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'THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1925
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The Growing Revolt
The fact that members of congress has at last screwed
up courage enough to denounce the Anti-Saloon League and
its creation. Volsteadism, is a sign of the growing strength
of opposition to this fanatical and unreasoning law that
makes a crime and a felony out of what has been a custom
of humanity since civilization began. Here-to-fore, such was
the power and coercion of the dry organization, that public
officials were too terrorized to express honest convictions
lest they incur defeat through the machinations of the or
ganized fanatical minority.
There never was a congress, nor a legislature that voted
for prohibition, in which a majority of members believed in
it or lived up to it, and few of those who were sincere pro
hibitionists, believe in the absurd Volstead act, mat declares
that anything containing over one half of one percent alcohol
is intoxicating, which it is not. There is not today a news
paper preaching Volsteadism, in which a goodly portion of
the staff is not personally wet.'
The net result of Volsteadism has been to increase crime,
fill our prisons, corrupt our officials, increase alcoholism and
crime and make us a nation of law breakers and hypocrites,
It is unenforcible despite the hundreds of millions it costs to
attempt it, because a large proportion, if not a majority of
trie people do not believe in it, uo not want it, and regard it as
unjustifiable tyranny and no law can be enforced unless
the public wants it.
As President Butler of Columbia university says
"No Immoral and unreasonable public act can long stand. The
same argument was made for slavery 76 years ago that is made for
prohibition today. As slavery was driven out ot the constitution and
out of the country, so prohibition will bo, and wo shall develop a
plan to abolish tlio saloon, to suppress the liquor traffic and to re
duce drunkonncsa to a minimum which will bo in accordance both
(villi tho traditions of Christianity and the principles of the Ameri
can government"
at last. Mury gut up und walked
tho floor. Hat down, only to jump
up again. She felt helpless In the
face of this Injustice If only Kirs.
make could be made to see the
truth, to realize that it was Celia
who had cone out with her husband!
"Oh, there's trot to be somebody
io'II help me!" sho cried wretch
edly. "There muffl be someone!"
Iiut her aunt and uncle couldn't
They'd be angry at her, too, for
tie t ting Into such a mesa. They'd
never liked the idea of her living
with Celia, instead of them. They'd
probably think she was partly to
blame. And they were the .only
peoplc'on whom she had any claim
If only she knew someone who
would go to Mrs. Blake nnd explain
convince her of tho truth
Perhaiw Celia would do it. Mary
fott almost sure, even o$ she
thought of that possibility, that it
was an absurd one? Evidently Celia
had gone to the BlaTtes the evening
tho evening before, and given
Mary's name. It was hardly likely
then, that he would clear things
up now.
She hurried home as soon as she
thought that Celia might be there.
She found tho living-room in dis
order, Celia clothes and small be
longings gone, utorago tags on the
furniture that remained.
The landlady followed her
stairs.
"She's gone away; went rushing
off, ond said you'd pay' the rent,
who announced. Mary turned to her
blankly.
"Pay the rent ? But I can't
alone? I haven't any money,
"Now listen tlint'fl an old story
and don't fool me. I know all about
girls like you two. I will say that
I liked you better than I did her.
always, and I'm sorry for you now,
Hut you'll have to pay the rent, just
the came. And look here I'm go
ing to hold her furniture till I get
It. You pay mo half I'll hold
enough of her things to pay tho
rest.
someone elite, and let me keep Just
the llttlo room?" Mary asked.
'That will be big enouih for me
and I can't afford to keep both."
'Well, yes, I can do that only
you'll have to give me a week's
notice on this one."
When sho bad gone Mury did
not dare alt down and lot herself
think; the future was too black.
She began at once to pack up all
tho things in the living-room bhat
belonged to her, and moved them
into the smaller, Inside room that
sho and Celia had used as a liv
ing room.
Hut when that was done there
wn nothing to do but face the fu
ture Mrs' Blake had said that she must
leave town at onoo. Mary did not
now enough about tho law to now
whether Mra, Blake could Insist
on that or not. Of course, to avoid
having a scandal she would do any
thing that was possible but It
wasn't possible to go away! She
hud no money nothing!
And then, suddenly, she remem
bcred 1'at Hamilton. He had told
once that he would do anything
for her. He would know what she
could do now.
