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Evening star., 1929-07-01

ministration is taking place In connec-
ton with impending diplomatic ap-
pointmentS. At least four ambessa-
dorial pluns are to be distributed the
Paris, Rome. Toxic and Havana mis-
sions. The number Of patriot-taxpayers
willing to be exiled on the Republics
behalf Is almost endless. Paris is sup
posed to be earmarked for Senator
Edge OF New Jersey, but it is free-for-
all as far as the other posts are con-
cerned. Not only do these major va.
cancies require 70 be filled. but Secre-
tary Stimson Is credited with shake-up
plans which win disarray the foreign
service picture In o. variety OF directions
East and South, especially South. In 4
manner OF speaking, the battle for the
diplomatic plums Is o contest between
"career-men" and deserving Republi-
cans OF varying degrees of eminence
ana ntness. Irwin Laughlin of Pitts
burgh and John w. Garrett of Balti-
more, both former Ministers, are re.
garded as certainties for ambassadorial
y 4
c.ss;on unS,e s. Sam Is making . graceful con-
striking OF q relatively limited number
or ~ bills In the manicured currency
which soon Is to be put In Circulation.
Only $4,000, 900 OF that issue has been
made, as compared to $345, 900 900 of
ones. $4,000, 900 of fives, $I8O, ,O0O, 900
Of tens and $500 0,000,0 900 Of twenties.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
BOND. who comes from Boston, says
that the Hub has never looked upon 81
notes rs harhingers Of evil. He expects
the new issue to be just as popular In
his home town as any other denomina-
ton, provided Beaneaters can get hold
OF enough Of them.
Copyright, 192e.)
Evening star., 1929-07-01

We heard O very intelligent man the
other day remark that minorities had
no place In q public meeting.
He was on the side sof the majority
Of course. Men who talk 20 always are
As q matter OF fact, most OF the
| men who got an idea before the rest Of
the pack got 1t.
The very man who made this state
ment was an example Of one who helc
o minority opinion once, but he hac
reached the point where for others te
disagree with him seemed wrong.
To him, of coursei
His belief furnished but another In.
stance of the well known fact thai
toleration is not an American virtue.
His idea of general meeting was te
frame" q program in advance and tc
invite others to come and agree with 1t
Only agreement was desired.
There must always be something Sus-
picious about an invitation which in
vites man to come and agree with a
set plan. Surely We are the people
and wisdom will die with you
Often this Is saddled with q great
gesture of fairness, but behind the mask
Is seen the ugly visage Of compulsion.
X X n
There are two groups of people ir
this world-those who prefer to rlir
with the herd, and those who like best
to be individual.
The man who Is forever seeking moi
only to boss his own life but the lives
of others can never see the viewpoint
of the individualist.
At least he processes not to see it
which amounts to the same thing in
the long run.
With gesture Of his hand he makes
as II to wave away all disagreement
expressed or implied.
The happy thing is that disagree
ment has habit Of refusing to be
waved away In any such lordly manner!
Disagreement Is what makes the world
turn around. It is the spice Of life, the
grandmother Of invention, and the
without the individualist who believes
In the integrity Of his own thoughts
life would be an unhappy affair OF
teacher and pupil merely.
The inspiring spectacle of man who
dared to be himself would be unknown
X n
There Is no more valuable man tc
any community than he who resents
the intrusion Of the herd mind into his
private affairs.
The minority which he constitute.
In himself, and together with others OF
like mind, is as the 5000 who would
not bend the knee to Baal.
He Is the salvation of the whole
tribe.
His chief distinction is that he dis
agrees.
Whether right or wrong makes nc
particular difference. In o startling
number Of instances he is right, and
the pack shall come to agree with him
at last.
Some men have been dead and gone
centuries before the majority has
agreed with them and their opinions,
Some great thinkers have yet to hear
In Paradise q report Of the success Of
their ideas here below, but there is nc
righteous man who will not agree that
they were and are right.
Neither to the strong is the race nor
TO the majority an eternally correct
opinion.
II right were 80 easily obtained every
one would become "yes-yes" man.
Evening star., 1929-07-01

