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The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

the party thus controlled by hostile votes.
 The value of any system must be judged by it's results Whatever may be said theo- Iretically, either by the demagogue or the doc trinaire, in favor of overthrowing the repre- sentative method of party government, the fact remains that the result has been to break down party authority and party responsibility. Not only are the people not satisfied with the outcome, but they complain loudly that po- ltica parties fail to meet their responsibilities, though the power of political party to do anything has been well night destroyed.
 The abandonment of the American system of two great responsible political parties in favor of the European system of bocs repre- sentng the immediate purposes of a limited group, may look like progress to those who look upon politics and public life only as means of personal exploitation. But to those who are interested in government from broad patriotic motives the destruction of political parties brought about bv legislation prohib- iting parties from operating on the represent ative system, precipitating the present chaos in government is alarming rather than en- couraglng.
 Bloc government, class government, group government, leads inevitably to personal gov ernnent means tyranny. Nearly all tyrannes are established in the name of the people. Talk about the people has been the chief stock in trade of the present autocrats of Russia, who have suppressed free speech and free press, and have throttled the last sembance of real government by the people.
 Any step from the American to the Euro pean theory of government is backward one. It is not progress, but reaction. The theory of representative government is as far in ad- vance of the doctrine of direct democracy as Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson and their contemporaries were ahead morally and intellectually, of the demogagues and theroists deluded by European conceptions of government, who today flout the representa- tive republican idea.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
THE SHADES OF NIGHT

q am going to change my hotel. There is lady opposite me comes in at all houds of the night and un- dresses, leaving the shades up"
 What has that got to do with you?"
 q can't stay awake all night"
 Some men see the sun rise in the morning, others manage to get into bed by that time.
 You will usually find more men try ing to live down a bad reputation than are trying to live up to a good one.
 Statistician says there were three million accidents last year. but this does not include the two cases where the telephone operator got the right number at the first attempt.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

The great men who framed the American Constitution intended to establish and did establish, not direct democracy but repre- sentative republic They knew that people sufficiently intelligent to be capable of self government were also sufficiently enlight- ened to understand that the people generally had not the time, the disposition or the means to acquaint themselves with the details of legislation or particular measures of govern ment. In order that this work mi ght be wisely and we'll done the founders of this Govern ment arranged that the people might choose agents to make their laws just as they would choose agents to make their shoes or their hats or their coats rather than botch the job by letting everybody take whack at it. These agents they made responsible to the people, requiring them to return periodi- cally to the people for renewal of their au- thority.
 The tendency to abandon our representa- tive republic and substitute for it the system of direct democratic government advocated generally by the European radicals, has re suited in some changes in our governmental scheme and the suggestion of many more-al leading away from the representative idea in government. The representative system in the government of political parties has been de- stroyed by legislation prohibiting parties from nominating candidates otherwise than through direct primaries which in many states may be dominated by voters out of sympathy with
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
ALASKA MOTTO: ZONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE'

The Cordova Chamber of Commerce IS to be oon,noonded for it's recent action ln refusing +o endorse a neffect of the Anchorage Cham her of Commerce to secure public condemna- ton of the effort of Juneau to secure the sum of s165 GOO as balance of a $2000QQ appro- nriation that was made by Congress twelve roars aoo for the erection of public build ino The members of the Cordova Chamber very wisely expressed themselves as oe'"S averse to fighting the expenditure of any appropriation that has been or may De llla''e for nub]ic buildings in the Territory That is the true spirit and we fell that Ill V"e course of time our good friends to the west ward will realize that they are taking 1nlS- taken attitude when they seek to prevent tl1e consummation of the hopes and necessities of neiohboring communities. They are alloN- mo themselves to be blinded by the nope tlat some day soon there may be change ol caDital, to the advantage of the WestWto" Even though that be a reality Tn tme yet the fact remains that Juneau will always nave nnouoh Federal officials and offices to re- ouire substantial public building, even great CT than the present available approprlaoloh will supply So soon as the various Alaskah communities adopt as their slogan, 'One TOT all. all for one'' the quicker will come deVel- onment in all sections of the Territory. The construction of $165,O00 Federal building in Juneau could not in any possible way oper- ate to the detriment of Anchorage, Seward, Cordova Fairbanks, or any of the other pres ent or prospective towns to the westward or the Interior Public buildings in all these towns would mean greater convenience and safety in the transaction of business and saving in rentals to Uncle Sam. - Juneau Capital.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
Things We Think

