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bubbles, there Is not enough political
whitewash available la the B. O. P.
ranks to blot out the remembrance
of that historic blunder in deliberate-
ly delaying action upon the peace
treaty and Lea rue of Nations project,
which delay has wrought such inter-
national mischief that it outweighs in
its far reaching effects all the past,
present and future worth and im-
portance of these "incapable" repub-
lican leaders.
EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
H»w do they get that way—candl-
«otes7
Wood alcohol is the black sheep of
tie Barleycorn family.
What was that report?
pop of population claims.
Just the
Texas' wintef would be called
•pringtime in New England.
TO INVESTIGATE PALMER.
A hot row was started In the low-
er house of congress Thursday when
the republicans forced through a res-
olution authorizing an investigation
Of Attorney General Palmer in con-
nection with the price of Louisiana
sugar. The democrats resented the
move as a political effort to put the
skids under Mr. Palmer's presidential
aspirations.
While we do not think it is possible
that public attention can ever be di-
verted successfully from the "fail-
ures of the incapable republican lead-
ership in congress," as the democrats
charged was the purpose of this at-
tack, yet tt does appear to be nothing
more than a play of cheap politics.
Palmer may or may not have dealt
properly with the sugar situation. We
have no disposition to defend him be-
for he is "duly investigated." But
as to the attitude of the republicans;
that is apparent enough. They have
a mania for investigating democrats
of the Wtlsonian administration.
A Louisiana representative declared
that it is absurd to claim that the
price fixed for Loule:%na sugar af-
fected that for the Cuban crop, "be-
cause the Louisiana crop was Just
enough to supply the tTnlted States
for one day." Whether that argu-
ment Is logical we will leave to ba de-
terminated. Perhaps the Republicans
chose to dispose of it in the same
manner.
It is significant that t' e republican
congressmen have endured the al-
leged sugar injustice for a precious
long time before starting their fire-
works. Why this delay until Palmer
had his presidential machinery well
oiled and going in high gear before
thejr began to*«lng iron slugs into
Its vital Inwards?
Whether theie is any real grievance
to investigate or not they are certain-
ly aware of the logical effect upon
Mr. Palmer's White House hopes, and
are not averse to applying the poison.
But as a political pull with the misv
es of' the people, we think that the
republicans who are ve y l«,ng in
their knowledge of political tactics
but rather short in their unders nnd-
ing of the real wishes of the people
Will find this poor bait.
Politics In the Cabinet.
Some of the comment m;uie, espec-
ially by republican newspapers, upon
the appointment of Balnbridge Colby
to be secretary of state would seem
making this choice President Wilson
1IU.Q Uioht-U ail lecoiUi*, tsn.iply uc-
ci-use Mr. Colby has been tUstinguish-
ns n progressive republican rather
than as a democrat. But there is
p.e.uy of precedent for Mr. Wilson's
action, if he were a stickler for such
matters. Of course, he is not, and his
chief motive In selecting an old-time
antagonist has doubtless been a desire
to secure a secretary mentally congen-
ial to himself rather than to score a
political advantage. If, however, he
had the latter point in view he would
have many illustrious examples to
show that he was doing nothing very
unusual.
When President Taft formed his
cabinet In 1909 he chose as his sec-
retary of treasury Franklin McVeagh,
brother of Wayne MeeVagh and an in-
(Upe-dent democrat of many years'
standing, who as such once sought to
i prc iit Illinois in the United States
senate. McVeagh served throughout
the whole of Mr. Tafts' term.
Theodore Roosevelt selected as one
of his numerous secretaries of the na-
vy Paul Morton, who had always been
known as a democrat, and whose
father served under Cleveland as a
0e- --mtic secretary of agriculture.
When Grover Cleveland became
president for a second time in ISM he
gave the foremost position in his cab-
inet, that of secretary of state, to
Judge Walter Q. Gresham, a republi-
can of broad views, who hod been
both postmaster general and secretary
of the treasury under Arthur. The
appointment was well received by the
public.
