The St. Joseph observer., 1922-12-30

Is what Thomas jefferson has always
taught us.
Gov. Hyde predicted that n. r,
Brewster, Republican candidate for
senator, would carry st. Louis by 1OO,-
900 majority. The little notary pub
lie Of Grundy county assailed the type
OF voters who were espousing Senator
Reeds candidacy. Every dog ought
to support Senator Reed" he said,
because he sits up on his launches
and howls." Gov. Hyde spoke before
a crowd of about 1000, judging from
the results of the election and that
hi-fa-lutin speech ono is very much
inclined to the belief that the people
did not take much stock in what Gov.
Hyde said, but must have thought that
the governor was talking through his
hat.
Gen. Robert e. Lee was himself a
civil engineer and soon after he as
sumed the presidency Of Washington
and Lee University he recommended
to the board of trustees the establish
ment Of school OF journalism in that
institution, the first suggestion ever
made in the United States looking to
such an end
Ohio Progressive Republicans are to
meet and "rededicate" the party. They
seek to get away from being an "office
boy for the special interests"
Tho prohibition dry chiefs want
fund OF So.5OO,OOO to enforce the in
famous Volstead act This money
would be better spent in building a
poorhouse for the old people in the
good old United States Of America or
in giving an education to some un-
fortunate children, or to some down
trodden girls or boys. AS for prohibi-
tion agents they are not needed. But
we do need the narcotic agents badly
and few more at that.
1t takes the Independent -democra-
tic-progres-ive public press Of this
country to solve any problem and to
solve it right,
New York is our greatest city. It
also comes pretty near being our
greatest problem.
p Ponzi now tells us how he began.
; We all know how he finished. He was
sent to the penitentiary.
Henry Ford may Immediately es-
tablish a freight and barge line be-
tween st. Paul, Minneapolis and st.
Louis and other cities along the Mis-
sississippi river. 1t would result in a
big saving to shippers at St. Louis and
other cities to whom use Of the line
} would be extended.
! If this should ever meet the eye Of
| DE Valera he will please take notice
that unless he is willing to place Ire
, land above his own small personality
, and come into the Irish Free state,
: surrender and lay down his arms and
l support the Irish Free state govern
+ ment, and quit his guerrilla methods
, Of warfare against the regular con-
= stituted authorities of the Irish Free
state. he will be captured. court mar
s tailed and shot as certain as day fol-
0 lows night.
n Attorney General Daugherty Of
Washington may or may not be I'M
a peached for "malfeasance mIsfeasance
= or non-feasance" in public office, but
s. It is almost morally certain that the
g atand-pat Republican party will be
r Impeached by the American people in
r A, D., 1924.
+ Monsieur Clemenceau went homo
= saying his ghost would come back to
n see US, 1t would be a cheerful, vel.
g come ghost He considers France the
! center of the universe, with a claim on
= all creation. and you respect him for
. 1t. But Germany In It's present de-
n plorable economic and financial con-
g diuon with the German mark down to
/ almost zero" It looks as II France
will not dare to Invade the Ruhr dts
/ trlc. (yl ct Rrmls) and force Germany
x into a complete collapse which might
'r end IN anarchy. Bolshevlsln and an
II other terrible war such as tho world
d has never seen or heard Of,
ID The German people arc now work
It ing from 10 to "a hours day and
rs many Of them are undernourLhed
10 sick and starving because Of lack Of
3 sufficient food 10 keep body and SOU
P together, and because the German
n mark Is almost valucloss og worthless
o. IN the trade marts OF tho world today
p Unless Eugland ana the Cnitod state,
y, come 70 The rescue Of Germany with.
Dr. out further delay all hopo may be lost
for Germsny's economic and mora
Ir restoration and regeneration and repa,
"a ration,
T. France must keep her hands off 0.
I'd the German republic ana its indus
iii trious people II she hopes to reallzt
any reparauon payments from Ger