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Evening star., 1923-01-09
Private and Public Service.

The President and the public are
being reminded now Of how much ex-
cellent material for high ONCE there
is in the country. Speculation about
Secretary Falls successor Is bringing
the fact out. 1t embraces not only the
transfer Of men from one, place to an.
other. but the mention Of men Rither-
to unassociated with political service
of any kind, and yet instantly recog-
nized as having the stuff Of such serv.
ice in them.
Nearly every administration has
given illustrations. A new President
has taken up his duties and introduced
to the country in one appointment or
another some man about whom the
public knew nothing. but he good
deal--some man with whom he had
had intimate dealings and found capa.
BILE and trustworthy. t..
In number OF cases, too, such ap.
pointments have signally justified
themselves, giving opportunity for the
display in public interests of talents
that had hitherto been devoted to pri.
vate interests.
This Is one of the buttresses of our
! Institutions. We grow many men OF
this sort in America. They develop
well under the knowledge and assur'
ance that as citizens much responsi.
bility rests upon them. and they
should qualify for any duty under the
government to which they may be
called. The private citizen Of today
may by a turn of fortunes wheel
be a public official tomorrow, and
should be ready to take up his burden
when called.
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about as much chance Of passage as
a democratic party measure in q re.
publican House and vice versa.
OF course, 1t is expected that the
Senate will replace these items. which.
having the approval OF the House &p-
preparations committee. may be ex-
pected to remain in the bill in confer.
ence. Inasmuch as In every case these
paragraphs went out OF the bin mere
ly on the raising Of q technical objec-
ton, without vote, there is no tacti-
cal obstacle to their restoration and
final enactment. assuming that the
Senate wishes and the conferees and
the House are willing. But the pro-
cedure, nevertheless, is distressing.
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Frontier Lawyers First Case
Won Him Two Pigs as a Fee

collected the money as attorney in
the case. His next step was a long
one. He moved hprriedly away from
Alexandra and Minnesota. So it
looked as though Mr.. Nelson's client
had lost his case and his money. after
all, and Mr. Nelson had lost his fee
and besides was out So for the hire
of horse.
Several months PASSED by. Mr.. Nell
son was awakened early one morning
by q visitor, the Yankee farmer tor
whom he had won the case. The
farmer had arisen by starlight and
hltohed UP his OK team and come into
town; The farmer told Mr.. Nelson
he thought it was a dad blasted
shame" that. after all his trouble. Mr..
Nelson should receive nothing In the
II. have. some fine shoats. Won't
you take some of them as payment -
the farmer asked.
Bring 'ein along" was the reply
OF Mr., Nelson. And in about two
with two hne little white pigs Mr..
Nelson took them In and put them
In the yard in an old packing box,
intending to have a pigpen built
later In the day and fattsn the pigs.
dpNHtO~n u AtLeF entertaining
his farmer client at breakfast.
gone
Mr.. Nelson thought this was prob
ably The end of the matter. Hide nor
hair Of the white pigs. could be dis
|propristor. Of . hotel In Alsxandria
came to Mr.. Nelson's ofice 10 And out
whether he should, according to law,
sAyeFtise, two stray pigs that had
come to the hotel yard a short time
petofe ana haa made themselves at
Let me see the pigs" said Mr.. Nell
son. and together they went down 10
the hotel, AND there were the pigs.
no longer white, but looking like
they might have. been through .
rThose," said MFR. Nelson, ARE my
pigs" And he took them home, and
lthis time his fee stayed with him.
since those days Mr Nelson has
ernoP of his state twice and United
States senator since March 4, lSsb.
Never has he failed TO carry his own
home town and county by an over
whslming majority when he ran for
He started his travels AZ an early
age. when he was ok years ef6
his family emiRrated from Norway
to the United states and located In
chiesse. Tss nex. ;n.n move ,s was ,, 20 Wis
bFoke out and Mr., Nelson, only boy,
enlisted in the s4fh wisconsin ReGi
ment and served throughout the war.
A vivid recollection OF war tlfes is
the mule meat which he ate while
prisoner of the Canfederales after
ne had been shot during the storming
| of Port Hudson. u tastsd batter in
these days, according to eenatef Nelt
sen. than beefsteak deee today.
Evening star., 1923-01-09
British Justice.

