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Cy G. G::'J Lbxla
. When th Constitution of th Unit-
ed States tu framed by the fore-
1 'hers of - th country precaution
was taken to make It Impossible of
chang or amendment until after any
' propod change had been acrutlnlsed
carefully and- had received th real
support ot th great maw of th peo-
' pi. Bine th data of th -Constitution's
adoption In 17t ths fundamen-
tal law of th land has bem amended
nineteen 'time and the' first ten
amendment' containing th "bill of.
which Baeguard. freedom
of pMh and' of religious belief etft.
were adopted in mi The rent of
th amendmonta. nine In number are
the only Cheng In th ConaUtutlon
timd -the -eeureeotlU year. They
dal with stavsry equal rights for
cltlaene irrespective of color federal
Income taxes the .election of United
But senators by popular vote pre-
hlbltion and womatt suffrage. V -. .
TTT ' 1
. oux Because we iboneuiuuvu
been amended o few time dees not
mean that many man both in and out
of confTeea hare . not been ' reetlve
under the proviatona of th Constitu-
tion and hate not advocated easier
and elmpler method of changing the
fundamental law. Benstor La Follette
of Wisconsin li the latest to urge a
oonatitutional amendment Ha pro-
Pokb to curb the federal courts and
In effect to take from th supreme
court the right to determine whether
a law enacted by congress conform
to th Constitution. In the opinion
of - Senator La Follette there hat
grown up In thi country a "Judicial
oligarchy" headed by the aupreme
court and this oligarchy should have
tta wing clipped. He made "he
'"' charge during an address before
th American Feneration of Labor
dealing particularly with the decision
of the supreme ewutt holding the
child labor law unconstitutional. He
baa reiterated the charge on th floor
of the senate. rhe American
' Federation of Labor has taken up
th matter and ha committed Itself
to an amendment of th ConaUtutlon
In Una with that proposed by the
Wisconsin senator.
The plan of Senator La Follette is
a congressional veto 'of decisions of
the supreme court He will offer a
- resolution proposing an amendment
1o the Constitution whloh shall hold:
' 1. That no inferior federal judge
shall aet asfoe a law of congress on
the ground that It is unconstitution
al.
J. That If th supreme court as
sume to decide any law of congress
unconstitutional or by Interpretation
undertakes to assert a public policy
at variance with the statutory de-
deration of congress whloh alone un-
. der our system la authorised to de-
termine th publio policies of gov
ernment the congress may by re
passing th law nullify th action
of th court
If th proposal of Senator La fol
lette which th American Fedora-
Hon of Labor has apparently taken
as its own should be adopted' then
any law which congress should see
fit to pass by a majority vote would
-. be the law of the land and there would
exist In the eouita no protection
against It whether the rights- guar
ntM i-Misn t9 I h MHiitrv under
- the conttltut'on were violated or not.
The president .my veto th bills
passed by congress but the congress
has the power to override his wet'
. - a two-trids1 vote in the case or tne
Judicial veto' zerclaed by the u-
stltutlonal the plan is to provide or
overriding by a mere maipriyr4vote.
Suppose - congress for example
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George Robinson in
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We are Jus as much In Javor of
J.efferonuu principles as the Jetfet-
sonian Philosopher et .Waco 'except
that ;we are afraid .we .can't go back
without spattering the debris of'W
present governmental' etruoigr. arid
we have been brought up not . to
clutter up the landscape.--leorie-I.
Bailey In Ths Houston Post
rjuess you are right Brother Oeorgei
nlthough It pains us to make admit'
slon. - Tou see. Brother George we are
ao used to free admission to th base-
ball parks and the watermelon feats
that it comes awkard to pay trlbuts
even to a fact so patent aa th one
you present. We have about con-
cluded brother George thai: there Is
never to be any going back; even our
looking backward must be so hedged
' about that we do not turn to pillars of
salt as did the lady back there at an
esrly day. Life liberty and the pur-
suit "of hspplness are conditioned on
. no train going into-the station ahead
of schedule time. Westward. the star
of empire takes' It way. It started
ever there on the Euphrates as e
now -recall and ' came across the con-
tinent of Europe and settled over ua
here In America and we reckon It will
push on until It comes back to the
11m of harlnnlna?.. Fnt never once
. has It gone back; always has it gone
forward a What we call civilisation
seems never to reach any stopping
place: it has to keen moving or perish
for lack of food and drinks What we
rail civilisation comes along and takes
all the phosphate out of th soil and
all the fish out of .the streams and all
the fleer from .off the plains and then
It has to hurry on to get a square meal
and be able to alt In the game with
Tom Edison's questionnaire. " We
reckon. Brother George that's the ex-
plantton of why 'our first parnis
were driven out of the garden; lack of
exercise waa so changing: their ap
' pearsnce as to work overtime their tai-
loring establishment In ancient Egypt
- ' Brother. George the date-palm grew
' spontaneously ura - eTcry ooay was
hsppy until cfvlltsationr came ' along
and ordered a march across th desert
nnd . here - in our country Brother
George history is repeating Itself and
many are th mint crops wasting their
. fragrance on th deserted -heirs. These
early Egyptians never went back; the
i prospect ahead waa the mora pleasing
- end so It was with all the' rest; a.
