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Evening star., 1924-11-09

on their citizens, Florida has voted
an amendment to her constitution
providing that at no time may the
Legislature inflict a State income or
Inheritance tax
Florida has become the Winter
home Of thousands of the wealthy
and well-to-do people OF the country
She has cast her fascinating net to
the four corners of the Nation and
her catch has been large. Now Florida
proposes to become the permanent
all-the-year round abode of all those
who have found shelter in her golden
sun-and to attract other thousands to
her coral shores. Florida wants to
assure her residents that. so far "a
the state is concerned, their wealth
is secure, not alone for the present
generation, but for the generations
to come.
That is the meaning of the consti-
tutional amendment adopted last
Tuesday by a 6-to-1 vote. Florida
is of the old South. but its ideas are
of the strictly modern school, Watch
Florida,
Republicans in New York City and
elsewhere throughout the State were
shameless this year in adopting the
motto of "Cal and AL" and they were
just as shameless in casting their
ballots that way. 1t is only fair t.
say they were Joined by more shame
less Democrats who voted in precise
ly the same manner. Even the Re
publican State managers knew they
had a tough one to beat in Al Smith
and it was freely predicted by the
knowing ones that if "Car' won the
State by anything less than d million
votes "Al' would turn up winner
in the gubernatorial fight. Gal"
didn't get the million, so ''Al" got
sentenced to Albany for two more
years, much to the disgust of young
TED Roosevelt, his opponent. Ted
has taken his defeat philosophically
''They all came to hear me- he says:
they all patted me on the back and
said 1 was a fine fellow. Then they
went off and voted for AL
y IL
The first grand prize of the Repub-
lican oratorical campaign should 60
to Miss Amelia Bingham. the actress,
who broadcast one night direct from
New York. Miss Bingham is the all
American claimer for the G. o. p. In
all seriousness she said it was the
Republican party that was response
BILE for the fine wheat crop, the rail-
roads, the telephone, the farm trac-
tors, the radio. the telegraph and
every otneT modern convenience OF
our civic life. She referred to Cen
Dawes as that grand soldier who has
spent so many years in the service of
his country" just as if the general
were entitled to retirement under the
Army's 3O-year clause. Miss Bing-
ham is no piker. If she lives and
nothing happens. she should be on
the firing line four years from now
heaping new laurels on the grand old
party.
(Copyripht 1924
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Holds Walter Johnson's Career
Inspiration for All Americans

OF his ability to get a place on a
winning team at any time.
Always and everywhere he was
Kind, courteous, gentlemanly, never
a frown upon his face, never bitter
ness In his heart or criticism in his
mind over the failure of his team to
support him. With full knowledge
that he might impose his services
upon any team of his selection at
terms OF his own dictation, he
plodded along in sunshine and in rain,
CHEEKY, gracious, capable player.
No doubt the memory of the great
men of the past, whose weaknesses
have been forgotten in the adulation
of their strength, does much to instill
fine American spirit into the boys
and girls of today, but, somehow. I
believe that the millions OF other
men who. like Walter Johnson. have
faced defeat with a smile, done their
level best under adverse circum-
stances and refused to be critical Of
the conduct Of others, are doing as
much to make safe the institutions
We love as did our men Of history.
*x y x
1t has always been a cause of
wonder to me why we do not apply
the rules which govern our national
sport to the affairs of life. The aver
age man refuses to play the game Of
life unless he can pitch. 1t makes
no difference whether we know how
to pitch or not-we want the position
in the box. Yet we would hiss off
the field a man who tried to pitch
when he did not know how. 1t is
strange that we cannot realize that
there is a place for each Of us to fill
and that our honor comes from the
filling ii well. not in refusing to play.
How better it would be If we do the
Walter johnson act-play well our
part and utter no complaint.
There will be far better work
everywhere in American life when we
have more team work. less dissatis-
faction with our fellows and less
high opinion Of our own ability. The
man who resents the decision of the
umpire never gets very far in base
ball. Sooner or later he goes to the
bench, and from the bench to the
bush league. Maybe the player was
right and the umpire was wrong, but
the world has no time to settle the
cause of a sorehead. Likewise, the
sooner we reconcile ourselves to the
decisions Of the courts, however un.
just they may seem to US to be. the
better off we will be. The great body
of mankind is in favor OF justice and
fair dealing, but 1t is also in favor
OF the game going ahead although
the decision may be faulty.
We are just over the sound and
fury of a presidential election. The
decision Of the umpire is distinctly
unsatisfactory to a large number Of
people. Perhaps it was wrong; L do
not know. But let's abide by 1t, go
on with the game, and keep on hop
ing that in future political battles
every team may have a Walter john
son to do its pitching.
Copyright, 1924, by 2lst Century Press)
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Wilbur Backs Rule
Requiring Service