A fresh illustration of the speed OF
British justice has just been given IN
the execution In London. today of q
man and a woman convicted and sem
tenced to die for the murder OF the
wonan's husband in that city on the
4th OF October last, a little more than
three months ago, This case attracted
the widest of attention.. not only
Throughout England. but in this coun-
try. II was the not unusual triangle" /"
and such crimes have not been infre.
queat, hut the circumstances caused
1t TO be Of n,ore than ordinary inter.
est, Even before the conviction of both
Of those secused y sentiment developed
in England In their favor. and whsn
they were condemned to death 1t grew
into IN unusual volume. Letters and
petitions poured IN upon the home sec.
retary. the ossiclsl who has charge Of
pardens and rsprieves. 1T is stated
that more than O. million people urged
communications for ct least the woman.
who, IL was alleged, had inspired the
man 10 commit the crime, while others
plesded for him as the victim of her
wlles. Against all OF these pleas and
protests, however, the home once was
obdurats, and the sentence, was ex'
ecutAA on the day appointed. s
HaA that crime occurred In this
country Il weuld probably by shis time
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rival Mr., Nelson was requested by
another LAWYER. who. by the way. was
nrnsecuting attorney for the county,
to handle a case for him In which the
ownership of a. horse was involved,
Mr.. Nelson found that to try the case
before a justice OF the peace II was
necessary for him to travel scrfls
twenty miles in the country. So he
hired q horse to carry him and of he
went.
when he arrived at the home of the
Justice Of the peace he found that the
Justice of the peace and the attorney
for the opposing side had talked the
case over and apparently had reached
an agreement unfaverable to Mr.. Nell
sons client. Whereupon the former
Union soldier decided he would have
to nut the fear of the law into the
heart Of the justice Of the peace. He
talked SO impressively that finally the
fustiee began TO believe that If he
now decided the case against Mr.. Nell
son he (the justice) would surely go
20 jaii. so not unnaturally he de-
cided the case in favor of Mr.. Nell
sons. client, and Mr. Nelson, after
having dinner with the justice, hitch
ed up his hired horse and drove back
to Aiexandris, -.s.
A Judgment was entered in faver OF
Mr., Nelson's. client, a Yankee farmer
who had moved west ~ did so many
others In those days. for si25. Now,
the lawyer VINO mad originally inter-
estsd Mr.. Nelson in the case heard OF
the Judgment and, without SAYING
anything to any one else. he went and
Evening star., 1923-01-09
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

/, tinker's dam. Personally, that is en-
tirely my attitude"
We asked him about his correspond
\ ence. if there were anything in it he
could make public with propriety.
! II wish you could see the letters /
get" he replied. Il remember one /
f; got the other day from a southern
brother. My reason for remembering
1t was that it was written in simplified
] spelling. 1t said, We are going to
send a solid'-onIy he spelt it s-o-I-e-d
delegation for you to the national
convention, What have you got to say
about it?'
] 81 concluded that I didn't have any,
1 thing to say about it, so l didn't saw
4 anything.
! THAT reminds me of another letter
One / received from an estimabie
lady while I was in the White House.
/ 'she wrote in most pathetic strain
that an old Rough Rider had been re.
duced to direst poverty. He had
camped with me, eaten with me and
was shot beside me. Would I please
help him2
II sent her a check and started an
investigation, I found that my sup
posed Rough Rider chum was a coll
ored man."
| Here the colonel smiled broadly
again.
And, inasmueh as the Rough Riders
4 were a iily-white regiment, sup
pose my colered friend had got his
wires crossed somewhere"
Various minor political luminaries
had flashed into print at that time,
each claiming that he could say. on
Roosevelt's authority, that he would
or wouldn't run for the presidency.
We asked him about these false
4 alarms.
| when ] have anything to say on
that subject" he announced. "Tll say
IL over my own signature and you
/ will know IL well In advance.
I II am sure" he went on, you gem
tiemen must realize why 1 haven't
| answered all such questions-why
| I'm saying nothing at all. -.
1 Consider for a moment what would
| happen II i qfu attempt TO answer
them. For every question 1 should
answer today there would be twenty
to answer tomorrow. Within a week
1 would be doing nothing except .aIl,-
| swering questions. - 80 <.
II can't do il, of course. Fer in
| stance, the other day I was surprised
/ to learn that a gentleman in Ne.
braska announced positively that |
would not run. He claimed to have
had eorrespendsnee with me on the
subject.
s"I couldn't recall him Ut ali-had
never heard Of him. But I looked up
the correspondence and found that,
technically, he was right. He had
4 had correspondence with me.
HE had written If 1 would say the
1 word Nebraska would send a deiega.
tion to Chicago instructed for me,
And ] had replied: ! thank you for
your iettar Of the 10th. ! am not q
candidate for any ONCE And that
/ was the correspondence.
"And, of course. the gentleman from
Nebraska now finds himself In the
AnsRlss Gias."
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JRstifahle Optimism