Both had blown wide open over the last
round Of the championship, Jones to
take q 7s-tae worst round he ever has
had In the last round Of an open---and
Espinosa to take an on the par 8
twelfth hole, and be counted out OF the
title chase, only to shake himself TO-
gether and play the last six holes In two
under par 10 tie with Jones. Every one
Of the half dozen who had chance to
win in the last round had blown, but
the collapse Of Jones and Espinosa was
not az complete as that Of the others.
Jones had led by i've shots with six
holes to 60. And then he had to hole
q 12-foot putt on the last green to tie.
After that amazing exhibition-his
worst in any open championship-Jones
settled down yesterday to the serious
business Of winning. After q on the
par first hole he played the machine
like golf Of which apparently he alone is
capable. He missed one more shot
throughout the day-his tee shot at the
fifteenth hole-finishing the SO holes in
three better than par, Notwithstanding
brace Of S. And what of Espinosa
against the marvellous display of the CO.
loSsus Of golf?
Espinosa cracked. No other word de-
scr1bes it. But he cracked physically,
from sheer WEAKNESS of the body. He
was always trying, but the shots would
not come OF. It sometimes is that way
with golf. That magic touch with wood
and iron'leaves aS suddenly as it comes.
and the devastation that follows in its
wake leaves no more depressing feeling
in any human endeavor. Espinosa is a
great golfer. and the credit for playing
himself into o tie is rightly his. That he
could not prevail against the machine
like play OF Jones is not his fault. It
simply was not his day. And 1t was
Jones day. Where Jones had been
faltering and uncertain on the final day
Of the championship proper, he was pre-
cision itself in the play-off. His tee
shots split the middle of the fairwav.
and his pitch shots left him little to do
on the putting green. His final round
OF 90 might have been a 65 with a
little better break on the green's, where
putt after putt Tipped the cup and failed
to drop.
TWO hne' sportsmen-Jones and Es-
pinosa! And because one happened to
be in . great scoring mood and the
other happened to be physically tired
out Is no discredit to the loser. Both
are great golfers and equally fine
sportsmen.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
Capital Punishment
Is Termed Savagery

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Allow me to thank you for publishing
Mr.. Tawney's illuminating observations
on capital punishment. We are still
living in the confusion Of postwar
psychology when emotions and impulses
are ruled by savage instincts rather
than by rational thinking, and sane
views are particularly helpful at this
time.
The question Of penology has engaged
the best minds" ever since Becarria
published his great Essay on Crimes
and Punishments" in 1764, and much
progress has been made In the treat
ment Of the criminal since then. But
the savage and barbaric method Of kill
ing some criminals Is sttll with US to
plague our consciences and shame our
boasted civilization.
well know that the fundamental
theory Of capital punishment is based
on deterrence, on reformation, on retrt-
button (revenge) and on the security
Of society. Now, English history teaches
us lnmistakably that the death penalty
pockets, who were punished by death
when caught, were won't to ply their
trade ct public hangings. During the
reign Of Henry VIII (some 35 yearsl
more than 72,0oo persons were hanged
for vagabondage, but this slaughter OF
the homeless failed to abolish poverty.
It would seem that Q public execu-
tioner, Of all men; should feel the
deterrent effect Of capital punishment;
yet there IL the case Of Hospel, public
executioner Of French Guiana, who
committed foul murder and was him.
self executed.
Obviously, reformation cannot be tie
aim Of the death penalty. The idea oi
punishment as revenge u repugnAnt 70
the very spirit Of justice. and serves nc
useful purpose, even when we ignore
our responsibility 10 the innocent family
of the criminal.
II capital punishment is intended 20
protect society, why do we strive 70
make executions as private ana aS nu-
name as possible? Do we not Cnerepy
admit It's debasing and harmful mnu-
ence? Why not the Chinese AK instead
Of the electric chair? Why not make
an execution q public function instead
of o strictly private" affair? The TACT
Is that the legal execution Is sicken-
ing, disgraceful and degrading exhipi-
ton Of savagery which demoralizes the
whole community.
Thank God, capital punishment Is
growing unpopular In America! 1t does
not accomplish single legitimate end
Of justice. An enlightened public con-
science Is at last beginning to realize
that the salutary injunction, Tnou
shalt not KILL" Is just as obligatory upon
the state as it is on the individual.
CHARLES w. PAFFLOW.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Those who rule their life by expe-
diency rather than right, who believe
that success measures practice, rather
than right or wrong, are invariably mer
who have no sympathy for the theory
Of the dissenter.
In this regard we like the words oi
Clarence Darrow. who spoke before
He ended his address with the follow.
ing significant paragraph:
"All individuals are different In struc-
ture and emotions and think every
individual should develop his life as he
sees fit. After we get plenty Of bust.
ness efficiency In America hope there
will be q crusade to 60 back to the doc.
trines Of our fathers on the right oi
every human being to regulate his OWE
life as he sees At"
Darrow, you see, Is a dissenter BY
nature. He Is suspicious of majority
sentiment about anything. He Is the
embodiment of the theory of the dis.
Senter. Not the individual theory held
by any dissenter, but the whole theory
and practice of dissenSion, as q fine art
It is trite but eminently true to say
that there are two sides to every ques.
ton. Life demands that some take the
negative, in order to keep the trium.
plant majority from running wild.
majority opinions. Often the only thing
which holds the race true is some
lonely figure, fighting valiantly for what
the entire race will admit-centuries
later-to be the truth-so-h -help-us God
X ~ r
And this lonely man, firm in the
faith within him, had as much right tc
insist that the majority opinion should
NA@ t@ &H~-
packs had to declare, rs we heard the
one Of them do, that the minority was
only disagreeable necessity which had
to be endured until the old steamroller
could be put into operation.
The mdividualist Is always above the
petty politics Of domination. We speak
OF the true individualist, not of the
would-be 1mitatorS or the pseudo -indi-
vidualists. The real individualist is
proud Of his role.
Especially is he proud Of himself in
TINS modern day. when tendencies are
at work everywhere to laugh at the
serious beliefs of the good and great
men Of past ages.
He knows that there are dangerous
trends Of thought at work to pull down
and trample under foot holy and right
things, not only in the name Of amuse-
ment, but also in the names of expe-
diency and success.
He knows, with Darrow, that one Of
the true glories Of the American mind
Is the doctrine of the fathers on the
right Of every human being to regulate
his own life as he sees At.
He knows that too much co-operation.
one Of the modern gods. makes Jack not
only. dull boy but one who has lost
the pride Of his father in being q
thinker in his own right.
He believes in every man thinking
for himself. He resents, and win not
swallow, the impudence Of those who
would attempt to tell him not only
what he shall think, but when he shall
think IL.
He walks under the shadow of his
own hat brim," as the late ''Uncle joe
Cannon put it, and he is very apt to
reply to the self-appointed and would
De dictators with the succinct message
which Gen. Omar Bundy sent to the
Germans when they asked him 10 come
out and surrender.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
Vote on Borah Resolution
Hopeful for Moderates

