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Evening star., 1926-11-15
Politics VS.. Government Business.

A f1libuster by a handful of insur-
gent Republican Senators to force an
extra session of the new Congress i'm
mediately after March is said to be
in the wind. In the approaching short
session Of Congress. ending in March,
q f1libuster that prevented final ac-
ton on one or more of the big an
nual appropriation bills would do the
trick. 1t is a trick that has been
turned before.
The purpose of the insurgents. &C,
cording to reports. is to embarraSS the
administration. What. say the insur-
gents, is the use of being an insurgent
X the administration cannot be en-
barrassed? The purpose. if there be
a purpose at all, appears to be en-
tirely for political effect.
The country at large is rather tired
of watching the Senate play politics
while the business of the country is
sidetracked. II knows that the an
nual supply bills must be passed by
Congress II the wheels Of the Fed
eral Government are to be kept turn
ing. And 1t will require an eXplana-
ton from any group of Senators
which, for personal political advan'
tage, attempts to hold up this nee
sary legislation.
According to a dispatch published
in the New York Times, the oppo'
nents of the administration and of
President Coolidge believe the Senate
provides the best forum for attack on
both the President and his admins
tration. If the Senate adjourns
March 4 and does not return again
to washington and to its oratory un.
til the following December. much op'
portunity will be wasted.
The Democrats may eye askancs
the efforts Of the Republican inscr'
cents to force an extra session. The
Evening star., 1926-11-15

President Coolidge's plan for ipcome
tax refunds in the form of credbs on
next years taxes stimulates Raneral
discussion of Federal taxation ak the
December session Of Congress .raws
near. Much of the comment is blOng
party lines. the predominant |omo-
cratic view being that the admirgLstra-
ton simply is seeking q makesh:ft to
check the demand for peImaneSt re-
vision of the revenue law.
Summarizing one section Of op, nion.
the Lincoln Star independently OBJ
serves that "Mr. Coolidge hast tenn
porarily clipped the claws Of his holiti-
cal enemies but that "it is ar0ther
question whether the Presidents can
hope to coast through the next two
years with a hostile Congress cp his
hands and very considerable popular
resentment against the revenue bill
passed by the last Congress. Mr. Cool
idge has temporarily evaded the Dem
ocratic and insurgent group in2 Con
gress, which has been at variance
with Mr. Melons ideas of taxation.
adds that paper. "but there Is flittle
chance he will be successful in. t327.
1.-The Presidents temporary rafund
proposal is a halfway, or compro'nise.
measure, escaping a committAl to
opposition leaders demand" afcord-
ing to the Springfield RepublicaE I'm
dependent), but it is regrettabi@ evil
dence that the play OF political forces
in the gamble Of parties for Tower
may upset the Treasury's program. "
The Indianapolis Star GndepenEent).
however, advises: THE public SHOULD
remember that practically every Fnove
which the minority makes with ferer-
ence to taxation may be weighe42 for
it's effect on the next campaignt and
that criticism Of the Republican, rail-
ure to go far enough in decre!s !sing
levies may be the customary tactics
of the opposition. SO long as Aecre-
tary Mellon remains at the helra the
country should have little douht re-
garding the merit Of the admirHstra-
tons financial program
X * L
The Waterloo Tribune Gndepend-
ent) calls attention to the fact .that
"as the situation will be, refund Nsder
the Presidents plan or no refufh at
all. it is certain that objecting4 Sen
ators will back down, as membeFtt are
not likely to want to bear the barden
Of defeating tax refund. Soti the
President will have all the best{of 1t
| in the end, although the bill III the
Senate may have hard travelinaf'
"The public wants the tax levfs ad
| fusted so that receipts Will APPROX.
| innate expenditures as near assIpos
sibIe," declares the Providence flour
nal independently, adding thaE {. 'fr
responding to this public sentjfAent
| the administration has taken the3 safe
| course Of recommending the grS Attng
of rebates after taxes are paid rather
than revising the rates so as To- pre-
clude the collection Of the surplus In
come" The Seattle Daily Times Gn
dependent Republican, quotes Tseas
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Bad Jail Conditions
Cause Attempts to Escape
To the Editor of Tho Star

