The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-01
Today
Hiram Johnson's Fee.
kicked Upstairs,
Things 70 Discover. !
Make Work Attractive.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
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loy AHIHUB bklSbANE!
(cspvrssht. 1854,
Ihs NV York World and
: konik others are excited because
the city Of New York pays
Hisam johnson $4,000 for de,
fsating . rsscally crowd that
was trying to raise the street
car fare from five cents to
eight ceuts.
The whole thing was cut and
dried. everything had been made
reatdy by the State Legislature.
Then the mayor hired Hiram
johnson to defend the city.
And now the governor Of the
State announces that he thinks
the fiyersnt fare Is ''perrna-
hsns. He may well THINK It.
Cor II Il.
Al ei9ht-eent fare TO the peo-
Die % New York would have
meant sixty million dollars a
year taken out Of the pockets
Of working girls. boys. men and
women. What is the value to
New York Of the work that
1 Hiram Johnson did, backed by
the eity's mayor.
The city ought to have paid
, johnson ut least a quarter Of
. million---he should have
charged that amount-and it
\ would have been extremely mod
crate.
No fee is considered too high
Tor tie lawyer that helps cor
porations to cheat the people,
but any fee is too high. appar-
emily. for q man who takes the
peoples side.
The fact starts many young
lawyers in the wrong direction.
y As one lawyer truly remarked,
the only favor . common man
san do mo y TO get run over
& by the cars. Then / can make
some money defending the car
company when he sues IT,"
Senator Kenyon. of Iowa,
leader Of the farm BLOC, is gent
v lifted out of the Senate. put
y IN the Federal bench. A pity to
AXE . good fighting man from
: 'sctive constructive work and put
MIN to deciding other peoples
Iusrrels. Mr.. Harding is free
rom guilt Of any kind. other
vise Won would be reminded Of
.he English habit. of boosting 4;
!. nuisance III the House of Com
mons up into the House of
,ords promoting him into, use
sssness. Judge Kenyon, how
ver, may still be useful 20
Z farmers. Judges can (, write
opinions. need not be sidetracked
J nless they permit it.
4 There's q great earthquake
omewhere on our globe. The
eismograph tells of Il; sci
ntists can't locate it; think it
nay be 1900 miles out con the
I .1oor of the Pacific Ocean,"
,ur big earth Is like a young
hid, unable to tell the doctor
! here the pain is.
A new, small asteroid has
cen discovered. followinq in the
rain of Saturn, in addition to
he mysterious rings. satellites,
end other embellishments. Plen-
Afy Of Interesting, things to dis
over, even IL we have been to
t..he North Pole.
What is inside our earth. 1000
niles down? What's outside Of
our universe. a billion slight
vearss from the thin edge of
he Milky Way? Was our moon
eally created as companion to
ur earth, when this earth was
nlf solid snd threw off. in its
khirling, a huge chunk. Great
ng the hollow now filled by
he Pacific ocean? Would our
ceans have : been stagnant,
eadly pools IL there we're no
noon to create healthful tides2
Al young officer was washed
verboard by a huge wave, lost,
apparently, then washed back
y another wave and is all right.
not that as remarkable as
he story Of Jonah? Might it
xplain the beginning Of that
tory? Things grow in telling.
The story might begin with a
kwave and end with a whale.
The New Jersey Chamber Of
Commerce advises employers to
win over their workers, stop
erives against unions. and plan
5 -operation. Wise advice. You
annot drive or coerce men that
An read and vote. The bread
Inc may seem to quiet them for
time, and prohibition. as one