The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-14
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BY T. ). o'FLAHEATY.

TWO headlines glare at me from a
pile Of newspaper clippings lying
con my desk. One reads: Girl Minis
ter Accuses Wife" The other is:
Sunday School Teacher Named by
evil genius insisted on getting Christ's
army in wrong. The girl minister"
is % years old and got into trouble
when female member of her congre-
cation invited her to pray for her hus-
band who it appears had secret
sin on his soul" The little evangelist
was so successful that the unhappy
husband grew two sins where for
merly there was only one. At least
so thought his wife. The judge told
the minister to let the erring husband
take chance on going to hell his
own way.
THE second story deals with the
| escapades of a prohibition en-
forcement agent and Sunday school
teacher. The paper does not say
whether old John Barleycorn figured
in the adventure, tho he has a way
of getting mixed up in such affairs.
All we care to say in comment is, that
the best defenders OF the sanctity Of
the home are not the ministers of the
gospel. But what could you expect
from the followers of the holy ghost?
THINGS have come to pretty pass
when congressman cannot take
his liquor without having to apologize
in congress and before the world for
it. Mrs Frank d. Scott let the cat
out Of the bag when she had a falling
out with her husband who happens to
be congressman. ''Eell hath no fury
like woman's tongue" and Mrs.
Scott talked to beat hell. What she
said caused a republican congressman
to propose an investigation of her
charges, that solons who were sent
down to investigate Panama smuggled
booze into the United States on their
return Flle tconRTessnan who pro-
posed the Investigation is wet"
Those who are alleged to have snug
gled in the liquor are "dry."
n CCORDING to Mrs. Scott's testi-
~ mony, the congressman had a
Jolly old time It was mixed party,
the solons bringing their wives along.
When the lawmakers were decently
stewed, so the story goes. they demon
strated the most liberal attitude on
marriage relations and acted in quite
carofree, unstatesmanlike manner.
Dignihed representatives of the pee
pull" could be seen trotting unsteadily
around the deck with a pitcher of
r. anti-Volstead liquor in their hands
looking for guests. 1t is said that
the dry" congressman were the
"wettest" offenders. Nobody suffered
any painful injury during trip and
but for Mrs. Scott getting her kimono
bnrnt thru contact with gallant army
officers cigarette, sometime later in
Washington, the dry congressman
might still be enjoying their wet trip.
THOMAS J. WALSH of Montana,
4 the terror of oil thieves and the
chairman of the public lands commit
tee, which investigated the oil scan
dals. was one Of the chosen few en-
tertained by Edward MacLean, news
paper publisher, at his home in Wash
ington. d. c. MacLean is the obliging
fellow who Notwithstanding 100000
to Albert D. Fall in order to cover
that gentelman's financial relations
with the OIL baron, Doheny MacLean
was one of the big figures behind the
scenes in the. oil scandal on the side
OF the oil thieves. Walsh was the
defender OF the nations resources"
II was good show while il lasted.
THE three lawyers who saved the
| necks of Leopold and Loeb from
the gallows will divide $4,000 be-
tween them. II is believed that Clar-
ence Darrow will get the lions share.
The murder to which the two young
millionaires confessed was a particu-
larly cold-blooded one. Had they been
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