Secretary Wilbur offers a number
of plausible reasons for his order,
just published, that graduates of the
Naval Academy must hereafter serve
two years as ensigns before being
permitted to resign from the service.
The immediate reason is that 90
members of the last graduating class
resigned their commissions imme-
diately on their receipt. The Secre-
tary feels if the Government pays a
cadet $3.50 a year for the privilege
of educating him and maintains an
expensive establishment to prepare
him for naval career. the graduate
is under some obligation to try to
repay the Government for this trou-
Bile and expense. 1t may be objected
that many cadets are young when
they enter Annapolis and that their
aspirations TO life at sea may
change during training, but there
is something to be said for the Secre-
tary's objection to losing so exten-
svely trained officers from a single
class.
What is particularly interesting
about the incident, however, is the
manner in which the Secretary's ideas
have been altered by time. Mr.. Will
bur graduated from the academy in
1883. He resigned from the naval
service the same year. 1t is not
known exactly how much service he
saw before he resigned, but it is
probable he had not fully discharged
the implied obligation he now cites.
To pursue the matter further, is two
years service sufficient to repay the
Government for its effort? Possibly
if the ensign is unusually brilliant
1t can be done. There is. for ex-
ample, the instance of another cabinet
member, Mr.. Weeks, who graduated
from Annapolis in 1881 and resigned
exactly two years later, in which
time 1t must be assumed. according
to the recent order. his debt to the
Government was duly redeemed
Detroit News.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Yankee Ideas at Work.

Closing Of the American women's
Medical College in ConstantinopIe. as
result of new Turkish regulations
is declared by DR.. Albert w Staub
American director of Near East co..
leges, to be of no great moment as
the board of trustees already had
decided that the school must be
closed because of a lack OF financial
means to carry it on. Other Ameri-
can schools in the Near East are ap-
proved by the Turkish and Syrian
governments and will continue TO
function with even more effectiveess
in the future than in the past, for
the need of trained men and women
today is recognized by all peoples Of
the Balkans and Near East Z
DR.. Staub recently made a tour or
the Eastern Mediterranean region
and has brought back vpt got one
of the most amazing chahgts N the
social and political order that the
world ever has seen. Not only have
the governments of the Balkans, OF
Turkey and of the Arab lands been
completely altered, but the East at
last seems to have gained an APP
prehension Of the mechanical means
by which Western civilization Is
bound together and propagated. The
demand for American automobiles
and farm machinery is already large
in the classic lands beyond the
Aegean Sea and in the valleys Of the
Nile and Euphrates. The building Of
! roads. installing of telephones and
organizing of common schools on mod
ern lines will follow as a. matter Of
course.
From Jugoslavia to the border Of
Persia there is a demand for gradu-
ates of the American schools in the
Near East. School systems that had
been modelled on European lines for
the training ofprivileged classes are
being reconstructed according to
American standards for the education
of all the people. 1t is the first time
in history that the common people of
the Near East have been recognized
as worthy of attention and training
| for the duties of life.
Most significant of all, while repre-
sentatives of other nations are under
severe restrictions Americans are free
to teach and work for the uplift OF
all races and creeds in the Near East,
for America Is trusted as is no other
country By the Western Orient
Rochester HArald.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Nothing Wrong.
They say the world is going wrong.
l can't believe it.
Though many things will come along
To vex and grieve it.
We say some fault we must remove
A serious matter
Yet in the end complaints will prove
But idle chatter.
They say this world is insincere.
1 gravely doubt it.
The people in it may be queer
And rave about it.
But fields are green and skies are
blue.
Crops happen surely.
1t looks as If this old world knew
Its way securely.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

The American Federation Of Labor
was advised by its officials to vote for
the La Follette-Wheeler ticket AS an
organization it was frankly in politics.
Its individual members went ahead as
usual and voted precisely as they
pleased.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
A Skyscraper University.

The combination of store and sky
scraper is a comparatively old one.
That OF theater and skyscraper is
familiar. That Of church and sky
scraper is not unknown. Tho tend
ency Of the times is necessarily up
ward. and the latest to rise toward
the skies os to Qlan to Do So jA the
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Enthusiastic airmen predict that
airplanes will become as cheap and
plentiful as f1ivvers. 1t is hoped that
the new traffic congestion will be
postponed until the present parking
problems are solved.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

A Government worker is compelled
to live in Washington. It seems i'm
possible to adjust his salary to meet
rental. There appears to be nothing
for him to do except try to have rental
adjusted to meet his salary.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Failure to Measure Up.