- tlons did not rise and fall aa the his
torians tell us but simply moved on;
' the tide of travel la ever from east
to west only w are gains; to be
mightily put out Brother George
' when they tall tta to move on beydnd
tut rastv wneiw ins unrermentea
grspe Juice I transformed while you
Willi. UV vi jmwvi m cvn-
stantly going on but there's an al
most dally chang of soenery as In
th movies. .Th confusion of tongues
Is a pretty old. incident and constant-
it ly repeating Itself but you won't know
untu you pick up your favorite newa-
paper what waa th grand opera per-
formance that brought about such
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should pass a law In any way limiting
the freedom of religious worship or
sattlrrg op a But church. Th court
undar th purposed plan would not
have the right to hold this law uncon
stitutional even though it violate theJ
expiess provision of the constitution. 1
The supreme court might venture en
opinion that It waa not constitutional
But If congress again Passed the law
by a majority the opinion of the Su-
preme court would be of no avail. It
would. In -effect provide for the
amendment of . th. .constitution by a
law passed by congress. The aupreme
lav of the land the constitution-
would' no longer be in any different
situation from any law passed by eon-
grass to. passing. it my be remarked
that now it requires a two-thirds vote
of eonaresa to submit a nrnonaed
'amendment to the State and that
than th amendment must be ratified
by- th . legislatures of. three-fourths
of the state before it become effect-
ive. - .
Senator Owen of Oklahoma has in
troduced in several congresses a reso
lution proposing easier methods of
amending the constitution. Such a
resolution is now before the senate
Judiciary committee. But h ha not
proposed to take from th aupreme
court the power of passing on the
constitutionality of a law of congress.
His resolution provides that the con
stitution-may bo amended "in th fol
lowing manner and ln.no other way:
An amendment or amendment or the
calling of a constitutional convention
may b proposed:
"By a majority rot of the members.
of each house of .congress.
"By either house enouia me otner
house twice reject the proposal ana
a failure for three months to act favor-
ably shall constitute a rejection.
"Congress shall propose an amend-
ment or amendments or the calling of
a constitutional convention when re
quested by a majority of the State
legislatures. Congress or either house
may submit competing measures."
- The amendment so proposed are to
be Toted upon not by Stat legisla-
tures but directly by the people In the
States and a majority of th vote
so cast in a majority or uie congres
sional districts together with a ma
Jorlty of alt th votes cast thereon.
shall ratify. .
The constitutionality of many laws
enacted by the legislatures of. the
States as well as by congress has
been Questioned In the courts. In very
many cases the constitutionality of
the laws so enacted has been upheld
by the eourt. To mention a compara-
tively recent esse which too -bed
Washington closely the Supreme
court upheld the constitutionality of
the Ball rent act for the District of
Columbia. In many other eases. It I
true that the aupreme court has held
that laws enected have been In con
flict with the provision of th con
stotntlon Tw!c the court has held
child labor laws unconstitutional. It
held the first income tax law uncon
stlttrtlooal and the constitution wa
amended to meet the difficulty.
The lste Col Theodore loosevelt
was one of those who urged that the
will of the people be registered if the
courts should render decisions which
were contrary to the wishes of the
neoole. He urged ths recall of judicial
decisions. The recall of Judges has
hadVadvocatea too. In some quarters.
But whether the people of the coun
try would desire to have the leglsla.
'Jve acta of congress as approved by
the nresldent or passed over his veto.
set up as supreme with -no check
whatever from the courts and without
regard to their constitutionality when
considered Ja conectlon with the con-
stitution of the United States 1 a
matter which has never yet been de-
termined. Senator La Follette means
to have the question decided If.he can.
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Lo back
Waco Times-Herald
result "And It came to pass" says
the Back of Genesis "aa they Jour
neyed from the .east" and that has
been Hhe history of the Caucasian
race right alongevery day since; there
is no permanent abiding place; always
lust ahead Is the land which flows
with milk and' honey and we are all
bound .for the promised land.
Why. bless you. Brother George the
descendants of those' who came over
in the Mayflower with a few excep-
tions are now living along the Pacific
coast having dwelt a sufficient time
in Kansas Nebraska and lewa to give
to those commonwealths a sort of
Just-so appearfjnee that promisee to
extend over into the next century.
We there in' Texas Brother George
pronounce our words even when we
swear which is very seldom of
course as the legislature is only in
session .about ninety days; but aa
w were saying we Texana have a
pronunciation Uka into that of
George Washington and Thomas Jef
ferson and James Madison with oc-
casional lapses of toilrse due to not
Infrequent association with some of
those -i Mayflower descendant But
there's no going back to the stilted
language of those owner days. Brother
George; we are forced to admit that
a little slsng now and then Is relish-
ed - by our college- men. Herodatua
traveled In Egypt tn th fifth con
tury before the Christian era and w
shall probably catch up with him out
there tn th Artaona desert work
Ing away for dear Ufa to get hla car
In running order an aa to lay In
supply of gasoline sefore the 'next
advance in price. - The mistake of
the great Napoleon waa in traveling
toward ths east Instead of toward th
wat; with all hi genius he
couldn't go back.. - It was h who
found the stone that enabled scholars
to make out the alphabet of the hlero
glyphlcs but no particular good re
aulted therefrom; we cant today
exactly make out what ' Is ' Implied
by membership in the League of Na-
tion or th antl-treatlng okiety.
When th ships of Ur traded along
the shores of the Mrsian Gulf they
didn't have any worry about crossing
th three-mile limit and officers and
man could com ashor and .vote
without having to exhibit poll tax re
celpts. Them was th good old days.
Brother George. But we shall not go
back to them no more'n we shall go
back to 'the good eid swlmmln' hole
oown were a niue wey out or Hunt-
nil. W shall "move on" In ob
dlenoe to orders out of Wash Ins ton.
not pausing long- enough to cUmb a
rail fence and pluck a watermelon of
th Torn -Watson variety There will
be-no going back although at tiites.
Brother George we dosuspect tBat
w are already back to. the sort .of
legislation that goes by the name of.
Lyeurgan. We are looking forward.
