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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-08-29

the restoration Of the saloon, Is in
substance 3 public enemy. The m
creased assets Of the savings and
loan associations, the life insurance
data and statistics, the increased
comfort and happiness Of millions Of
families with their multiplied facili-
ties for education and recreation, due
to the tens Of thousands Of moving
picture shows and the millions Of au-
tomobiles, all stand conspicuously
forth to proclaim the fact that the
bootlegger and the apologist for the
bootleggsr, are both public enemies.
Furthermore, such statistics as l
have outlined above do not take into
account the reduced vitality Of chill
dren due to an alcoholic inheritance
and the poverty stricken condition OF
thousands Of families which was for
Imerly so common an occurrence due
to the drink habit on the part Of the
husband and father; nor the abuse
of wife and children INDUCED in by
the drunken husband and father and
a dozen other aspects Of the case
against John Barleycorn.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-08-29

It Is we'll enough for Mr.. Butler TO
say that no one Is in favor Of restor-
ing the saloon, but where win he sell
alcoholic beverages If not in saloons I
Does he propose to have the stuff
sold in Sunday schools and high
schools and universities, notwith-
standing the fact that the statistics
Of the life insurance and health and
accident companies demonstrate that
alcohol Is = poison and the more Of
it you have in your beverages the
more poisonous and ruinous it isl
Doesn't Mr.. Butler see the liquor
question within very small horizon
when he thinks Of it in behalf Of
those who want a hilarious time and
forrets the millions of wives and
children who have suffered miseries
beyond description because the bread
winner wasted his earnings in some
one of the 100000 saloons?
Doesn't Mr.. Butler forget the
enormous home building activities in
every community and the betterment
of economic conditions in every de-
partment of business due to the bill
lions of dollars being deposited by
the millions of new patrons Of the
savings banks and building and loan
associations?
Alcohol Worse Than Epidemic
Doesn't Mr.. Gilbert bore with 8
gimlet instead of an auger when he
approaches the liquor question?
The man who advocates the re-
storation of alcohol as beverage in
the United States, advocates a dis
ease and death producing cause which
will result in a greater loss of life
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I do not have to stay in public life.
can take my books, my wife, and
my children, and if I am dismissed
from the service for following my
conviction, will go cut to my farm,
and stay there until the call comes"
After that don't know how many
times Dolliver, when our little group
would be comforting, would turn to-
ward me and say, Bob has been
taking the gaff all these years, and
isn't going to take it alone any lon
ger"
Dolliver never came to the fullness
of his strength until this great po-
litical revolution took place within
him. And then it awakened the
sleeping giant and he became a stu
dent of the details of the tariff; he
dug it out by the roots.
Dolliver had a very remarkable
memory. He often told me about
how he trained it. His father had
insisted upon his committing all of
his Latin themes and whole books
Of the Bible to memory. He could
write out a speech and deliver it al
most literally as it was written.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc)
Continued in Our Next Issue)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-10
SEN DOLLTVER SWINGS FROM
POLITICS IN SENATE

, stead of engaging in the drudgery
which is necessary to enable any
man to master first the principles
and then the details of a complex
problem.
He entered public life very young
and everything came to him easily.
lie did not have to encounter opposi-
ton in his own district. He did not
nave to fight for anything in his own
State. He was taken up by the lead
ers here in the House and afterward
in the Senate He was always in de-
ways fiattered and applauded, and ne
drifted along with the old crowd.
So, when [ came to tie Senate
Dolliver was one Of the men put for
ward to answer any criticism that I
might offer against things as they
existed.
1 had been out through Iowa be-
fore I came to the Senate, and 1 had
reviewed the struggle that was then
on in Congress to amend the inter
state commerce act.
l spoke in Delivers town and in
Hepburn's' town. and they came in
Cor my criticism against the commit
tees for holding UP legislation.
Senator Deliver was piqued aud
prepared a speech for the Chautau-
qua platform designed to answer my
criticism, though he never mentioned
my name. So. when l came to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-10
MY OWN STORY
= By ROBERT NJ. LA TOILETTE


