The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-03

I'M ment, was not
honored by a
nomination. The
! T. ]. O'Flaherty democrats, we
are informed,
will not name Mr.. Maurice Connolly
of Queens, for the post of secretary
of sewers. But Maurice doesn't
give darn, he has the sewers
pumped dry already.
THE republicans made wise choice
in selecting Albert Ottinger for
governor. Albert is a good fellow,
they say, is certain to do the right
thing by Wall Street and Main
Street and Furthermore will cause
rejoicing in the synagogue belt. Let
| Tammany sing the praises of Mrs.
Moskowitz; the COP. has its OF
finger. Now, if the socialist party
could get hold of a good, reliable
rabbi, the three parties of big and
little capital would be starting from
scratch, so to speak.
| APPLAUSE does not always
Al count decisively in politics. At
the COP. convention Senator
Fearon was a candidate for SEN
torial honors against Alansaon B.
Houghton, former ambassador to
the Court of st. James. Which
means that if he does not habitually
shake nifty set of knee breeches,
he was unqualified for the job.
Walking on the knees is hard on
| trousers. However when the votes
were counted at the COP. conven-
ton Senator Fearon got 119 votes
and a great big hand, while Mr..
Houghton received oil votes with
the silence only broken by the voice
of the teller.
THE republican party is lodging
the prohibition question and
drinking the issue. The Anti
Saloon League does not care how
wet the country is as long as the
bootleggers don't go broke. The G.
0. P. desn't care how many fatal
tiles result from poisoned hootch as
long as enough voters remain on
their feet to carry the republican
candidates to victory. The demo-
Gratis are compelled to be more
honest. They know that they can
not win the anti-saloon vote and the
bootleg vote, so they are out for
open speakeasies, which can be ar
rived at without the seeker for
spiritual solace having to join the
Elks, so that he may be able to
perform the high signs necessary
for admission into the blushing bar
rooms of today.
Al. SMITH, the Happy Warrior
"A donned his apron, slicked his
hair, lit fresh cigar and went to
bat with the COP. on the prohibi-
| ton issue. AL thinks the alcohol
that is injected into the near-beer
nowadays is getting people drunk
under false pretences. So he would
reform it. The doctors are against
it he says. Sure, it takes doctor
to know good drink when he smells
| it. So Al suggests an amendment
to the 18th Amendment. This is
what | call having a perspective. If
poor Al takes the pledge and keeps
it until he gets his amendment thru,
he had better propose a substitute
or assign some chemist to the task
of getting alcohol out of the air-in
the immediate vicinity of Albany.
AL goes further. He proposes Q
referendum to get the expression
of the will Of the people on the SUBJ
ject. This is needless. In the early
days of the Russian revolution there
was talk of taking a referendum
among the soldiers to get their stand
on peace. Some of his colleagues
expressed surprise when Lenin de-
clared that the soldiers had already
voted on the question. How? When?
"They have voted with their feet"
he chuckled. "They are on their way
home" The great American demo-
cracy has already voted on prohibit
ton with their individual stills, and
their malt and hops supplies. The
English used to boast that every
Briton's home was his castle. The
American can boast that every Yam
KEGS home is his brewer