Brother George to th time when
we' shall again throw open th dooaa
of our Cotton Palace and bid you and
ow thousands of other friends enter
and take away with yon many pktaa
ant recollection .
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0U8LEY AND STATE RIGHTS.
V'ltiUlta Falls News Record.
v Clarence Ousley Is a candidate for
the senate. This Is an excerpt from
one of his speeches: "1 remind you
that State sovereignty fa positive aa
weU s negative.' It la an attribute to
be used actively as a Btate responsi-
bility and If It la not used to sup-
press evil or to promote -the general
welfare it wilt pass to the nation. r
Many States neglected to empioy
their sovorelgn powers to prevent-th
sale of adulterated foods and drug
and the nation assumed the Jurisdic
tion. Other States permitted child
labor to be cruelly exploited for gsrin
and the nation violated the constitu
tion In protest Other States permu
ted the liquor trsfflo to corrupt their
politics and . the nation took over tne
police power. These examples suffice
to Illustrate the point .that States Will
continue to loss their sovereignty If
they sssert It only In resistance Of
federal power." - .
Clarence Ousley Is scholar ana a
thinker. He did not go Wide of the
mark In what he said. He told the
truth. When a State refuses to cor-
rect evil within It border or to re-
dress wrong within It border- why
shouldn't the nation act? State rights
were shot to pieces when the -flag- of
Lee went down. Stat rights were
given another Jolt waen congress ere-'
ated the Interstate commerce opmmis-
sion and John H. Beaan was on of
Its creators.
State rights were jolted again when
th eighteenth and nineteenth amend-
ments to the conitKutlon were sub-
mitted and senators from the old slave
States voted for submission and legis-
latures of old slave States were the
first to ratify the eighteenth amend-
ment which destroyed the police power
of the State. Ghost dancing Is all right
In Its place but th politicians who
are clamoring for the restoration of
Stats rights of th vintage of 11(0 are
chasing shadows.
A TAX ON GASOLINE
Paris Horning News. f '
Chairman Hubbard of the state high
way commission now proposes a tax
of 1 per cent on gasoline to provide
a fund for the further construction
of highways in the state.
The proposal for a tax on gasoline
has also been made as furnishing a
fund with which to suplement the ad
valorem tax for th benefit of the
nubile schools.
It would appear toieraoiy certain
that there la to be a tax on gasoline-
hut ths point will be as to where tne
resultant figures are. to go. That
means something of a contest In the
legislature; and some' of the legisla-
tors would Immediately make the point
that at least fifty per cent of the
tax should remain in th county where
It Is levied thus giving; the big coun
ties a further fund and -benefitting tne
smaller counties very little from that
method. - '
If the tax be levied for the highways
then the whole sum should be given
the hlrhwav department where it
mar be used to match the federal road
money; thua benefitting; every county
in the atate eventually; for it will be
used in connecting on the highways
which are now In exlatence or which
are being built
POST 0 CAMPAIGNS.
(Denlson Herald.)
Candidate for office In primary
elections are learning that the cost
of political campaigns and elections
in Texas Is attaining enormous pro
portions. Harris county democratic
candidates have been assessed llt.770
to defray expenses of ths election.
while in DaHas county the coat la
estimated at lU.tSo. And be It re-
membered that this does not include
the cost of campaigning nor com
pensation for- lost (ime. .And be It
further remembered that publio of
ficials in Texas with few exceptions
receive the sams salaries now that
their predecessor received when
praotlcally no expense 'was Incurred
In securing nominations end subse
quent elections. When the primary
method of nominating candidates
was first nronosed 1. waa claimed that
There waa "sufficient pajtrlotsam
among democrats-to hold th elections
without cost Time has proven other
wise. ' Unless pa) tm provided no
elections are held. The point has just
about been reached that a poor man
however qualified no ' may be can
not become a eandldate because .of
the expense Incident to' holding the
election
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WHERE LABOR STOOD.
(Wichita Falls Nsa-Record.)
Matthew Woll la Tloe-presjdent of
the American Federation of Labor and
the federation favora sharp restriction
of Immigration. .For a quarter of
century the American Federation of
Labor has favored sharp restriction.
Tears before some of the candidates
tor office In Texaa had broken out
of the big thicket American labor or
ganisations were fighting for restrict
ed immigration -policy fair to all
Labor demanded a policy that would
afford protection to all. Labor de
manded a policy ot restriction where
Immigration could be held to a point
where - It could be- absorbed in true
Americanism.
This waa the argument of labor:
"undue Immigration mean the break
Ing down of.wsg standards here ao
that neither tWMmerlcaa nor - the
immigrant will hv4 a chance."
Ot course there are) politicians In
Texas who are seeking a high office
who did not know the attitude of
labor relative to restricted Immigra
tion alt these years for ths reason
that. they never martind with the
reading procession and are In
trance most ot the time. .
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LITTCIOAMB HUNTtsis.
DaOaa Journal . f
The city polio; runs report will Join
the authorities of Dallsa county In th
campaign against Imr.iorallty on th
country roadsides. 'There hav been
rumors of bathing parties au natural
and of ether offense against decency
and the laws. Such natters properly
call for the attentlou osthe county and
city authorities and not at certain
seasons of the year best all the year
around. The Journal commends the
co-operative purposing". The Journal
hopes however that not all the hunt
era ot th sheriff's and polio depart
ments are sent out after' small game
Ilk this. Some of them sre needed
to look for bigger gam such aa f log-
gers of Dallas cltlnna and burnera of
negro churcheaf La' to the present
time none of these bobcat malefactor
have bean brought to - earth or taken
eaptlv. However after a season de-
voted to small-same hunting .the
nlmroda of th two protective branehee
ef the city and county governments
may develop an eye which will enable
them to locate big game and transact
some business with It. That alon
would give proof of g hunter's skill.
