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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
BY FREDERICK J. HAsK1N

WASHINGTON Dec. 2S.-A senate
selected by a method wholly antago-
nistic to the devious ways of ordinary
politics. A senate composed of men
whose primary qualification for the
honor is a record service to the pub
lie and achievements reflecting honor
upon the nation. A. senate through
whose portals it will be more diff
cult for politician to pass than for
the proverbial camel to pass through
the needles eye.
Has there ever been such a senate =?
Will there ever be? Or is it merely
a dream Of idealistic experimentalists
in governmental affairs?
The answer to the first question is,
No. The answer to the second is,
Yes, perhaps. To the third the reply
must be made that obviously it is a
dream of idealists, but it must be
added that it is far more tangible
than most dreams for it is about to
be tried out.
The senate of the Irish free state
is to be this unique legislative body,
if peace comes to the Emerald Isle and
the Irish have an opportunity to work
out their own political destinies under
the new constitution of the free state
Needless to say, the experiment will
be watched with the closest interest
throughout the world, and particularly
from this side of the Atlantic.
The Irish senate, the constitution
provides, is to be composed of two
members representative of each Irish
university and q 56 members repre-
sennstive at larfFe of men of attain
ment in Ireland. The senators viii
be elected by popular vote, but tht
candidates from among whom the
people will make their choice will bc
nominated in most unusual fashion
Three times as many candidates al
there are senators to be elected viii
have their names on the ballot o.
these nominees two-thirds will be Sc
| lected by the Irish chamber of depu
ties, body corresponding to the low
er house of congress in this country
and the other third will be nominated
| by the senate itself.
The term of office of a senator il
! fixed at IL years, twice that of 81
/ United States senator. One-fourth o
| the membership of the Irish senate il
to be elected every four years, where
as in this country one-thlrd OF tn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

hu Root, John S. Sargent, William
Howard Taft, Booth Harrington and
Woodrow Wilson
Other great Americans mentioned
frequently included an editor, an en-
gineer, labor leader, another engi-
neer, an actor, a publicist, natural
ist, revivalist, prohibtionist and
baseball player: They were: Presi-
dent Harding, Charles P. Steinmetz.
Samuel Gompers, George w Goethals,
E. H. Sothern, William J. Bryan, Lat
ther Burbank, Billy Sunday. PUSSY
foot" Johnson and Babe Ruth.
But, to return to Ireland for a mo
ment, whoever would have dreamed
that it would be the Irish who would
be the first to suggest taking the pol
iticians out of politics, or taking poll
tics away from the politicians? Think
of the Murphys, the Sullivans, the
Crokers, the Taggarts, the Flynns, the
F'itzgeralds, the Cockrans, the Burkes.
the O'Conners, the O'Rourkes, the
oh, what's the use?
Think of the boss of your ward and
of your precinct leader!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

the life of the deep country may understand
just how much of terror and sick dread hovers
over hate-bitten community that let's itself slip
back into the atmosphere of darker age. The
days are only little less dreadful than the
nights The city dweller, with his lighted ways
his policed avenues and the feel of thousands
moving about him, must experience such feel
ing of menace to know it.
"The affair at Mer Rouge is a warning to the
country and the Ku Klux Klan. Men who have
any reason in them will understand that this
thing which had become inevitable in Morehouse
Parish is inevitable any and everywhere that
masked men become law into themselves.
Guilty or not, the Ku Klux must bear the blame
at Mer Rouge. Guilty or not guilty, it will get
the blame for similar terrorism, outrages and Sc
raise its hooded head.
'It was this that destroyed the old Ku Klux,
which had some shadow of excuse for existence.
It found that it's masks were covering the faces
of private vengeance and neighborhood outrage.
The men who had created it destroyed it; they
hoped forever.
"a lesser breed pandering to hate and pre-
judice, has revived its name but not its spirit
There is no excuse for this hateful thing that has
come back. 1t hoods dangerous intolerance
and robes narrow-skulled bigotry. Bad as this
is, the Klan offers also disguise behind which
private vengeance, outrage and murder may
lurk
"Mer Rouge today is pattern and example
of what any rural community may be tomorrow
! if it is sheltering one of these hooded outposts
of the invisible empire" A generation must
pass before Mer Rouge, or any other community
marked by this blighting curse, can live it down
and forget it. That is the hideous gift that the
Ku Klux Klan brings"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
MANY GATES OPEN TO HAPPINESS
BY George Matthew Adams

