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Ye Smudge Pot
By Artku Fanr
The ohnirnmn oC llio ilnmocriil ii1
national committee unnoiuuws that
the reirrettiililo illness ot the presi
dent will bo cnpitiilized ilurine tlio
campaign samlini; forth the pica Hint
the chief executive was "hounded,"
nnd the victim of consnirntorn."
Triimminp; on u tientimcntul "CI"
string was protilulilo in 1910.
,i Keturns from Michigan prove
ninoni; other things that Jnrkson
county ih not the only neck of the
woods where thoy aro still votinir for
Bryan.
' Tho Federal Trade Hoard reports
that there is less coffee than ever,
and nixes people to save it. This is
exactly what the nvorueo hennery lias
been doing. Wutch out for a reduc
tion: In the strctmth, and a boost in
tho price. Perhaps voti recull
brand of 10 years ano, which could
b smelted lor two miles and tasted
1 afc'. two weeks, the outside covel
being: tixclimiireublu for .iuekknives,
and a full cup would floor a mule.
After heinG short of fruit hnx nia.
terinl every fall for 10 yoarsi some
Renins is luyini; up n store now, and
it is truly wonderful how original
ideas wil hit somo people,
Picturos of Orovcr Cleveland Men
doll, tho millionaire slacker of Phila
delphia, who hid dnrimr tho war, show
him wearing a "Chaplin" inustncliio.
One fault of this form of whisker
abortion is that is makes the wearer
look guilty though innocent. His de
fense should have been inability to
rid himself of the growth, nnd the
jury would huvo held his hiding justi
fiable.
No presidential aspirant has come
out on a platform of "Any other land
beforo America."
It is too bad about Mnrv Pickford
who now feels that sho has been un
duly noted in the publicity "attendant
uyxm my marriage." If there is any
thing nn actor or actress hates worse
than money, it is cold tvpe, nnd (hoy
never get, over shying tit it.
As December is tho month for men
to meet accidents by having their
false whiskers catch fire while play
ing Suntn Onus, so April is the tiim
of tho year when farmers arc chused
und gored bv angrv bulls.
Washington, I). C. reports that the
lack of raids on tho border bv Mexi
cans is a sign that American pa-
tienco is bearing fruit, hut people who
know the Mexicans, opine it is duo to
luziuoss.
Now is tho time to sell washing
powders lor lace curtains, with the
smudging season nigh.
What Editors
Have to Say
president Wilson will make his
Flfinnier home lit Wood's Hole. What
if tho. general should need it himxelt
ttfter tho Chicago convention f Kir
geno Guard.
If men and women both would talk
a little less about high prices and
try q little harder to find the irnoil
Sure
Relief
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
DON'T START A RECALL.
WE ARE well aware of the unpopularity of our posi
tion. Nevertheless, we are opposed to the wall of
the school board. A recall in our opinion, will do no good
and may do great harm. The supreme issue in this con
troversy is the welfare of the schools. Regardless of the
outcome of a recall, a factional bitterness will be injected
into the school system from which it will take years to
recover.
If a recall could be instituted at once, there would be
stronp- P-round for the claim that the controversy could be
finally ended, and the tables cleared for a new deal. Rut
the recall can't be held until June. At that time the budget
will come up for a vote. At that time two members of the
present board retire..
Plunging the city into a recall campaign for the next
three months will completely distort the essentials of the
situation, and render a calm and intelligent judgment im
possible. Why do this when, by the natural order of
events, the make-up of the board is to be changed anyway.
Concentrate upon the regular election is our position.
and in the interest of the public welfare, forget grievances
however justified. The fault with the school board has
not been in their aim, but their methods. They have un
doubtedly been sincere in their efforts to raise .school
standards, but in their zeal, thev have antagonized the very
people whose support they; must have to raise these
standards.
. Nearly a year ago when the, school budget was voted
down, we urged the school board to call in a representative
citizen's committee, lay all their cards on the table, show
the need of the increase, and, by taking the people into
their confidence, secure their support.
The suggestion was not only ignored, but condemned
as a policy of weakness. Where tho school board secured
the conception of its public obligations we don't know.
Some say it came from the White 1 louse. Others that it
came from Mr. Davenport. AVherever it came from it is
wrong, and is certain to lead to the very situation which
is now here.
But a recall, we are convinced, will only make a bad
matter worse. All that is good in a recall can better lie
secured in the regular election,
A better group of men, individually, could not be elect
ed than the men now on the board. 1
The fault has been not in the personnel, but in tho
group spirit, the hard boiled attitude that the people who
pay the school bills have nothing to say about how the
schools should be run, that they .haven't even the right
to know what is going on, or pass upon what their elected
representatives do
That policy is hazardous under the best circumstances.
