The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-08
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BY THOMAS J. o'FLAHERTV

WHEN Cardinal Bonzano, the papal
W envoy to the eucharistic congress
recently held here, reached his head
quarters at Rome he had a lengthy
conference with the pope. The holy
father" expressed pleasure at the sue
cess Of the congress. No doubt it
means several millions more of Amer
lean dollars in the papal treasury, but
the pope might wait until the Mexican
scrap is settled before making COM
plete accounting Of the big publicity
stunt If, as seems very likely, the
church is defeated in Mexico, much of
the effort expended on the congress
may be considered wasted.
THOSE Romanoffs are fighting fools.
4 They are always quarreling over
something, usually money. 1t is true
the car passed away rather quietly,
but he was so mad about the way
Rasputin carried on with the czarina
that he did not care what happened to
him. What the imbroglio is over now
is the sum of $75,000,000, all that is
left-to the Romanoffs-of what was
once the biggest fortune in the world.
This nifty sum, stolen from the Rus
sim workers and peasants, is now in
the Bank of England.
TTIIE story goes that the settlement
4 of the inheritance is delayed be-
cause of the persistence of rumor
that one of the daughters of the late
czar was still living Now the last
of the Romanoffs are licking their
chops in anticipation of square meals
for the rest of their lives. 1t is quite
likely that their ardor for the restora-
tion Of Russia ito its rightful owners"
will undergo modification, now that
the old meal ticket looks like the real
thing. We cannot help regretting that
this S75,000,000 could not be dumped
into the British miners relief fund
instead of turning it over to lot of
parasites.
TNHE position of dance hall inspector
l. is such a hazardous one in dry
Wisconsin that those officials will be
under compensation, at least in Dane
county of that state. The appearance
of the terpsichorean supervisor at a
public dance hall is the signal for a
shower of bottles aimed at his head.
Where or how the bottles can be Sc
cured is not divulged. This is another
ssribute to tho resoureefulness of the
genus Americans.
THOSE of you who were wise enough
4 to play General Motors last week
should not worry about the heat wave.
Nothing to stop you from dropping
in at Paul Smiths and saying How
do you dor" to the president and did
you catch any suckers today?" But
what do you think Of the ship reporter
who got a tip that the stock was going
to fly from member of the House
of Morgan but instead of beating it
to the nearest bucket shop. he went
home and spent the following day,
which was Sunday, playing with the
kids? Some people seem born to be
poor
A FrBR the tip handed out by the
"A House OF Nc gan had time to
reach the tall gras. and the tall grass
dollars had time to seep into New
York, the House Of Morgan issued a
statement saying that it did not say
exactly what it said. 1t did not say
that General Motors would rise one
hundred points, but 1t said that it was
a good and worthy stock and entitled
10 public confidence. When a Morgan
spoke the second time the stock
dropped seven points and the suckers
who came in late got bitten. But
sure, we will always have rich and
poor, according to our editors, preach
ers and professors.
THE senate slush fund committee
adjourned after showing that the
sum of S9s5,419 was spent in the Illi-