part Of the people of the country.
When I entered the Senate 1 was
alone Dolliver. Slapp and Bever-
idge. all of whom were afterward
active progressives, had been mem
bers Of the Senate for some time
and were still recognized as regular.
though Dolliver had shown some
symptoms of revolt.
I have already described the first
occasion upon which the few Re-
publican Senators who were willing
TO oppose the reactionary bosses
were brought ogether-upon the
naval appropriation bill in January.
1903. 0
Later, after we got into the tar
if fight in 1909, we began to know
who could be depended upon, and
our meetings were frequent.
Beverage There
DOlliver. Beveridge and Clapp
were here when I came; Dixon and
Bourne entered March 4, 1907;
Borah. 1908; Cummins. November.
1908. and Bristow, March. 1909.
Deliver was a wonderfully gifted
man. His command of language and
facility of expression equaled that
of any man [ ever knew. He had
Imagination, humOr, alertness. He
could command all Of his powers in
stantIy. This was something of a
misfortune to Dolliver, because 1t
tempted him often to depend upon
this wonderful readiness Of power in
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away from him by a combination of
votes in the committee and placed
him in the humiliating situation Of
having to see his bill reported by a
Democratic member of the commit.
tee
He told me then of the difficulty
with which he held himself in re-
straint from making an outbreak
against Aldrich and the system, but
of his old colleague, Senator Allison.
Going to Break
But he said that he had told Alli-
son that he could not stand it much
longer; that he was going to break
away and declare his independence
of the system in the Senate which
was manipulating legislation for the
benefit Of great interests.
And Allison, whom he loved like a
father, had said to him;
Jonathan, don't do it; don't do it
now. Wait until am gone. I know
it is wrong. 1t has grown up here
gradually in the last quarter of a
century. l have gone along with It.
These men are my associates.
have only a little while left, and I
haven't the strength to break away
1t has got to come. 1t is a cancer;
it's got to be cut out. But wait until
I am gone, and then go into his new
movement where you belong"
DolliVer said 10 mo "F'ror11 this
time on I am going to be independ-
eht. I am going to serve my con-
science. I have been lecturing, I
have saved my dollars and put
them into a farm up there in Iowa.
Il am going to Judgment in the
next twenty years. and l am going
so can look my Maker in the face.
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
NSTAIINlENTS

After years spent IN nEntInS the
political bosses in the House of Repre-
sentatives and later as Governor of Wis
cOnsni La Toilette is elected TO the SEN
ate in 1903 At Washington. as IN VS.
COnsin. ne discovers the machine polite
ians combating progressive legislation
S. In a speech before the Senate Ia Fol
lette defies the bosses and presses for
ward with constructive railroad leglsia-
tiOn. meeting with many TclUffs- In ala
other fight against the railroad interests,
which have entrenched themselves IN the
Interstate Commerce Committee. La Fol-
lette secures the passage of an employ
liability lawn the interests OF the
railroad bTOsheThOOds.
1 also secured the passage in 1907
after much opposition and filibus
tering, of a law to limit the hours
Of continuous service Of railroad
employees. This law has been OF
great use in preventing those acct
dents which formerly arose from
continuous employment Of men for
twenty-fOur or even thirty-six hours
without sleep or rest.
What is undoubtedly the most sig
nif1cant development Of recent years
in the Congress of the United States
especially in the Senate. has been
the growth Of the so-caIled pro
gressive group-reecting a similar
change in political view upon the
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Senate, although we had been good
friends in the House, and though he
greeted me corially, l felt that he
was more than a little against me.
Makes Fight
In 1908 l was the one Republican
in the Senate who made fight on
the emergency currency bill. Dolli-
yer came back a day or two before
the vote was to be taken. And he
was staged for an eloquent fifteen or
twenty-minute talk aimed directly at
me. He did not mention my name,
of course, but it was intended as a
rebuke to me.
I used to say to Mrs. La Toilette,
"Dolliver some time or other will
come to himself" and so 1 never
would be drawn into any controversy
with m which would lead to a
b t, our friendly personal rela-
AS we were coming into the new
session, in 1909, and the tariff bill
was coming up, l thought a great
deal about Dolliver. One day 1 went
over to his seat and said, Senator,
I want you to come down to my
committee room. I want to talk
with you"
He said, "Sit down and talk here. -"
No" 1 3said, II want a serious
talk with you. We will both get
angry before we get through. but we
will stay until we get it over with. "
What is it all about, BOb?" he
asked
Il want to make you see that you
ought to break away from Aldrich,
and I pointed TO the other fellows
sitting all about him. These fell
lows are not serving the public; they
are betraying the public and you are
following them. Your place is at the
head Of a movement here in the Sen
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Senators representing the same State
and belonging to the same political
party cannot serve on the same com
mittee. Dolliver had gone to the
boss OF the Senate, Mr.. Aldrich, and
said: will you put Cummins on the
Interstate Commerce Committee If
1 resign?"
"Why, if you want it, will" said
Aldrich.
Having resigned from that com
he applied for appointment to the
vacancy created by Allisons death
on the Committee on Finance. Dol
liver had right to expect that his
friends. Aldrich and the rest, would
put him on. But after getting his
resignation from the Committee on
Interstate Commerce, Dolhver was
not only denied a place on the Com
mittee on Finance, upon which he
had set his heart, but Cummins him
self came within a hairs breadth
Of losing the appointment to the
COHlHlIlee on Interstate Commerce.
Meeting Dolliver in the corridor
one day after the appointments were
announced, I said to him, Jonathan,
are you pretty nearly ready to have
that conference with me?"
He answered, Yes, am coming
over to see you"
We'll" said, come now"
And he went with me to my com
mittee room. We spent several hours
together. Dolliver reviewed all OF
his associates with these masters OF
legislation in the House and in the
Senate. He went back to the treat
ment which he had received on the
Committee on Interstate Commerce
when Aldrich took his railroad bill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-10
Soldier Is HOnOred

