her
ready to do all within their power {
be useful. worthy citizens Of thi
state. viii carry away a high opinio
OF the courtesy and hospitality as ~
hibited here?
II may be thought Of slight conse
quencs: but II fs worth while. In man
ways, 20 be considerate OF I'll
stranger within our gates
A Citizeness.
Wilmington. July q. 1922
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
GRAND RAPIDS THE GOLDEN.

IL you would know tho glories of
any particular creation OF man or na-
utre, go to the local newspaper at it's
point OF production. TO the Suffolk
(VaD Herald. the peanut ia not
humble goober and nuisance under
foot. but. rather the sturdy mainstay
of a proud community. The Hes
perides. according to any Los Angeles
paper held no golden apples compar-
able to those orange globules of de-
light which hang on tho scented trees
in the shade OF tho oil derricks.
Raisins, in the purview of the Fresno
Republican. are at the other pole from
sour grapes. And so, In Grand
Rapids. furniture is esteemed the
| highest good.
| Hear the Grand Rapids News. out
lining the woes Of man before furni-
ture became common:
IF you felt desire 20 be edited
| by the fine arts. to enjoy something
beautiful, you would be obliged, rnin
or shine. to hike out to the public
square. Every thing was outside.
| Furniture increased mans desire for
knowledge. II made IL possible for
him to sit at home and study. draw.
read and write.
What a magnificent thought. And
what magnificent heritage to be en-
ployed or TO deal in 80 cultural SC
educational a commodity"
TO know Grand Rapids Is to love
ii. The very existence Of town SC
sure Of itself. so certain of it's mis-
sion on this care-worn sphere, is com
forting beyond words. Though throne,
may totter, states give way. and con
stitutions fail. yet shall Grand Rapid!
go her way. filling alike the boudoiri
Of movie actresses and the halls o
the iLdicals with whatever is suit
able therefor. All else in ruin ma!
so down. But do not despair; stou
hearts beat and skilful fingers still
chisel steadfastly there besides tn
Grand. If world In turmoil can b.
saved by furniture, Grand Rapids
shall save it at the last. If social un
, rest can be cured by giving eacl
: and all of us a Morris chair TO res
, in, 10, the worst is over. and seren
rises the star OF hope. Let us hav
3 faith and footstools!
: blessings be upon the Romans 0
: whoever 1t was that invented fur
niture. And blessings, too, upo
( Grand Rapids, whose seal should b
r a chiffonier rampant on a field G
: drawers. May her yeneers never gro'
It lessl--New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

quietly that the same thing happened
In tho Inst ycnr Of thS Wilson Admin.
istration But he states that NJ soon
"a the matter WINS called 10 his Mt
tehtion nc cent his replies. some OF
them Wholesale. As for the assertion
that hk course had delayed or block
cd tho Issuance and execution OF man
dates under tho League. the Secretary
explains that no had merely insisted
10 the Allies upon tho preservation Of
American rights, and that In the pro-
ears Of making tho necessary agree
monts there had been ns much delay
on their side rs on his. However, he
speaks hopefully Of all the difficulties
now being In tho why OF friendly ad-
justmcnt.
From the whole. II la only fair To
conclude that Secretary Hughes has
taken no position hostile to tho League.
How could no. after having been ono
of It's early and avowed champions
| But there is a manifest difference be
| tween being studiously polite 20 man
and being eympathetically friendly
with him. The question now Ia whether
Secretary Hughes and tho President
may not be able 10 advance beyond
mere courtesy to approval. Would 1,
necessarily shock the Senate into ar
apoplexy IL the Administration were "a
declare that II recognized tho Leagu,
~ most useful and promising insti.
tution--at least for the rest Of tn,
world2 Would the foundations Of tn,
Republican Party be destroyed IL Pres
ldent Harding were 10 announce hi,
desire 20 cooperate cordially with III,
League In every way possible7 w,
know what the steps are In FIRST on
during, then plying, and finally ON
braclng Vice; what would be the harm
of endeaworins to do the same witt
regard TO Virtuc7 II might have a. b,
done tentatively and timldly. with on
eye feerfully on tho Senate. but com
day II will have TO he done. and tn
country is only waiting To know w1hel
a beginning " 10 be mnde---New Yorl
Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
ANOTHER TARIFF SETBACK.

