The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-08

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ps=s=s-s=--'--1=As-e1-s .----'--=s wald did not
T. J. O'Floherty think T h mas
was "itn so he
decided to take in AL and turn Nor
man out into the cold and silent
night. There was weeping and
crashing of teeth among the re-
spectacle socialists and considerable
snuffling from socialist members of
the Nation editorial staff. In fact
few of them decided to browse in
other pastures.
MR.. WILLARD is nothing if not
AVE impartial. 1t is possible that he
is not following Wall Streets lead
in the matter of contributing funds
to the campaign chests of both par
ties, but he is liberal as we'll as i'm
partial with his endorsements. The
latest beneficiary of Wizards gen
erosity is Alanson B. Houghton.
former Brooches Wearer at
the Court of St. James. Al Smith
is in the eyHs of the Nation a pro-
duct of the New Tammany" and
probably Mr.. Houghton is a product
of the new G. o. P, side kick to
Mr.. Morrow, Wall Streets ambassa-
dor to Mexico. Mr.. Willard likes his
pirates mild-mannered and clean
shaven.
MR.. HOUGHTON is running for
AVA United States senator from New
York. He is as reactionary as they
make them, but we suppose that he
is in favor of rubbing vaseline on
the bayonets carried by the soldiers
of American imperialism so that
when the lethal weapons are in
serted into the anatomies of Mica
raguans or whatever people refuse
to empty their pockets into the cof-
fers of the House of Morgan, the
pain will be reduced to a minimum.
Scratch liberal and you will find
a reactionary.
THERE is baseball series on and
even tho the election campaign is
robbing the contest of it's due share
of publicity, the gate receipts are
setting new records. A few years
back there was another series in
the baseball business series of
scandals. Players were charged
with throwing" games and the sit
uation was so serious that Judge
Lands was called in to interpret the
rules governing graft in the ma
tional American sport. 1t was pre-
dicted at the time that baseball
would never be the same again. But
well lots of people said that there
would never be another war as a
result of the carnage in the last
world debacle, but not even the sap
piest pacifist would take a chance
on saying it now in front of an
adult audience.
THEY won't let the dead rest. A
headline confronts me that reads
as follows: Graft of 100000 on
four sewer jobs is laid to Phillips"
A profit of S10,000,00O is said to
have been made in ten years on S29,-
100000 awards. 1t is not surprising
that patriots should aspire for po-
litical office. Where is there a bet
ter business? Old Capt. Kidd must
curse the mother that bore him so
many decades ahead of the Graft
Age, provided he is not already re-
incarcerated into a candidate on the
G. 0. P. or democratic ticket.
John ]. RASKOB, big chief of the
finance committee of General Mo-
tors, the notorious open-shop cor
poration and campaign director for
Al Smith, established a million-dol-
lar foundation in memory of his
son, to aid needy children. If Mr..
Raskob paid the slaves who toll for
him in his automobile plants a de-
cent wage, he could not afford to be
so charitable. If there were no big
hearted Raskobs there would be no
needy children. Those ready to hail
Raskob's gift as an act of gener-
osity would do well to think this
over, and then vote the Communist
ticket.
THAT colorful character "Bossy"
ellis, mayor of Newburyport,
Mass, is in trouble again. Mr. ellis
is holding down cell in Jail and his
tag is 1886. He was sentenced to
serve thirty days in Jail and fined
goodly sum of money for conducting
gasoline station without license.
Perhaps his honor was suffering
from delusions of grandeur and be-
lieved that he was operating a
speakeasy.
IF what Colonel Herbert H. Leh-
man, director of finance for the
democratic national committee, says
is true, Al Smith might as we'll stop
running now and settle down to a
quiet life on Third Avenue. The
colonel deposes and says that the
G. o. p. campaign committee has
three bucks for every iron man