Evening star., 1922-12-01

u" has called will have neither parti-
| sdnism nor politics. Of course not.
Ii will be similar to a certain church,
| different from all other churches in
| That ii had neither politics nor re-
ligion in any of its activities. We
| could hardly picture the pompadoured
| senator from the bounding west be-
| ing mixed up in any political move
/ ment. In fact. he has little taste for
! parties. SO what folly to hint that he
would be interested in adding another
! tint unto the rainbow mean party
! to the nation.
! \ senator who was not famed in th"
| recent election takes cruel pleasure
| in prodiing tho Tame ducks" and
more than limiting that they have no
| moral right to vote on issues which.
i h" claims. the people repudiated ats
\ ,he recent election. But how does
| le verify his assumption that. be-
J cause this senator or that one was
beaten for reelection, some issue
which was not directly voted on was
! condemned? The defeats were noe
all due to the same set of circurn-
! stances or issues.
! Nevertheless. the general discussion
| Of tho desirability "f bringing cleo
| tiur and change of personnel closer
; together than the Constitution now
! prnsi1es NAV we'll z" "n. In that re-
i spect. America is far more c"nserVa-
! tive or slow IN react TO the eS-
pressed will of the pe"pie-than any
! nation of the old world.
! The proposal TO amend the C"nsii-
! tuition 50 as To bring inauguration
.av to January l. instead OF Marcf .,
F. Will probably be pushed at the co;nt
| ing session Of Congress for submits
! sion TO the states. But while abonn
il. to amend the Constitution, why rot
go farther in the change. and IN
! stead Of January I. make the date
December II That is not too sudden
change Of policies Legislative and er.
| ecutive-which will always be the
result of the franchise In the EurQ-
pean states a cabinet falls by vots
If lack of confidence. not by the pees
J pie but bv the parliament. We would
| stiil be far more conservative fbap
| any European state if. upon the ,TsS
oe the polls. in the first week or 80.
50 expressed should go into eject
! within thirty days. instead OF ~
I months When the Constitution vas
adopted the means of communication
! and Of TRANSFORMATION wore so much
| s.ower th:n they are TO-DAY that thi,-
~ days now is equivalent II SIX
months of a century ago.
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| Lovers Of Washington as the City
Beautiful are rejoicing over the CONF
; ing of Senator James Couzens. the
successor of the former Senator New
berry. for Senator Couzens. mayor OF
Detroit former partner of Henry
:; Ford. and multimillionaire. is noted
as an expert and enthusiast in city
development and in the inprovement
of public utilities. 1t ie predicted thar
he Will he III" leader of movements 10
make Washington an ideal citT.
:: *
Tile country is watching with in
tense interest the alleged contro-
versy in the Presidents cabinet over
the proposed merger OF the packing
companies. Attorney General Daueh-
erty rules that the merger is legal
and he sees no reason for opposing
it. Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace.
who before he came into the cabinet
had fought the evils of monopoly in
the live stock market. on behalf Of
the producers of stock. does not
question the legality Of the merger.
With him it is not question of law.
but of business eXpediency. in pro-
tecting the interests of the stock
raisers and the ultimate consumers
of meat
Whether there is any foundation
for the reports that Secretary Wal
lace will resign from the cabinet II
his position is not maintained on this
and other purely agricultural issues.
nobody is qualified to affirm or deny.
Ii ought NOT To be that such an issue
would be influenced one way or an
other upon any threat of designations
of cabinet officials. for the fate OF
one man or another is not TO be
compared. in Importance. with the
merits OF the issues. 1t is argued
that the packing companies can al
ready do. through collusion. all that
a constellation would enable them
10 do. in c"uspirinC against con-
sners and producers and manipulat-
ing prices Ii all comes back to the
alleged profiteering of the middle
men. If Congress could meet that
danger hy lrgislating limitation
upon the legal spread between what
the farmer or ranchman receives on
the hoof and the price the consumer
pays at retail. the issue would be
protected on such question Sec
expert. as he is not only a dirt farm
err but a live stock professor. for
mcrly of the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege He is supported by the farm
bloc of Congress and by agricultural
associations.