like like and shut gate like to
look at beautiful
not Like cold big gates that shut out human sympathy and
worldly
unlocked gate-a gate easily opened.
that opened by pulling
adjusting long that made the gate almost talk as
for
winding path-oen many e-passing
anything omanticay restu and
appealing?
of my journey
in
thrill youth
last
| gates anybody to into
time and questions talk to exchange thoughts
traveller world
happe people those with the most people in their lives
There the little tod
'front.' the home father the mother
outbut to let them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
A New Kind of Senate
Irish Free State Provides for Unusual Method of Selecting
Members for Upper Branch.

| senators are chosen every two years
But it is in it's provisions as to the
| qualifications of the candidates for
| the senate that the Free State consti-
tuition is of especial interest 1t stipu-
| lates that before a man can be made
candidate he must have done honor
to the nation by reason of useful pub
| lie service" or he must, because of
| special qualifications or attaimets,
represent important aspects of the
nations life"
Under such limitations it is con
ceiVable that politician might get
| into the Irish senate, but it would not
be by playing the game of politics, or
being politician. He would have to
have a record of achievements in 9TH
er fields more likely to commend him
| to the consideration of the public
Manifestly, too, the senatorial candi-
dates would owe no allegiance to par
ties. nor could their nominations be
dictated or controlled by party bosses
or special interests.
| Men who attain to seats in the Irish
upper house may be representative of
almost any line of human endeavor-
art, science, literature, industry. fl
nance, education, medicine, the min
istry, the law, and what not They
may be poets, soldiers, engineers
priests. painters, publicists, farmers
professors. labor leaders, captains OF
industry, doctors, lawyers, merchants
chiefs" but it is a fair gamble that
the percentage of the men of the Law
will not be so high as it is in tbs
personnel of national legislators In
these United States.
Men will not seek the senatorial
toga in Ireland for the sake of the
Office and the power it symbolizes
They will strive for pre-eminence ir
their chosen fields of endeavor in the
hope that the toga will be conferred
! upon them as recognition of merit
carrying with it an opportunity fol
Y further and greater service to the
people They will enter the senate
not to make their careers, but tG
round them out. They will not be
great men because they are senators:
they will be senators because they arc
great men.
I 1t would b interesting to read thS
then follow the record of the proceed
ings of such a senate!
, Experiment Might
Be Tried Here
1t is interesting, also. to speculate
upon the possibility of trying such ;
revolutionary idea in the United
States and how it might be worket
out Federal and state constitutions
amendments would first be in order
but assuming that they had been Ell
fected, here is what might be done
Qualifications of senators would b
the same or substantially the same q
provided in the Tish free state. L
order not to increase the membershi
of the senate to unwieldly proportions
senator to each state and 48 to tn
country at large. instead of two t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
In Louisiana

The ultimate consequences of the un-Ameri-
can principles espoused by the Ku Klux Klan
are abundantly and concusivey proved by the
horrors revealed in Morehouse Parish, La. The
dispatches from that political unit of Louisiana
should convince the public of the real menace Of
an Organization that cloaks its identity.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, which is
one of the large number of newspapers in the
United States, that can find no virtue in the
Kan has the following to say about the Louisi-
ana incident:
''In Louisiana the evil bloom of the Ku Klux
has come to its perfect flower Terror lives by
day along the roads and bayous of Morehouse
Parish. Stark fear walks there by night as it
has walked for months. Dead men, their pa
thetic and broken corpses, wire-bound, are being
dragged from stagnant lake and buried in a
lonely graveyard, the mourners guarded by bay
Onets against an invisible menace.
"Men are sleeping with rifles at their right
hands. Women are shuddering through the
long, slow, dark of December nights. The or
derly ways of Anglo-Saxon society have broker
down.
"Brooding and suspicious, here is commu
nifty of blacks and whites, of men and women
divided against ITSELF The shelter of the Law
has been pulled down by invisible hands. Thai
is what the Ku Klux means.
"Only the country-bred and those who know
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Musings For The Evening
THE GLOOMS

n < 1EOOMS
They're going to have another war.
The staesmen tell US so.
That's what diplomat is for
To prophesy our woe.
The diplomats have got to talk
And rouse the common lobs.
If they did not put up squawk,
They could not hold their jobs.
The common people toll away
To put some joy in life,
The windbags come along each day
Prognosticating strife.
If hatreds were but let alone,
They would soon disappear
But diplomats must growl and groan
And spread unrest and fear.
If these old glooms will go and fish
And let their speeches cease,
The universe may get it's wish
And have a little peace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
After E1nner Stories