The most historic Instance of a
president going outside of his own
party to secure cabinet material is
that of Lincoln, who, when forced to
dismiss Simon Cameron as secretary
of war, chose as his successor Edwin
M Stanton, a democrat of democrats.
Stanton had been attorney general In
President Buchanan's cabinet, and af-
ter leaving that office became one of
the most virulent of Lincoln's critics.
■ of his letters, published after
his death, are fairly vitriolic In their
abuse and condemnation of the presi-
dent Tet Lincoln picked him for
secretary of war because he consider-
ed that the national emergency called
' foi a man of his vigorous type.
| Other instances of the same sort
i«f<rht be cited, if necessary, to show
fhat President Wilson has taken ao
unusual step. The most important
question about the new secretary of
stnte is not his politics, but his fitness
for his office. If ho demonstrates
that conclusively there will be no
occnslon to bother about the political
views he held some years ago.—The
Philadelphia Record.
American Legion. A city that has
two conventions at once as Sen. An-
gela is planning to do. needs a public
building of this kind. And this one
will surely be a credit to a city of
San Angelo's size or larger according
to the general plans announced.
MUNICIPAL PLANT.
The Brownwood city council passed
through final reading three ordinan-
ces, on last Tuesday night, providing
foi issuance of warrants to the
amount of *150,000, of which $50,000
is for lighting purposes. *50,000 for a
sewerage system for tlie south side
and *50,000 for street improvement.
This looks like a commendable public
improvement program.
The establishment of a municipal
light plant, for which *50,000 was
voted, was the storm center of inter-
est and discussion.
"Faith, an' it was a peach of a
scrap" was the way the Brownwood
Bulletin, which opposed the municipal
plan, summed up its defeat. "Now
while the people of the community
are mobilized, so to speak, in the
troversy that has been waging over
the municipal light and power plant
would it not be a good time to make
an offensive drive against the housing
r.roblem. etc."
The Bulletin takes a very praise-
worthy view of the situation. It says
it will now work hard to help make
the municipal plant a success and
wishes to utilize the public interest
aroused to obtain some definite action
upon other of the city's problems. It
would be well If the people could be
kept mobilized along the lines of pub-
lic thought for public advancement
oil the time.
If the Bulletin could find some way
to keep the fighting blood aroused
Brownwood could pot over a lot of
good things. It takes the blare of
trumpets and the sound of bursting
shells to win these public Improve-
ment victories for the tnfl great ene-
my is lethargy. If the cltisenshlp can
be kept awake to public needs, there
will be no trouble in obtaining the
improvements desired.
BITS OF BYPLAY
(By Luke McLuke.)
because tliey try to see how close to
the danger line they can go without
stepping over it.
Why is It that a fifteen-year-old
girl can't get her skirts long enough
and a twenty-five-year-old girl can't
get them short enough?
The reason why a fat woman can't
run as fast as her slender sister Is
because the more Waist the less
Speed.
We do not blame some women for
getting divorces. How would you like
to have to sit at the same table with
a mutt who gargles his coffee and
inhales his soup every day?
Cheer up. Do not get discouraged
because you are not famous. The
fact of the matter is that you make
a lot of noise in the world when you
are sound asleep.
A man can have a wonderful com-
mand of language and yet be unable
to tay "No" at the right time.
When they are engaged he thinks
that she has a Birdlike Voice. But
after they are married he thinks that
she talks like a Parrot.
When you act that way. It is En-
thusiasm. But when the other fellow
acts that way. It is Gush.
Every sixteen-year-old Princess ex-
pects so many offers of marriage that
she thinks of getting a lot of rejec-
tion slips printed for her own use.
Some watches remind you of the
men who carry them. They are al-
ways wrong.
TABLOID TALES
Showing His Gratitude.
He was a prosperous-looking man.
His collar fit well and there were
even the remains of creases to be
seen In his trousers legs. He wore
spats, and, oh, yes, carried a cane un-
der his arm.
Nobody would have taken him for
the seedy-looking Individual with only
half a shirt to his back, and that
turned around in front, who had stop-
ped at that very door some months
before and had been treated well.
