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Show H McADOO ABOUT NOTHING B The son in law of the President visited Hl Ogden the other day and like a dutiful H .-son told the people of the Junction City M what a fine man his father in law is. Di- K vested of his erstwhile official halo, Mr. m IMcAdoo's intelligence seems about as lum- 1 jnous as mud and his utterances have the H same force as those of a kitten. When by H -the grace of relationship to the executive M throne he was the poobah of the admin- m istration ,the public was obliged to listen m to him because he spoke with, the voice of M authority. There is an amazing differ- H encenow. H ' He seems to be still harping on his sal- H iiry. It will be' remembered he resigned H as secretary of the treasury and director H general of the' railroads because he could H jiot live on a thousand dollars a month. K 'There are thosQ who suggest the reason H jfor his resigning was, because he got the H railroads into j&ch a .mess that he couldn't H get then) out again j. Now, as if dissatis- H ed)YHVanannual'incb'me from the mov-' HL ies of $100,000 .a'ear, which Iti'ey are no H dotbt.glad'to' pay ,Jiini, he suggested to H ' the railroad employe? to whom; he talked B in Oglden tlfaJLf .tKe.2,6.000()0 railroad env- H ploy.es of the TJnijtea States should have H coitribute4.a!doU,'ayer in recognition H of his.yaTuatle.' sery)c;Qs ,tp them lin navirig H 'their .yages-' incq'ased, he .might 'now'be H -enjoying "an, income of, $&OOO,,O0O a year. ; H He performed this difficult mathematical H problem too, by mental arithmetic without H , .slate or pencil and in full view of his au- H h'ence. H Other things he said equally illuminat-H illuminat-H ang. When asked by one of the men the H direct question as to whether the coven- H .ant of nations would do away with the H Monroe Doctrine, he floundered like a H Jiooked sanddab and launched into a fee- Hv ble description of the horrors of war, Br winding up with .the angry statement B , that anyone who opposed the league of HV nations was either ignorant or a Repub- H lican. And speaking of ignorance, the ex- B ) secretary seemed wholly oblivious of the H f fact that the Monroe Doctrine has, been Hj made a vital part of the covennt through m the insistence of those Republicans at H whom he barks. K By the way, how about the ethics of a - - campaigner for the Victory loan going about the country talking politics? On' fl 5s the presidential family exempt from all m recognized ethics? Salt Lake Herald. |