She hated to turn to him. Yet he
had been so nice the evening be
fore, so friendly and there wan
nobody eLse who could help her.
"I'll call him up," she decidod,
NEWS BRIEFS
A new motorless glider for dis
charging houvy bombs from a bat
tle piano has been perfected. Its
purpose 13 to perfected. Its pur
purpose is to permit the pilot of a
raiding bomber to release his
cargo nt a safe distance from the
snot where the bomb is to alight.
Two stono axes, recently dis
covered" under 25 feet ot clay in
Iowa and presented to the bmlth
Eonian institute, in Washington,
may prove to be among the earliest
antiquities thus far found within
"Couldn't you rent this room to tho limits of the United States,
Tests Congressmen's Brains
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Ur. Arthur McDonald is testing the mentality of the aver
age Congressman. His findings he refuses at the present
time to make ')ublic. By a mathematical formula known
only to himself he determines the brain capacity of the
head he measures.
Open Forum
Contr!buUtn to Thu Column
must ha plainly written on one
(Ms ot paper only. .ImltoJ to
300 words In longth and slenea
with tha nams ol ths writer.
Articles not mooting these spe
cifications will be reJectyJ
To the Editor ot Cnliltal Jour
nal: In your Issue o haturua,
December 19th, you made an ei
ror in a news item concerning
the arrest of Mr. Dcerbury anil
myself for improper licenses on
automobiles. 1 wish to correct
the statement, In as much as
nolther ot us worn KuiMy ot the
ohnrges as mentioned, in your ar
ticle.
I have several ears, each o
which kas .its own license plates
for the state ot Oregon, year 192b.
Neither ot us wero guilty of tho
misdemeanor as set forth in the
article in your paper. However
we were Euilty ot selling; used
cars without removing from them
the license plates of fureijin states
This infraction ot tho state laws
of Oregon lias been broken many
times by nearly every car dealer
In tho state of Oregon. However
wo both broke the law ami conse
quently paid our respective fines.
However it is always best to
let the nubile know tho truth. I,
personally am not ashamed ot tho
infraction I made on Oregon's
laws, as tbero aro many moro peo
Pie In the same position as I afn
Namely there is so many laws
and by-laws, we grow negligent
and pass up all but some ol the
more important.
The point in question though
is that I am not guilty ot the
charge as set forth In your pap
er and I want you to tell your
readers the whole truth so that
they will understand the matter
as it really is. Namely, that In
stead of being guilty ot operating
a car with improper license plates
I am guilty of selling an automo
bile with another state's licenst
on it.
Yours truly,
L. A. Scheelnr.
THREE SEEKING
IT AS
CITY ATTORNEY
At lenst three candidates are In
tho field in opposition to Chria
ivowitz for city attorney, and will
lie considered ut t ho annual cau
cus meeting: of tho city council to
nli;ht Those whoso namea are
heard are Kayniond Basset t, Clar
ence Philips and C. A. Swope. Carl
T. Pope, who has been mentioned,
declared unqualifiedly that he la
not a candidate.
As far as can bo ascertained no
nliier city officer will have oppos
ition for reelection, although liio
election of a city health officer
may be deferred until a decision
reached relative to the proposed
consolidation of tho city and coun
ty departments. Dr. V. B, Mott
It) tho present health officer.
Other incumbents, all of whom
are expected to succeed themselvei
are: Frank Mlnto, chief of police;
Harry Hulton, fire chief; W. 8.
Low. street commissioner; Much
Rnscrp, city engineer; Batty Coo
per, sanitary inspector; Myra
Shank, police matron.
Ey Chick Young
Two Tyrannies
Series of articles by special correspondents of the New
York World, and other newspapers depict Italy as complete
ly cowed and ruled by terrorism under the dictator Mussolini
and his organization of b ascists, a secret society of anarch
ists financed by bis business. Through suspension of consti
tutional guarantees, suppression of speech, rigid censorship
of the press, an army of spies and murder on suspicion, the
tyrant holds nil of Italy in his grip, has robbed the land of
uoerty, and all that makes life worthwhile for the average
man.