Well, he was. And he knocked at
tha same door. I opened.
"Ah, Mr. Greencorn. You don't re-
member me?" smiled the man. "Well,
I'm the man you took In several
months ago when I cam* to this self-
same door, sick, hungry and ragged
Ton fed me. clothed me and cured me
me. You were kind to me and kept
me for one week until I became well,
happy and imbued once more with the
tender joys of living!"
"Oh, yes," said the astonished Mr.
Greencorn. "Now I remember!"
"And, Mr. Greencorn. I have never
forgotten your kindness, I '*
"Well. I'm glad to see you. So you
have prospered? I am happier than I
can tell. And now I suppose you have
come from afar to—just to show your
gratitude and to repay me for my
trouble. Am I right?" beamed the
expectant Mr. Greencorn. •
"Yes, and no," replied the Btrafiger.
"As I said before, I have never for-
gotten your kindness, and all my pros-
perity I owe to you, Mr. Greencorn.
Yes. I am grateful—very. And now
I am going to prove to you how much
I appreciated your trouble ar.d knid-
ness!"
And ten minutes later Mr. Green-
corn had signed a contract to buy in
installments a sewing machine that
wouldn't sew, a clothes-wringer that
wouldn't wring, and a barrel of tapi-
oca that wouldn't tap.
Bnllets Will Fly.
Morris Hilquit says "bullets may fly
before the socialists rule America."
May? They would, indeed.—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.,
Old Age.
There Is no surer sign of old age of
the heart and soul than the state of
mind which makes you frown instead
of laugh at a crowd of youngsters or
a group of young girls and boys.—
Ruth Cameron.
Oh. What's the Use?
"More money? Why only yester-
day I gave you *20" "Yes, dear, but
I spent that or a new hat." "But I
gave it to you to buy food. You can't
feed yourself on a new hat" "I can
feed part of myself with it." "What
do you tnean?" "I can feast my eyes
on it."—Boston Transcript.
the present year were made, and they
Included that of Dr. Jesse C. Green,
102 years of age for' the position of
treasurer, which he has occupied for
T1 years In succession, having never
been opposed for th'e place.—Phila-
delphia Reoord.
None Such.
"What I would like in the way of a
wife would be an old maid with a big
fortune." "You couldn't get siich t
wife. No woman with a big fortune
has half a chance to be an old maid."
—Baltimore American.
Republican Policy.
There is more Joy among republi-
can partisans over one minor mistake
in concluding the war than over all
the glorious achievements that led to
victory.—Portland Eastern Argus.
Not Lonely.
RIPPLING RYMES
(By Walt Maaon.)
Forgotten.
You know how savagely we swora
that profiteers must go, six months
ago, or maybe four fjH- they're a pub-
lic foe. There waa a marshaling of
clans of lawyers brave and bold: and
there were fierce statistics fttna, whose
seal would ne'er grow cold. Our
breasts were filled with golden hope,
we planned out gorgeous schemes; we
saw the hangman with hia rope walk
through our fevered dreams. Upon
the highest gallows tree the profiteer!
would bang, and we would dance. In
honest glee, about the swinging gang.
And still by prices we are pinched,
we weary sons of toil; and has a pro-
fiteer been lynched, or shot, or boiled
. in oil? We send the lesser scamp*
Visitor—"My dear Irene, you must, ^ Ja„ for swip,ng gro^r# beans
feel terribly lonely In this tiny flat?"
Irene—"Not at all, dear. I henr my
neighbore on both sides."—London
Passing Show.
A Han For Her Money.
"They say Hunter had to propose
to Miss Richleigh six times before she?
accepted him." "She certainly gave
him a run for her money."—Boston
Transcript.
Life's little Span.
At the annual meeting of the First
West Chester Fire Company for this
month the nominations of officers for
Soottergood.
Some years ago Otis C. Scsttergood,
country circulator of the Chicago
American, was doing some promotion
work down state Large bundles «f
papers were being sent to him at dif-
ferent stations along the Rock Island.