FTom the New York Sun.
The vote in the Senate on the Borah
resolution will be accepted as O hope
ful sign by nloderates who oppose both
the export debenture scheme Of farm
rclie9 ana the outrageous program Of
tarin revisionS proposed in the House
bill--a program which would raise rates
on approximately 1000 commodities.
Senator Borah would have refused In
creaseS for any commodity not related
to agriculture. His proposal was un-
sound. Nevertheless, the fact that IL
would have been adopted by the change
Of q single vote is convincing evidence
that those who favor unlimited revision
are not going to prevail without fight.
Chief of the perils threatening the
policy OF limited revision Ii log-rolling.
Each section OF the country, almost
every manufacturing industry, has In
view commodities upon which It de-
sires increases In tariff rates. When
these various interests get to shopping
around for votes there will be scant
inclination TO obsercve Mr.. Hoover's
rule-of- f-thumb formula. "The test for
the necessity Of revision Is in the main
whether there has been @ substantial
slackening Of activity in an industry
during the past few years, and q conse-
quent decrease Of employment due to
insurmountable competition In the
products Of that industry
But the log-rolling win not be all In
one camp. Extreme farm relievers In
the Senate will have some trading ma
terial Of their own. An effort Is already
under way In the Senate to include Ia
the tariff bill the export debenture plan,
which was eliminated from the farm
relief bill. If advocates Of the deben-
lures can hold their lines as firmly
next Autumn a. they have held them
thus far, they will be In Q position to
wreck tariff legislation by forcing the
passage Of o measure that the presi-
dent Is certain to veto or else to get q
valuable Quid pro quo for their deben-
lures whenever they decide to throw
them overheard. The lineup for the
Borah resolution was substantially one
Of debenturists. II Senator Johnson
had not chosen this occasion to aban-
don his former allies, or II Senator
Helm, who loudly proclaims himself a
low-tari6 man, had stood hitched on
Monday, there would now be . dead
lock.
Back Of the Borah proposal was q
strong feeling among Senators and
their supporters in agricultural States
that the tariff bin which has emerged
from the House - q fraud and o sham.
some cf them cpsnly charge that yns
'deF q uretext ef acsning % the seAlgf
Evening star., 1929-07-01

