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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Citizens are to Blame for Crooked Politics

A political boss does not go to
the crossroads in the dead OF night
and recite a mysterious, mumbo-
jumbo incarnation that puts a spell
ON the good people of the town
There is no magic about 1t. He
gets control because the people let
him get control. He strikes a bar
gain with the electorate.
He performs favors, for instance;
little ones and big ones. II you
know somebody at city hall" you
get traffic ticket fixed. Or per-
haps get the tax assessment on your
house adjusted, or enjoy slight
relaxation of building code
There are slums in your city, let
us say. The people who live in
them don't have a very good time
in life, what with one thing and
another; you, as non-slum dweller,
somehow never insisted that there
should be a sufficiency of parks
and Fairgrounds, or backed hous-
ing program, or sat down to medi-
tate on the infinitely complex social
and economic forces which produce
and perpetuate the slums. You just
ignore them.
Not so the boss. He extends a
multitude of little favors to the slum
people. AS a result, the slum dis
trict gives the boss humping big
vote in every election.
y
These are just few angles OF
boss rule. They are listed here to
indicate that politics doesn't op-
crate in a vacuum. Good govern
ment IS responsibility in which
all of us share. Before we gasp in
horror at the Kansas City revela-
tions, we might study our own
records.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
AGAIN THEY WANT
TO PARDON MOONEY

The rules committee of the Califor-
MIA state assembly has reported favor
ably on a resolution to pardon Tom
Mooney, convicted of engineering the
Preparedness Day bombing in San Fran
cisco many, many years ago.
Probably the latest pardon attempt
will go the way of all others. 1t has not
been voted upon by the assembly or the
senate 1t is hard to believe that either
or both of those agencies would vote
in favor of the pardon.
pardon would have the effect OF
saying to Mooney:
"You We're not guilty. You were un-
Justly accused, and unfairly convicted.
You are an innocent man. The state
of California is sorry for the wrong it
has done you.''
Or it would say:
Perhaps you did engineer the Prepar-
edness Day bombing. Perhaps you kill
ed The state believes you were justified.
Go freen'
The white light of publicity has been
on Moneys case for many years. The
worlds most experienced investigators
have gone over every detail of the crime
Of which he was convicted, and studied
all of the evidence used for and against
him at his trial They have come to the
conclusion that he was, in fact, guilty.
Time and again, the courts have re-
viewed the Mooney case. They have
secured every bit of evidence, every item
of legal procedure, every ounce of So
called new evidence. Yet they still be-
lieve Mooney guilty.
Every governor since Mooney was
convicted has been impOrtuned to par
don him. Some even might be consider
ed friendly to those who were friendly
TO Mooney. Yet the governors could not
find anything justifying a pardon for
Tom Mooney.
Through all these years, the same
group has kept the Mooney case in the
spotlight Mooney has become SYM
bol for them. He has been made to ap-
pear martyr to labor He has been
used to discredit the government, the
courts and business. He has been held
up as the typical example of what "a
poor working man" may expect.
If the state legislature should SO far
lose its common sense as to pardon Moo
ney when few individual legislators
have anything but the most cursory
knowledge of his case, it will be giving
victory to one of the most undesirable
elements in the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
EVERYTHING OLD
IS Not UNWI.SE

