The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09

shouldered upon the bootleggers. In
New York a man and his wife have
been convicted by jury for the death
of a police lieutenant who was killed
while inspecting a still which they
owned, and which had been captured
during raid.
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Recent statements by William Jen-
nings Bryan, coupled with an inter-
view in The Commoner, his own
paper, would seem to indicate that
the former Nebraskan intends to take
an active part in the next campaign.
Mr.. Bryan has long been a power in
the democratic party-sometimes
power to promote the welfare OF the
party and sometimes to embarrass the
organization. 1t can never be denied,
however, that he stood and stands
for some things that his party might
well stand for 1t is true that his
ideas in national and international
matters have not always proven
sound, but it is equally true that some
of the ideas which he advocated
quarter of a century ago have since
been accepted in one form or another.
He would probably have been a near
failure as president, but his voice and
1,;o ro, houo without dOnht hpou in
struments for good. His critics with
in his own party make much of his
resignation from the Wilson cabinet.
1t is true that it did look as though
Bryan wanted to either rule or ruin
as member of the Wilson admins !
tration, but later events proved him |
to be only one Of many who could |
not work with the president and main
tain their own self respect. We don't
know how much effect the old war
horse will have in the next campaign,
but the fact remains that he has been
a good fighter and an honest fighter,
and his life has not been spent in
vain, despite some of his vagaries
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SUGGESTED DIVORCE REMEDY.
According to an editorial by William
Goodyear in the Pullman Herald,
there was approximately one divorce
to every four marriages in the state
of Washington in 1922. Mr.. Good
year sees the worst feature of this in
the fact that in a majority of cases
the divorces were secured in order
to enable the plaintiff to marry some
one else. This, he terms, a game OF
progressive polygamy Several rene
dies are suggested in the editorial,
but the writer says the real remedy
lies in changing the attitude of the
people toward those who quickly for
get and violate their marriage vows
and then gaily proceed to marry
again.
In support of this theory he writes:
eff every man or woman who en-
cages in this game Of progressive
polygamy should be ostracized by de- /
cent society; if those who lightly re-
gard and repudiate the solemn pledge
" for better or worse, for richer or
poorer" should be treated as I'M
worthy of respect and confidence; if
the seriousness and sanctity of mar
rage should be impressed upon every q
boy and girl, there would be less
nasty weddings and far less applica-
ions for divorce.
AS long as respectable people y
marriage, progressive polygamy will b
continue to be popular in the United
states and to undermine the founda-
ions of this republic"
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HONORS ABOUT EQUAL.
" It's amazing" says DR.. Walter B.
itkin of the Pulitzer School of Jour
alism, how little about even the
ementary principles of the language
lie average college instructor knows.
OF one out of 100 of them can write
BOD enough English to appear in
,wspaper."
This statement may puzzle some
itical folk who have anything but
high regard for newspaper Eng
H." In fairness it should be adj
ltted that there is a great deal of
or English printed in the daily
ess, and also in the magazines, and
1t college professors usually think
little of newspaper styles as the
wspapers think of PROFESSIONAL