Tne jeurnal has hopes.
THE . 0. K OALt
Wgeo Newe-Trlbun.
- State Chairman R- B. Creager of
the republican executive committee
never overlooks a bet- He I a clever
piayer ana ne is pinytng th gam
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I know. It Is bad manners to discuss
the negro question In our glorious
Union but I shall devote this epistle tto
that: subject nevertheless. I am Irtj
duced to do this because of a race row
in Harvard university and a negro
procession that paraded Pennsylvania
avenue th other day in "silent" pro-
testation against the lynching of brutal
members or tneir race tor the most
horrible and most revolting .of all
crimes. No torture chamber of medi
aeval times ever caused such agony
no .pain cruelty has yet Inflicted or
Imagined compares In' horror with the
unspeakable monstrosity of the viola-
tion of (he person of a pure white
woman by a negro brute. Such out-
rage makes maniacs of sJJ decent men
In the community; for the moment and
this applies to the North as well as to
the South of' our country.- I cite the
mob that hungered for the blood' of a
negro brute In the Quaker community
of .Cheater a suburb of the city ot
Philadelphia some years ago. Though
the precinct was urbaiuand the police
force ample it required the military to
save uie person oi tne monster irom
the rage of the mob.
I'll aay this that nowhere else on
earth la the decent negro the harmless
negro ao aafe from oppression as he is
in the States of our union that were
slave" In 119. Dilettante Mrs. Jel-
lebys of the masculine gender up
North who have aa vague Ideas of the
race question sa I liave of the social
conditions on the planet Mars love to
cite the very large holdings of real
estate by negroes of the South and tn
that same connection they spill an
ocean of hypocrttlo tears with which
they drench the "downtrodden" negro
at the South. The fact Is that the
American citizen beat satisfied with
his condition is the decent Southern
negro. If the chief mission of the
human being In this life Is to enjoy the
day then the decent Southern negro
is tke most fortunate human being on
earth. That is a fact -
I admit that the South la a mighty
unhealthy clime for your vicious negro
His proper place Is at the North where
hla tale of woe turns doves Into vul
tures. Her is what makes the race
question the South knows the negro;
to the North the negro la a total
stranger.
That row In Harvard college Is a gor
geous Joke. Touching the negro at the
South Harvard for a century has been
a sealous an enthusiastic a termagent
Mrs. Jelleby. Harvard's conception of
the negro waa no more like Abraham
Lincoln's than is William Jennings
Bryan's views of . the eighteenth
amendment like A. O. Stanley's. Har
vard's abolitionism waa for the sake of
'.he slave; Lincoln's1 anti-slavery sen-
timents were for the Bake of the slave
owner. Harvard demanded the free
dom of the negro; Lincoln strove for
the emancipation of the white man
who owned the negro. Lincoln was as
Southern aa a hoe-cake or a rasher of
fried bacon. He waa a Southern poor
white a class that hated the negro
and waa hated by the negro. Lincoln
hated nobody but in his debate with
uour as in un ne disclosed the con
tempt of the Southern poor white for
the negro. When as president he
declared that he would preserve slav
ery If that were the best way to save
the union. Harvard denouncetkhlm up
hill and down dale as a miscreant of
all colors.
Well. It seems that President Lowell
of Harvard has found out that the
two races can not be fused that social
equality la aa Impossible as It Is un
desirable and so Harvard ejected ne-
groea from the dormitories whereat
and whereupon certain . venerable
alumni of Harvard who lire in the age
when Theodore Parker-waa a political
pope and Wendell Phillips an oratorical
Diatneraxita are up In arms. Here is
a bomb that I rescue from the bom
bardment these our Bourbons hurled
at their alma mater:
We believe that the university
owes the Southern man the beat pos-
sible opportunity for education but we
do not owe him the surrender of our
Northern Ideas of democracy and our
Harvard Ideals of Justice."
There la a painful omission In that
passage. The word "equality" aeems
to have dropped Into vacancy and is
estrayed. It ran not be possible that
these .venerable folk MoOrfietd Storey
is one of em have awakened to the
folly of men of their class running up
and down the earth correcting the
mistakes of Almighty . God. who de
creed that the twq races are not equal
And Harvard Charies Sumner
Thla la hla latest edict: "The repub-
lican party of Texaa wishes to ex-
tend a welcome to all voter who are
barred from the democratic ranks by
the action of the State democratic ex-
eostlve commltteje' at Austin In adopt-
ing the strict democratic test
We will be glad to receive Into our
ranks . those fair minded democrats
who two years age oould not bring
themselves to vote for the democratic
nominees and who had the courage
to try to thjow off the democratic
machine. We want to receive ihose
number of th farmer American party
who now find . themselves shut off
from returning to the democratic
fold." This la a. freecommonwealth.
American sre free: born. They are
permitted to worship God according
to the dictates of an honest conaclenoe
ahd ' to vote aooordlng to the dic-
tates of a free mind.
No It by 11 machine test can. keep
a. man out or a democratic gs-tmary
If he la a democrat or prevent him
from caatlng a republican ballot If
Uie republican la the party of hla
choice. Politics Is a fascinating
game however and Chairman Creager
Is a scientific player. He knows how
to take advantage of mistakes made
by representatives of that political
party whose emblem la the long-
eared and docile donkey. What the
donkey needs moat of an Is far-
sighted trainers who. know how to
play a sclentlflo game even when they
are handed weak card. The play is
the thing. .
ADVICE FROM COCKREtU .
Waco News-Tribune.
