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Evening star., 1923-02-04

nominate a candidate who will stradde
the shadowy line between radical and pro-
gressive He will be called progressive by
his supporters and charged to be radical
by others. The democratic platform is ex-
pected to be outspoken in its radicalism,
so that the democratic party's candidate
for President, no matter how much he may
protest to the contrary. will inevitably be
identified by the platform upon which he
stands.
These considerations lead to the building
OF a growing sentiment among republican
leaders to let the democrats gang their
ain gait" in their march toward radicalism.
while the G. O. p. refraining from an atti-
tude of re-actonaryism. shall stand for mod
crate conservatism. Who knows, after all,
which policy will be victorious, and wheth
er the country is radical or just progressive
or moderately conservative? The answer
is likely to be furnished by the judgment of
the solid citizenry and cautious business and
industrial interests of the country, in the
closing days of the next campaign, when
the spellbinders from agitator to orator,
have spent their breath and the people set
tie down to think it over.
Some of the democratic leaders in Con-
gress are little perturbed for fear they
are not making headway with construc-
tive legislative and political policy, looking
forward to the Presidential campaign. The
charge is made by republicans that the demo-
Gratis are mainly standing by to take ad-
vantage of republican mistakes and sins OF
omission and commission. More than one
democrat in Congress recognizes that there
is foundation in fact for this criticism.
Also, they realize that there is not the
unity of purpose and endeavor that ought
to prevail. Some of the more thoughtful
among the democratic leaders are seeking
to iron out this situation and see if it is not
possible to build up policy for the party
upon more solid foundation than that of
profting by their opponents errors.
In Congress. affairs seem to be tending
toward cleanup of legislation and a clear
getaway March 4, without leaving any loose
ends which would force an extraordinary
session of the sixty-eighth Congress. The
Army appropriation bill is the only regular
supply bill which has not passed the Senate
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Saving of 81 Million
Announced by Weeks

Since the beginning of the present
administration the force Of civilian
employees of the War Department in
the District of Columbia has been
reduced more than one-half and the
total civilian strength of the War De-
partment in the District and else
where is less today than 1t was before
the world war, according to a state
ment just issued by Secretary Weeks.
The annual saving effected by these
reductions amounts, he says, to more
than $51, 100000.
According to the statement, the
force in the District. when the armis-
tice was signed. was 37.406: the pre-
war strength was 2,911: in March.
1921, it was 9,54S. and it is now 4,609.
During the same period. including the
field force outside of the District, the
total force was reduced from 90,106
to 47,3S7.
The pre-war strength OF civilian
employees of the War Department,
wherever employed, was 45,911; SO
that the total December 81, 1922. was
only 1,476 in excess of the pre-war
strength. During the war, however.
two new services were developed
These two services. air and chemical
warfare have today a total of 4,007
employees (atr, 1881; chemical war
fare, 676).
Evening star., 1923-02-04

statesman of a majority party merely
for being drunk and dressed up Is not a
common occurrence. Generally influence
stops it. But in Kansas public opinion
stepped In. No one dared to use his
influence. Respect for the law has been
deeply ingrained in the Kansas heart.
1t held back influence that might have
helped the offender. So he paid his
fine and the newspapers printed the
story. He'll hounds, you will say. No.
they dared not face public sentiment
and withhold the story.
That afternoon impeachment papers
were being drawn. Mr.. Manary
would have been dismissed from the
legislature. Public sentiment again.
Representative Manary had grown
up on that public sentiment He
knew that no political power could
duck It. He knew that he was done
for in Kansas politics.
So he went to his room and shot
himself to death.
1t was not remorse, not getting
drunk that drove him to suicide. 1t
was the realization that being a pub
lie man and getting drunk, the senti-
ment of his friends and neighbors
made 1t impossible to go forward in
his career.
He preferred death to shame.
Now, this sentiment would not be
found in Albany, nor in Boston. nor
In Trenton. Probably Pennsylvania
would not put the scarlet letter on a
legislator for getting drunk.
Yet until public sentiment does con-
denim the public man who gets drunk
prohibition never will prohibit. 1t is
to this Kansas degree of ruthlessness
that the matter must come or we
must abandon prohibition. This is a
hard sentence. But there can be no
parole. Public men will not change
their ways until the public changes
it's attitude toward public men. Boot
leggers in Congress will thrive until
the people back home stop 1t. Not
with law, but with sentiment which
will drag a man out of his job when
he offends that sentiment.
Only by looking at the distance
which Kansas has covered in forty
years can we see where We are going
as a nation. These lines are not writ
ten to boast of Kansas, heaven forbid,
but point a moral and adorn a pitiful
tale.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
"AS + SEE TT. 50
By William, Allen White.