world ar to make . readiustment Il
such becomes necessary.
Has the youth movement been alto
gether solnd--or has It been merely
another Of those waves of sentiment
which sweep over the minds Of q
people from time TO time without
much fundamental basis? In any
event, It contains the seed Of serious
difficulties. A man does not die Mt 40.
He must continue to find q niche for
himself in the world for many years
to come-or else be o burden on So
ciety.
There is no denying that something
goes out Of an individuals personality
when he enters middle age-particularly
in the less skilled lines of human
endeavor. He no longer has the same
ambition or the same confidence. Ford,
however, believes that he compensates
for these losses by an increased steadi-
ness and reliability. Increased expert
ence after the late twenties hardly
On the other hand, he has passed the
test Of accomplishment as youth never
has done. His weaknesses have shown
themselves. He knows himself and
others know him. The employers risk
from q breakdown In his human ma
chine due to unsupported weaknesses is
reduced to q minimum.
Industry can't discard the middle
aged man unless society devises some
other way Of taking care Of him. Such
a solution would involve 90 radical
reorganization Of society that it Is un-
thinkabie in the present stages Of social
evolution.
Mr.. Ford's pronouncement should at
least furnish q stimulus for real thought
on the subject-should result in o
salutary delay in the onward rush of
the youth fetish In the current indus
trial philosophy.
Evening star., 1929-07-01

Satire or mock sympathy marks most
Of the newspaper comment on the dis
closure that Bishop James Cannon, jr.,
lost $2,50O through failure Of an alleged
''bucketShop" with which he had been
dealing In stocks. Defenders Of the
Virginia churchman and prohibition
leader point to his explanation that he
merely was investing on the INSTALL
ment plan, and attack the motives Of
his critics as political.
'The effort to give an impression that
the bishop was mixed up In gambling
enterprise" says the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal, sis not only untrue but
q reflection on several million upright
American citizens, both men and
women, who trade In stock regularly
and consider it as ethical and as proper
as It Is to play Q little bridge or poker.
. The bishop proved himself q
novice through his dealings with this
concern. Had he consulted some other
broker or banker, there might have
been q different story to teil-or remain
untold"
Beacon Journal remarks, got O. kick
out of his effort to lay up little treas
ure where moth and rust doth corrupt
and thieves do break through and steal.
And it is O pity that instead Of getting
rich he lost his $2,500." The st. Louis
Post Dispatch suggests that he "is
enmeshed In the mortal coils that grip
us ALL" and adds: mot for us TO stand
like an avenging border patrolman and
All him full Of lead for that he has
vainly wooed Lady Luck Of the Ticker.
We've all sought that tricky jade's
favors and have emerged from the
trance, as has Bishop Cannon, sadder,
knxA taM xzpSa
eff his Wall street adventuring should
teach him bit of tolerance, instil into
him something of human understand
ing, gracious Peter. what q fine figure
of q man he might become!" exclaims
the Omaha World Herald. The Colum-
bus Ohio State Journal holds that "the
glass house argument can be used
against him very effectively" As the
Milwaukee Journal sums UP the matter:
"As minister Of the Gospel he pro-
fesses one particular cause-prohibi-
tion. As q spokesman for prohibition
he tells men and women what their
personal course ought to be; he tells O
political party what IL must not do;
he orGanizes--and very effectively, too
In political movement on o moral
issue. But IL is his moral issue In
another field he II doing what fellow
members Of his cloth frequently de-
nounce from their pulpits a. Immoral" !"
"One must infer he did not know the
difference between margins and INSTALL
ment payments. Some who play the
market probably don't, strange as 1t
may SEEM" comments the New Orleans
item. The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
concludes that ''even O man of Bishop
Cannon's keen and brilliant mind, &C.
customed to dealing In and with every
day affairs Of politics and finance and
the world in general, may be fooled by
wicked stock brokers'" The Phiiadel-
the footsteps Of others that he did not
observe where the lure Of quick pRuats
was leadiuR him,
':zze tsoas g he Ma huxink Aiosks @
Evening star., 1929-07-01