Appreciation Of the services of Err
NAL c. David of Whiting, member
of Company F, 115th Engineers, who
died of appendicitis at Camp Knox.
KY, where his regiment was in train
ing Monday, has been expressed by
Harry B. Smith. adjutant general OF
Indiana.
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my OWN STORY is an exclusive
swspaper version of one Of the great
sutObiOgraphies of modern times, La
Follette's own story OF adventures IN
politics as written by himself i'll 1912.
together with an authorized narrative
of his experiences IN the years since
then
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So DolIver laughed and turned me
off with a joke. and 1 did not get
any serious talk with him until
March, after the committees were
selected. Allison was dead and Cum
Minis had succeeded him.
According to Senate usage, two
Evening star., 1924-12-06

houses have been filed at q rate which
would require @ monthly expenditure
Of $4,000. At the present rate Of
house building the District needs
$Ss0,o0o a year to give new homes
sewer facilities. The current appro-
priation for this work is $3.50, 200. and
the budget estimate for next fiscal
year is s275.oo0. t,
The estimates provide for comple.
tion Of the Rock Creek interceptor
sewer to the north line Of the District,
and this will aid in the giving OF sewer
service to new residence sections, and
is part Of the plan to free Rock Creek
of pollution. Trunk line branches Of
this main sewer must be built to take
care of the Sligo and Woodside sec
tions. The estimates allow only $4,000
for continuing work on the upper
Potomac interceptor sewer, and while
this sum will pay for very little work
on this great and highly important
sewer it will, as the sewer DEPART
ment officials say. keep the project
alive" There is no provision in the
new estimates for the Eastern Branch
interceptor.
Evening star., 1924-12-06
The Weehawken Rum Runners.