the problems OF Rome under Angus
tus and the problems of America
under Harding. 1t Is not an alarm
ing book. but most Illuminating: a
book for mature people. but only to
read. For Mr.. Hadley writes simply
and directly, and IL he Is often elo-
quent. he is never rhetorical. And
grinning through the foot notes is
humor.
Probably the book, which must
surely be considered by any one who
would know Rome in her glory, Is as
valuable a contribution to life as Mr..
Hadley could have made in a dozen
years as a politician-even as a
statesman. Indeed, in thirty years
in politics, Senator Lodge has done
nothing better than the books he
wrote before he went into politics,
and his career in Congress will not
be remembered so long as the books
he has written while he has been in
Congress. Lowell, who was one of
our greatest literary statesmen.
as an ambassador. Howells was
American consul at Venice and an
Ohio country editor. hence a rural
politician, before he was a literary
man. But politics made him wise be-
fore literature gave him fame. Haw
thorne's political job gave him more
leisure. 1t lent him insight and
sharpened his pencil for him. Given
a politician who does not take poll
tics too seriously, and, if he can
write at all, his political training
will help him-but not il he is
soured. No disgruntled politician
can write. Only il he has JOY in his
job can he get the juice of under
standing from 1t. For, after all, 1.-The
days that make US happy make us
wise" Mr.. Hadley in this book re-
fleets the man who in politics took
his fun where he found 1t and, while
voting straight, was never above
smiling a twisted smile at the pass
Ing procession.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
A Long, Hard Way.

KANSAS has made prohibition pro-
N hibit, but only after forty years
struggle. In that struggle, prohibition
won not so much by putting people In
Jail as by putting them in a frame Of
mind. This frame OF mind which en-
veloped only the minority who fiInched
under the economic waste Of the sa-
loon now includes q vast majority. The
franc of mind has become public senti-
ment. 1t functions automatically. 1t
is more terrible than jails 1t is mex
orable. But 1t Is only a Kansas frame
of mind.
Witness the sad case of Representa-
tive Manary Of the Kansas legislature.
His story Is this: He got publicly and
noisily drunk In a political hotel. A
hundred such drunks make spectacles Of
themselves at state capitals in the coun-
try and nothing comes of 1t. But some
thing happens In Kansas. Namely, an
arrest by an humble motor cop and a
night in Jail, with police court fine in
the morning. So far the situation is not
seriously abnormal
1t might develop in any state.
Though to arrest a well known local
Evening star., 1923-02-04
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

IS propaganda active to try to frighten
or bully President Harding out of
denomination? This question is occurr-
ing to a number of republican leaders
as they listen to and read subtle suggestions
that crop out from time to time of the pos
sibiity that he may not desire to stand for
the presidency again All of them are based
on the idea of his possible personal disn
clnation for a second term. 1t looks like
political application of Coue subconscious
methods, they say. Some Of his close
friends recall that somewhat similar con-
dition existed at the time he was first talk
ed of as possible aspirant for the nomina
tion in 1920 A movement was started i'll
Cincinnati which had the earmarks OF an
attempt to buldoze him off the track. 1t
got nowhere; it was crude work, the only
result of which to stiffen him up and
keep his friends at his back even in days
when the prospects of his nomination SEEM
ed at low ebb
President Harding's friends are convinced
that he will not refuse denomination next
year and are confident that it will be offer
ed him in sincere spirit by his party, not
perfunctorily.
Certain cold. practical, politically hard
boiled" considerations, aside from sentimen-
tai ones, supported the belief that he will
be offered and accept the nomination OF
his party. In the first place, if he should
step aside. the politicians say, he would
throw down the bars for a rush into the
field of radicals seeking the nomination.
One school OF thought among politicians
of both parties contends that the country in
1924 will not be deSirous of having a radical
in the White House, either democrat or
republican. 1t is recognized that there is
a large field OF potential candidates in both
parties of that type.
While doubling that Mr.. Harding is re-
dictionary, and all the while pointing to his
record as showing that he cannot be ex-
cluded from the category of progressives
his friends insist he has a sustaining grace
of conservatism which qualities him as
safe chief executive.
x X +
To many OF the elder statesmen i'll the re-
publican party, the way things are drifting
now it seems the democrats will probably
Evening star., 1923-02-04
by HARDEN COLFAX.