Written many decades ago. but as
fresh, as pertinent to the subject Of
the day as any modern writings. is an
excerpt from James Bryce's American
Commonwealth" dealing with the work
Of the courts. While you read ii, re-
member that ii was written in the "horse
and buggy" era, by a man who was
close TO the formative period in Ameri-
ca 1t follows, in part:
"The Fathers of the Constitution
studied nothing more than to secure the
complete independence of the Judiciary
The President was not permitted to re-
move the judges, nor Congress TO dimin-
ish their salaries. One thing only was
either forgotten or deemed undesirable,
because highly inconvenient, to deter
mine-the number of judges in the Su-
preme Court. Here was weak point,
a Joint in the courts armour through
which weapon might some day pene-
trate As the Constitution does not pre-
scribe the number of justices, statute
may increase or diminish the number
as Congress thinks fit. In 1866, when
Congress was in fierce antagonism to
President Johnson, and desired to pre-
vent him from appointing any judges,
it reduced the number which was then
ten, by statute providing that no va
cancy should be filled up till the num-
ber was reduced to seven. In 1869, when
Johnson had been succeeded by Grant,
the number was raised to nine. This me-
thod is plainly susceptible OF further
and possibly dangerous application. Sup
posing a Congress and President bent
on doing something which the Supreme
Court deems contrary to the Constltu-
ton. They pass statute. A case arises
under it. The Court on the hearing of
the case unanimously declares the sta
tute to be null, as being beyond the pow
ers of Congress Congress forthwith
passes and the President signs another
statute more than doubling the number
of justices :. The President appoints to
the new justiceships men who are pledg-
ed to hold the former statute constittu-
tional The Senate confirms, his appoint
ments. Another case raising the validi-
ty of the disputed statute is brought up
to the Court. The new justices outvote
the old ones; the statute is held valid;
the security provided for the protection
of the Constitution is gone like a morn
ing mist.
What prevents such assaults on the
fundamental law-assaults which, how
ever immoral in substance, would be per-
fectly legal in form? Not the mecha-
nism of government, for all its checks
have been evaded. Not the conscience of
the legislature and the President, for
heated combatants seldom shrink from
justifying the means by the eSd. Moth
ing but the fear of the people. whose
broad good sense and attachment to the
great principles of the Constitution may
generally be relied on to condemn such
a peryersion of its form"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

The Kansas City vote fraud trials
are bringing in fairly respectable
haul of fish. Seven people have al
ready been convicted, and rs more
are yet to be tried. Before the
thing ends we may know a little
more about the mysterious science
of civic government than we know
now.
For these trials are highly edu-
cational-not so much for the actu-
al evidence that is produced as for
the reflection that they provoke.
That crooked election booth Of
ficials do all kinds of odd tricks
to the ballots now and then is not
new. Erasing marks, short-penciling
ballots, throwing away votes that
don't suit the boss, making up the
total before the polls are even
cloSed-these bits of trickery have
q long lineage in America, and the
end probably is not yet.
But we shall miss the point If we
simply assume that the trials prove
Kansas City to be desperately
boss-ridden city and let it go at
that.
Kansas City does operate under
a boss, of course. But what big city
doesn't, to a greater or lesser de-
gree? Where is the metropolis
which has not within recent men,
ory had frauds precisely like those
of Kansas City? And which of us,
as an individual, is alert enough
and public-spirited enough in his
own city to be entitled to point
any scornful finger at Kansas City?
The thing to remember in any
case of this kind is that we always
get the kind of government we de-
serve.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
on .Sr< says
FRANK WATANABE
sY Ep HOLDEN
TENDERLY WAR
eY ED HOLDEN

Russia have just sign a agree not
to sinking merchant ship before deposit
all passenger and crew of same to
safety place then poofli Those agree
were sign by six other nation.
Before reading that news print | were
receiving sensations that World are get
ting noncivilized-but now everything
alright In case you riding on ocean
and a war burst loose-start laughing
please.
were amidst those big quarrel at
1917. We having similar agree about
submarine warfare-but many submar-
inc gunsters forget to reading contracts.
So thousand of citizens was blew to
pieces on the water, before notified they
are safe.
On second thought l will not believ-
ing it in the first place.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
MAN LOSES LIFE AS ELEVATOR
CRASHES INTO SHAFT OF MINE

Ribert Van Horn and Claude
House escaped comparatively un-
hurt.
The men began their dizzy
plunge just after entering the
conveyance at the surface, re-
ports said Fifty feet below the
mines portal, the hoist apparent
ly gave way.
The skip crashed at the 500 foot
level, jarring loose shower of
debris. 1t appeared johnson was
killed instantly and Murray in
jured by falling rocks and timber.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Other Editors Say
1T DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING
(Santa Paula Chronicle)

Adolf Hitler has been far more successful
than FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt in coping with un-
employment says Professor julius Richter oil
the University of Berlin.
And what is the secret Of Hitlers success
in making Jobs for the jobless? For one thing,
savs the professor he has built up the German
army to strength of perhaps 100000" For
another construction of barracks and fortresses
has brought work TO thousands more.
Our American attack on unemployment, on
the other hand has consisted in building farm
,omarket roads sewer and water systems, parks
and playgrounds commercial airports schools,
libraries. auditoriums swimming pools and other
things of practically no military value
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