To the Editor of The Star:
1 have just read in The Evening
Star of November an editorial head
ed "Jail Breaks" If you would
take the time and trouble to investi-
gate conditions in the jails Of this
country and find out the true facts
about the graft. filthy condition and
other irregularities on the part Of the
iail officials you would not be sur
prised that men take such chances
and risk their lives trying to get away
from the place.
There is no such thing as a con
slant stream Of communication be-
tween the confirmed criminals Of this
country" A criminals worst enemy
is another criminal. l am in a posi-
ton to know that. Perhaps you could
find an exception to this rule, but as
a rule It is so. Eighty-seven per cent
Of all the crimes committed in the
United States in 1925 were committed
by first offenders. The population Of
the prisons in the United States makes
an average age Of % years. In other
words. our crime Is largely being CON.
mitted by young boys.
In my opinion the Ohio State Pen
itentiary at Columbus is today as near
Evening star., 1926-11-15

an outpost Of hell" as can be found
on this earth. am surprised that the
convicts do not commit suicide rather
than live under the conditions exist
ing. You may put 1t down that when
men take such chances with their
lives as they did in Columbus, condi-
tions behind the walls are too bad for
human tolerance. A man will stand
30 much torture and injustice and he
will stand no more. "As you shout 80
back comes tAe answer"
E. E. BUDDING.
Evening star., 1926-11-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Where Sadness Lies.

Where Sadness Lies.
He is not sad who tolls with skill
And labors with a ready will;
Who, as the evening shadows close,
In weariness sinks to repose.
Though long the day and hard the
work,
He Is not sad who scorns to shirk,
But meets the self-appointed test
And says, i've done my level best"
But he who laborS for hire,
Unheedful of his hearts desire;
Who in dull carelessness would live
And strive to claim, but not to give;
Who seeks the honors of the few
And gains by what the others do,
And sinks, at last, in selfish greed
All, such one is sad, indeed!
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Washington's Demand for Justice.

Washington's plea for national rep
resentation was voiced Saturday night
by five speakers. representing the
community at large. who, addressing
both local and a national audience,
stated the argument for the extension
to the disfranchise1 residents of the
District of the basic right of citizen
ship. The City Club furnished the
forum and arranged the broadcasting
OF the plea gand thereby contributed
materially to the appeal addressed tC
the people Of the country in behalf Of
the half million residents of the Ma
for AmeriCanization.
These five statements of the Dis
trict's claim covered every aspect OF
the case. They We're eloquent and con-
vincing. They recited the familiar
facts and stressed the justice of the
petition that the right of participation
in law-maliing, taxf1xing and tax
money spending and in the choice of
despite the long lapse of time,. to the
dwellers in this Federal district
This statement Of the case is well
timed. II comes Immediately before
the meeting of Congress. before which
body the petition Of the District is
now pending. That petition takes the
form of a request for the adoption of
a constitutional amendment which en-
powers Congress to enact law grant
ing TO Washingtonians the right to
elect Representatives and Senators to
the two houses. to participate in the
election of President and Vice Presi-
dent and to have the right of suing
and being sued in the Federal courts.
A specific appeal was made last
April to the House committee on the
judiciary. which gave a full and in
terested hearing to the arguments of
representatives. of the local com
munity. y favorable report is hoped
for at the coming session 1t is like
wise hoped that the Senate District
committee. which has already ap-
proved the proposed amendment. will
repeat In this Congress its favorable
recommendation.
Public sentiment throughout the
country, recently tested and proved
to be favorable to the Districts plea
cannot fail to be stirred by Saturday
nights broadcasting OF the argument
for national representation. 1t is a
potent factor. 1t reacts upon Con
gress in it's consideration of the con.
stitutional amendment. and it will re
act upon the legislatures when those
bodies have the amendment before
them for ratification. Specifically
Washington asks the people of the
States to espouse their cause by ad
dressing themselves to their own rep
resentatives in House and Senate
1t is possible to amend the Consti
tuition, even though the process is
difficult. Within Il few years -four
such amendments have been adopted
That for the national enfranchisement
NA hHo AA9tl AZ u VI 'piuillbIa, tlouSIi II
does not arise from demand by the
people at large, represents q cause as
just, in hypothesis as undenia BILE. in
practice as desirable, as any that has
been stated in such form. The
strong statement of the case just sem
forth to the country cannot fail tC
react to the strengthening of the plea
that Congress is now considering.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the ue. for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the Ioca! news
published herein All rights of publication
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1926-11-15

