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New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Sufficiently E1ell-Bent

Maine went-.-not as hell-bent as
in 1920, but still sufficiently hell
bent. The Republican pluralities for
Governor and United States Senator
are considerably better than normal,
allowing for the doubling of the vote
through woman suffrage. In 1915
Senator Hale carried the state by a
plurality of 10000. This year his
indicated plurality is about $4,000.
There was a smaller poll than in
1920 ard the Republican total fell
OFF. But that was to be expected. A
great many stalwart Democrats
voted the Republican ticket two
years agos--in Maine as in other
states.
Names verdict discloses no reac-
ton Of moznent against the national
Administrative. - no particular de-
sire TO register an ofR-year protest
against the party In power. The
people of Maine certainly see no
reason for looking back longingly
to the eight years Of Wilson rule.
IL they have any grudges against
Congress for sins Of omission or
commission they certainly are de-
termined not TO turn to a Demo-
cratic Congress for a remedy.
The Democrats counted In vain
on Down East anti-tariR reaction.
Maine is not very sensitive on such
an issue. Politically speaking, the
states most acute interest In tariff
legislation centers in stiff duty on
potatoes. 1t will be recalled that in
1s90--the year Of the Mckinley bill
landslide--Maine returned four Re-
publican Representatives with in
creased pluralities. But she was
the only state to do that.
What political dynamite there is
in the Fordney- McC Cumber tariff bill
remains to be seen. But the Maine
election will allow the proponents
of that measure to breathe more
easily. The turnover of 1920 was
decisive. The psychology of that
campaign evidently has not given
place to new Psychologist least
not in Maine. The Harding Ad-
ministration is deservedly strong in
public esteem. So far as Congress
is concerned the Republican record
is uneven and spotted But the
Democratic record holds out no
hopes whatever.
Maine weighed the two. So will
the rest of the country have to
weigh them.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
The Education of MIR. Summer

Once more Mr.. Sumner, coming
into court blushing and indignant.
is turned back by a fiinty-hearted
Judge. incidentally Magistrate
Simpson not only gives a clear
statement of the law but offers
some excellent advice to the head
OF the Anti-vice Society when he
insists that a book must be CON.
sidered as a whole In determining
Its influence upon the mind. If the
Summer method were adopted and
isolated passages chosen from
"Aristophanes, Chaucer or Boccac-
clio, or even from the Bible" all
might doubtless come within the
prohibition of the law"
1t has been a tedious ioh ed,-
cating Mr.. Sumner in the law, and
apparently what he learns does him
no good. We begin to wonder if
what ne needs is not broader edu-
cation in the facts. In literature.
Tor example. Why does he not take
good long vacation and read over
selected list Of great books, not
sklmming through them, but read.
ing them wholef He might even
oegin with Aristophanes, Chaucer.
ooccaccio and tie Bible.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Was the Armistice Premature ?

Replying to the fabricated inter
view with Mr.. Kipling, Secretary
Weeks has raised an old question
without throwing any new light ON
1T. Generals Pershing and Bliss. he
says, opposed an early armistice.
Ergo, the United States was not
first in getting out of the war.
Generals Pershing and Bliss in
taking such position probably re-
fiected the sentiment of most fight
ing Americans. The country at large
was insistent upon unconditional
surrender. But the public has never
yet been permitted to know what
actually took place during the try
ing weeks which preceded the armi-
stice. Mr.. Wilson was naturally
accused of wishing to make peace
at the first opportunity. Such a
course was but logical development
of his theories of peace without vic
tory. This attitude was widely
shared by certain political groups in
the Allied countries. Others, how
ever, feared that unless the Ger
mans were driven across tbs Rhine
and made to suffer for their sins
there would be no lasting pace.
On the military side there were
two schools of thought. One favored
an immediate armistice. The other
favored 8 peace in Berlin. Here,
strangely enough, Foch and Wilson
found themselves in accord. Foch
took the position that as soon as
satisfactory armistice could be con-
cluded fighting must stop. 1t was
wrong, he declared, to sacrifice hu-
man lives in fighting if by an armi-
stice the surrender of the enemy
could be obtained. This doctrine
probably would be upheld by the
leading generals Of the world, Per-
shing and Bliss thought otherwise,
and, il Mr.. Weeks is well informed,
went on record to this effect.
Why not make public the records
of this transaction? Certainly the
WaE nepagtnens must be in posses
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
By Royal Cortissoz