At Dick Berlin's they were talk
ing of cracks from peanut heaven
in other theatrical days when the
galleryites not only called out re-
marks but often brought fruit for
pitching purposes. 1t was at Days
and the house was being seated
when about the baldest man ever
seen came down to a front row
seat, his head taking on the shine
of billiard ball. 1t loomed like
a lighthouse in fog. Finally a
voice up yonder piped: Anyway it's
neat"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

AUBURN, Cal, March 5. W.P)--
A runaway skip plunged 500 feet
down the shaft of the Eclipse
Gold Mine in the Ophir district
today, killing one man and in
juring another Two escaped with
only minor injuries.
The dead man was Henry john
son, 65-year-old Ophir district
miner. Jack Murray, another min
er, was taken to an Auburn hos
pital, where physicians said his
leg was broken. A diagnosis had
not been completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

One of the ancient credos Of the
stage is BE good to 'em on the way
up: you may need 'em on the way
down." 1t is rule that motivates
the tireless response to encores by
such seasoned performers as Jimmy
Durante, Benny Fields, Sophie
Tucker, Willie Howard and many
others who continue TO hover a.
round the top. And what an ex-
cellent standby for every calling
including eolumning.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

A big stage laugh Of the season
is in a play dealing with a goofy
family In the Bronx. An income
tax man calls and the grumpy man
of the house receives him with total
indifference. He admits he has
never paid taxes and does not in
tend TO. When asked why, he
snaps: Because I do not believe
In it."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

The dinky ice cream parlors-so
like those back yonder-with mar
ble-topped tables where the young
sprig took his girl are still numerous
on the lower East Side. Mostly run
by struggling widows with an in
stinct to mother the young" One
I noticed was called Mother F'lo's"
and another "Cupids Cave"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

NEW YORK, March fisherman
Billingsley, who suggests Homer
Croy with hair, is reputedly the
wealthiest of the night club i'm
presarios. A transition that made
country jake from Enid, Okla.
one of the most urbane of guild
that exacts tribute from the plush
lest of top hated and ermined
sWellS.
He was floundering around in
the real estate business when he
and two others had an old build
ing dumped in their laps. His
partners were for opening speak
easy and he joined in. They de-
serted and he seemed for a time
to be harboring a sturdy elephant
all in white!
A Greek washroom boy who had
been around, seeing Billingsley
didn't mingle enough with custo-
mers. Only two were at the bar
so he began to chin-chin with
them. He dates his upturn to that
enforced breakdown of shyness. He
became the garrulous greeter
In his post-repeal place a hop
skip off the avenue he has his own
one-chair barber shop and pri-
vate gym And ten year lease at
$4,000 a year. The hat checking
privileges alone he farms out for
$4,000 a year cash in advance.
Billingsley looks a collegiate Is in
his sos and riding high.
Incidentally, noticed one of the
classy cafe owners dining .cock-a-
hoop at another restaurant the other
evening Billy Seeman in passing
his table called out: Cheating, eh?'
The fact is few restaurant owners
eat in their own places. Not be-
cause OF any lack of excellence in
food but because their appetites are
dulled by constant closeup with
the edibles they purvey. Invariably
they are small eaters. 1t was the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

This column had something to
do with landing long-neglected black
bean soup on New York . menus.
At least it is SO credited by the
Kentucky restaurateur, c. P. Lebus,
in an interview with George Rector.
It is now hebdomadal fixity on
more than 100 highly tariffed places
from the white Intel of Moneta's
on the south to the shining shib-
boleth of the Marguery on the
north. But a campaign for such
yums yums as apple butter, gher-
kins and onion flicked cottage
cheese has made practically no
headway. And it's mighty dis
couraging.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

Thingumbobs: Frank Crownin-
shield, an American, Paris born, is
reputed to speak French with
perfect Partisan accent Patsy
Kelly is Mrs. Simpsons favorite
cinema comedienne /. Tailors say
Eddie Duchin handles full evening
dress better than any other Or
chestra leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