The late DR.. Edward Hall is an in
teresting relict 1t may be doubted
whether, if he could return to life, he
would be sought as the guiding in
fiuence of a church.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

A kind word for the United States
have some influence in persuading
Vice President Dawes to attempt kind
ness and persuasion.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

SWIMMING the English Channel will
have to be suspended during cold
weather unless the ability to endure
low temperature can be introduced as
a feature of the sport.
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Open.Minded.

How do you account for the fact
that so many people voted against
your"
II have made many enemies" an
swered Senator Sorghum. What l
am trying to account for is the fact
that so many people voted for me-"
Evening star., 1926-11-15

London householders frankly an
nounce a difficulty in securing house
hold servants. England still sets the
fashions in many respects.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

Remarks by President Coolidge i'll
dicate that the United States Senate
still retains a certain amount Of In
fiuence in craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

The Nobel prize remains famous al
though some Of the personages to
whom 1t has been awarded remain OBJ
scure
Evening star., 1926-11-15

The actor instinct is strong, and
Loie Fuller is mildly suspected Of hav-
ing tried to grab the spotlight, even
from q queen.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

Rum runners have defied the laws,
but have succeeded in maintaining
satisfactory relations with the profits.
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In all his announcements MussoIini
speaks respectfully of the royal fam
lily, The experiences OF royalty in Eu-
rope entitle him to gratitude for his
respectful consideration.
Evening star., 1926-11-15
The DOpesters

From the Toledo Blade
Ben.Hur probably won because the
experts said he didn't have a chance
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Che Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn
lrs edition. is delivered by carriers within
tn the city at 80 cents per month: daily only.
40 ocnte per month: Sundays only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Source Of Revenue.

What makes you think there are
bootleggers in this community?'
"A good many people," said Uncle
Bill Bottletop. "are paying their bills
as never did before"
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Rate by Mail-Payable i'm Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

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Sunday only .....1 yr.. $500: mo. 800
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Vanished Illusions.

I used to think each distant star
Was some great lantern in the sky
Set by Mighty Hand afar
To guide the orbs that wandered by.
But great astronomers explore
And say these lights are common
place.
1 wish 1 thought them. as of yore,
Bright lanterns, hanging out in
space!
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. says
we are all hindered by a sense of per-
sonal dignity of which no one is aware
except ourselves.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

"A mule" said Uncle Eben. don't
mebbe mean no harm. When he kicks
up he thinks he ought to be admired
as a ballet dancer"
Evening star., 1926-11-15

Jud TunNns says a fool and his
money are soon parted, as the old
proverb says. The lawyer who parts
'em manages to hang on to his share
Evening star., 1926-11-15
Paradise Lost.

did you ever read Paradise
Lost?
NO" answered the young married
woman. But have experienced the
end Of a honeymoon"
Evening star., 1926-11-15

@. Do they have Girl Reserves and
Girl Scouts in England2-R. L.
A. There are Girl Reserves in Eng
land and also Girl Guides, who cor
respond to our Girl Scouts.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

@. What ts stellite?-F. O. H.
A. The Bureau OF Standards says
that stellite Is an alloy of cobalt and
chromium discovered in 1899 by FL
wood Haynes.
Evening star., 1926-11-15

O. We're witches burned at the stake
In this country2-L. @. G..
A. Records of witchcraft do not tn
dicate that women were actually
burned at the stake IN any Of the
States.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
THE DIXIE MOTORCYCLE