PA, its the first of the month
again"
"Well."
"Have you the morey for the furnt
ture man."
eyes"
"And the instalIment on the auto
mobile, the payments for the set OF
books, the washing machine, the car.
pet cleaner, the rent and that lot
we're buying, or shall I have to be
out when the doorbell rings ?"-Los An,
ge1es Times.
At street corner in South London
a candidate was holding forth from
the tail of cart. Now" he said,
will ask myself one simple question
eyes," roared voice from the
crowd, "and a ID silly answer
you'll get t-"-London Daily Express.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

notes Of the trip. BY doing this he
gained from his university the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy. 1t was
this trip in his early youth which
gave him the idea that Greenland was
promising field for exploration, and
in 1887 he began preparations to cross
the great ice fields of the interior of
the island The government of Nor
way refused his small grant, but it
was provided by fellow townsman
merchant, Augustin Camel.
Nansen started in 1888 and re-
turned in 1889 after many hardships.
In an expedition in 1890 the parlia-
ment, king and a number of Chris
tiania citizens were behind him. In
June, 1898, he set sail bound for the
arctic. As soon as his ship became
frozen in, accompanied by fellow ex.
plorer, he started on the terrible jour
ney across the interior. The ordeal
lasted from August, 1895, to May,
1896.
In 1905 Nansen entered politics and
was influential in Norway's bloodless
revolution After the separation OF
Norway and Sweden he was appointed
| lister to England. He retired from
that post in 1908 to accept the chair
| in oceanography in his alma mater
/ During the war he did such admirable
work in repatriation of war prisoners
that he was appointed high commits
sioner of the League of Nations.
As winner of the Nobel peace prize
| he will be awarded $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

@. What part of the food that farm
ers consume do they raise?-F. A +.
A. A survey reveals the fact that
about 20 per cent of their food is raised
ny farmers Or exchanged locally. The
rest is brought in by railroad Possibly
another 10 per cent could be produced
economically at home.
@. What country is known as the
Fhadeless land?-N. A.
A. Australia has been so called.
The leaves of some of the trees there
are SO arranged as always to present
their edges to the sky, other have
foliage composed of mere needles, and
others dispense with leaves altogether.
@. What states produced the most
gold last year,. R. H.
A. California stood first with a gold
production valued at $15, ,704 ,822. Col
orado was second with S6,S35,32 and
South Dakota third with $6,605,1
Our possession, Alaska, came between
California and Colorado with an out
put of gold valued at $S,073,540.
@. In crfbbage, if both persons say
"go," who counts it?
A. The one who comes the nearest
to 81, that is the last player, counts the
for the go.
@. What is lanista?-J. H.
A. This was term applied to the
trainer of Roman gladiators, also to a
fencing master.
@. Who invented the 'Rule of E1ey
en- used in Auction?"-M R. w.
"A This rule was invented by r
f. Foster in the days when Whist was
in vogue. 1t is, of course, equally
applicable to Auction.
@. Do animals lap-up water, or sucf
it ups J.
A. Carnivoruus animals lap III
water with the tongue. Herbivorou:
animals, as the horse and the OK, suci
it up.
@. What is meant by the saying
Go to Bath and get your heat
shaved ?"-P. r. N.
A. At one time persons who showed
symptoms of insanity were sent tt
drink th emineral water at Bath. SHAY
ing the head was generally performed
when insanity was suspected. The OBJ
y tvious meaning is, satirically, ''You ar,
! going mad; you had better go to Batl
and get your head shaved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

