The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-05
AS WE SEE IT
INFoRTuNATELY. Myron crozier
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~ the 10S-year-old barge captain
who died in New York recently, did
not have a nose for publicity, else he
would have informed the public how
he managed to live so long. But he
had friends who tell us that Crozier,
who was barge captain, had one in
fallible prescription for every dis
ease, and it was strong liquor. When
smoking among women became al
most universal, which came to pass
when the captain was around ninety
he deserted the weed, declaring that
the luxury became the hall mark OF
efiiminity. His friends believe the
captains early death is due to the
diffculty Of securing the right kind
OF medicine under prohibition.
49,
EMPEROR WILLIAM SIMMONS,
Z former chief gazook OF the ku
klux khan, but now a retired emperor
on q pension, does not know how to
stay quiet. He is a typical American
go-getting business man. Imperial
Wizard Evans Of the X. X. K. bought
out Simmons's interest in the NOR
ons and gave the original manager OF
the imbeciles a life pension Of one
thousand dollars a month. The EN-,
peror took the money and considered
himself free to start again. His next
venture was the knights of kamelia
hy which he proved that the women
Of the species are quite as nutty az
the male. They flocked to the order
In thousands. In order to retain a
monopoly on his graft. the imperial
wizard, again bought out Simmons.
$50
DUT you cannot keep good man
= down. Here comes the ex-empero1
with q new organization to keep this
country in the grip of white protest
mats. II is labelled the knights OF
the Flaming Sword Most of the 9th.
- crazy titles are already in use
simmons sent copy of the constitu-
ton and bylaws Of his order to the
politicians in Washington. He has
issued a royal proclamation" In
stead Of inviting sapheads into the
Imperial Realm" he calls his joss
house the Royal Beneficient Do
main" No doubt, Simmons win fino
plenty Of suckers and it is quite likely
that Doc vans, his rival in the field
Oe legitimate graft will again buy
him out. Ku klux papers, please copy
THE old reliable political idiot
Peter W. Collins, side kick of the
renegade, David Goldstein, is again
on the warpath peddling his rubbish
on a question of which he is bliss
fully ignorant, /. e., Communism
sPete's" claptrap went fairly well be
fore the war, but that great tragedy
opened the eyes of millions of work
ers. Goldstein's principal visible
means of support before the war was
q book called "The Nation of Father
less Children" The war disposed of
seven or eight million fathers and po-
tential fathers and left millions OF
children fatherless and millions of
women husbandless. The capitalists
whom Goldstein defended, were re-
Bponsible. That fact the cur could
not deny.
snETE" is now working for the
Knights Of Columbus. His last
public appearance was in East Liver
pool, Ohio. hotbed of ku klux khan.
ism, which is the diverse of the me-
dal Of which the Knights of Columbus
and its brand Of religious bigotry is
the reverse. Collins might defend the
catholic religion as a substitute for
what he is pleased to call "the evils OF
Communism" under better auspices
than the Knights of Columbus in
view of what Bishop Gallagher of De.
troit said about that order a little
over year ago. The bishop charged
leaders of the X. Of G. with being
atheists and grafters out to perpetu.
ate themselves in ONCE and with hay,
ing defied the orders of the church.
A case Of crooks falling out. But
Pete" does not care as long as he
As attached to some payroll. In that
respect he is fit company for Sim
mons and Evans and the other boodle-
hounds who organized the protestant
morons into the X. X. X. sse
THE British government is an efH-
5 | cient institution. This has often
been demonstrated, but another proof
Of II was given last week when the
throne Of Albania was offered TO two
Englishmen. both Of them Moslems, a
necessary prerequisite to qualiilca-
ton for that honor. II should not be
forgotten that Britain recently helped
the bandit who is now premier Of that
country, to GUST Bishop Van Noli, for
mer premier. who was somewhat IL
beral. The offer to supply the Al
bantam throne with dagger food fol-
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