self. It is Ike painting & composites
that has always got eonfursa sns
suddenly having IT resolvs itsslf inss
perfect clarity.
Think Of the moments In q DIFFERS
progress in which he perceivss that "a
really Is progress that he is rnskine.
He studies Sarszen's grip untl! ks
feels like Lsoeoon In the coils of shs
serpent but some fine morning hs
actually gets the hang 81 Il. Hs
wrestles with his brassie in desrslss
and then, unaceountsbly, discovers
that IL is the best club in his bag, fhs
one with which he can do incrsdibls
things. He makes q two-shot hole QUO
Of an interminsble brute that hs4
previously dsne nothing but asfaes Bis
score. And, mark you, he does ell thia
by the process which is the very life
blood of the game, by the process "a
trying. i never could eomprehenS tha
eomplaeent seorn Of the Pharisss ia
golf for the duffer se whom be Directs
his gibes. When the potsnta.e nissea
two-foot putt it is. suppose. because
the solar system shifted. Just tAens
The duffer. in the same case Ia asa
sumed to have sounded the depths ef
ineptitude and receives the opprohrinre
due to personal guilt have seen
numbers of very good players Do fsif.
ly terrible things. We read sheus
them even in historic matches. Nes
body is blamed for them. Nsishss
should the duffer be blamed. Whss2
ne needs is not blame, but symrsshy
II he deserves it for anything Il Il
for the all-essentiai virtue which hs
shares with the elect. the virtus Ell
resolution. You couldn't damp be
art?or with q clcaiburst. Swsessert
Hagen, Sarasen. ouimet and the rest
fight on through thick and thin. So
does the duffer. That is where be Il
on sll fours with the best Of thems
though his resources, compared viss
theirs, are like windblown sparks
compared vita the roaring fame at the
heart of confsgrstien. He may ton
his ball, as have said before, but be
will tackle it again, and again, ard yes
again. His head is bloody but sns
bowed. Joeund as the morning, aftss
uurunaharaS ~AAuH. L. nxr,rzs ti&
driver from the first tee and with Gils
bert sings:
Rell on. thou bali. roll eni
Through pathisss realms Of spses
Roll on
What though I'm Ia sosry esssf
What though esnnet meet my bfllss
What though l suffer soethachs's illsI I
what though I swallow countless pillsf
Never yos minds
Roll en-! -
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

Mitchell invited arbitration. He
relied on the fair judgment Of out
siders. But this year the rail shop
men walked out as y protest against
Railroad Labor Board decision IN
which all the members representing
the public joined. They are trying
to substitute their judgment for the
boards judgment and to destroy
the boards legal and moral author
ity. In the coal strike Mr.. Lewis
laid down the ultimatum of no
arbitration In further wage settle
ments. He went on record as abso~
lutely opposed to consulting the
public's views or interest in the
regulation of coal wages and prices.
This is super-militant unionism
---unionism fighting for it's own
stake and raising its hand against
every other mans hand. 1t is out
for conquest, for economic advan-
tages obtained at the expense OF
the unorganized. 1t is no longer
concerned, as Chaplain McDads
said, about equality and fair treat
ment. 1t will not share its loaf
with any others.
The public has sensed this change
in union policy and resents It,.
That is why the miners and rail
shipments strikes have utterly
lacked the outside support which
used to be given to strikes claiming
to be based on economic justice.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Team Work ON Land and Sea