The men who control both houses
Of Congress, both parties in Congress
and both appropriations and District
committees of Congress have by word
and act shown keen appreciation of
the necessity of meeting today to
the maximum degree the capitals neg
iected municipal wartime needs, espe-
and water supply; and q determination
to remedy quickly these accumulated
neglects to the full extent of the reve-
nue-producing burden that the capi-
tails taxpayers of this year, local and
national, can reasonably be called
upon to bear.
Recognition of this fact prevents
Washington from falling into the
depths Of hopeless discouragement on
account of the mutilation of the District
appropriations bill in the Jealous
wrangle of members of the District
and appropriations committees over
questions OF committee jurisdiction.
The intent of the Districts legisla-
ture, thus indicated, will undoubtedly
result at this session in the enactment
of this wise and vitally important ap-
propriative legislation. Obviously this
intent can be crystallized into law at
this session only through the medium
OF the District appropriations bill. But
the reopening of the question by the
discussion and action in the House,
accompanied by the advocacy of a
broader and more liberal meeting of
school needs even than that proposed
by the appropriations committee, may
result in final passage Of the appro'
priations bill in shape to bestow a
maximum OF wise benefits upon the
distressed capital community.
1t is inconceivable that our legisla-
ture should permit its wholesome in.
tent to be defeated by internal wran.
giles over technicalities among mem
bers all of whom wish to help and not
to hinder the uphuilding Of the capital
Evening star., 1923-01-09
Great Britain to Pay.

Americans will like the straight
from. .the-shoulder talk of Stanley
Baldwin, chancellor of the British ex.
chequer and head of the mission the
Lendon government has sent here to
fund the debt owed by Great Britain
to the United States. I'VE have come
he says, with the express intention
Of paying our debt, and it Is owing to
the practical difficulties of making in
ternational payments that we are
about to consult with you In order to
accomplish the end which we both
have in view" And again: Our wish
is to approach the discussion as busi-
ness nAen seeking business solution
Of what Is fundamentally q business
problem
Here is an official expression of the
British view of the debt question
which exactly comedies with the
American view. 1t is business ques.
ton which must be settled along busi'
ness lines. 1t is neither political nor
sentimental question, and neither
proper part in its solution. Thus at
the first joint sessions of the British
and American commissions they have
gotten down to brass tacks, irrelevant
side issues are eliminated, and the
way is. opened to finding the answer
to the one question, which is twin
question, that must be answered, to
wit: How can Great Britain pay with
out undue hardships to her people, and
how can America receive payment
without injury to our own economic
system?
MFR. Baldwin asserts that pay
ments wholly in gold are out of the
question. This leaves payments to be
made partly in goods or service, or
both. The British chancellor sees very
! practical and serious difficulties both
in the making and in the receiving of
service and goods payments. But
Americans do not believe these diff.
culties are too serious to be over
come, and it is apparent that Mr..
Baldwin is far from despairing, for he
declares that For myself, l look for
ward to the meetings of the commits
sion with hope and confidence. 1 be-
lieve that shall not be disappointed. -
A solvent debtor who approaches
liquidation of his indebtedness in such
spirit need never fear that his
creditor will be unreasonable or un-
duly harsh. The British delegates.
having in view obtaining the easiest
possible terms. could not have made a
better approach. Had they come whin-
ing, pleading a poverty which does
not exist, or had they questioned the
validity of the debt and the moral
obligation which it involves, there
would have been an American rear-
ton In favor of putting on the
screws But the British having en-
tered upon the undertaking in a manly
and straightforward manner, they
will find no disposition to leave any
removable difficulties in the way of a
successful outcome. ......-
Evening star., 1923-01-09
The Drunkard's Gallery.
From Des Moines, Iowa:

Chief Of Police John B. Hammond
has assembled his first collection OF
see yourself when you're drunk
photographs, and will begin distribu-
tion of the souvenirs to men arrested
for intoxication as soon as the city's
legal department gives its approval
Of the chiefs novel plan for reducing
the prohibition law violations The
number of pictures or names of those
photographed were kept secret by the
chief.
The Star referred to this matter the
other day. 1t is decidedly one of in
terest.
May man be "mugged' for irtoxi-
cation?' Made upon recovery to see
himself as others saw him while he
was full of booze? Would it act as a
deterrent?
It might, particularly in cases of
men who when sober present a good
appearance. Booze is no respecter of
persons. 1t plays frightful tricks of
every kind with those whom It mas
ters, running a rough hand over a
handsome phiz, and converting a
honlsly one into something even
worse.
Why not give the camera a chance?
Nearly everything else has been tried,
and tried in vain on too many per,
sons. Lectures. pleadings. loss OF place
and companions are an old story, The
limo of indulEers continues much too
long, and is defyins even the prohibi-
ton law,
The camera, has been introduced
into many new fields in the past few
years, and with many excellent re,
suits. There may be beneficial uses for
it in this field. At any rate, the field is
so worthy Of cultivation, every means
should be employed to develop what
ever Of public as well as private good
il Is thought To contain.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

have been entering on the first stage.
Assuming prompt detection--which is
not assured, as, for instance. see the
Hall.Mills case in. New Brunswick,
N. J.-it is doubtful whether indict-
nent would have been rendered by
now. The trial itself would probably
have been protracted for weeks. If
conviction were had within q year
after the killing 1t would have been
not an average but an unusually ex'
pedited case of major crime, Then
upon conviction, IL that were had,
there would be appeals and repeated
appeals. and il execution occurred
within two years the case would have
been set down as q fair instance of
judicial expedition.
Protraction of these criminal cases
does not make for greater certainty OF
justice. It is altogether probable that
in the Bywsters.Thompson case JUS
tice was done, that the accused had
their fullest possible chance, and that
the delay of procedure would not have
saved them. without reference to the
question of capital punishment
whether right or wrong, it il undoubt:
edly to the public interest and Sc
curity that the law should move swift
ly and inexorably.
The punishment of these two people
guilty of an. objectionable capital
crime, within 100 days Of it's commits
sion, cannot fail to have most pro
found effect upon the people OF Eng
land as q warning. a lesson and a
demonstration of the law. In this
country only in the rarest cases does
the law work swiftly enough to make
such an impression upon the minds OF
the people. .,,
Evening star., 1923-01-09
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Oh, Wind!
The wind comes whistlin' loudly
Where the winter skies are gray.
1t moves along so proudly.
That the branches bend and sway.
oh. Wind. as you blow eoIdIy,
You show us mighty soon
That what you whistle boldly
Is no count sort O tune.
Your styles not eperatic;
Not even jolly jazz.
A quality emphatic
Is bout all 1t ever has.
Oh, Wind. aSryou come stornain'
Where clouds shut out the moon,
I'll say what you're perfermin'
Is a no count sort O. tune.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