AS result Of the vigorous work
Of a priest in Weehawken, n. j., who
started lighting rum runners after tho
police had refused even partially to
clean up the district around his
church. the Hudson County grand
jury on Friday found indictments
against II persons. including 10 police
men, the commissioner OF public
safety of Weehawken and q man who
is alleged to be the king Of the rum
runners in the vicinity OF New York.
1t is charged that these men CO.
operated TO permit the landing Of
great quantities OF liquor on the Jer.
sey shore without any attempt at pre-
vention, that police guards were even
used to hold of Federal enforcement
agents from the discharge OF their
duty. The priest, Rev. George +. Ben
nett, his efforts to improve conditions
in the neighborhood Of his own church
baked. finding the saloons keeping
open even on Sundays. encountering
absolute Indifference on the part OF
the police force. determined to probe
the situation thoroughly. He soon
found that Weehawken was verttably
the capital city of the rum runners
and that thousands Of cases were
landed at a certain point every week
to be taken in motor trucks to New
York. At the risk OF his life he con.
Quoted a personal watch. He was
-
fered bribes to remit from his atten.
tions Now IL are accused and will be
tried.
Service like this by an individual 10
Of the highest value. At the same
time It is a grave reflection upon the
honesty OF public servants sworn to
enforce the law. Enforcement OF pro-
hibition makes demands upon these
qualities. The f1agrancy OF violation
corrupts men In Office and responsible
positions. Large sums como TO them
In bribes. They get their "rake.off"
They depend upon the completeness OF
prosecutors for immunity.
That the violators Of the law can be
caught, both official and UNOFFICIAL, Is
shown by this Weehawken case, with
one man in pursuit. The conditions
were open and evident TO any observer.
1t simply required nerve and deter
mination to bring the recreant officials
to book. What this Weehawken
priest has done Federal enforcement
agents and prosecutors can do II they
will
Evening star., 1924-12-06

Wheeler. Yet 1887 OF them went
astray in the marking of their ballots,
enough to have given the majority OF
the States electors to other candt-
dates than Coolidge and Davis in a
tight race. and possibly to elect tho
Democratic rather than the Republic
an candidates.
1t is true that somo OF the differ
ences between the votes cast for In
dividual electors are due to personal
dislikes, the voters not realizing when
they mark their ballots and elm.
mate certain names that they are les
sening the chances OF the presidential
candidates whom they prefer. With a
voting machine the likelihood of such
variations is lessened. Uniformity of
now there is a wide variation between
the styles Of ballots in the different
States. In some Of the States there
are no Instructions whatever for vot.
ers on the ballots. and no provision is
made to guide them in marking the
ballots. The result ts that many bal
lots are Cancelled through mismarking
due to misunderstanding.
Use of the voting machine would
not initiate against the educational
qualification standard which prevails
in most Of the States. Voters would
still need to read the party designa.
tons and names. They would simply
make fewer mistakes in indicating the
candidates whom they prefer, and the
election would be more surely a test
Of the public will in respect to the
personnel OF the Government.
Evening star., 1924-12-06

from $4,000 to $4,000. Coolidge
long has had a reputation for saw
ing money on railway travel. Fred
w. Upham, former treasurer Of the
Republican national committee, once
told this observer that when Cool
idge was touring the country In 1920
as vice presidential candidate, he de-
because that cost the G. o. p. national
committee less.
Colloquy in the Washington Public
Lbrary's children's department the
other day:
Urchin, in to borrow q book-My
names Harry Johnson.
Clerk in charge-what's your fathers
name, Harry?
Harry dunno.
CIerk-WelI, what does your mother
call him?
Harry-Hell hound.
+ X II 4
Illinois Is to the front with the first
favorite son for 1923. He Is Senator
elect Charles S. Deneen. who visited
the Capital for the opening of Con
gress and to pay his respects at the
white House. Mr.. Deneen will be a
youngster OF 65 four years from now,
but he Is uncommonly virlie and Wig
orous, and his friends say he will be
prime presidential timber when the
time comes. The Republican who
overthrew Medill Mccormick in the
Prairie State senatorial primaries has
O. record Of two terms in the Illinois
governorship and q, notable career as
States attorney of Cook County to
his credit. Deneen's link with the
Republican national organization is
Roy O., West. Chicago lawyer, who be-
came secretary Of the national COM
mittee after the Cleveland conven-
ton. West and Denesn have been
buddies and political comrades for
more than 80 years.
" y 4 =
DR.. W. M. Leiserson of Toledo has
been delivering a series Of lectures
on industrial relations in the civics
department of George Washington
University. When he took the ros-
trum the other day he was bit
cluded 20 or 80 policemen in uniform.
cam I being pinched or watched p
Leiserson soliloquized. Then he
l3earned that any number lof Wash.
ington's young cops put in their
spare time improving their minds at
George washington. They are par
ticularly interested In Leiserson' 6
course on the relations between EN-.
ployers and men in times of wage
strife. DR.. Leiserson's regular Sob Ia
that of official arbitrator in the cloth
| ing trades. He oscillates between
Chicago and the great clothing marts
Of the East.
Copyright. lsz4.)
Evening star., 1924-12-06
Reward the World FLYERS.