lot of '1ady-kiers" do their killing by causing
 A good theatrical producer has been known make a laughing success out of crying shame
 Married troubles' socalled because troubles never sngy.'
 Will power plus won't power equals do power.
 One big difference between the family and the special ist is the price. so is go theater and have look at lot of advertising the when he has paid his money to picture.
 good excuse is better than poor reason
 A girl in the courthouse thinks 'The New Freedom is story about divorces.
 The average girl seems to prefer to spoon with a fashion plate.
 It's all right to "brighten up the where you are but don't start brighten up other until you're the folks who live in them want your brand of brightening '' 9f " TWvTF'@
 woman generally gets her foolshness after she marries, which is about the time lot of men begin
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

A woman generally gets her foolishness after she marres, which is about the time lot of begin.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

Women who prance along the streets dangling pocketbooks from the wrist or hands are holding out walk ing invitation to crooks to grab the ness.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

It is hard to keep from sympathiz- ing with the chap who tells you proud ly that his car is fourteen months old and his total repairs to date have cost him S5 cents One hates to remind him of the inevitable calamities that are coming to him all in a bunch.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

Happiness is much like unto mush- rooms, so when you go hunting for it, you want to keep lookout for toad stools.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
WOMAN

WOMAN The love of dress she'll never lack,
 It is the truth, you'll find. That though her clothes are on her
 back,
 They're always on her mind.
 Gable says Russian students have to go barefoot on account of the fam inc. What? Have they eaten their shoes?
 Another pathetic little feature of everyday life is conscientious stylish stout ordering spinach and tea at the fashionable restaurant while her very soul hungers after chicken salad and cream stack pie.
 Peace on earth will never come so long as nations will fight for a piece of earth. cigars without thinking twice, and then swell up in admiration of him. self when he blows in dollar for candy for the family.
 AS a rule, a woman is pretty good at arithmetic-if she has man to subtract from.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

The best way out of difficulty i through it.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
TAKE YOUR CHOICE!

We don't know how the beds are, but there are two hotels in Point Pleasant, w. Va. John Rock manages one place and Ed Stone manages the other.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

Toreador trousers, slit, laced and decorated with bells, are the latest indiscretion in mems dress. To make the punishment fit the crime, the ruth less Rudolph should be required by law to wear them on the street.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
AW, NIX ON SADIE!

She never powders up her face
 For this I love my Sadie. I'll see her when the circus comes. For she's the bearded lady.
 One advantage in wearing a derby is that nobody wants to steal it.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
CONSIDERING HEALTH

"You insist on shaking hands with as many of your constituents as pos sible?"
 "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. Campaigning interrupts my golf and I need the physical exercise"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

Germany has just ordered eight hun dred billion marks worth of wheat Bout bushel and a half we reckon.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23

Another thing we can imagine is growing better and better day by day, and that is pr. Coue's bank account.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15

machinery. 1t would seem to come
within the same class as natural gas
as commodity in commerce among
the States. That being the case, the
individual State would be forbidden
to do that which prevents, obstructs
or burdens" its transmission from
one State to another.
There would apparently remain to
the State. however, the right to tax
the electrical energy produced from
its water powers. assuming that the
tax fell on all the power, and not
alone on that portion transmitted
across the border. Thus Pennsyl-
vania taxes anthracite when ready
for market" and Minnesota similarly
taxes iron ore, the Supreme Court
having upheld the tax in each case.
So Maine and New York may secure
revenue from their water-powers
even II they cannot bottle up their
energy. There are, to be sure, grave
objections to a scramble among the
States 30 to adjust taxes as to exact
tribute from the people of other
States. but that Is not as bad as a
situation in which q State seeks to
prevent the common use of a natural
resource. Tho decision of the Su-
preme Court In the West Virginia
case strikes blow at that short
sighted policy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
Wiscasset Academy
Graduation 1923