There is one point of resemblance
between polo, at which our best
team went down to defeat. before
the amazing four from Argentina,
and the six-rneter yacht races on
the Sound against team Of British
boats. In both forms of sport team
play is an important factor. The Ar
gentine men won decisively because
Of their perfect combination, their
ability to support one another. Sell
dom has there been team that
worked SO perfectly as unit, in Of
fense and defense, as these far-away
visitors from below the line. Theyand
their mounts won the heartiest ad-
miration, and they deserve the warm
est congratulations on their plucky
venture and sportsmanship. Amer
leans were proud to be beaten by
other sportsmen of the Western
world Of such outstanding brilliance.
On Long Island Sound off Oyster
Bay, where the six-meter boats are
contesting series of six races, team
work is not nearly as important, but
it can be real factor. There are four
boats on each team, and it Is just as
possible for boat to get to wind
ward Of, blanket and keep out of
the lead a member of the opposing
team as for one polo player to ride
off another. The boats and crews
were picked with this fact in mind,
and, the opportunity given, each
boat is supposed to watch and cover
particular opponent. Team work
has not counted for much as yet, but
it may prove decisive in any close
race.
These small-boat races lack the
popular thrill that the great sloop
contests, with their clouds Of canvas,
offer, but among real yachtsmen they
have stirred an interest rarely
equaled. American waters have
never seen more thrilling contests.
more skillful seamanship, better
craftsmanship. Yesterdays we'll
earned victory for the speediest Brit
ish craft, the Jean, was greeted by
quite as much footing as the earlier
American victories.
1t is too soon to predict the winner,
yet in the light airs thus far prevail
ing the four American boats have
worked out fair lead in points. If
typical Sound weather continues vic
tory for our slippery craft is prob
able--just as the rougher Solent
weather brought the ADLER British
boats in ahead last year. Whichever
team wins, this last Of the years
striking international contests prom
lses to be one Of the most successful
from every point of view.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

ternal development. We must now
turn larger part Of our attention
to foreign fields. Ocean transporta-
tion under the American flag is a
great factor in that development,
The purpose of American steam
ship men and government officials is
to transport one-haIf of our COM
merce in American vessels. We are
entitled to that proportion, and
neither petty annoyances nor regu-
lations by alien interests must be al
lowed to go unehallenged.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Truth from Within

The chaplain of Typographical
Union No. 2, Of Philadelphia, who
addressed the annual convention of
the international Typographical
Union, is man who reads the signs
of the times. According to dis
patches from Atlantic City, he
called attention very frankly to the
abuses of union management which
nave so aroused public i'll will. He
said:
AT times the motives Of the
unions are all right, but the means
to carry them out are all wrong.
The reason FOR this is that the
unions are so jealous to gain their
ends they forget the means they
employ.
Unions ara becoming so inter
ested in side issues they are forget
ting the reasons why unions wers
equality and fair treat
ment."
Labor unions were organized
primarily for defensive purposes.
They We're intended to serve as a
check on the aggressions of cap
italism in an era when capitalism
was unrestrained and aggressive.
The unions asked for what they
considered fair deal, a fair deal
for themselves and everybody else.
They were so convinced of the JUS
tice OF their case that they were
never afraid to appeal to the pub
lies sympathy.
Take the coal and rail unions, for
example. Before the Railroad
Labor Board was created wages of
railway workers were increased
progressively through a series of
years by arbitration and media
ton IN which the government and
the public were represented. In
the great coal strike Of 1909 rdoha
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Keeping Readers Posted

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me 80 congratulate yca
upon the method You hsvs taSelis
through your editcaial columns, to keeH
your readers posted in regard to TN
development OF the two strike rovet
ments. You have kept abreast OF sha
struggle from day to day and havs res
corded each step in the progress OF bosa
explaining and clarifying SO that tnosq
most ignorant OF the principles Of sns
matters under discussion could fellow
and understand.
Particularly TO be admired and scns
rnended is the fact that owing 10 yous
clear presentation neveg for a momehs
has it been possible to misunderstanq
the meaning and importsnce ct shs
main issuee as stake.
LIVINGSTON r.. M0RSA
Nsw York. Sept. IL. 1898
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

What in the world would news
paper departments such as this one
do if some of the Ancient and De-
pendable Wheezes pulled general
strike? If the Bald Headed Gag, and
the Matrimonial Jape, and the pal
lid and overworked Cost of Living
Jest, and all the others, demanded
shorter hours and less space, and
walked out on us, we might, heaven
help US, be forced TO do Something
Useful for living.
DON. MARQUEE.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