The directors of our Chamber of Commerce
are enthused over the proposed Dixie Highway
Motorcade that celebrates the completion of
the hard surfaced road from Waycross to
Jacksonville so long the Jonah of the route.
Directors Pope Watson and H. S. Fountain
both indicated their intention to go, and
Messrs. Fred Saunders and D. F. Jones were
also requested to make up parties.
The 22nd is the day, and the big blow out
comes at Folkston at one o'clock, then into
Jacksonville for the night and next day as the
guests of the Florida Fair association. Fitz-
gerald boosters are going strong by taking
their forty piece band. Its Chamber of Com
merce, like our town, shows pep in its efforts
The completion Of this highway adds anoth-
er link to the great Dixie Central route to
Florida When the road from Perry, Ga, to
Macon and the Macon-Atlanta highway are
completed, which will be in the very near fu
ture, then there will be, with the exception
of the Waycross to Perry stretch, distance
of approximately 1875 miles. paved highway
from Miami Fla to New York City.-Haw-
kinsville Dispatch.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
BACK THE BOYS WITH A Y. M. C. A.

laudable undertaking on the part of pub
lie spirited citizens is the announced effort to
secure for the city Y. NJ C. A. organization
and equipment for the entertainment and i'm
provement of our young men.
The lack of meeting place for the young
men of the city has been very noticeable and
it is to be hoped that the tentative plans OF the
promoters may be realized that suitable
place for the wholesome influence, which such
an organization exerts over its members, may
become available to our young men OF the
town.
Money, Of course will be necessary to Sc
cure hail. suitable equipment and efficient
supervision.
The Young Mems Chamber of Commerce
and the Kiwanians are sponsoring the project
and it is expected that sufficient support will
be pledged by the public spirited citizens to
make it success.
1t is a worthy object, capable of being OF
great good to our community and should have
every possible encouragement by the fathers
of boys for whom there is really no place for
recreation and improvement under proper di-
rection in the city.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
ROAD CoORDINATIOIN

Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, who is by
virtue of position chief administrator OF the
United States bureau of roads, which is dl-
vision of his department, stated the govern
ment's position only mildly at Pinehurst Tues
! day.
| At the convention of the American Asocia-
ton of Highway officials he declared the gov
ernnent insisted upon 100 per cent mainte-
nance of all federal aid highways, implying
that federal aid would be withdrawn from
states failing to so maintain their roads, and
also urged complete uniformity in making, and
interstate traffic laws that will promote safety,
and conserve life and limb.
The secretary could have gone further
and perhaps would have done so had he not
been speaking in North Carolina-and warned
tn estates receiving federal aid that all such
highways must be coordinated. That is link
ed up with unbroken paving, without alter
mating sectors of mud roads. as exists under
the Georgia system today.
The bureau of roads, of which Thomas H.
Mcdonald is director, has made it plain to
Georgia and to other states in which similar
conditions exist that federal aid for paving
must mean continuous and not patch work
paving.
Georgia has been specifically warned, and
it is menacing that the warning has not been
needed.
There is fight on federal aid anyway, led
by no less figure in congressional influence
than President Coolidge. He is expected to
recommend it's discontinuance in his message
to the 10th congress, and perhaps in his forth
coming December message. 1t is not believed
that the federal aid law will be repealed in the
Immediate future, but it is not in position of
definite security It is, therefore, all the more
important that Georgia, with its great road
paving job ahead of it-and not almost oe-
hind it, as in North Carolina-comport strlctly
to federal regulations. Especially is this true
in view of the fact that Georgia is the bene-
ficiary of more federal aid than any state IN
the southeast-Atanta Constitution.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
Local History, Credited
Study