each state, as at present Fixing the
term at II years, 80 senators would
be elected every four years, instead
of every two years.
Three candidates would be placed
in nomination for each seat to be
filled Two of the nominees for each
senator representative of a state
would be selected by the state legis-
lature and one would be named by
the national house of representatives.
Such senators would be elected by the
popular vote of the people of their
respective states. Two-thirds of the
nominees for senators-at-large would
be selected by the national house of
representatives and one-third by the
senate itself. These senators would
be elected by a nationwide popular
vote.
To carry the speculation a step
further with a view of arriving at
some idea of the kind of men who
would find their way to the United
States senate under such system, it
may be recalled that some time ago
a New York newspaper invited a large
number of representative men and
women to submit lists in answer tc
the question as to who are the u
greatest living Americans. The IL
included most often in the lists were
those of an inventor, college presi-
dent, a manufacturer, an engineer, a
lawyer, a general, an industrial chief
tan, another lawyer, an artist, a judge,
a novelist and publicist.
They were: Thomas A Edison.
Charles w. Eliot, Henry Ford, Her.
bert Hoover, Charles E. Hughes, John
J. Pershing, John D. Rockefeller, Eli
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Memories Of OldDays
In This Pepper Ten Years
Ago Today

Jacob Bayer, sheriff-elect, was the
first Progressive sworn into office in
the Wayne county court house. Bayer,
Albert Chamness. treasurer-elect, and
Benjamin Parsons, recorder-elect all
were sworn in and their bonds accept
ed by the county commissioners The
treasurer's bond was fixed at $4,000
b ythe county and $4,000 by the city.
The recorders and sheriff's bonds
were $4,000 each. These men were
among the first Progressives sworn
into office throughout the state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
After Dinner Trick S

Nc. S71-Picking Up the Coin
The performer lays a large coin on
the table, and asks some one to place
his palm fat upon it, and to pick up the
coin by simply raising his hand and
closing his fingers. The spectators find
the feat impossible, but the performer
succeeds on his first trial.
To do the trick, press the right hand
firmly down on the coin, pressing the
coin with the fieshy part of the palm
just below the first two fingers (see Fig.
-. If the hand is then lifted, and the
fingers quickly closed, the coin will fol
low along. It will adhere to the hand
and can easily be caught before II
drops Gig. y.
cO0srI0At. 1888. ~ Puous LEDGER comssns
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

was born in Frozen,
n e ar Christiania,
Norway, in 1866.
When he was Is
his family moved
to Chr i s t i a n i a,
where he received
his education. He
entered the Chris
tiania university in
Is s 0, specializing
in zoology. When
of age he Joined a
sealing ship in a
voyage to Green.
land waters. Upon
his return he wrote
and published his
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Do You Chafe!
Peterson's Ointment

To the multitude of friends who
have used Peterson's ointment for ec-
zema, itching skin and scalp, piles, ul-
GERS and old sores of long standing,
Peterson says, Tell your friends that
Peterson's ointment will stop chatting
in two minutes" CSC, soc, S100, $3.50,
IS. 00-AdYertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

My grandchild could get no relief
Whatever from very bad croupy
cough" writes Peter Lands, Meyers
dale Pa, until I gave him Foley S
Honey and Tar. 1t is a great help for
chest and throat trouble" Coughs,
colds. Group, throat, chest and bronchial
irritations quickly relieved with Foley's s
Honey and Tar. Contains no opiates-
Ingredients printed on the wrapper.
Stood the test of time serving three
gensratfous A G., Luken Drug Co. 626-
62S Main St-Advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Who's Who in the
Days News
FRIDTJoF NANsEN

The Nobel peace prize which al
ways arouses widespread interest,
goes to Fridtjof Nansen for 1922.
Nansen, who is a famous Norwegian
arctic explorer and oceanographer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

1t is said that the daughters of 500
OF Americas richest men have mar
ried titled foreigners and that their
aggregate dowrp falls little short of
three nuarferS of q billion dollars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Answers to Questions

iAny reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Palladium
Information Bureau, Frederick J. Hask-
in, director, Washington, d. c. This Of
fer applies strictly to information The
medical and financial matters 1t does
mot attempt to settle domestic troubles,
ON any subject Write your question
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address and enclose two cents in stamps
for return postage. ALI replies are sent
direct to the inquirer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Lessons in Correct English
DON'T SAY