Wiscasset, Me. June 1i.-(SpcciaD
Tho graduating exercises of Wis
casset Academy were held in Red
Mems nall Wednesday,. June 18th,
with the following program: March;
prayer, Rev. ii. w. Webb: music !;
salutatory. Frances S. Cowlcy: es-
say. LAUNDERING in New England"
Walter r. Reed; class history. James
w. Lenya; essay. Aerial Naviga-
tion.s William A. Gorham; music,
prophecy, Minnie Nj. Norton; essay,
"Immifiration. Burleigh c. Munscy
address to undergraduates, Clifton f.
Hodsdon: class will. Fred w. Merry;
music; essay, THE Bible and its In
f1uence on the World" Fred A. Hag-
gett; presentation of gifts, NJ. Cleve-
land Quinnam; valcdictory. Esther G.
Berry: music: presentation of COM
mon school diplomas, Superintendent
l.. A. Bailey; presentation of academ-
ic diplomas, S. a. Scwall: march.
Glass motto, character not Repu-
tation." Glass colors, dark green and
gold. Glass officers-President, Bur
leigh c. Munsey: vice president,
Minnie NJ. Norton: secretary. Esther
G. Perry: treasurer Frances S. Cow
ley; marshal, Burleigh c. Munsey;
music. Riley's orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
IS LITTLE JACK RAgB1r
DAVID CORY

would feel very queer II some morn
ing after going to sleep in our own
bed we should wake up in another!
Hello! said Little Henry Jenny,
the white hen, as Little Jack Rabbit
hoped through the Old Rail Fence,
"where have you been all this time
"Oh, lots of places! he replied.
"Uncle Lucky and have been auto
MODELLING and the Old Red Rooster has
sprained his left leg and the Old
Brown Horse has a new collar ana
Grandmother Maybe has gone to
visit in Birdville".
II saw Teddy Turtle. said Ducky
Waddles who came by just then.
Hes very proud for Mrs. Turtle has
laid some eggs in hole in the ground
and has covered them up with dirt
and he says pretty soon there Will be
some little turtles.
"Ha, ha". laughed the little rabbit.
don't tell that to Peter Postum. He
loves turtle eggs. =.
Ducky Waddlcs promised he
wouldn't and after that the little rab-
bit hoped away, although the
Weathercock on the Big Red Barn
asked him to stay little longer.
mo, I WON'T. answered the Little
Jack Rabbit, I'm afraid Old Sic'em
will wakc'up and he might chase me-.
But even if that old dog had, the
little rabbit could have gotten away
easily for Old Sic'cm had the rheu-
niatism.
Well. after a while, not so very
long, Little Jack Rabbit saw Profess
sor Crow sittin' on a tree.
"Wait minute, said that wise old
bird, II want to read you something
from my little Black Book, and the
old gentleman crow turned to page
23la-after he had put on his spccta-
cics of course. for he couldn't see very
well without them.
Then, clearing his throat. he said
"Caw, cav! two or three times and
looked at the little rabbit but what
he read out of his book I'll tell you in
the next story, for there is no more
room in this one for another word.
Copyright 1923. David Cory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
Electricity in Interstate Conmere

(Boston Transcript
West Virginia may not limit or cut
off the supply of natural gas piped
to other States. The United States
Supreme Court so decides in an
opinion from which Justices Holmes,
McReynolds and Brandeis dissent
1t is a decision that does not direct
ly concern parts of the country in
which natural gas is unknown, but
1t may establish precedent which
will govern the distribution Of cleo
trical energy among the States. No
argument is needed to show Its i'm
portance in such event. The law SO
established would put an end to at
tempts to bottle UP hydro electric
power within the States where it is
generated. Governor Smith Of New
York has recently advocated such a
course in his own State. Last week,
during the convention of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association.
General Guy Trip, chairman Of the
board of directors of the Westing
house Company, directed attention to
the Maine law forbidding the trans
mission of electrical energy over the
State borders. 1t has been main
tanned from the time of its enact
ment that this law If put to the test
would be found to be unconstitu-
tional. The decision in the West
Virginia gas case goes far to sup
port that conclusion
Justice Vandevanter, in the opin-
ion of the Court, refers to the power
given Congress under the Constitu-
ton to regulate interstate commerce,
and adds: Natural gas is a lawful
article of commerce, and its trans
mission from one State to another
for sale and consumption in the lat
ter is interstate commerce. A State
law, whether of the State where the
gas is produced or that where it Is
sold, which by its necessary opera
tons. prevents, obstructs, or burdens
commerce. prohibited interference.
The West Virginia act IL such q
law"
Does electrical energy, generated
from the power of falling water and
flowing over a wire, become an arti-
Gle of interstate commerce II 1t
crosses a State line? Is 1t, in any
important essential with relation to
what constitutes a commodity. dis
tinct from the gas which flows
through a pipe? Electricity IL pro-
duced and distributed in quantities
easily measured. 1t is daily sold in
amounts that vary from the little
needed to light a dwelling house and
supply power for operating domestic
appliances to the wholesale amounts
required in the operation Of heavy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
Editors Letter Box
Some Pertinent Questions and Sug-
gestions