Mayor E. R CockreD. ot Fort Worth
accepted an Invitation to 'address the.
college boys of the A. and M. at Bryan.
This la what he said to them:
"Property Is tending more and more
to become centralised In the hands of
a fsw. The great railroad systems of
America can be controlled by a group
ot men wno can eaaity alt upon 'one-
half of thla rostrum. Wages and
freight rates are pushed up or down
strikes are declared and lockout Put
Into effect with no effective voice of
protest: on the part ot the vitally In
terested public. Telephone systems are
coalescing Into one telephone aystem
and the - telegraph systems are being
merged Into one whloh Is evidently a
pannersnip wiui me teiepaone system.
Feebler and feebler grew th nrotest
ot the publio. In the hearts of our
eltifs fewer and fewer men are gain-
ing control of great block of realty
upon which th skyscrapers stand. As
one sees the wealtn concentrating in
this country he can not help but plead
for some sort of constitutional and
legislative machinery that will toad o
the source oi achievement that will
t
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Theodore' Parker had' Stevens Ben
Wade and that aet while they prated
from rise of sun till the going down
thereof failed to make the whites and
blacks equal.' The constitution of the
United States pronounces them equal
but eaetet that la stronger than- gov-
ernments stronger than "armies
stronger than navies caste the weap-
on with whh Almighty God armed
and equipped the superior race caste
proclaims- the ; doctrine and' enforces
the fact of inequality. And 40.001
Harvards are powerless before caste.
Theoretically-a negro has the right
to be governor of Massachusetts; prac-
tlcally it Is ' a impossible for him to
be governor of that old commonwealth
as It la for the swan to wish Ita black
lega white as it swims In ths water.
Caste forbids. In the Northern section
of our union are 1.0O0.OM negroVoters.
now many negroes represent North-
era constituencies- In congress T -And
every respectable man ef every North-
ern State ought to master the de-
cency to be ashamed to open hla month
to utter a word on the negro ques-
tion till some Northern constituency
returns a negro to congress.-'
In the North the negro Is encouraged
to Vote and in dtvera communities not
allowed to work. ' In the South ho Is
warned not to-be'a atatesman but la
given every inducement to be a labor
er. - When there was a massacre of
negroes In Illinois for no crime ex-
cept that of laboring with their hands.
the Chicago- Tribune made argument
in sUppor of the proposition that ths
2egro'a 'right to the bsllot In South
arollna Is a more valuable and a
more precious privilege then the ne-
gro's right to hla life in Illinois.
The city of Akron O. Is located Iff
"the Western reserve." the citadel of
abolitionism where dwelt Bllsha
Whittlesey Joshua R. Giddlngs Ben
Wade and James A Garfield. If at
the North there la a negro paradise
surely it Is in the "western reserve
Not a great while ago a thrifty negro
a cltlsen. of Akron a man of wealth
boufht a residence located In the sec-
tion where dwelt the leading white
folks of the town. .When that negro
attempted to occupy his own prem
laea a mob gathered a furious and de
mented mob. He waa driven from the
town together With hundreda of his
race.- I do not recall whether there
waa bloodshed. Be that ss may be
It was - laid down aa a canon of good
morals in the "Western reserve" that
tt waa unspeakable horrible and over
whelmingly intolerable for a negro to
travel In a Jim Crow car In Louisiana
but altogether lovely and superlatively
altruistic for a negro to dwell In a
Jim Crow house In Ohio. Since War
ren u. Harding has been president or
the ; United : States the Chicago real
estate exchange hsa decreed a pen
altyof expulsion directed agsinat any
member of the exchange who sella a
negro real estate in anelghborhood
where only white dwell.
Only the other day a squad of pro
fessional negroes liv the North pre
sented a petition to the president de
manding that "race segregation" be
abolished In the departments at Wash
tngton. White women clerks from the
North however will see to It that the
segregation Is not disturbed. "Marty'
Madden statesman In congress from
Chicago returned from a district that
has a negro majority hss implored
congress to vote him by. indirection a
huge campaign fund. At an expense
of at least a quarter of a million dol-
lars he asks congress to erect a monu
ment to a negro who sailed with
Christopher Columbus on a voyage of
discovery. It is extremely doubtful if
sny such negro ever lived and It Is
certain that a monument to him would
have no tendency whatever "to ele-
vate" the negro race. Horace Oreety
warned a delegation of professional
negroes who called on him to help
"elevate the race" that only the negro
himself could elevate the race) and
the best way. to do it waa to move
over to New Jersey and raise pota-
toes. -
G rover Clsvetsnd advised that the
best way to treat the negro question
was to allow those next to the burden
to lift it-that is that the thing be
left to the South the section that
knowajll about It rather than have
the North mix In It a section thst
knows nothing about It And If the
negro question is ever settled that la
the way It wilt be settled.
Washington D. C
July 1 1IM.
keep open th American door of op-
portunity for th worthy among the
masses of the people. '
THE RI8ULT OF CLAM HATRED.
Parte oMralng News.
When a man or a body of men
deliberately begin to preach and to
teach class hatred they have In their
minds just such an affair aa that t
Herrln 111.
They will deny that they Intend
murder but that la what class hatred
leada to; and that within a short
time. .
We hav had many evidences of It
In Texas. In other days men were
assassinated because they dared to
build wire fences - thus cutting off
"free grass" from others.
Men hsve been slain tn Texaa for
daring to work to earn their living.
It waa ths result of olsss hatred. .
Men have been murdered In Tex-
aa for espousing the causs of prohi-
bition that was class hatred en-
gendered by those who thought thus
to continue their business of gelling
whisky.