certainty of Sweetser. III Grantiand
Rice's account OF that young old mas
ter's dazzling triumph / hnd this
tribute to his fawless form: "He re-
minded you of well-oiled machine
that could continue to send the ball
on straight line for year after year,
until the cogs wore out" The buffers
straight line may be, in q sense, an an.
nual affair, but there is otherwise
nothing of the inerrant machine about
him. He hasn't cog TO his name.
But, | ask again, is it the Sweetsers
of this world who keep a golf course
going?
What deadly place a golf course
would be If they didi 1t might please
an H. G. Wells to watch the function
ing Of long procession Of WE'LL oiled
machines, and the rest of us would,
for time at least, be so keen about
the spectacle that the committee would
probably have to cover up the rough
with bleachers. But sooner or later
the duffer would rebel. He would be
first fascinated. then stupehed and.
finally. bored to death. He would
want the feel Of club In his hand.
For q little while he would shrink
from the ordeal Of making a birdie,
whether he liked it or not. He would
end by making that hole in seven and
glorying In his shame. Driven to bav
by an irate committee, he would ask
the members if they would not, for one
thing, look at che statistics. What
these would reveal in the personnel of
almost any club I have alreaay hinted.
And there are other items that build
up formidable economic total. Who
is it that buys and tries every new
club? The duffer. Who is it that
buys and tries every new ball? The
duffer. Who is that enters sweep-
stakes after sweepstakes, counting his
defeats as naught? The duffer. And
SO on. He Is the rock-ribbed founda-
tion of golf. II he were TO withdraw
the golf courses Of the country would
infallibly bust up. But / would not
dwell approximately on his status as
an economic factor. Indeed, would
far rather emphasize his traits as a
sportsman, his significance as an em-
bod4ment of the immortal spirit of the
game.
The duffer is nothing IL not an
artist. To quote my friend Rice again.
In golf there is no man who il ever
master of his destiny That is the
arsist's point of view. The duffer has
It, rejoices in it and is steadily faith
ful to 1t. For him the very mutabilifv
OF the game constitutes one of its
strongest lures. He faces each gap,a
as an experiment, Just as a paintar
races new canvas. The thing may
prove botch. 1t may prove a level.
And this artistic conception Of the
struggle involves peculiarly exouisite
satisfaction in victory, when the vic.
tory comes of. Rarity, most of us will
admit, Is one of the supreme blissea
OF life. The passion for il is a nn;-
yersal attribute OF human natnrs
Ihere are few men who would NOT ex-
change axed income for humping
windsaii' IL must be, beyond all pep
aayanture' delectable thing 10 play
six holes in succession in author,ta-
tive, automatic par, to play them with
the assurance of an acrobat sailing
over SIX elephants at g Jump. But,
franSly' can this trained, sehesrsed
achieyement equal in high emotion the
unexpected prowess Of the dufYar who
makes 2 where he never made
: bsfeses sssssiea aas,gsxs H.,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Bushwhacking Our Marine

ne American merchant marine Ia
again threatened with discr;n,i,.
tiohs by other maritime nations
Aside from certain economic difficult
Ties, such as higher wages, higher
capital costs, higher subsistence for
crews and our own restrictive ]epis-
iation, many governmental and nr;-
Vate activities abroad are bar to
our progress on the seas, Free and
open competition is a motto, not q
fact.
The Shipping Board is empowered
oy Congress to protect the interests
OF American ships. 1t has made 81
good beginning. Before 1916 our
steamers had no recourse when for
eign officials or steamship lines inn
posed handicaps. Now we have
oody which can act effectively.
though in doing this it must have the
support of an enlightened and deter.
mined public opinion. Such a cam
paign is not anti British. anti-Cer.
man nor anti-anything. 1t is simp1v
pro- American.
When the conference Of Br;t;sb
steamship lines refused to let Amer
lean ships participate in the Egvp-
tan cotton trade, though they were
wiling to take the business at a
much lower cost, the Shipping Board
forced compromise by means of q
rate war. United States ships now
have 80 per cent of that trade
The State Department took the
right step when it refused to renri-
mand the consuls at Newcastle-on-
Tyne without reasonable proof that
they had exceeded their authority in
aiding our vessels. Unsigned affda-
Wits do not make legal evidence.
There is substantial reason for the
belief that competing steamship
ilnes had a part in that affair.
When Australia puts higher duties
on goods imported in American than
IN British or Canadian ships, while
our hands are tied by the "jellyfsho
treaty of 1915 with Great Britain
1t is time to look into the situation
and to consider the revision of that
document.
When British and Japanese steve
dores bungle the delivery of four
hundred tons of tea to an American
passenger line in the Orient and
cause q costly delay the Shipping
Board must find the best method of
correcting the trouble.
When British steamship line ~
a South African port filled every
pier with scows and barges on the
day the first vessel of new Ameri-
can line was due fair play was
thrown to the winds. The consul
who forced an opening for the shin
on that occasion deserves the great.
est praise.
When the Italian government i'm
poses conditions on passenger liners
that can hardly be met by any ex-
cept Italian companies the Shipping
Board must assert its protective
power.
Since 1850, when American ship
ping was the equal Of any and car
ried its fair share Of our trade, the
country has spent its energy ON in-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