'Have you a bundle here for me," he
asked the agent of a way station one
evening shortly after his arrival in
the town. "What name?" "Scatter-
good," he replied. The agent regis-
tered motion picture amazement.
"Scattergood—scattergood," he gasp-
ed,—"do you mean it? Honest, mis-
ter, I thought that waa what It meant
and I Jld."-—Editor A Publisher.
No Stop at Concord.
"Does this train stop at Concord?"
asked Ople Read of a darkey train
porter at Charlotte, N. C., "Stop dar?
Why, boss man," responded the por-
ter, "we don't even whistle for Con-
cord."—National Magaslne.
embezzling paltry chunks of kale, or
robbing slot machines. Our brave re-
so'ves have taken wings and flown to
roosts afar; alas, we're always stup-
ing things which left unfinished are
The rising prices make up wall, as we
shell out the rocks: I've seen no pro.
flteers in jail, or In the village stocka.
DAILY HOROSCOPE
Sunday. March 1. IMS.
Astrologers read tbta «a an unfortunate
d"' At, rr-iiry 1- In a place dominant)? ad-
vert* to tha affairs of humanity. The Sen,
N' -f-n« and Jupiter are In mildly benefla
aspect.
urtn* thla away the mind ta likely to
be in a critical atate toward tha written and
apoken word. It la a alnlater rale tor
preachers sr other public apeakera.
While the Blare prenaxa a sreat Increase
In tha number of orators, •specially women
erntora, the public will be more exacting
«•—» "-Itleal than aver before .the aeers
fe retell.
la tha general agitation over creeds and
organization facts retarding church waits
will ba uncovered. Bulldlnva tittle used and
costly property tied up will be subjected to
Investigation and dlacuasion. the seera agala
foretell.
Persona whoae blrthdftte It ta have a bap.
py augury for the year. While travel or
changes may not ha lucky the home and
family are subject to the beat direction of
the f'nrs. *
Children born on this day are likely ta
ba well-conducted and to win general re-
spect These subjects of Places aaually
have kind, loving natures. Thay are me-
thodical. mathematical and orderty.
QUILLEN'S QUIPS
There are two ways to get an In-
crease of wages—go on strike or re-
fer the controversy to Mr. Wilson.
It Is easy enough to get a drink if
you Can find that sort of doctor and
that sort of druggist.
A Birmingham professor says the
public is being fed on arle grease In
pies. Well, we need some sort of lu-
bricant in this fast age.
Italy proposes a tax of laziness. In
this country the object Is achieved by
the price charged for eats.
Just when a man Is beginning to
think himself a prominent citiaen
., «!^-ingrate proposes him for vice
The average sugar consumer could i presldent-
more easily be Influenced by the (
politician who gives him Bugar at a
few cents more per pound than the
one who saves him a few cents in
price but fails to deliver the sugar.
The fact of the matter is that when
the sugar situation Is being consid-
ered it should be remembered that
It Is distinctively "sugar" that the
people want, more thin the regu-
lation of the price. And the politic-
ian who can hand out a couple of
CENTRAL 1 EXAS PRESS
COLISEUM.
"San Angelo is to have a coliseum
l> t least *150,000," says a re-
ccnt news dispatch from there. This
l« going pretty strong even for San
Angelo, but it is the cities that go af-
tei good things in a big way that
amount to something. A building of
<t i<i rhr>T','er Is especially needed be-
Ohl
"What should a speaker do in case
he loses the thread of hia discourse?"
we asked the Head of the College of
Oratory.
"Ho should wind It up as soon as
possible," was the reply.
BetcltaT
As he wiped off the gore,
He remarked: "Goodness knows
That a rap on the door
Beats a rap on the nose!"
Strange!
It looks like these Prohibitionists
have us beat," remarked the First
Wet.
"Yes," agreed the Second Wet. "It
doesn't look like we'll be able to mal^
them take water."
Be Koerf ul 1
A lot of honest men, I'm told,
Are taking chances risky;
They wouldn't steal a peck of gold,
But they would steal your whisky.