Workers in twenty -t8ee industries
throughout the United States have
received wage advances within the
past thirty days, according to advices
to the Department Of Labor, which
states that the upward trend of
wages is in full and rapid swing.
The advances ranged from 1 per cent,
in the case of hardware and furniture
workers, up to slightly more than 6h
per cent for shirtmakers, and applied
to more than 100000 employees of
the various industries.
Further wage advances are antici-
pated with the coming of spring and
the opening of the busy season in
building construction, automobile
plants and agriculture. A survey of
the employment service indicates that
there are at this time barely sufficient
workers to meet present demand, and
that within the next. two months an
acute shortage will develop. This
much higher. especially in the skilled
lines.
Cigar and cigarette makers, en-
ployes of shoe manufacturing plants,
foundry and machine shop workers,
skilled workers In the oil fields, glass
workers and employees of fertilizer
factories top the list in recent in
creases. They come next to the shirt
makers, and their advances vary be-
tween and per cent. Skilled work.
ers in agricultural implement fac
tories, clothing factories, woolen
mills and chemical manufacturing
plants come next with increases
from 3 to 4 per sent. The remaining
twelve industries granted increases
Of from / to per cent.
Six additional classes of employees
job printing shops. carpet makers,
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Hadley. former Governor OF
Missouri, a most interesting and un-
usual man. reminds Americans that
writing and politics frequently make
successful combination careers IN the
lives of our public men. Mr.. Hadley
a dozen or fifteen years ago was the
most promising young man in public
life. He was elected Governor of Mis-
souri, in 1908, after a brilliant record
as attorney general, and in 1912 was
one of the seven American governors
who launched the Roosevelt boom for
President. In the republican nation
al convention Hadley was the Roose-
welt floor leader, and by his courtesy.
chivalry and fine address drew ap-
plause from his opponents time and
again in the midst of a bitter contest.
Indeed, if Roosevelt had consented to
support the nominee of the conven-
ton with the roll of the convention
tainted with what he regarded as
fraud, Gov. Hadley surely could have
been the nominee of the convention
for Vice President. In the high tide
of his power he was stricken with
bad health and exiled to the desert.
For ten years he has lived in the
high. dry west. At the moment he
is banker and college professor in
Boulder, Col, the seat of Colorado's
state university.
His years OF enforced exile he has
devoted to study of the life Of the
Romans and the institutions of the
republic empire. The character Of
Caius octavius. Caesars great ne
phew, known to fame as Caesar Au-
gustus, around whose career Mr..
Hadley has written his story Of the
late days of the republic and the be-
glnnings of the empire, under the
illumination OF Hadley's narrative
becomes a monumental figure.
Mr.. Hadley's work has the distinc-
ton of being reasonable. He inter-
prets facts from the background OF
a. public man. The motives OF men
In public life. a life In which the
code Is as old as civilization, are not
always understood by men of the
cloister. who have often assembled
facts more faithfully than they could
interpret the facts. So we have some
justification for Henry Fords theory
that history is bunk" But when
statesman turns his story in he
brings to his work what Mr.. Hadley
brings to the STORY Of Augustus
an understanding heart. Hence, the
reasonableness of Rome and the
World Today" 1t is a most engag-
ing book, not so monumental as
Beveridges life of Marshall" but
vital. Mr. Hadley makes Rome live
again. He draws whatever parallels
may be consistently drawn between
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Who Ate the Goldfish?

\ MEXICAN soldiers read with sat-
"A. isfaction that jar of beef 1000
years old has been found fairly intact
In the tomb of an Egyptian king. The
persistence Of "corned willy" through
all the centuries indicates to the boys
that you can't force 1t even upon the
spirits of the dead.
What the boys want to know Is
what became of the "goldfsh?" Sure
ly the souls that went marching on
1000 years ago had queer taste If
they left the 'corned willy" and ate
the goldfish.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Note.-In publishing this ar
ticle by the brilliant editor OF the
Emporia Gazette, The Star does
not necessarily indorse the views
he expresses But Mr.. White
brings to the discussion OF cur
rent events a fertile mind and an
entertaining style, and a discrim-
mating public will place its own
valuation upon the opinion he
advances.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Free Speech.

4 CASE In point In the struggle
Irish anarchist in New York who
distributed circulars demanding the
overthrow of the American govern
ment. He violated the law In his
pardon Gov. Smith ignores and practi-
cally annuls the law. SO far as New
York Is concerned. During the term
of Gov. Smith the state will have no
law furnishing criminal syndicalism."
The governor is also trying to secure
the repeal Of the so-called Lusk law,
(Conunued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1923-02-04

MOST interesting and unusual
book, Rome and the World
Today" written by Herbert
HadIey. former Governor of
Evening star., 1923-02-04

S propaganda active to try to frighten
or bully President Harding out of a
| denomination? This question is occurr-
Evening star., 1923-02-04
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

