The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-04
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

~ - - ~ ~ AJAeAkJl1fAAN1A 4lluACc a uOtCl
n defense Of Coolidge's silence on
the Ku Klux Khan. 1t would be il
legal for the president to denounce
any body of citizens, declares Arthur.
That would not stop the president
from denouncing the Khan IL they
were radicals aiming at the overthrow
Of the capitalist system. In that case
the president would find himself i'm
peached if he did not perform his duty
to the capitalist system. Says Bris-
bane: "The duty Of the president of
the United States is to keep out of dis
cussion and denunciations and not to
use his official position for propaganda
along the line of his own personal
views, whatever they may be-" That
is the question whatever they may
be-"
1T would be unfair to our readers or
to Brisbane, who is a man of in
tslligence, to attempt refutation of
this balderdash 1t is reported that
before Arthur starts on his column
he takes little drink of prevolstead.
MIA refreshment, and it m y be noticed
that his writings vary from radical t.
conservative Some people attribute
this fluctuation to the origin of the
Inspiration. When he praises the
Scotchmen who usually run England
il is presumed that the noted column
list has embraced the virtues of Haig
and Haig. When he writes jingo-
istic paragraph and calls for thous-
ands of war airplanes, he may be
SO full of. Old Grow that he cannot
helping screaming after the fashion OF
the American eagle, and when he at
tacks the British government his spir-
itual palladium may be Green River.
OF course. this may not explain Bris.
bane's political gyrations, but why
bother2 He does not.
LIEARST had a leaning toward La
: 1 Toilette after the democratic con
vention committed suicide. It is rum
cured that he tried to land position
in the LsFollette camp. but was not
satisfied with the prominence offered
He wanted to be the journalistic faith
or Of the freak Of nature, but Bob
was a jealous parent, so William Ran
dolph sulked in his tent, damned La
Toilette with faint praise and allowed
his chief editorial writer to boost
Coolidge. in about the only part of his
press, except the scandal section, that
is given much attention. 1t is also
whispered that there are financial rea
sons for Hearst's favorism to Silent
Cal
nEOPIE with kind hearts, while
they believe it serves the social
lists right to be treated with contempt
by their associates in the LaFollette
united front, at the same time. almost
shed tears OF pity at the cold blooded
manner in which their candidates
have been ignored in this election
by those for whom They have com
pletely defaced themselves. There
are none in the LaFollette camp SC
humble, outside of few pulpitless
preachers, who are willing to be seen
politically in the company of the so
cialists In New York. Illinois and
even in Wisconsin, it is the same
story.
ff-THIS is awful" said an old but
J now ex-member Of the socialist
party to me few days ago. 'In this
state the socialists have been re-
training from making socialist speech
es in order to obey the ruling OF
Charles MACEDONIAN of the G. p. p
A., hoping that he would endorse al
least one of their candidates. Now, he
turns around and endorses the Demo
! crat Sprague. John II. Walker, en-
dorses Deneen,. while Fitzpatrick and
J tho rest OF them who were supported
by the socialists in their attacks Oh
Tho Communists scurried around until
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