It. is a dangerous thing thla fan-
ning of class hatred. Tet meu who
would deny that they have any' such
Interest are engaged In doing that
very thing In Texaa as well aa In
other States. - They don't openly ad-
vocate murder but they make the
suggestion.
. In a recent note to The News. Dr.
Stell hss said that one of the deep-
est pits of hsll Is reserved 'for that
person or group who preach ctaaa
hatred who would array people
against each other. . .
' .
. A REAL SHERIFF.
Galveston Tribune
Toung county has a real sheriff. His
name Is John Saye.
A tew daya ago a mob ot about a
hundred men appeared before th jail
door at Graham the county seat and
demanded the person ef a prisoner
connned in on or tn cells.
Saye refused to glv him' up- and
atated that he would shoot the first
man who attempted to take him from
the eherlfrs custody. He atated fur-
ther that he and hla deputies were
determined to protect th prisoner
with their live. And the (pistols In
the belts of the law officers teat (rim
emphasis to hla words.
Th question of - the crime did' not
enter Into the controversy. The sher-
iff had sworn to do certain things and
one of them waa' to hold Inviolate what
had been passed to hla custody. The
mob did not take the prisoner
A few more sheriffs of thla caliber In
Texas end there would be a very much
less number ot lynching.
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I am aad for the beauty (hat la dead:
For the aunaet that L aaw tonight
As I walked on a hill. ' . '
For the tangle of clouds in tne iignt -Where
the rim of the. sun waa showing
still.
... . .. . '
For the breath of a lily slim and
S imle
That I brought from the forest yester
day i. ... ... .' .
For the song of a lark on an old fence
' rail;. .
For a ground-wren's nest In th last
year'a hay.
For three slim dogwoods on a moun
tainside
Like ghost tress white nodding at the
..' . grass; .
For a field of buttercups upon a river
- bank-" - -
For a Jaybird jeering shrilly as we
.; pass.-. '... ; ' -
For a wild rose by an alder
For a ginger bloom more fragrant
than the rose.
For a swallow sailing by with sap
phire wings
Where a waterillly in the shadows
. STOWS. f
Tor all the thing that are passing
and are fair;
For th shortness of the hour that
gave them birtlt
For the paucity of human hearte that
. .care:
For all the things that are only of. the
- earth. . .. .
I anTsad for the beauty that Is dead.
Joseph -Andrew Galahad in Poetry.
PEIRINO. WATER
AH afternoon I lay In the warm still
water
Rolled and floated and hurried- and
-' stayed '
The whole bright afternoon In th wa-
; ter under the sun.
I thought I was a kid again and made
a virtue
Of never touching the bottom the
whole afternoon s
Rolling and floating I thought I was
twenty years younger
But tonight when I heard the frog
. ' bullyrummlng like a goodfellow.
I knew It was not twenty years but a
. million years:
Our gills are gone the way of the use
less
Our brains have grown from a cell to
a builder of heavens
But what can Time do to a dream T
John "Russell McCarthy in The
Bookman .
'
' FIGURE
The fire speaks; the clouds ahadder;
Shadow on shsdow covers the sun.
It is a day's end; the wlndowa darken.
The flame mutters. The light la sons.
Over the fields a shape darker
Ruggeder more obtuse than all
The darkness tangled about hla move
ments
Comes and his shoulders droop. The
. owls call.
The owls call and the hour falter.'
The winds shuffle under the hill -A
gate clicks and a door closes.
The wind yields to the night' a will
It la well aa It Is at the day's passing
He will laugh tomorrow and face th
aun
Forgetting this hour of broken spirit
Forgetting as men must forget their
dreams done.
George Brandon Saul In New
Republic
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TO A COUNTRY 01 RU
Tour face Is stenciled with a pensive
ness. - .
Tour . face contains a minor lyric
trapped
By - dainty Ignorance and tamely
capped
By hah- as trimly lifeless as your
' dress.
Tou suffer from the pungent praise
- or Old
And youthful men who strive to gain
a blind
And soothing admiration from your
mind
And do not try to make your thoughts
unfold.
This comedy would fade Into a hoat
If It were not rewarded by the dead
But. unrelenting poet on your face.
Tour eyes are heavy with his reckless
ghost;
The trouble ot his hands la on your
head
As you peer out Into a clouded apace.
Maxwell Bodenhelm In Yale Review.
'.. "'
BORDEAUX
From The Reviewer.
Ther Is a town I know asleep and
gray
And atlll and qulee where the rhyth-
mic beat '
4 Of patient plodding horses' weary feet
Re-echoe. Where the little children
play
In the Cathedral's kindly shad aU
Thar stately dames In great white
bonnets meet .
The grinning gargoyles watch them
aa they greet
Bach other and wag their chins in
solemn sway '
Great ships lie there In port of every
line.
There la a smell of salt and cheap red
wine
I think that heaven must be a place
Ilka this .
Where talk celestial nonsense In their
' bliss.
Walking between th brown and duaty
trees
Dsnte and Rupert Brook and Socrates.
-BARBARA LING in ths Rlvw.
THE SENATE'S CRUEL PREDICA-
MENT. Kansas City Star.
The prediction la made that many
republican senators will wilt under ths
ordeal they mutt undergo when nhe
test cornea on the soldier bonus bill
which Chairman McCumber of the fi-
nance committee is determined ' to
call up desplts the president's de-
cision that the tariff bill must not be
displaced.