Sad is the small-town statesman's lot.
His duty plain; he shirked it.
A little line Of graft he got.
But rather overworked it.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Since the mention Of Rum, Roma n
ism and Rebellion a slogan is re.
garded as a success if it amuses the
public and creates no dangerous irri.
tation.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

In spite Of the sensational discus
sion of the matter, it may now be
doubted whether mention Of the
"Klan" by name or refusal to mention
it really made any great difference.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
The Public Pulse.

"A politician must feel the pulse of
public opinion"
"Of course" agreed Senator Sor-
ghum, land, like the physician, he ex-
poets to collect something, even for
feeling pulse
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Wall Street not only posted big bet
ting odds on Coolidge, but in it's stock
quotations is demonstrating even
greater confidence in him.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

trouble than the information may be
worth in the end, is what church is it,
and who is the preacher?' Every place
of public worship ought to put in some
conspicuous place the answer to these
questions, SO that he who runs may
read"
Evening star., 1924-11-09

If Germany is justified in disclaim.
ing responsibility for the war the his
torians may be depended on to find it
out and make the facts plain to pos
terity.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
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TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
isbed herein. All rights Of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

1t has been remarked by European
writers that American politics lacks
leadership. The voters last Tuesday
thought otherwise
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Prosperity is too valuable an asset
to be trifed with. At the present time
the ship Of state has no room for the
boat rocker.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Jud Tunkins says bein' elected to
ried. There's no surer way for a man
to have all his faults revealed unto
hisself.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Endurance Test.

''He told me he loved me tho first
time he saw me- said the sentimental
girl.
"Ah, yes-' sighed Miss Cayenne.
But that's no sign he's going to keep
on loving you after he has seen you
at breakfast for six months or so.'
Evening star., 1924-11-09
A Political Power

The Farmer is a joyous elf.
He steps outdoors and helps himself
And makes the Statesman tend to biz
To see the Farmers getting his.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

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Evening star., 1924-11-09

"A Democratic triumph yeste rday,"
says The Star Of November 4, 1874. of
the voting on the day
Uemocratlc preceding, had been suf-
v;.+. ficiently foreshadowed by
SAeNAy' the October elections to
make the returns last night tally to
great extent with the public expecta-
tion, but the result in Massachusetts,
was distinct surprise both to Demo
Gratis and Republicans. The result in
that State may perhaps be set down as
a triumph of moral ideas through the
act OF recalcitrant Republicans of
thought and culture repudiating the
support Of Objectionable candidates
thrust upon them by caucus or personal
manipulation. The defeat of Bill Mann,
the Republican candidate for district at
torney in Philadelphia. and through
him of the Philadelphia ring, by the ac-
tion of boiling Republican voters, is
another moral victory. But when we
Morrissey and his Tammany men could
hardly be set down as a victory of that
class.
"It is evident that no one cause was
at the bottom of the Republican dis
asterS 1t was not due alone to inf1a-
ton, or contraction, or thiru-termism,
or hard times, or high tariff. or free
trade. or Southern misrule or nepotism,
or party profiigacy, or credit mobilier.
or back pay-it was not due to any of
these causes but to an accumulation of
discomfort, such as must naturally
grow up against any party long in
power. And the Democracy. while they
have undoubted cause for feeling good
ever the results. will make a mistake if
they think the next presidency already
won Their difficulties will come when
they undertake to present a candidate
and platform with Issues broad
enough and definite enough for ma
tional campaign.
Yesterday and in October the con-
test may be said to have been on issues
local to each State voting. In Massa.
chusetts the result was a revolt againsa
Butlerism and sumptuary laws. Nobody
doubts, however that Massachusetts 10
Republican State and will be found
giving her old Republican majority in
November, 1S76-if that party, taking
a lesson from its present reverses, puts
up candidates and platforms such as
honest-thinking Republicans can in
dorse. So, too, Of Ohio, Indiana. New
York and other disaffected Republican
States. 1t cannot be denied that the
Republican party has just now a look
of decentralization and disintegration ex-
tremely encouraging to the hopes Of the
hungry Democracy. 1t remains to be
seen whether there is brains, tact and
courage enough in the Republican lead
ership to pluck this flower, safety, out
of this nettie, danger"
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Mirth,

The man who has a lot Of coin
In revelry may freely join.
The man who hits a modest pace
Says, Poverty is no Disgrace
Wealth's merriment seems harshly
bold;
The pride Of poverty seems cold,
And mirth becomes trifie queer,
Inadequate and insincere.
Folks would be mo- generous an
happy" said Uncle Eben, ''if every
man could make as many excuses fob
others as he kin fah hisse,x.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
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Evening star., 1924-11-09

