Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11

Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti
Saloon league, admitted the drys had
had setbacks all over the country and
declared these only challenged the
drys to get buster than ever"
One Washington correspondent says:
An examination of the returns all
over the country will show that Re-
publicans who ran wet in dry terri
tory were either defeated or had hard
contests. The tendency shown by this
election will go far toward making
more Republicans nervous if the pro-
hibition issue is to be fought out on
its merits in 1923. What the fanatical
drys will do in that kind of contest
will have considerable bearing both
in framing the issue and in the out
come"
r IMMEDIATELY after it became
4 known that Senator Butler was de-
feated the air was full of reports that
he would at once resign as chairman
of the Republican national committee.
1t is understood in Washington that
he will not quit this post without the
Presidents consent and that in any
case his resignation will be postponed
for some time. If he should step out
now, 1t would be assumed that this
meant Mr.. Coolidge would not be
candidate for denomination, and on
this question the President has been
silent.
n CONGRESSMAN MARTIN MAD
~ DEN of Chicago, the able chair
man of the appropriations committee
of the house, makes the welcome an
nouncement that taxes on next years
incomes will be cut between S300,000,-
900 and $400,0O0,0O0
II am certain that another reduc-
ton can be made and | will recon-
mend it, as | did the last one" the
congressman said. There will be
surplus in the treasury at the end of
$250,000,000. Next year we will I'M
doubtedly be able to arrange a new
tax cut, to become effective in 1928
on 1927 income"
0NT OTHING can happen to me I'M.
IN til | have finished my work,
declared Premier Mussolini after the
sixth attempt to assassinate him had
failed, and it would seem that his ia
talistic attitude is justified. This time
it was in Bologna, where the duce was
attending the congress for the adj
vancement of science. An eighteen
year-old youth pushed through the
crowds and fired pistol point blank
at the premier, the bullet ripping
through his coat. Before he could
shoot again the lad was pounded to
death by the Infatuated mob. AS al
ways before, the attack on their lead
er's life enraged the Fascists ire
mendously and there were anti-French
demonstrations accompanied by blood
shed in various places. The police
asserted they had uncovered a great
plot the assassin being mere tool,
and hundreds of arrests were made.
The Italian government apologized for
attacks on French consulates and
France accepted the explanations, but
the feeling between the two peoples
is becoming extremely bitter. The
Italians are convinced that the anti
Fascist plots are Matched in France,
and the French believe Italy is schem-
ing to get possession of Nice and the
Riviera and part of Frances north
African colonies.
French police, after a year OF
watching, descended on nest of Cata-
lonian plotters against Spain in Per-
pignan and arrested 90 conspirators
on the eve of their proposed upris-
ing for the independence Of Cata-
lonia. The revolutionists had hoped
their revolt would spread throughout
Spain and result in the downfall OF
Dictator De Rivera If not of the mon
archy.
PRELIMINARY hearing Of the