Then It Happened!
"I wonder if you could?" mused the
Rummy, as he poured a shot of shel-
lac into his cereal beverage to give It
a kick.
"You wonder If you could what?"
demanded the Barkeep as he grabbed
a hammer from behind the bar.
"Wrhy I wonder If you could say that-
doctor's fees are ill-gotten gains?" re-
plied the Rummy, as he headed for
the door.
Tuff!
-This High Cost keeps us In a haze,"
Remarked old Uncle Denny;
"You'll find a nickel nowadays
Is worth about a penny."
Form in Line, Men, Don't Shovel
A Milwaukee man is advertising in
a Detroit newspaper. All he wants
to hire is an "Automobile Electro-
technician."
The Good Old Days.
M. T. Jug, of Columbia, Tenn.,
harks back to the good old days when
the women folks had their quiltlngs
and candy pullings. and the homy-
handed men had their log rollings,
house raisings and corn shuckings.
And when a red ear was found, the
jug was passed around.
Ho, Hum!
He'd like to bust his marriage vow,
His brow is lined with care:
At first she struck his fancy; now
She strikes him anywhere.
—Luke McLuke.
He'd like to bust his marriage vow,
Although Bhe's neat and trim;
Ho called her dear before the vow
Now she's too dear for him.
•—Hastings, Neb., Tribune.
VOU^E <£>tM<"To "bTAV
ri<;ht in thi^> wout>e
TONI<HT - PROFTVbOl?
HO^LL lt> COMING. /
HERE TO taiNC, AMO
TOU NlftT HEAR HIM
pounds of sug r as a souvenir wilt "f Angelo a position as the
" i- uter of a large area of ranch lands,
be about as popular this year as the | .,,p coiiseUm building is to be used
candidate used to be who ran up a foi all live stock shows and sales.
conside rable drink bill In his cam-1 " will also afford an ample audito-
rium for public gatherings and will
paifni < xpenses. | 0 . ,v a p^rrr,nnPnt i,a|j for tjle local
The price of sugar has been a little jame, j. Ooodfellow Tost of the
h'gher than we expected in view of
our he pes of what the sugar equalisa-
tion board would do. even though It
lias been often explained that the
purpose of the board was primarily
to secure an equitable distribution.
But even at that it is doub'ful If
sugar has advanced as much In price
as a great many other commodities
for which no investigations have yet
Heen ordered by the zealous republi-
can leaders. And who will say what
he price might have been. In the
light of the prolonged shortage, had
there been no official control?
The republicans will strike no very
ripe response in training their guns
upon this target. There Is some wor-
ry Still over the sugar problem, as
we have said, but It has very little to
do with price* and almost all to do
«ifli supply.
And even If the republican lead-
ers should succeed In bursting any
sum usr of democratic president^!
i.'ami's Is Names.
You can find A. Beer In
wick, Washington.
Kenne-
I)ur Pally Special.
A Well-Oiled Tongue Causes A Lot
Of Friction.
Luke McLuke Says
Most people do not get into trouble
because they are naturally bad. It is
CHURCH
THE
SABBATH
Da y
GOTO
CHURCH
TOMORROW
There is one community in South
Carolina, so it is said, that has such
reverence for the Lord's Day that
they won't say "Billy Sunday." They
call him "William Sabbath."
it we nad more reverence for the
Lord's day we would have a greater
store of Spiritual energy to run us
through the next six days.
The man wno uses the Sabbath
to sleep^to loaf around the house, to
read secular papers and magazines,
to joy ride, is impoverishing hia soul.
Such a man some day will awaken
to the fact that he has no longer an
interest ih Spiritual things.
That ne has lost love for God and
man, that there is no real sympathy
for those about him.
Go to cnurcn, near God s word,
get the cob webs of earth brushed
from your brain, and give yourself to
Spiritual thoughts.
* ou will be surprised to find that
you will return to your business
Monday morning with a firm tread,
a clear eye, a sure purpose.
the churches
PLE invite
BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE McMANUS
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