In The Star Of November 6. 1874,
are printed figures compiled by the
=. B a l timore
the 1875 Election. tjops uposs '9s of etue the
preceding Tuesday and forecasting the
status Of the electoral college in 1876.
A table is given showing in the Demo-
cratic column 81 States with 264 cleo
toral votes and the Republican column
IL States with "A votes. The Star says: ::
Thus we see that in the States that
have thus far voted this year the Demo-
Gratis have on the popular vote carried
81 out Of 33, and if the Democrats
could hold them in 1875 they would
easily elect their candidates on the ma
tional tickets This they will probably
not be able to do, but still the prospect
Is such as to put the Republican party
on its metal to recover the ground that
has been lost, or be worse defeated"
In a miscellaneous column entitled
'Undertones," in The Star of November
- Z. 1874, is the follow
Identification ing:
Of Churches. ouires WHY churches
do not have affixed near their entrance
a tablet giving the name Of the church
and its pastor. Why not, indeed? There
is no question oftener asked, particu-
larly by strangers, than Can you tell
what or whose church this is?' And a
tablet such as is suggested would be
not only convenience to the public,
but oftentimes an advantage to the
church itself. In New York the fronts
of churches are generally used by un-
dertakers for advertising their occupa-
ton and place Of business. but this is a
species Of Information that most people
prefer to acquire very late in life. What
they do want to know. and what they
Afa EAkely aba to md out without more
Evening star., 1924-11-09

The newly elected Senator from
Minnesota, Representative Thomas D.
Schall, has known the seamy side
of life and roughed it with tho
toughest in his young days. His fa-
ther died when he was years old.
leaving the family destitute. His
mother became a cook, in hotel and
he boasts an early intimate associa-
tion with tin cans and garbage piles.
He sold newspapers and blacked
boots. At the age of ~. he could nei-
ther read nor write. He worked in q
brickyard. played ball in a bush
league and won purse Of $25 and a
COW in prize fight against q profes,
GppA ,puEauSk
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Representative Robert L. Bacon,
worthy son of An able sire, a former
Treasury Department employee, who
served on the Texas border and in
the World War, being awarded the
distinguished service medal. has just
won another distinction. Lafayette B.
Gleason. secretary of the New York
Republican State committee, is au-
thority for the statement that Repre-
sentative Bacon's 4S,S00 plurality in the
district comprising Suffolk and Nassau
Counties and part of Queensborough
breaks all records in the State Of
New York for a candidate for Con-
gress, running with opposition in a
single district.
\ r r
Charles 8. Deneen, former Governor
Of Illinois and now elected United
States Senator, was the best boxer
among the boys who attended Nc
Kendree College something over a
quarter Of century ago. His skill
with the gloves won for him the nick
name of "Chug." His grandfather was
a pioneer Methodist minlter. His
parents believed in the did pline of
hard work. He used to be country
school teacher
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Looking Toward
the 1876 Election.

In a miscellaneous column entitled
in The Star of November
Evening star., 1924-11-09
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

"A Democratic triumph yeste rday,"
says The Star OF November 4, 1874, of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22
The Wilbur Recall

The recall by President Coolidge of Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur from his speaking tour on the
Pacific coast has aroused widespread interest of
an international character Not only has there
been made an attempt to learn the why and where
fore of this sudden "comehome" ORDER in the
United States but there has been manifested some
anxiety even in Japan and England.
AS usual, Mr.. Coolidge would have the country
believe that everything is just normal and that
there, is occasion for disturbance. The facts
belle the explanations rather the absence of
plantations on the part of Coolidge. The truth of
the matter is that Mr.. Wilbur was talking just a
little too much and above all was telling too
plainly the aims and plans of the American mill
tarist clique Mr.. Wilbur's unguarded and I'M
camouhaged pleas for gun elevation at time when
Great Britain was protesting this move viola
ton of the Washington Conference agreement were
considered as unfortunate and inappropriate.
Nor did Japan welcome the bombast of Wilbur
when he declared 'Marching hosts of two civiliza-
lions stand face to face across the Pacific" and
that the maintenance of a powerful fleet in the
Pacific "would be deterrent against hasty pas
sionate, and ill-advised attack and conflict" In
deed, the answer of Japan to this confession Of
purpose by our first war lord of the is the plan
of its navy department to elevate the guns of the
Niponese feet
Inc dEC Vi uApAUndCy, like OAhcE arts, Sdh NC
mastered only with time. Mr.. Wilbur will learn
to ply his trade of befuddling the minds of the
masses and serving his employer, the capitalist
class after he stays in the game long some
of his colleagues. Messrs. Mellon and Hughes have
been too long at it to spill the beans clumsily
No doubt the comparatively speaking, novice Will
bur was ordered to come back to his post in order
to improve his skill as diplomat and in order to
avoid the embarrassments which usually follow
plain, blunt talk in imperialist politics.