Some Pertinent Questions and Sug-
gestions
Editor Kennebec Journal:
Having read with interest some of
tho comment >caused by Governor
Bakers having the flag lowered to
half mast during the funeral of his
dog, may I beg a little space in
which to express a few Of my own
| thoughts on this subject
Isn't there little distinction be-
| tween crepe on the door and the
Nations Flag at half mast as SYM
bols OF mourning? thought one sig
| nifled private. the other public sor-
| row. Probably no one would have
challenged Governor Baxter's right
: to use crepe on his own door or any
; other badge of mourning open to us
all in our private Sriefs, though some
! might have questioned it's good taste.
Many of us feel that the flag does
; not belong to Governor Baxter alone
but, in a sense, inasmuch as it does
represent our government and our
| country, to all the people of this
State and of all the states. Did this
dog render some signal service to our
State or country that we should all
be thus plunged into mourning?
Surely let the Governors fellow citi-
zcns express their sympathy, If they
| wish. but why not let this be volun-
| tary and not eXactcd. Many feel that
the Governors loss of his dog was
so entirely n private sorrow that ex-
pressions OF sympathy might very
! well be confined to those volunteered
by the Governors personal friends
and to his dogs personal friends and
| that this autocratic and arbitrary use
/ q ,.of hrr 10,
| than increase the respect and loyalty
| in which we hold it and is for that
reason TO be deplored.
The flag may be only a symbol but
it symbolizes that which creates in
us. or should. the highest, most disin-
tcrestcd, most sacred emotion Of which
we. as people. are capable. With
out the flag and what it stands for
our country would be merely land,
deserts, woodland. farms, cities,
body without a spirit. For one to use
the flag lightly, as the piaything of
one individuals emotion, seems to
some OF us hint at ostentations. dis
regard for ones fellow citizens and
disrespect for the flag.
Yes. let US remember it is the coun-
try and government that the flag
represents, not the flag itself, for
which the soldier boy gave his life
Not the bit of silk. Also let US re-
member that when the flag is at half
mast it is not the flag itself, not the
bit of silk. but the country and the
government which that flag repre-
sents, that is showing its grief Is it
too much to expect that such a mark
OF mourning should be reserved for
sorrow or calamity that affects us all?
Can anything that tends to bclittle
or make trivial the flag and what it
stands for, make for better obedience
to law or greater loyalty to country?
J. NJ. BROWN.
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Railroads and Steamhos,e
MAINE CENTRAL RAILRo6o
Eastern STANDARD Tine
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA pcs