The United States Senate, Thurs
day afternoon. by a vote OF IS TO II.
refused 70 rstify the high protective
duties the finance committee had REQ
commended for the protection OF the
cotton glove industry. Some OF tho
duties proposed represented ad valorem
equivalents OF the specific rates as
high "a l1p per cent.
An amendment proposed by Senator
Lenroot and adopted by the Senate
provides that In no case shall the duty
on gloves Of the kind covered by the
schedule exceed rs per cent al val
orem- The revolving Republicans num-
bered twenty.
The Reputation of the committee
followed a debate that lasted more
than four hours. tho high duties pro-
posed by the committee being de-
Tended by Senators McC,mber and
Smoot and the New York Senators,
Wadsworth and Calder. This Is the
schedule popularity referred TO A. the
'Gloversville. New York. schedule IS
! because the principal advocate for the
rates was ex-Representative Lsttauer
/ OF Gloversville. one OF tho leading fig
ures in the American glove industry.
| Thus IT is seen how even Republican
sentiment is baking over the proposed
heavy imposition of taxation con
tanned in the pending Tariff bill. Cot
ton gloves are worn by the great ma
iority OF people. many being unable
to afford the better gloves. and this
proposed high tax would have borne
heavily upon those least able to with
stand It. But how the glove manufac
turers would have profted had theil
schedule gone through.
One Democrat, Brousssrd Of Louis'
ana. who supports all other kinds o
tariff taxation in return for heav.
tariff duties on sugar. q chief produc
OF his State, voted against cuttnl
down This onerous glove tax. Bu
.,~h.aa,, panrbIicone voted for III
, amendment. showing the extent OF III
Republican division
The detailed roll call as printed 4
tho papers fails 10 contain the nam
Of Delaware's two Senators on eithe
side.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
HUGHES AND HIS
WORD OF HONOR

II used TO be thought that Mr.
Hughes was Just tho sort Of man
who wished to be taken very seriously
That was n mistake.
ON October IA. 1920. Mr.. Hughes
signed public statement. together
with thirty other prominent Republi-
cans in which he said;
I'VE have reached the conclusion
hat the true course 10 brinR America
into an effective league TO preserve
peace Ia 10y frankly calling upon
the other nations to agree 60 changes
IN the proposed agreement which viii
ohviate this vital objection (ArtiCle X
and other objections less the euhiect
OF dispute
For this course we can look only
Ia the Republican Party anu tta can
didatei the Democratic Party and IT'S
candidate IRE not bound to follow IT,
The Republican Party ls hound Ivy
every confederation of good faith 60
pursue such course until the declar-
cd oh iect IN attained
Twenty months have passed. The
| other nations have not been frankly
| called upon 20 do anything. Nothing
! has been ssid on tho subject by the
| Secretary OF State Yet, az II happens
| the Secretary of state is the same Mr.
| Hughes who twenty monthe ago fell
bound by every consideration of good
! faith"
| put that Isn't tho whole OF &C. After
| twenty months Of silence and inactior
| Mr.. Hughes writes n letter. In tina
| letter he refers 90 his pro election Ut
tcrnnCce. Among those utterances h'
completely forgcts TO mention his fina
| word on the subject. made less thar
| three weeks before election The prom
! 40 on which his wing of the part,
| went before tho voters is completed,
ignored. The promise To revise IN
covenant until Il vaa acceptable /
forgotten: tho fact that tho unre
yised covenant was unsatisfactory }
insisted upon.
This seems TO US to touch Nj
Hughes personal honor very closely
He made a promise. He took the ofiic
through which alone that promis
could be realized. And he acts as II h
had never made the promise.
But soon or late Mr.. Hughes wi
have TO keep that promise or explai
why he ~ unable to keep It. For hi
position il a little different from tho
of the other thirty who signed tn
appeal. Mr.. Hoover is only Secretar
of Commerce. DR.. Butler Is only Presi
dent of Columbia University. NJ
Lowell Is only President of Harvar
University. Mr.. Root Is only a privat
citizen. But Mr.. Hughes lis in chare
of the foreign relations of the Unite
States.--New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
OUR DEMOCRATIC WOMEN.

