The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-02

Hiram Johnson Victory. The Country Is All Right. Legless Mir. Malone. Peter Manning's Record.
 D. ApruI1p RpIsRANE
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

By ARTHUR BRISBANE
 Hiram Johnson's victory in Cal ifornia is good news for the whole country, which needs such men in the Senate. It does not surprise any body that knows California. A state progressive in every thing else, going forward in thousand direc- tions could be nothing but progress sive In thinking and voting.
 The people of California believe in government for the people of the whole country. And Hiram John son represents that belief.
 Nothing the matter with this coun- try, says Judge Gary, of the biz steel company. "The fault is in in- dividuais." Correct, and the ch' fault in individuals applies to per cent of them.
 They devote thought to everythi-s except the most important thing, their vote. Dependent on laws, they allow politicians. usually selt-se- lected lawyers, to do the governing and make laws for them. Men that have no experience. special training or executive ability. climb into the most important seats. When individ- uals vote intelligently. the nation will have fewer troubles.
 A New York beggar. "Stumpy Ma lone" is prosperous in private life. Having no legs, he travels the side walks sitting on a board with four little wheels, pushing with his hands. At home he has artificial legs and fine clothes; also an automobile and a chauffeur. It is said he collects s1oo day from charitable people. The newspapers write about it. quite excited. !.
 "siuinpy Malone's" gifts are vol untary: in each case the giver en- joys a pleasant thrill to self approval, worth the money.
 Newspapers might pay attention to some other collectors. the corpora tions practicing taxation without representation," about which our an- cestors got so excited and which we take so calmly. Any one of dozen corporations take out of the public in 8 minute more than legless MT. Malone can collect in year.
 Peter Manning has broken trot- ting record. Before you could buy, for one tenth the price of good trotter, an automobile that would beat any trotter on earth. the news of mile trotted in one minute, 5s& seconds would have been great news. Now 1t amounts to nothing. You need not be very old to remem- Der the excitement about Maud S. Old William H. Vanderbilt, 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 a horse trot- ted a mile in a half minute. He can only keep it up for one mile. You can get an automobile that will go all day long. nicely and steadily, & miles an hour. And at night you don't have to stay up grooming 1t. feeding it, bedding it down. Once the fast horse was an important part of civilization. Now like the grey hound in England, 1t Is simply a tool of professional gamblers.
 Nellie Grant is dead. That has meaning only for people with gray hairs. Many old soldiers that went to Grants inauguration in 1872 will remember his only daughter, then a girl of Is, with curly hair. She was married in the White House to an Englishman, Sartoris. She died the wife of Franklin Hatch Jones. Chicago banker.
 Nearly all these to whom the name of Grant meant much had died before her. That name now Is part of history that little boys and girls. learn in school. The world moves along rapidly and forgets.
 For one man to whom Nancy Hanks means the motner or Lin- coin, there are 10 to whom it means the name of trotting horse.
 Lord Lascelles, nobody in particu- lar, except that he married Mary, daughter of the English king, is kicked in the chest, very gently, by race horse. He immediately re- assures tho princess" And the newspapers of the world imme- diateIy put the great news conspic- uously on the front page.
 That's more than they did with frs of the AS men trapped in the
 |ornia mine. now surely burned
 oked to death. Rank still counts ais world. even in democracies.
 overnor Miller wants New York Ie to celebrate the Marne victory
 September 6th. A good idea. al-
 bugh many have forgotten exactly lat the Marne victory was.
 IMany would be pleased If we had Come victory of our own to celebrate. For instance a victory over the coal / and railroad difficulties, with a be- ginning of continuous prosperity.