I am such a back number that I
rarely tire of those stage songs
where the orchestra "vamps until
ready" One time I saw George
Robey in London doing such a song
the musicians treading musical
waters to the beat Of which Robey
kept switching his hat and stick,
in perfect rhythm, from one hand
to the other. The crowd enjoyed
this so much they didn't seem to
want him to 60 into his song. The
Gilbert and Sullivan productions
are about the only shows preserv-
ing these ad libbing touches. Ber-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

/. Who is the U. S. secretary of
the treasury?
2. Who wrote THE Deserted Viii
lage"?
3. What is q maverick?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

claim of Capt. Jim Churchill he
had but one meal in the Broadway
spot he operated so many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

Words of Wisdom
Love makes obedience lighter
than liberty.-Alger.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

T0day's Horoscope
Persons whose birthday is today
are said to be worthy of every con-
fidence placed in them. Their circle
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

nard Granville could do 1t with
eclat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
of friends is usually large.
Hints on Etiquette

In planning the centerpiece for q
dinner table, remember that guests
like to see each other across the
table, and that tall ornaments which
obstruct the view are not desirable.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

One-Minute Test Answers
/. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
2. Oliver Goldsmith.
3. A. maverick" is motherless
alf or unbranded yearling.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

BRINGING
Ill THE NElyS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25
THE REPUBLICAN

Entered at the Postoffice. at Oakland,
Nd, as second-class mail matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25
STEYER

With the Thanksgiving season on,
the following poem tells of the Steyer
community Faith with Thanksgiv-
ing" although the weather is cold:
If hopes of yesterday are gone,
And you're of friends bereft,
Kneel down and give your thanks
today
For good things that are left.
Pray from joyous, faithful heart;
You'll find small time to grieve,
The Lord has left you future gifts
That you could have Him leave.
Madison Tucker, VIII OILS student in
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, is
regaining his health following an op-
Grafton performed some time. ago.
Audley Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E.
Tucker and son Clyde we're called to
the hospital on Sunday night to, render
blood TRANSMISSION to Mr.. Tucker.
Mrs. Frank Propst is ill at this time.
Mrs. J. P. Morgan, who is the for
mer Miss Rosie Cerne, spent two days
last week with her mother here.
Miss Hazel Shillingburg, who re-
Gently suffered fracture of her arm
is gradually recovering.
Arley Whetsell was a visitor on
Sunday at the home of C. E. Shilling
burg.
Many persons of this community
have been attending the revival meet
ing at White Church conducted by the
Rev. Paul Names.
Misses Mary Foley and Virginia
Rowan were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Tucker.
All are welcome to attend the ses-
sions of the Steyer Sunday school ev-
cry Sunday morning at 1890 o'clock
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25

about Bible selling" exclaimed Lin
coin. "a certain Bible peddler was
making his rounds through the from
tier woods when he came on a poor
little cabin chock full of children. The
mother appeared to be working hard,
but it was evidently one of those
households where nothing but dirty
dishes and unmade beds thrive. The
peddler saw at once that here was a
field for work and after he had talked
to the mother little while about her
souls salvation, he asked her if she
owned a Bible.
"She was right mad and indignant;
she told him they might be poor, but
they weren't heather. The peddler
urged her to show him the Book. She
started at once to search; on the raf-
tiers, under the caves, in the chimney
closet, under the bed. Then she called
the children in and they rooted the
cabin out. At last the biggest of the
young ones dug from the debris under
the bed few tattered leaves of the
Book of Job. The peddler was horri-
fed, but the mother didn't bulge an
inch. 4 knew she said, that we'd had
Bible, though l had no idea we were
so near out.
Some excuse may be made for over
worked mothers who can find no leis-
ure by day and who are too weary at
night for Bible reading or study. But
how shall those of us who are blessed
with many leisure hours which we
may spend as we please, excuse our
selves for our ignorance of this Book
whose pages are filled with celestial
truth, and whose practical maxims
point the way to successful and happy
living.
To many in these days of hurry and
confusion there remains not even q
fragment of the Book of Job to guide
their wandering and weary feet into
the paths of peace.
Lincoln was lover of the Bible and
read it constantly. And so did Thomas
Huxley, often thought of as an agnos-
tic; Emmanuel Kant, the great German
philosopher, and William Ewart Glad
stone, the great English statesman.
Huxley said of the Bible, 81 have
been seriously perplexed to know by
what means the religious feeling ir
mankind, which is the essential basis
of conduct, is to be kept up without the
use of the Bible"
Kant spoke no less positively of its
benign influence: "The existence OF
the Bible as Book for the people is
theg reatest benefit which the human
race has ever experienced. Every at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25
SELBYSPORT