WV YHEN 1t Is realized that
\n there have been intro
wv duced In tho present Con-
gress-Senate and House
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-09

| their western experience. and TO snatch
o little sleep before the cowboys reused
| them for the early start.
Madeline went Immediately TO her
room, and was getting out her camping
apparel when a knock interrupted her.
who's there7. she questioned.
Stewart" came the reply.
She opened the doe. He stood on
the threshold
MAY / speak to your" he asked.
Certainly" She hesltated a mo-
| ment. then asked him in and closed the
door. Isis everything all right?"
"No. These bandits stick TO cover
pretty close. They must have found
out we're on the watch. But I'm sure
well get you and your friends away
before anything starts"
do you have any idea who Is hid
ing In the house7"
II was worried some at first. Pat
HAVE acted queer. / imagined he'd
discovered he was trailing bandits who
might turn out to be smuggling guer-
rllla cronies. But talking with your
servants, finding a bunch of horses
hidden down In the mesquite behind
the pond-several things have changed
my mind. My Idea Is that a cowardly
handful of riffraff outcasts from the
border have hidden In your house.
more by accident than design. Wen
let them go-get rid Of them without
even a shot. II / didn't think so-weIl.
I'd be considerably worried. 1t would
make a different state of affairs"
Stewart. you are wrong. l saw n
OF these bandits. distinctly recog-
nized him."
One long step brought him close to
her. :.
who was he?" demanded Stewart.
"DOn Carlos"
He muttered low and deep. then
said, Are you sure?"
Absolutely. / saw his figure twice
in the hall, then his face in the light.
could never mistake his eyes"
Madeline was tremblIngly conscious
that Stewart underwent a transforma-
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II You nood I Medicine
You Should Have The Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it Is that 20 many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon ~forgottenf The
reason IL PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises Of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to = medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, ~ hke
an endless chain system the remedy y
recommended by those who have been
benefited TO those who arc in need of It,
A prominent druggist mys, take Tor
example DR.. Kilmers Swamp Root, .
preparation / nave sold for many years
and never hesitate TO recommend, for in
almost every ease it shows excellent 70
suits, as many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 30 large 9
sale"
According to sworn statements a
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success Of Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflIs al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, corrccts uri-
nary troubles and neutralixes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
You may receive . sample bottle OF
6wamp-Root by parcel post. Address DIR:
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium sixe bottles for sale 1t
all drug stores.-Advertissment.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-09

ton. She saw as well as felt the leap
ing passion that changed him.
"Call your frlends-get them In
here" he ordered. tersely, and wheeled
toward the door.
Stewart, watt !" she said.
He turned. His white face, his burn
ing eyes, his presence now charged
with definite, fearful meaning. iniu-
enced her strangely, weakened her.
"What will you do" she asked
THAT needn't concern you. Get your
party in here. Bar the windows and
lock the doors. You'll he safe"
Stewart Tell me what you intend
to do"
81 won't tell you" he replied. and
turned away again.
but ! will know" she said. With a
hand on his arm she detained him. She
saw how he halted-felt the shock In
him as she touched him. "0h, / do
know. You mean to fight
swell, Miss Hammond, isn't II about
timer ne asked. There was weari-
ness, dignity, ever reproof In his ques-
ton. "The fact of that Mexican's pres
ence here In your house ought TO prove
to you the nature of the case. These
quero these guerrillas, have found
out you won't stand for any fighting
on the part Of your men Don Carlos
IL q sneak. a coward, yet he's not
afraid to hide In your own house. He
has learned you won't let your COW
boys hurt anybody. He's taking adj
vantage OF II. He'll rob. burn. and
make off with you. He'll murder, too.
IL II falls his way. These Greasers
use knives II the dark. SO ask-isn't
Il about time we stop himf"
"Stewart, / forbid you to fight. I'M
less In self-defense. / forbid you"
"what / mean to do is self-defense.
Haven't I tried to explain to you that
inst now we've wild times along this
stretch Of border7 Must l tell you
again that Don Carlos is hand and
glove with the revolutiUnf The rebels
are crazy to stir up the United States.
You are q woman of prominence. Don
Carlos would make or With you. III
he got you, what little matter to cross
the border with you'll Well. where
would the hue and cry go7 Through
the troop along the borderi To New
York; To Washington Why, 1t
would mean what the rebels are work
Ing for-United States intervention In
other words. warf"
s0h, surely you exaggerated" abe
cried.
Maybe ~. But I'm beginning to .
the Dou's game And. Miss Hammond.
IN awful for me to think what you'd
r,Fer II Den Carlos got yo~ over the
li.s. I know thsss low-csxte M~sxicana
rvs hesu among tbs peons-the
slaves"
-st~wsr1 0sat Ia na Carries Ess
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Say II With Trees.

The old slogan. "Say 1t with now-
ers." has been greatly masnifed by
the American Tree association through
Its president. Charles Lathrop Pack.
The message Of good will sent by the
association TO France is told with mill
lions OF huge forest trees e., the
trees will become large. They are for
warded in the form of seeds. These
will be ~propagated in French nurseries
and then, when sufficiently grown, will
be used In reforesting devastated
France. That method will be much
more costly than the airplane method
of distributing seeds of trees In
Hawaii, which vas used recently. but
the seeds are too precious for France
to handle by any such broadcssting.-
Philadelphia Record. F..