Senator McCumber evidently knows
his. colleagues pretty well. He It
aware that eenstora who era firm In
caucua on ths question of supporting
the president's program - will atng
much lower once the bonus bill Is
brought out on the floor. It Is on
this knowledge ot- the structure ot
senatorial backbone that the bonus
advocates - count. They 'understand
that all' they have to do Is to jockey
the bill Into the open and then sena-
tors who privately disapprove the bin
who know ths president Is right and
would galdly see hla leadership sus-
tained wfll fall Into line and vote
for It for the simple reason that they
don't dare vote against It
The situation well Illustrate th
oruel operation of publicity on con-
gress if there were no open sessions
of the senate theee embarrassments
would not come up. Senator' Mo-
Cumber would not then be under the
necessity of repudiating the presi-
dent' leadership and we should not
have senators voting against tholr
prtvate oonvktlona for the sake of
then records. . Perhaps In the Inter-
eat of Its soul we ought to allow the
senate to meet In aeereof and wot by
Australian ballot
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ricMeriuii
1 From the Detroit News
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Of all the living creatures outside
the human family fish are certainly
the most fickle. Their peculiar foibles
fads and notions reveal their mental
instability. They may not require
new millinery each time two sheets
are torn off the calendar like a cer-
tain set of the human family but they
certainly do flounder and fluctuate In
their tastes. '-
Such conclusions are forced on any
unprejudiced observer when he ex-
amines the baits which are designed
from .year to year by supposed ex-
perts inlfish psychology. What ap
pealed to fish last season it seems is
hopelessly antiquated now. New colors
beoome fashionable in the finny world
each year.
'According to the latest information
black and white will be the fashionable
shades for dish bait this season. The
barber- pole motif is still considered
chic but the stripes will be ebony and
white.
It appears that the finny denlsens
of the lske and stream are tired of
chasing rainbows or plugs that resem
ble them. Red and white lures are
sniffed at among the better classes of
fish.
According to the designers who dur
ing the dreary winter months receive
advance information as to what the
bon ton among the fish are going to
consider smart those gren backed
wabblers with magenta freckles and
beryl streaks will recede from their
previous popularity. Lures of Harding
niue witn spots of Lenine red and
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I Press of the Nation :
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CORBINQ THE SUPREME .COURT.
New Tork World.
Neither Senator La Follette nor
Samuel Gompers nor any of Vie others
speaking before the American Federa-
tion J of Labor will get very far with
their proposal of a constitutional
amendment enabling congress to over-
come a decision of the United States
supreme court Invalidating an act of
congress by re-ectctlng the law af
fected.
Such protests against "judicial
usurpation" and such proposals for It
correction have been a more or less
regular manifestation In American
politics aver aince the United States
supreme court. In Marbury vs. Madi-
son asserted Ita right to nullify a law
of congress which should be found be-
yond the powers conferred by the fed-
eral constitution. But they have never
reached a stage of practical action.
and a chief reason is that the Ameri-
can people have as a rule had mora
confidence In their supreme court than
in their average congress.
It is one of the penalties of a writ
ten constitution that there shall be
some authoritative tribunal to Inter-
pret it and give force to Ita provi-
sions and distributions of power as
between the legislative and executive
branches of the government. When
wa are ready to dispense with a writ
ten constitution thsn we shall be
ready to atrip the judiciary of euch a
power and not until then. And on
the whole it must he aald that the
supreme eourt of the United States
has exercised this great power In rea-
son and moderation.
What are deemed reactionary and
unsound Interpretations of the con
stitution have come frequently from
this tribunal and will doubtleaa con
tinue to come. But they have novel'
availed to stay for long the progress
of the nation In the common welfare.
The most-(hat they can do la to pre-
vent hasty and ill-considered action
by congress in any great national
matter and congress Is still far from
so commanding popular confidence as
to win freedom from such a restraint
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A USEFUL MAN SIDETRACKED.
Washington Star.
Upon tailing for Europe Colonel E.
M. House said that this time hla mis
sion had nothing to do with either
politics or economics; that he was
going over "only to shake hands
with old friends."
And yet this Is the time of times
when Colonel Houes's talents would
be well enlisted tn the business In
progress tn Europe. He la primarily
a business man. - Before achieving
reputation In politics he had amassed
a fortune and made himself familiar
with the larger business values In
America J
Just now business is the world's
watchword. How to reconnect busl
ness dislocated In both hemlapheres
and on all continents and start the
ball rolling profitably again la the
problem that atateamen In all- coun-
tries are facing and struggling with
And to the solution of thla problem
Colonel House in some official station
would probably contribute something
of Importance. v .
But ColoneL House Is out of the run-
ning. He is without official connec
tions. The republicans are In charge
and responsible here at home and he
la a democrat. Hla relatione with Mr.
Wilson seem to be definitely at an end
The colonel however haa made a
reputation which will endure. It is
something of note that a man without
experience In world politics and
wholly unacquainted with the art of
war ahould have been able at the
greatest crisis In the world's history
when politics and war ' were the
world's wear to enter the field as an
observer. Impress favorably the great
actors in the drama obtain their con
fidence and report on events in a way
and with a lucidity to Influence the
course of his chief and public senti-
ment at home.- . The performance was
In every senae extraordinary.
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IMMIGRATION QUOTAS.
New Tork Tribune.
sThe Immigration quotaa for the
coming fiscal year ahow only a small
change from last year. The United
Kingdom heads ths list with a total
of 71141 followed by Germany with
C7.C07; Italy with 41.067; Russia with
Il.tll.snd Poland with S1.S7S.
Compared with the enormous num
bora that used to come In before the
war these figures are encouraging to
those who fear that America will be
swamped by aliens. Bo large Is the
country now that no single group
eomlng In these small numbers should
be able to remain permanently unas
slmllated.
The principle of the new regulation
la sound. There remains the question
of Ita application. During the first
months of Ita operation the present
- law haa worked Injustice upon numer-
oua Individuals.. Thsra have been un
pleasant stories of families spilt
aaunder at Kills Island and ot jour-
neya to this promised land only to ar
rive too late and be excluded for not
having come a few days earlier.