sion of copies of the communications
that passed between the commander
in chief of the American armies in
Europe and the President. Sooner
or later the whole truth will out.
Why not publish it now?
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
An Example for Euron,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The union of our forty-eight
states, constituting our Federal gov
ernment, is to the United States what
a league or union of nations should
be to Europe.
What the nations of Europe need
is to follow our example and organize
an indissoluble league which will pre-
vent wars between the nations which
Join it. JOHN z. KUHN.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 9, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

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advtYs2ssy eeaa ppf.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

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New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

The Old Soak called on us
yesterday, and he was all
flushed with fresh hope. He
has been having a hard time
recently getting any liquor that
he really approves of.
"But now" said he, "I got
my lines out for a job onto
one o. these here Shippin'
Board vessels-steward, what
ever that is. That there
Eighteenth Commandment is
like a hen who has went an
Matched out a duck. A hens
a efficacious mother when she's
onto dry land, but all she can
do when the offspring goes into
the pond is to set on the bank
and cluck. And it seems It's
the same way with the Con-
stitution of the United States;
it don't dast to go into the
water. 1t jest sets on the bank
an clucks."
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

AS chin that shakes with grief,
But his other hump was perky
Like it really felt relief.
The walrus sniveled dankly
In quite perfunctory way,
And the bull was patiently anxious
To get back to his hay.
And the porcupine and narwhal,
The wallaby and giraffe,
Parodied sorrow so broadly
|, They made the penguin laugh.
An Angel stood by the gateway,
Twirling sword of flame,
All ready to pink intruders,
Whencesoever they came
(And many's the bravo Fancy,
Swash-buckling out of hell,
He has tickled through the baldric
And made the braggart yell;
From many ruffling Vision
That staggered up in mirth
He has clipped the ruddy coxcomb
And swinged him back to Earth.)
"Which of you brutes so mournful,"
The watching Angel said,
"Will follow the Man from Eden
To toll for daily bread?
And which of you beasts so fearful
Will give him more than tears,
Faithful to his footsteps
Through all his outcast years?
Come forward" said the Angel,
Before the barriers close,
You friend of all his friendships
And foeman of his foes!"
The sly little seal, he sniggered,
Chuckled the kangaroo,
The chimpanzee pulled razzberrie
And winked at the cockatoo,
His thumb on his proboscis
The NANCY ape did place,
And fickered his ribald digits
Right in Adams face.
And they shuffled and lurched and
ambled,
Each to his separate den
And that was the honest measure
OF what they felt for men.
The Angel smiled in knowledge,
He permitted himself tear,
And if he weren't an Angel
I'd say that he sneered sneer--
(They see so much, these Angels,
AS they ramble here and there,
That we must try and forgive them
If now and again they wear
That manner of sad amusement,
That family cynical airy.
But pup there was that fingered
In most abject unease;
He lay too broken-hearted
Even to bite hts feas.
His tail swished desolation,
And its swish was his only sound;
A splay-foot pup with belly
That grieved along the ground;
His ears were the dragging cypress
And his eyes were love profound.
He looked not at the Angel,
But of a sudden he rose
And he ran and nuzzled Adam,
And his soul was in his nose
He scampered out of the Garden
Before the gates could close,
The friend of all our friendships
And the foeman Of our foes.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Crafty

Apparently European nations are
postponing the next peace conference
till they have time to get better pre-
pared for war.
Copyright by James j. Montague,