The Democratic women OF New
Castle county are now engaged In
affecting a good working orgenizat ton.
With view 20 securing full regis
trstlon Of women for voting NJ the
November election. Under the direc-
ton OF Niss Ellen samworth. vice
chairman OF the New Castle County
Democratic Executive Committee. tho
organization Was finely started at a
meeting held in Dcraocratio hsadquar-
tors. this city. Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. Florence Seward was chosen
chairman OF the organization for Will
minSton. And Mrs. w. Harmon Rey-
nolds OF Townsend chairman for the
rural county.
Tho Republican women also nrc or
ganized, but Il is doubtful II they
Will have the same interest as Demo
cratic women, or evince the samc nc
tivity and enthusiasm, The Golfers Of
the Republican party can supply all
I the money necessary TO an effective
prosecution OF organization work. but
this lavish supply OF money cannot
buy real enthusiasm or inspire the
women with patriotic party zeal. with
/ the Republican party in ifs present
| disorganizcd and discredited condi:
! ton. Tho Democratic women, on th'
contrary. have inspiration IN the op
portunity afforded by this years cam
paiEn 20 vote and work for real re
rorm-for better government nn'
lower taxes in State and natlon--an'
to bring about good results through
Democratic victory. And this tn
women OF Delaware intend to do.
The Republican party organization
Of Delaware has been cold in &C
cepting the cooperation Of the womel
voters. II fights shy OF women candi
dates for public Office and clearly dis
plays It's lnck Of sympathy with equn
suffrage. But the Democratic part
organization cordially welcomes tn
. good women OF Delaware as equal CO
workers in the splendid cause OF re
deeming Delaware from tho evil In
; Fiction OF gross partisan nlisrule.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
MONEY FOR MUSIC.

There Ia no doubt Counciisnen Nc
Nabb had good grounds for his en-
phatic objection. al Thursday nights
meeting OF City Council. to the pro-
posed allowance OF $500 from the
city treasury for public band concerts
during the remainder OF the summer
He doubted the legality Of tho allow
snce and also claimed the money could
be much better employed IN buying
fuel for the poor during the coming
winter.
There II practical force in this con-
tention as 20 tho channel into which
this money might be directed, but or
the ground Of legality II may be helt
that Council has as much right 10 ap
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
TNCLASsIFIApLE.

Senator Ia Toilette, who occasion
ally supports his party at Washington
Is to have tho support. no now thing In
his career. OF tho Wisconsin Socialists
lie In candidate for denomination IN
the Republican primaries The wis
consin Socialist state Convention de-
clined TO name "A candidate against
him, This amounts 20 approving him
and making him n Socialist candidate
The Socialists are forbidden by tho
CONSTITUTION RI their party 10 do this :;
but what IL party constitution IN
comparison with Mr.. La Toilette. worry
much 90 "a Socialist himself and used
To Socialist assistance at tho prii asrles
and tho polls2 The New York State
Socialist Convention couldn't be
brought 90 blame their Badger
brethren for this virtual "endorse b.
ment" of tho Irresistible Senator
Bob" ms his New York Socialist adj
mirers love TO call him.
lie Is still a Republican officially
n La Follstte Republican. Tho Mil
waukee journal. always ntrahilious
| in tia Wow Of the veteran genius of
| wisconsin politics. wants 10 know
| IL Republican and Socialist principles
[ arc east In tho same mold or has
the Republican Party como TO such
a pass that its only principle IL &c
get tho votes7" We'll, the Republican
Party scems deoidodly short of votes
IL not OF principles: but IL Isn't fair C
query tho political status Of Mr.. Ia
Toilette. lilo has friends IN manj
camps. 1t IL hard TO label him
IIe il just himself. solitary. different.
n sort OF universal comoouter wh'
happens also 20 be one OF tho shrewd
est cf bosses and vote-collectors
None but himself can be his paral
lei. The principles of Republican
Ism" don't amount to hill OF bean
In his case. La Follettism is just tn
amount OF Republicarisp. socialism
or pure bobbery that Mr.. Ia Follett
Chcoses TO absorb and emit from tim
to time. Labor. Farmer-Laboi
Socialist, Republican and who know
how many more parties are mad
use of by the accomplished and az
; glutlnative Little Giant OF Wisconsin
N. Y. Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
wANAMAKER's GOOD ADVICE