Of ths proposed remedies mere
complete control at tne European ports
and capitals seems the moat practical.
Obviously restriction can beat be ex
ercised before the emigrants start on
their long journey and much suffer-
ing and hardship can be avoided If
Newberry long green will nut
lish enough to attract th i
baas. - Wooden minnows that i
had glass eyes with brown p
this year have faked optic v
low pupils.1 !
'It Is true that each sen s
tlnct variety ot colors Js den-. .
fishermen. Tastes on fish !)
Just aa tastes on neckties and i
per. Different fishing condi.
quire differently colored lures I
human equation has a lot to t
the changing styles" confess
cal authority on bait styles
fish.
''There are various ways ef I.
a fish. One Is to make him snp- y
will grab a halt In resentment
like to tease' bass by pesterli .
and darting away. So a peri-..-wabbler
Is effective tn arousi
Ire and getting the fish on the 1
The modern lure manui
spends from $&0000 to $100009 n
in bringing the merits ot hi 1;
fore sportsmen through advei
So the small man has little cha
compete. Only four concerns
said to have survived the Strug
the anglers' dollars which ha
waging during the last 10 years.
"Women are better anglers tt
once they take up the hobby in
neat" It was said. "They will
In a broiling hot sun that will
a man into the shade. In buylj
they will not fall for lurid odors
try to figure out what the fish '
want." ' - '
pains are taken to stop excess V
ers. So also if the Quotas ar-
vlded on a monthly basis the
ance of congestion will be p
This too can beat be done In i
When th present measure wr
atlll temporary la finally put li
permanent form theee and oti. s
perfect details ot procedure c
rectified without changing th
tern In' essentials. '
BOTH SIDES HASTY.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Following' the announcement
the United States will be repre
on th International commissi -
pointed to Investigate Turkish
ties in Asia Minor aimultaneo
formation from that region r
Turkey la rushing all Christians -
In its grip to first line trench -labor
brigade. Dr. Ward An-
relief representative who ban
been chased from Turkey arriv-
London beseeching the allied n-
to hasten the action of the eo
slon before the Turks destroy e
evidence and remove the witness
particular he warn against ai
the Turkish government or ita o.
hlgh or low to act aa interpret-
guides. If that mistake Is re
Dr. Ward declares the Invest
might as well not be prosecuted.
Christian world has beoome ax.
with the tale of Turkish atroc
but haa little faith In the deterro
tlona of civilised governments to
lsh the perpetrator and protect -time
in view of the potency of poll
No new inquiry la needed to fasten
the horrible facts to nameless cri
and apectal Turkish cruelties v
the wolf of the Near East. Tu-
could be convicted without this c
Mission if Christian governmenta
aincer enough .
" '
TWO MEMORIALS
Washington Star.
Strikingly In contrast are the t
memorial by the banks of th J
tomac to two groat presidents. 1
tall shaft which expresses the i
tlon'a tribute to George Washlngt
la wholly different from the lorn
square temple-like memorial to Ab
ham Linooln a abort distance to
west Each la a perfect example
Ita style. Each Is a complete expr
slon ot the natlon'a thought 1
Waahlngton obelisk rises high ab
all other structures. In ths caps
It la simple pure and stately
domlnatea the landscape. For mti
miles It Is visible the first mark
Washington the city. It is of a fo
that In the ancient days was ador
to perpetuate the fame of the rui
of Egypt a classlo type geometries
perfect architecturally complete. 1
Linooln memorial could not hav b'
effective If similar to ita loftier net
bor. There could be no second t
shaft without lessening the Hgnlflcan
of each. It is a complement. Just
Lincoln's service to- the nation
the complement to that of Washl-
ton. Other memorials will doubt:
aria In this city to the good men
(he nation who have rendered va
able aervicea but none will be m
eloquent than theae two -
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PLANS FOR PLUNDER PROCEt
New Tory Journal of Commerce.
With the favorable report of t
senate finance committee on the r
called McCumber bonus bill one n
step haa been taken toward conav
nation of the greatest steal ln
history of our public finance. So f
haa the true inwardness of the bo
situation been laid here and the v
serious danger to national prosper
not to say solvency been pointed c
that little Is left to be aald on the a
ject Few If any favor this plur
except on grounds of selfish greed
else because of political cowardice.
It has been assumed as a matter
course for some time past that 1
measure In approximately Ita pros
form would be favorably acted upon
the senate finance committee r
there la little ground for hop t
congress will refuse to adopt It 1
country Is placing Ita hops In the pr
Ident. Will he as unofficial outglvi
seem to Indicate refuse to aanct
thla outrageous political debauch p
If ao very well. If not or It suXflci
strength can be developed In coogr
to pass the bill over an executive v
well ' no man can- foresee or foref
the full consequences. . . .
v
FIRE PREVENTION FOR CHI LDP
New Tork World.
The legislature of Ohio has pas
a law making Instruction In fir p
ventlon compulsory in all. the pui
schools of the State beginning- v
the kindergarten classes. -
In addition to the customary
drill th pupils will be trained
find and Operate fire alarm pot
to . use fire extinguishers when
use water to put out fire and w
to uae flour and aand Instead anA
avoid fires at home. The object
the ' Instructors will be to make
subject matter stick fast in the r
of the child.
The training ahould. make th
dren better and mr useful -as
safer cltlsena Th city efi
ha wisely named the firs pr
course ycitlsen Training.'' W .
Idea ap reading through all the
ef. the country there shoi: i
marked decrease In the oorr.-In-our
appalling annuel f
which are staggering In
money involved and tn lost a .
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