Rev. J. F. Hockenberry will conduct
revival in the Methodist church here
beginning on Wednesday evening, De-
cember l. Prof. Grove, of Masontown,
West Va, will have charge of the mu-
sic. Prof. Grove will be remembered
by many as he conducted classes in
singing in this community many years
ago.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the M. E.
church held its monthly meeting in the
church on Thursday evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fike had as
their guests on Monday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cross, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph McWilliams, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
Stark, Misses Anne Weleh, Edith
Laugherty and LeStella Cole, Of Do.
mora, Pa.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Hockenberry
and two daughters, Misses Lois and
Martha, spent Sunday and Monday OF
last week at Blacksmith, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fisher and Their
daughter 10 Ann,'spent the past week
end at Kingwood, W. Va, with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Yutzy.
Miss Dorothy Frazee, near Friends.
vile, was a guest of Miss Madeline
Frantz on Thursday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25
Outbreak OF TrichinOsis In YER
mont Brings Reminder From
Health Officer

A news story from Burlington, VT,
relating that 43 Civilian Conservation
Corps workers were suffering from
trichinosis, has brought a reminder
from DR.. E. C.. Peck, health officer.
that people in this area should be care
full when cooking pork.
Since this is the time of year when
farmers butcher their hogs, DR.. Peck
thought it advisable to warn them of
the dangers in improperly cooked
pork. A complete article on this dis
ease was carried in The Republican,
issue of July 20, 1887.
Those in Vermont suffering from
trichinosis had eaten pork which was
not properly roasted. The pork was
served October 27. They became ill
November II.
Trichinosis is a disease in which
very small worms taken in the food
make their way to various muscles in
the body and there set up an infam-
nation which is mild or severe accord
ing to the number of worms. In severe
cases a fever as severe as typhoid
fever sometimes results and death has
resulted from it at times.
An infected hog may transmit this
disease to humans, if after being
butchered, it is not properly cooked
before eating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-11-25
A Correspondent Deplores The De-
structiOn OF The Fine Old Oak
Tree Fronting the Elementary
School Property And Wonders
WHY It Was Done.
To the Editor of The Republican.

why II w % OOHCs
To the Editor of The Republican.
Sir:-Many persons were surprised
and shocked to read in your issue of
November 18th that the fine oak tree
in front of the Elementary School had
been cut down.
Your article, which was more in the
form of an editorial than news item,
raised the question of who was respon-
sible, and what was the reason for the
destruction of this tree.
1t seems that you were informed
that the cutting had been done by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company with the sanction of the
Mayor and Town Council, but you
were entirely in the dark as to its OBJ
ject. l naturally supposed that some
explanation would be forthcoming,
and looked through the columns of
your last issue with great deal of in
terest to find the answer to your ques-
tions, which courtesy demanded, but in
vain. There was not d word from any
body.
Ever since this thing was done /
have heard people deplore it, and the
general feeling seems to be that the
sacrifice of this great old tree, which
has stood for more years than any one
can remember, was useless. L.
If there was any good reason for it.,
why does not the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company say so? The
town is certainly entitled to salts
factory explanation from the company
or the Mayor and Council, or both.
This tree was public property. If it
was sound and healthy-and nobody
has claimed it was mott cannot see
why citizens meeting was not called
before the Council accorded permits
sion to cut it.
Certainly the people ought to let it
be definitely understood that they
will not sanction the wanton destruc-
ton of the natural beauty of the town.
Oakland has been noted for its fine
trees. Even it's name is derived from
them. They cannot be preserved if
such acts as this are allowed to go I'M
explained and unchallenged.
AS is strongly evidenced by its own
advertising, the telephone company is
largely dependent for it's revenue upon
the good will of the public. Is this the
way to maintain it?
FREDERICK THAYER, JR.
Oakland, November %, 1887.