srbeodore Roosevelt has been dead
four wears. 1t seems hardly so long ago
as that-that day they found him sleep
ing his last sleep.
Time flies. Why, it seems out yes
tArday (and yet it was eleven years
aro) that a group of us. some Oh US
cIose to his confidence and some close
10 hts distrust, sat with him every
few days in his office in New York city
ybers he thundered once week In
LYMAN Abbott's outlook.
T, is the 23d day of January. 1914
About twenty of us are sroupea
arouud Col. Roosevelt He is sittihs
directly beneath a picture OF SNAKE
speare.
The governors of six states have
urited in asking him to run again
for the presidency-to enter the hsts
for the republican nomination at Chl-
caxo the following June.
roosevelt hasn't. said he would nor
has he said he wouldn't. The coun-
try Ia wondering. His office IS the
tarret. for every letter-writing crank
within a thousand miles His picture
ia often in the newspapers, his name
Is the central thought of long articles
every. day. ;
we-the newspaper correspondents
have just seen the colonel purge
Ms of one of our number: It was
fellow. the colonel said. who had
broken faith with him, q rare oc-
cuFrence.
"when tFi- talk of my nemir,a-
tion first started, several months
ago" Roosevelt is saying, II was
uruzzled. did not know just what
to do about II, 4.
81 wrestied with myself for several
weeks Then, finally, ! decided TO
treat the matter tn1persenaily. ! en-
deayered to effaee myself and to learn
what the people of the country really
want.
."And having reached that con-
alusion." the colonel concluded, his
ewes twinklfng and his jaws swapping
In a peculiarly Rooseveltian gesture
that used to delight his audiences.
"I have been having bully time and
have been perfectly happy ever since"
what do you think of the boom for
you?" one of US asked.
ct will tell you frankly-though do
30 only to guide you in writing your
stories. think II Is q bubble that
will burst long before convention day
We protested. but he shook HIS head.
"There are ave months between now
and convention time" he reminded US.
sWould you accept the nomina tion? ~
The colonel smiled broadly.
"I've been pretty successful in dedg-
ins that Question, haven't To- he par
ried. "You know. gentlemen I'm be-
ginning to think that I'm fairly astute
that I have fair. ordinary intelfi-
genee. after all"
The smile fed, quickly. His Jaws
snapped. He stood up. He lifted his
hand high above his head in an inns
pesious gesture. His fist smote the
big picture above him, starting IT to
swaying, an incident to which he. paid
no heed: ),
seriously he said, i don't care a
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Two pigs. paid over by a Yankee
farner in the then wilds of Mime
sofa, was the fee received by knate
Nelson, now and for many years past
United States senator, for his hrst
legal case in Minnesota. senator
Nelson migrated to Minnesota in 1871
Evening star., 1923-01-09

from wisconsin
where he had
served as soldier
and lie G l s later,
and where he had
studied law. He
moved bag and
baggage to Alex
andria. Minn., and
h ung UT his
shingle, The GEN. :
trail and nertheTn
part of Minnesota
was really a part
Of the "frontier''
In those days.
Within q short
Ai.,nn nFhar Aiu nn
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Medieval torture methods now sus'
pected at Mer Rouge awaken univer-
sal resentment. The world has un-
doubtedly progressed. The time wal
when such demonstrations were wide
ly approved as forms of popular and
moral entertainment.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Canadians while digging for water
struck gold. This is deviation from
the experiences of stock investors who
seek precious minerals and find only
water.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

BY running from his harem, Moham.
med vi demonstrated that there is at
least one Turk who is willing to go a
long way for the sake OF peace.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Investigation in New York cafes dis
closes the fact that almost any night
can be as busy for prohibition agents.
as if 1t were New Year eve,
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Countries with great regulations for
thrift in all other respects have been
recklessly wasteful in burning money
for war purposes.
Evening star., 1923-01-09
Futile Guidance,

why can't we show European nA'
tions way out of her difficulties"
1--WE caH," said Senator Sorghum
But some Of 'em are too excited to
follow directions !.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Prohibition authorities claim that a
diplomat from abroad should be meas
ured not only for his official capacity
but for his carrying capacity.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

There may be time for number Of
cabinet rumors as to a new Secretary
of the Interior before the 4th of next
March. vs..
Evening star., 1923-01-09

The discussion across the Rhine still
consists of Frances inquiry, what
are you going to do about it?" and
Germanya response to the same effect,
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Lenin and Trotsky have evidently
devised a civil service arrangement
that thoroughly protects their own
particular government jobs.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

England takes a great step toward
simplifying international finance by
announcing that the way to, get rid Of
q debt is to pay 1t. -.
Evening star., 1923-01-09
Musings of q Motor Con.

Hortense Magee had CHANGED TO stray
Where the Potomac flows serene,
Said she, THAT watef's In the way.
Why could 1t not be gaseline9"
Evening star., 1923-01-09

More generous appropriations for
street lighting would be of assistance
in the prevention Of automobile acoi-
dents.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

When he allowed militarists to push
him into war, Wilhelm thought ne
would secure credit instead of having
to assume blame.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

In certain metropolitan poker circles
the card sharp has retired In favor of
the simple, unassuming burglar.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Sacriieges in Moscow call attention
to the tendency of sovietism to be as
reckless In religion as it Is in politics.
Evening star., 1923-01-09

Europe has a series OF political en-.
tanglements that long ago reached the
hard knot stage.
Evening star., 1923-01-09
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