But when that policy is joined with what is virtually a
program revolutionizing the school system, it is fatal.
Popular support in such a program is imperative, popular
support can only be attained by giving out all the facts and
putting all tho cards on the table.
The election of two new members to the school board
will go as far toward securing a different spirit, as the
election of four. And the obvious and serious objections to
a recall will.be avoided.
A POOR POLITICIAN.
IT IS refreshing to have a man like Hoover in politics for
he is such a poor politician. A good politician always
throws mud at his opponents. He does it in a subtle way
perhaps, but he throws it, nevertheless.
The day after Mr. Hoover announced himself Johnson
and Borah started after him. For a number of weeks they
had been after General Wood. The cry of boodle, snowed
the general under in Mchigan, and they figure the cry of
pro-British will snow Hoover under in this country.
If Mr. Hoover were a good politician he would start
after Johnson and Borah. He would call them pro-German.
Then he would remind the republicans how Johnson
elected AVilson by deserting Hughes in California, and how
Borah proclamed himself an atheist, by declaring he
wouldn't accept the League of Nations if it were offered
by the Saviour himself.
That would be good propaganda. It would be clever
politics. But .instead of that Mr. Hoover requests his
friends to keep personalities out of the campaign entirely.
Regarding his opponents he had this to say : '
"All these men are patriotic honorable Americans. They have served
their country well nnd aro entitled to respect."
We can see the wily Hiram and his strong fisted
comrade from Idaho laughing in their sleeves at such guile
less innocence. Think of a candidate for political office
actually complimenting his opponents.
It has inner been done before. More than that Mr.
Hoover frankly admits his profession as mining engineer
called him to foreign lands considerably and that his poli
tical record does not commend if self to political partisans.
Both fatal admissions, according to Hie professional
politicians, whose first rule is to claim everything and the!
second to admit nothing. And yet we have a sneaking i
suspicion a majority of the people like it. As a matter oi'
fact many good citizens are rather tired of mud slinging,
They are more than tired of the old political skull dnggery!
which assumes all tho men on one side are horse thieves and !
all on the other are dciul gods. There Is a widespread do-!
maud for a presidential candidate who has the courage !
put self-respect above politics, nnd principle above party
We admit that according to the rules of the game Mr. j
Hoover is Hopelessly oiuciassou as a politician. Hut wi
refuse to concede that this weakens his hold on the imagi
nation, the respect and affection of the American peopl
p wait Mason ,
SPRING MUSIC.
I LIKE to sing of balmy spring, the season most in
spiring; my harp I swat and keept it hot, until it
needs new wiring. J like to prai' the woodland ways
where we will soon be roaming, and shady nooks and
babbling brooks with cascades brightly foaming. No
gent, I wist, can well resist the Spring, with all its gla
mor, unless he's old, with blood so cold it gives him
katzonjammer. When I'm so chilled, my heart so filled
with wintry slush and water, that I don't sing to wel
come Spring, then lead me to the slaughter. My eyes
are weak, my hinges creak, I bend them with a lever;
my thews are stiff, but what's the diff? I'm just as
young as ever. And so I prance, and whoop and dance
when Spring comes up the valley; and if a cop should
bid me stop, ! chase him down an alley. The winter's
flown, the coal men groan, and idle is the plumber; the
birds and bees and bugs and fleas have come to spend
the summer. The vernal rain has come again, a resur
rection bringing, so let-us sing a song of Spring and
chortle while we're singing. '
sense patriotism of the country, thev ! meaning that congress i to net nnd
can take'tbe control of the nation oul , not talk, however, is too good to be
of the dismal swamp of polities nnd true. Kugcne Register.
make Hoover president. Salem Capital-Journal.
and useful things which can still he
purchased at fair and reasonable
prices, thev would do them-iclves and
the public including the would-le.
honest retailer a good turn. lr:i'iN
Pass Conner.
Hoover organizations should br
formed in Salem ami elsewhere for
the purpose of making Hoover presi
dent and if enough of such Hoover
clubs arc formed, representing the
independent, uutraiuiuelcd common
"l S. to-Have no Voice," unvs a
."ndl!i"
'I'he possibility of this I flunrd.
The Iio'jue Iiivcr fish war has
broken out afresh. It is as intermin
able as the Moxirnn muddle. Kugcne
The Great Saving
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