At Taylor, Texas, high school STU
dents are taking a two year course
in local history which is being made
a research study. Particular assign
ments are given the students and an
authentic history of their county,
Williamson, is being compiled. They
have prepared also calendar of his
toric incidents and maps that show
the location of these. Local legends
have not been omitted but have had
interesting accounts, and unearthing
some of these has revealed bits of
real and interesting occurrences.
Bronze markers have been purchased
and inscribed to designate historical
places. Such study of Georgia or
any of the colonial states, besides be-
ing valuable for permanent record
would be- particularly fascinating,
with such variety of players on its
historic stage, the Spaniards, the In
dams. the British, the settlers of the
Colonial days, the ante-bellum aris-
tocrats, plantation stories, and what
not. The history extant is far from
complete.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18

Queen Marie, of the Balkans, baked when
she was asked to give an interview to the Pres-
ident of the Southern Baptist Convention rela-
five to the persecution of members of the Bap-
fist churches in Roumania 1t is matter she
does not care to discuss. 1t is well enough ZOE
her countrymen to come to America ana enjoy
religious freedom but at home 1t is the fashlon
to persecute those who do not conform to the
state church, and American missionaries re-
port forms of persecution in Rumania are Tar
more extreme than those met with IN any
other nation on earth-Moultrie Observer.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
Dobbin Must Go

Horse drawn drays at their snaii
pace forms one of the problems OF
traffic congestion in business dis
tricts in the large cities. One after
another large city has banned them
from certain streets. The Chicago
Loop district lis the latest to put on
the ban. Horse drawn vehicles have
heen fast decreasing anyway, but a
matter of 10000 a day mixed up IN
traffic flow of 314,OOO is great
enough to make trouble.
Double decked streets will permit
the horses on the lower level "1tl
trucks and slow motor vehicles, ano
these streets appear to be the oes'
solution of ever growing cities, ever
as the skyscraper solved the housing
problem.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
NET PROFIT

Miss Mary K Brownies decision some time
ago to become professional tennis player
with Suzanne Lenglen shouldn't cause any
particular shock to players and followers OF the
net game.
Miss Browne, for years a ranking amateur
tennis player, signed contract with cold
Cash" Pyle for series of professional en-
eagements which will net her in the nelghbor-
hood of $4,000. She declared frankly that
it was matter of money with her and that she
preferred to commercialize her skill openly
and honestly rather than follow any OF the
devious means that she might use and still be
classed as an amateur.
Her courageous step deserves commenda-
ton. She has reached the pinnacle of tame
in the amateur world, but in doing so mas
earned nothing more than varied honors. no"
she feels that she is entitled to bring hersel
some substantial remuneration for her aolilty'
Miss Brownies decision will not serve as
serious blow to amateur sport. There VIII oe
amateurs always but also there will be more
and more professionals in every sport IN years
TO come Nor is the amateur essentially Oh
! finer clay than the professional. The profes-
sional doesn't harm any sport. It's the quasi
amateur, the spurious amateur, who agltates
| sport lovers
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
Tolerance Demonstrated at
Flag Raising

What is thought to be the most
unique flag raising ceremony yet
heard of in this country was cele-
brated at Port Huron, Michigan, Sun.
day. A prominent local Jew pre-.
sented the flag pole to the Metho-
dist church. The KuKlux Klan pre-
sented the flag. A world war Cath
olic chaplain dedicated the pole and
negro veteran hoisted the flag into
place. The pgrraom was furnished
by the American Legion. A crowd
of 5000 spectators included Jews,
Catholics, Ku Klux Klan and negroes
with Americans of undosignated ori-
gin.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-18
DON'T FAN THE BLAZE

President Coolidge few days ago called
upon American newspapers to refrain from
publication of unfounded rumors concerning
the country's relations with foreign powers
which, he said, were most cordial.
Dissemination of reports not based on ac-
tual fact is dangerous, the president pointed
out, particularly when every agency should
strive constantly to cement friendship with for
eign countries.
Mr. Coolidge doesn't include the country
press when he advises editors to treat much OF
the foreign news with caution. His statements
were directed at the metropolitan editor VINO
delights in spreading before his readers un-
complimentary and unfriendly yarns which
usually have no foundation.
Mr.. Coolidge's suggestion that the Golden
Rule be followed in publication of news tend
ing to review our foreign relations, is good
one. Foreigners are just as sensitive as Amer
leans.