The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
SENATOR reed
TOINvESTIGATE
indiana SLUSH
K. K. K. Control May be
Dug Into, Too

terday by Senator James A. Reed,
democrat of Missouri, chairman.
The hearing will be held in Chicago
and witnesses summoned here from
Indiana.
May Go Deeper.
Senator Reed intimated that the
quiz into Indiana Irregularities would
go no deeper than charges Of irregu-
larities into. the senatorial and con-
gressional elections, but reporters
snickered and suggested that anything
could be looked into under Reeds
definition Of Irregularities.
Despite the fact that recently Sen
ator Reed was mentioned by the grand
wizard of the K X. K. as one Of
those who would make a good presi-
dent, the Missourian is too we'll lined
up with the Irish-American politicians
to allow him to jeopardize his polit
zeal career by showing any favors to
the hooded knights.
In all probability Reed will dig his
teeth into the political anatomy of the
Indiana khan and chew juicy publici
ty morsel out of the carcass. Be it
understood that a modern American
politician thinks first of himself and
the whole wide world afterwards.
The Stephenson Riddle.
One of the mysteries that Reed may
try to solve is why D. C. Stephenson,
rapist and murderer now serving a
life term in an Indiana prison, first
promised to open his head, meaning to
tell everything he knew, and then shut
up like a clam just when the Indiana
"outs" thot they had the "ins' by the
heels. Perhaps this angle of the in
vestigation may be outside the range
of Reeds power but there are many
ways of killing dog besides shooting
him with hot air.
Locally the chief interest in yester-
days quiz was in the sweating pro-
cess administered to leaders Of the
anti-saloon league, tough-looking birds,
they were, who would seem to be more
at home, on the saw-dusted floor of
barroom than in the tabernacle of an
evangelist.
Looks Like Young Horse.
There was F. Scott Mcbride for in
stance. with the tip of his tongue
playing with both his lips at the same
time. creating the impression Of a
young foal just dropped by his mother,
with that perforated tongue which
serves as an air pump for him, pro-
truding from his mouth. Fat of head
and heavy of girth, Mcbride watched
the proceedings wondering where he
could horn in in case this investiga-
tion and the subsequent elections
restored light wines and beers and
threw thousands of congenital stool
pigeons on the slave market
Man Everybody Knows.
There was the Rev. Robert O'Brien,
neutrality-suspicious., or anything
else you care for, who is Hugh S.
Magill's chief press agent for the Hi
nois U. S. senatorship, against Frank
L. Smith, the man everybody knows
unlike the Jesus that Bruce Barton
wrote Of O'Brien might be anything
from a hose salesman to a real estate
subdivider.. He is go-getter and fell
out with the heads Of the anti-saloon
league. to which he belongs mentally
and undoubtedly will physically after
the votes are counted and each battler
for purity in politics asks for his bank
balance.
A Practical Lot.
The Rev. O'Brien testified that the
anti-saloon league endorsed Smith
even tho they found his record embar-
RAISING Still, they are a practical lot
and know that sin is only a relative
term. OBrien testified that the heads
Of the anti-saloon league would like
to have Smith look at things in a
reasonable way and take job as am
bassador to the queen of Roumania,
or something in his line, but apparent
ly Smith was bull-headed and having
a hold on the anti-saloon leaguers In
a delicate place, he made them open
their mouths and endorse him.
o'5rien Was Angry.
o'Brien's competitors in the anti.
saloon league charged that Hugh S.
Magill, Julius Rosenwald's candidate
against Samuel Insults candidate. had
a slush fund OF 100000 to make the
great Illinois voter do the right thing
by our Hugh. This made O'Brlen ex-
ceedingly angry, Just about az angry
internally as when some OF his an
cestors forsook the sacred shin bones
Of the pope for the meat pots of pro.
testantlsm. Indeed It Is good to
watch those lads and see them strut
theig stuff.
The Conclusions
Out Of the assertions, denlals and
CONFERENCE.-The that issued from the
rival witnesses, this much stands
forth, that Frank l.. Smith got bag
OF money from Samuel insult and