Mr.. John Wannmakcr In very sue
cessful man OF business and he is "a
years old. so that when he gives n
piece OF advice we can listen TO II with
attention, though advice In not always
followed. Someone asked him to give
n message TO the business men OF the
country. and among other things In
his answer Mr.. Wanamaker said.
I>rok up, not down." thus quoting the
words OF an old friend OF his. not 10
look too much In, but 10 look out and
never to look backward. One may
smile tho smile OF superiority Mt these
not very novel words. but II We all
remembered them. the United States
OF America would be happier place
to live In than 1t IN. why In Il tina,
of ten In credited with more clevcrners
and interest than such words as Mr.
Wnnamnker uttered7
or course To n New England that Is
mournfully and sternly proud OF lts
powers OF Interrogation this advice
may seem unpalatsble. The ingrow.
ing Joys Of self-examination are not
no easily given up as all that. Mr.
Wanamaker In not a New Highlander
but II he has put these idoas int,
practice for some eighty-four years
with the results that we ace. ther,
must be something. In what he says
And New England. even with his cont
science and its introspection. IL no
everse to tho euccessful conduct %
business.
Tho great trouble with looking II
Is what you sec. II Is senerylly un
pleasant or Encouraging. and thos,
who do this looking into themselve
are very apt 20 think that innocen
acauaintances AND strangers want I,
hear about it. They don't. They ma!
like 10 talk about themselves hut the
most emphatically do not Ike hav
others do tho same. So II i1 ~
| TO hear what MIR, Wanama
| In these times II IN good tn hear - lex
stout hearted. cheerful sentiments.
| Boston Transcript.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
SOME REASONS GIVEN.

Editor Every Evening" noticed
In one Of our local papers an article
on the closing Of tho Employment Blu
reau, In which II WINS stated that lack
OF appreciation on the part OF appli-
cants WAS tho cause OF It's closing, and
that many persons failed 10 show UP
on tho jobs TO which they had bcen
assigned. This " perhaps true In n
few instances. but the reason In OBJ
vious: the pay offered was too small
TO exist on unless tho person had no
one but himself to support.
7 know n carpenter who told mo
that Miss Smith gave him an sfn-
ployment card and sent him To Loves.
Del. His trip there and back cost
him the last ten dollars no had. and
when he reported for worlt they told
him they had all the men they needed.
| | also know that a certain carpenter
applied at the office about tho first Of
! November and called every day to zoe
if there waH any chance OF n Job. He
kept thig up for two months and when
he asked II there was anything for
him yet. he received negative an
swer. and yet he saw carpenters who
applied long after he did given prefer
ence and sent out on jobs That he
should have been sent 20.
The bureau may have done quite
n bit of good. but II could not create
work. and most all who secured jol
Through It's agency had TO take - wog'
entirely Inadequate 10 meet theii
needs. Tho employers. taking edvan-
togo Of the laborers necessity. forced
wages down and labor was compelled
TO submit. Why II II that when The
call for reduction came the first on
tu suffer waH tho wnge earner7 WIN
can't capital stand for little reduc
ton also7 The cost ~ living IN nov
two per cent higher than last month
w. n. Greene, 1909 Laurel street,
/ TIL 1yVo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22

proprhts public money for the one
purpose ~ tho other. Or there IL
ample room for the contention that It
has no lawful authority to spend tax
money for either purpose.
On the ground OF propriety much
may Do said. For tho distribution of
fuel to the poor tho City Council is
custodian OF a small trust fund, the
income OF which goes TO the purchase
Of fuel for tho poor. For many years
City Council has annually supple
mentcd this fuel fund Wa IN Ap-
preparation. which a committee II the
members expended at their dlscro-
ton. This distribution Of fuel by
Councilmcn has largely been = bur-
lesQue and an imposition. partisan
considerations diverting much OF this
free fuel into unworthy or undessrv~
ing channels.
The music proposition In of another
kind. These public band concerts arc
an element of interest and recreation
to Thousands Of our citizens, especially
those who cannot afford to attend con-
certs where admission 10 charged for.
They arc. therefore. = public bcnef,t,
and on the ground of good policy the
City Council has a right to extend
financial support to them. And a. fur
as Its legal powers are concerned. n
has as much right TO cxpend money
for this public srntuity ~ in tho pur-
chase Of fuel for the poor.
There will be general commentator,
In view OF these elements Of tho sit
ustIon, OF City Councils favorable vote
on ths motion for an appropriation
with which to guarantee tho oontinu-
ance of these admirable public con-
certs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-22
COURTESY TOO STUDIED.

If Secretary Hughes continues to
dissemble his love for the League of
Nations, he at least has no desire TO
kick It down stairs. In his supple
mentary defense against the charge
that he had treated communications
from the League with brusque discour-
tesy, he makes out fair case. 1t Is
not denied that Il certain number of
letters from League officials lay for
a time unanswered in the State De-
partment. Secretary Hughes points out