Bangor. tl24s a. m. i1.i0a m t7xa.
500 an. "3.F q. m. Ati2 10 .. m t2.sSas
,3.I2p m. tS.4O o. m
B.& A.Pu tl2.AS m. n IS an. Bf9E,.
Bar I.rbor 81 loan. tsss..m. snG...
Ea.h f6.I5a.m., - SO m. sIOIsa.. .m
!, m. 1872 .. m. %lO4s p. m
Belfast. t947 m. t2.5sp m.
Boston. 1921 a. m. tells q. m. ts1a,
$40 IS m. T. "a m. 1874 o. m. TO; On
Calais t2.35a m. Bts.47 . m. Ail2pa /.
Dover .Foxcroft. C5.00 a. m. t2.js .. n
Gardiner 1921 a. m. t6.l5a. m. p.3sa
$40. IL a. NJ. "a pm. q - ?. m. hos : :,
HalioweIl t6.l5a m. 1895 q m il01sa.
f. "a m. 1874 p. m. TAOS p. n. tilsl q
1882 D. M. S10.4S p. m.
Harmony. t2.5s p. m
Lewiston. t6. Is q. m. 1886 .. m. tlolsaa
i4.05 D. m. 40 - p. m.
New York. 1874 p. M. TAOS p n.
Portland 1921 q m. t6;l5 a m. i93sa q;
$40 is a. m. ". "A .. m. 1874 .. m. tiliax
IL 80 D m. HlO.4S p. m.
Rockiand. tolls a. m. t9.6 a. m. tiosn 4
Skowhegan Cj.0O am. H947 an. t2Np
So Gardner t6.15 q. m. 1885 O. a.. ii0u
a. m. r. "A p M. 1894 p. m. t5.l5 .. q, M
p. m. "i0.4S D. m
81. Jonn, Il2.48 q. m.
Waterviile. t12.4S a. m. 81 10 a. n. hx
a. M, $500 a m. s947 am. Atl240p.a.. ~
p. m. s3.l2 p. m. t6.40p. m.
sDaily. Daily. except Sunday. isunday II.
z Daily. except Monday.
A Will not run after May ).
B Commencing May Z.
{ Except Sunday and Monday.
d. C.. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HAR1A
A-2a 90 V. p e. GeBl Mgr. Gen1 Pas An
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
RIPLEY

Mrs. Louise Sullivan Of Pittsneu |.
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Newton 0s'
dom for a few days. -.
Chester Films, who has been =.
ployed in Reading, Mass, has tN-
UP his work and returned home.
Mrs. Lucelia Stafford was 2 ~
of her daughter, Mrs. Annie saw
OF Dexter, Tuesday. ..d.
Himmie Bane met with q bao ~ \
dent. Monday, having his arm GU !,
an axe. a doctors services VIEW
quired to sew up the cut. a.. 4
Ripley grange has an invita'"I1s M 4
meet with Exeter grange June
and a large number are piannms
attend.
Miss Doris Lord Of Dexter C w
caller at her sisters, Mrs. W."
Skillings, Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
Program Sheep and Wool
Growers Association

Maine Sheep and Wool Growers
Association program for pooling
wool week of June 18th:
Scion Railroad Station, June 20,
r. NJ: No. Arson Railroad Station,
June 20. 1.30 +. NJ. for New Port
land; Winthrop Railroad Station.
June 81, 9 \. NJ: Greene Railroad
Station. June q. =. NJ: Winslow
Railroad Station. June 80, 9 A. NJ:
Gardiner Railroad Station, June %,
8 a. NJ.
Every member will be expected to
assist in hagging. Come early and
help push the work through quickly.
All dividends earned by the associa-
ton will be divided pro rata among
the members of the association. Part
payment of 25c per pound will be
paid at once. Non members who
wish to pool their wool can do so by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
ADMIRABLE BUT NOT ENCoUR.
AGING

The report for the year 1922 Of
General Secretary Vickrey Of the
Near East Relief is an interesting one.
It arouses a glow of satisfaction that
Americans have done what they have
to relieve the awful conditions. Its
work for the relief Of the children or
phaned or abandoned has been re-
markable. It has fifty thousand pairs
Of hands awaiting equipment and in
struction in industrial occupations.
The aim has been TO confine Near
East Relief operations to q child well
fare program but q wider scope was
THRUST upon them by the distress fol-
lowing the burning Of Smyrna. The
bishop Of that place is quoted as say
ing that within the area Of his OBJ
servation they had saved 100000 lives.
One reads the Introductory remarks
Of this report with feelings Of misgiv.
ing.
1.-The year has been marked by I'M
foreseen radical changes in the poll
tical, racial and military maps Of the
Near East.
WAR has not ceased. Races have
been transplanted and more or less
interchanged.
Political stability has not been Sc
cured.
peace conferences have failed.
Refugees remain in exile.
Families and communities that
were regaining economic self-support
and independence have become ref
ugees through the enforced mid-win-
ter evacuation Of their ancestral
homes.
Thousands Of new orphans have
been created by the death or loss Of
parents and relatives in the inter-
change of populations.
Instead Of the anticipated normal
decrease Of relief work, the demands
for relief have been greatly increased.
if not multiplied, by military victories
and disasters, devasting fire and the
cruel interchange Of populations.