Mussolini is described as "neither a Napoleon nor a Mo
hammed," but an anarchist crazed by ambition and tho lust
of power whose field was provided bv the national collanse
following the war. The three methods he has used are sup
pression of the press, veto on associations and the organiza
tion of mob violence to murder opponents.
But the terrorism that rules Italy differs only in degree
from the terrorism that rules Russia. The tyrants of each
have risen to power through assassination of liberty as well
as opponents."' In neither country can anyone express an
honest opinion unfavorable to the riilinor clioue. neithnr has
an uncensored newspaper and both have an army of spies to
keep in subjection the rank and file. The ruthlessness of the
Uomanoffs had nothing on that of the Bolshevists.
Both tyrannies are the result of the world war and its
international demoralization and exhaustion. All great wars
are followed by periods of reaction in which liberalism is
eclipsed. A similar period followed the Napoleonic wars
when the "holy alliance" restored royally to tottering thrones
unii nittnuu iur a giMierauon me ativance ot uomooi'acv.
mm mu luaiuiiiuun ol tranquility ana concord among
nations and the return to normal, these tyrannies will pass,
as all others have passed since the world began, for the people
of all nations are too intelligent to submit indefiuately in
tnis uay and age to medieval despotism no matter under
wnai nign-sounuing name it is camouflaged. The greater
ine outrage, and tyranny must become progressively more
m mnuii me power seizeu, tne sooner ended.
Loves Greatest Gift
By VIOLET DARE
Titoi'itu: ron maut
Celia went out nloue the even
Ins that sho received the letter
which Stanley Blake had written
to her. She said nothinB to Mary
about where sho was going, and
Mary nskod no questions. Celia
looked wretchedly unhappy. Sho
hud not yot come homo when Mary
went to bed at eleven o'clock nnd
it was lontf after midnight when
the did arrive.
Mary, pretending to be asleep,
heard her get Into bed. nnd later
heard her crying, but did not dare
try to comfort her. Celia was so
queer that sho would resent any
auch attempt, Mary told herself.
Mary went to tho office tho
next mornitift ns usual, she wan
half way through the day's mail
when tho telephone bell rang, so
hard nnd Insistently that somehow
Mary was not surprlHcd when the
angry voice of a woman spoke to
her over the wire.
Hello? Is this Mary Walte
Well, this Is Stanley Blake's wife
your employer's wife. And I want
to tell you that I've stood nil 1
can. Last night was too much
coming hero to my home and do
mnnilliig to see him I Why, you
ought to bo ashamed of yourself
naylng that was business, when you
might have known I'd know It was
a lie. Now, I don't know where
he Is this morning, nnd t tlon't
care. I'm going to divorce him, and
I'm going to name you. I've got
plenty of evidence. You've been aeon
dining with him In public time af
ter time; he's spent n lot ot time
at tho office when he should hnve
been home, and I know he's spent
It with you. I know that he's cone
to your n part men t
"Mrs. Blaket You're mistaken 1
But Mary waa given no chance to
apeak. Stanley Blnke'a wife won
hurrying on. .
"I've talked everything- over
with my father I don't suppose
you knew that he's Hubert tJra-
ham, one of the most Influential
men In town! Well, he Is it's tho
noney he gave me when I wuh
married that put Stanley Blake in
business for himself. And it's that
money he's been spending on you!
Now, for the sake of my llttlo
Bill I don't want a scandal. If you,
will leave town at once, nnd prom
ise not to come back, I'll keep alt
this out of the papers. But I'm not
going to have you hanging around
here "
'Mrs. BInkc won't you please
let me come to sec you? I can con
vince you thnt you're wrong I've
had dinner with Mr. Blake ju.it
once, when It was necessary be
cause of business "
"Yes, I know all nboit dinners
like that! And you'vo dined with
him often I've found that out. My
own brother has seen you more
than once! I may not get a divorce
why should I free him so that
he can marry you? But-you've got
to leave town, or Til raise such a
scandal that you'll never live It
down. I'll"
Again Mary tried, but In vain,
lo stem that torrent of words. She
wns frantic. It would be dreadful
to have a scandal even though
she was cleared, would people be
lieve the truth? And she'd have to
hire a lawyer she had no money
for thather aunt an uncle could
not help her
Mrs. Blake hung up the receiver
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