! wish I WAS going with you.
If he WAS here this would not have
happened.
WEREN'T that you over there?
/ wish it WASN'T raining.
WEREN'T going any place.
SAY
I wish | WE'RE going with you.
If he HAD BEEN HERE this would
not have happened.
/ wish 1t WEREN'T raining.
WASN'T that you over there?
| WASN'T going any place.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28

To reduce by one day the illness
person among those gainfully en-
ployed, would be the equivalent of
adding 10000 to our labor supply.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
SUFFERED WITH
LARGE P|MPLES
For Two Years. On Face. Itched
and Burned. Cuticura Healed.

suffered for two years with
pimples on my face. They were
hard, large, and red, and sometimes
scaled over. They were scattered all
over my face, and when / washed
they itched and burned dreadfully.
used different remedies with
out success. I began using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and after using
two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment / was
healed" (Signed) Miss Margaret
Hoffman,, r. r. 2, Box IS, Birds
eye. Ind, Jan. Q, 1922.
These fragrant encllients are all
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
WOMEN HAVE
ENOUGH RIGHTS
Frown on Movement for
New Amendment

WARRINGTON, Nov. Making
women equal 20 men" by means Of
an amendment Go the federal consti
tuition. IL frowncd upon ha 100000
women In the Woman's Federal
Trade Union league.
Not that they don't want ineduaii-
ties removed They do. hut. they
say with men and women equal be
fore the law. M far as duties. re-
spcnsihilities and privileges 40. the
courts may decide Il h unconstitu-
tionai for present welfare" laws
specially designed for women. 60 con
tinue.
On the other hand. q wing of the
national woman's party. Is OF the
opinion that welfare laws. N they
exist ut ALL should exist for both
men and women. and 40 no special
laws for women are necessary. Both
men and women should have proper
laws sanitation In places Of work
and the rest
The woman's party. however. II by
no means sure that an amendment
Co tho constitution would upset the
existing labor laws for women.
1T II putting too mitch w u
the courts. 20 believe they would 20
interpret IL says the organization OF
working women.
As matter OF fact. n + pointed
out. II has been found that when
welfare laws are created for women
In industry. II usually results In
bringing about better conditions Tot
working men. too.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Bet the Wax Makers
Are Behind This

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE brush"
moustache Ia passe. say West End
experts. Every moustache must
now be long enough to allow a good
twist NJ tho ends-or they are not
fashionable.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17

BRUSSELS. Nov. i7.-Ssvcn Bel.
wian women smuggling German
good. into Belgium were caught BY
giri detective. who gained their
confidence and rot them 20 brhg
about their exploits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Stolen Kiss Ends
in Cops Murder

PARIS. Nov. IA drunken In.
horer kissed Nine. Aiic, Roland on
tho street Paul Rochet Knocked
the lahorer down. A policeman
fired at Roche,. thinking him a
bandit, Rochet returned the fire.
killing the policeman. but has been
acquitted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Arabic Golden Age
Aim of University

BAGDAD. Nov. Hiking Feisel
Of Mesopotamia intends that the
great Mohammedan university to be
founded here shall work for . ~.
vival OF the Golden Age Of Arabic
learning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Youthful Princess
Not Sure Of Throne

TIE HAGUE, Nov. f7s-Princess
Juliana, 12.yearold heir to tho
Dutch throne. was reproved severely
by the Queen for remarking that
"in these days I must not count too
strongly on being ousen-s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Rearing Pigs IL
Study for Girls

wooTTON BASSETT. England.
Nov. i7.-Four girls. ranging In age
from Is to is. have shared In the
distribution of pigs made here with
the purpose OF teaching the younger
generation scientific farming.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17

ROME. Nov. 1.-THE police have
lost all trace Of Antonio d'AIba. who
tried TO XIII King Victor Emanuel
In 1919 and who was psrdonea in
November. Search IN being made for
him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-17
Record for Quick
Divorces Claimed

LONDON. Nov. i7.--sr Henry
Duke. presiding in tho divorce court.
has shattered another record. He
disposed OF II cases In day, at
tho average ratio Of ~ minutes
each