Evening star., 1922-12-27
REPRESENTATIVE UPsHUR Of
Georgia makes a serious charge
of insincerity against many un-

OF inSlncerlty against many AL
named members Of Congress. to
the effect that they profess to be sup
porting the enforcement Of the Volstead
law while they themselves are patrons OF
bootlegeers. Representative John Philip
Hill. q "wet" member from Baltimore,
challenges Mr.. Upshur to produce his
list of alleged hypocrites-perhaps
with no thought of doubling enat ne
might do so. AS il to connrm all 'he
charges, Senator Curtis. the repuo-
Iican "whip' Of the Senate. calls tne
Capitol police to the task OF weeeihs
out the bootleggers from the Capito''
regardless of who they are, from
private secretary to a senator down
to a page" reminding the police tna'
no one except member OF congress
is exempt from arrest. And In lhe
midst of Senator Curtis charge 10
the police a crash in the senatoF'di
dining room discloses that one OF .ne
colored walters has let fall a oottie
of whisky, which has broKen' noour
a spot on the floor and filled the Air
With its fumes. Instantly all the
walters, well knowing the peru. rush
to wipe UP the incriminating evil
dence.
There are folks who say that that
is not an elevating spectacle IN the
nations Capitol and that Senator Cur
tis' order cannot be too strlctly anu
numerically enforced.
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Funny about those New Workers.
They complain about their coke
which had been. stored last summer
in New Jersey, and now it sWarms
with huge mosquitoes. NO extra
charge for the birds. but the consum-
ers seem to feel themselves cheated
for they wanted roast turkeys. IN
washington we confine our roasting
TO congressman, but they make
tough feastinE, and we might be glad
to trade with New York-if the COKE
is included.
when is a street miry enough 10
Justify the expense of filling its deep
est gulfs and bays? A prominent
citizen living in a suburb OF wash
fngton complains that the water
which is damned in his street re-
uuires life-saver in constant at
tendance lest children drown therein.
Commissioner Keller, rot being ac.
customed to the oriental use OF
| hyperbole. takes the assertion n.er
ally, and instead of sending gravel
| to fill the holes he has sent a man
with a measuring pole to verify the
claim that a child might drown III
them. He asserts that most COM
plants that come to the Commission
satY nj III
| wants facts. II those holes WI
really drown children, let us see the
proof of it. If they are quicksands
| which will SWALLOW an automobile.
! what kind of an automobile do they
| like best? Some automobiles ought
to he swallowed. what's the use of
| filling water holes in December:
| Don't the citizens know that in Janu-
ary water generally freezes soma, 50
| that it makes a fine roadway-harder
than gravel and cheaper? why can
| citizens be patient and reasohapie:
| Secretary Wallace anticipates New
| Year resolutions by suggestions OF
optimism for his clientele of 6,0o0'-
600 farm families He tells us that
he is a true prophet. for a year ago
he foretold better times for the farms
|
! wear. and he claims that his
| prophecy came true-the farmers got
better prices and paid less for their
| labor. True. what they had to buy; BUY
I cost more. but. on the whole. tney
, Jared better Crops were good, though
he does not claim that that was due to
| his prophecy.
He cites the lowering of some
freight rates and interest rates. but
comedies that both freight I.,Is "a and HIN in
raves especially local taxes. are too
high: but as to local taxes. they are
directly controlled by the farmers
| themselves as a rule. so what they
may complain about is within their
own power to remedy: One eneour.
! aging feature he points to is the
fact that other groups than agri-
cultural are realizing more than ever
before; that any depression Of asr,-
cultural prosperity affects them as
well as it does farmers; hence they
are willing and eager to cooperate
with the farmers int adjusting "hat-