1t is unthinkable that the United
States Government will fail to reward
in some signal fashion the achieve
ment Of the Army airmen who re-
Gently completed the first aerial cir
cumnavigation Of the globe. President
Coolidge does not think that the
American Eagle will prove neglectful
of Its caglets. as evidenced by that
portion OF his message to Congress
which recommended for their feat
suitable recognition, through provi-
sions for promotion, compensation
and retirement"
Nevertheless. the procedure looking
to adequate reward for this epoch
| making service is, Of necessity, both
complicated and unbacked by prece.
dents. Congress must do the job.
| Senator Wadsworth, chairman of the
Senate military affairs committee, has
| expressed himself heartily as favor
able. provided the flyers can be re-
! warded without injuring other men
In the service. While, Of course, there
were hundreds Of other flyers not only
willing but anxious to be selected for
the trip, the fact remains that these
were the men who made 1t.
| Representative Rathbone has intro.
duced a bill which provides for a
congressional medal Of honor and an
appropriation OF $4,000 for each par.
ticipant, together with promotion to
the rank Of major for the four lieu.
| tenants and lieutenants' commissions
stoned officer.
Action by Congress to reward these
men would have double value, for in
addition to compensating these par.
ticular individuals it would create a
precedent for the benefit Of those per.
forming future outstanding peace
| time services. Investigation discloses
that the last special congressional ac'
man for non-combatant service oc.
Cured 80 years ago, when Sergt.
Brainard, one Of the heroes Of the
Greely Arctic expedition. was made
lieutenant.
The retirement" angle Of the pro-
gram suggested may not meet with
the approval Of many persons, who
feel that men of such caliber should
stay on In their chosen profession as
long as possible, giving the Army the
benefit of their ability and experience
and not capitalize their fame through
an early retirement and an entry into
other walks Of life. With such there
can be no quarrel. But if the compen'
sation and promotion points were put
to a popular vote the "ayes" would
have it by a majority Of about no..
0e0 900. Congress is chosen to repre-
sent the people. and in this case the
people undoubtedly want Congress to
make It snappy.'
Evening star., 1924-12-06
Faults of the Blanket Ballot.

Argument for the establishment Of
voting machines to replace the blanket
ballots used in presidential elections
fs founded upon sound reason. The
ballot that is now in use In most Of
tho States Is so complicated that the
voter is confused, and often his pur-
pose is defeated by the inadvertent
snismarking OF the sheet. The voting
machine. assuming that It has been
brought to the point OF perfection, will
record the will OF the voter without
fault and render a correct count OF
the ballots cast for candidates.
ILLUSTRATION Of the manner In which
the blanket ballot works to defeat the
s1tention Of the individual voter is
afforded by the returns now being of.
ficially reported Of the elections in the
States on the 18th Of November. A
wide variance occurs between the
votes cast for presidential electors OF
the same party, variance that can.
not conceivably be attributed to per-
sonal preferences and prejudices for the
individuals named in that capacity.
Take, for example, the Official return
from the State Of New Jersey jus,
Sablished. or the IA Republican elec.
Tors who are certified as receiving the
highest votes cast, and as therefore
qualified TO vote for President and
Vice President, the highest received
+, s76,277 and the lowest 674,3so, a diff
ference Of 1887 votes. No two Of the
- Republican electors received the
easae number of votes. That is a typi
cal case. Such conditions have pre-
vailed throughout the country ever
ssnce the blanket ballot was adopted.
It is conceivable that such varia
tions In the votes cast for individual
electors might easily in case Of a close
contest affect the election Of Presi
dent. It was probably the purpose Of
all the s7e.277 who voted the Repub
1ican ticket and gave the highest vote
for "a elector to express their pref
ersnce for Coolidge and Dawes over
LAWS and Bryan or La. Toilette and