Of the farmers the authors Of the House
bill propose to give Skinned milk TO the
farmers while feeding industry on
cream. This argument win De heard
with increasing noise and violence -
time goes on. It viii be used, prona-
bly, with telling effect, In support OF the
Norris amendment, by which the deben-
ture plan would be written into ths
tariff bill.
Broad outlines Of the strategy for next
FAN are therefore beginning to emerge
from the confusion Of the last legisla-
tive week. Farm interests In the SEN
ate will try to force down many pgo-
posed tarin increases by using the de-
benture plan as q means OF coercion.
The House cannot very well shift from
the stand against debentures It has
already taken-a stand which ID caus-
ing embarrassment to Representatives
from agricultural sections who viii come
up for reelection next year. II both
sides stand arm. there viii be . dead
lock: II either yields too far. the result
msy 10 measure % Yepuenane 20 the
eenn0nsie polic1es 6 Akr. Hoover thAs %
1E&z*& A*X a-Ss
Evening star., 1929-07-01

Henry Ford prefers workmen over 20.
The viewpoint Of this great indus
tTialist--whos success In no small part
has been due to an intuitiye UNDER
standing Of the human factor-is Of
more than passing interest when We
ronsider the seemingly progressive
trend Of the machine age to lower the
are limits Of mans usefulness. An In
creasinsiy higher value has been
placsd on youth. n has become proc
srsasiyeIy harder for man ofsmiddie
- q lid HI nlaca II tie tnSlekxial
Evening star., 1929-07-01
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Explosives.
When lazy days go drifting By
Into the hours OF warm July.
The drowsy bumblebee we hear
Who, lulling us to sleep, draws near
It Is time which Nature meant
For drowsiness and sweet content
We're for q while serenly mute
And then some one begins to shoot.
It may be some bold motor cop,
Or bootleg boy who win not stop,
Or just patriot who win try
To wake us up In warm July.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
Bishop Cannon's Stock Trading
Subject of Widespread Debate

the installment plan and that he would
acquire ownership by partial payments.
It would have taken him longer to pay
at the rate OF his initial stake in the
adventure" declares the Charleston
Evening Post, "than for the German
government to clear up the reparations
under the Young plan. II Bishop Cam
non did not know he was gambling, he
Is poorly qualified for his episcopal
ONCE A shepherd should have at least
q rudimentary knowledge of the terrain
over which he leads his docks."
"As matters Of fact and common
sense" argues the Wheeling Intelli-
gencer, "any minister who has enough
practical ability to be interested In husi-
ness and to make wise investments Is
likely to use the same practical ability
in solving important moral problems
and furthering religious understanding.
That is the true basis Of the criticism
against Bishop Cannon. His critics are
not really displeased with him because
he bought and sold some stocks. They
dislike his practical application Of sound
moral sense to political situation"
y Il y
The Richmond News-Leader, On the
other hand. asks as to the bishops
statement In explanation IL it does not
"show an obtuseness rs to the respon-
sibilities and position Of Q bishop Of
the church and an utter disregard for
the proprieties Of clerical leadership
that is perhaps without parallel In
modern times
The "snfailing appeal of novelty In
the incident IS recognized by the Seattle
Daily Times, with the statement that
'it isn't every day that Methodist
bishop is nipped In the attempt to make
q fortune on shoeString at a Wall
Street game" The Columbia Is. CD
State, replying to the protest against
the attack, remarks that "the bishop
has entered politics, uses the weapons
of politics, and cannot hope to escape
the return thrust"
There is place for the man Of
argues the Baltimore Sun. But neither
Of them Is entitled to the moral and
spiritual authority over men that has
gone to ministers who have given them
selves unreservedly to their calling"
The Roanoke Times offers the comment
on this opinion: "If in the foregoing
Is aught Of rebuke for Bishop Cannon,
have brought 1t upon himself. His
stock speculations have nothing to do
with prohibition and prove nothing as
to its wisdom or unwisdom. But, %
the Sun points out, they strip him Of
the right to that puritanicai fervor
which could be respected even when
not approved"
With the concession that "the bishop
is correct as to the motive for the at
tack" and that "the purpose is to
break him down politically by assailing
him personally" the Nashville Banner
yet believes that 1T is impossible to
avoid the conclusion that in the heavy,
continuous and conceded stock pur-
chases and transactions Of highly
speculative character he was pursuing
o course In marked variance with pop
ular conception Of procedure In keeping
with the traditions. standards and obli-
cations OF the exalted ministerial sta
Utinn whicA he occzpies.