| Show S The Post Mortem 11 T THE HE scandal in the department of labor is at last reaching a head and Louis F. F Post assistant secretary secretary sec sec- the thc man who seems to be mainly responsible for forit forit it is likely to be 10 brought before the Senate to answer imp impeachment proceedings for high crimes and misdemeanors against the United States rl The e method of af procedure procedure- for setting impeachment machinery in order is first to hold an investigation to determine if the will be bo had bad b by bytho charges are true This investigation tho the House committee on judiciary and if it finds the charges authenticated n a report of the tie findings will be made to the House together with cs a resolution providing for impeachment The Tho provision in the constitution on is very cry brief bride It says simply The Tho Senate shall have the thc solo sole power to try all impeachments When sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or af affirmation When the President of the United S States Ses es is tried the chief justice shall shan pre pre- de and no person shall be contic convicted ed without the concurrence con con- currence of two thirds of the members present Judgment Judgment Judg Judg- ment mont in iii cases of impeachment shall shaH not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold and d enjoy any office of honor onor trust or profit under the United States but the party convicted shall nevertheless be bo liable and subject to indictment trial judgment and punishment according to law The basis of the trouble lies in the exercise by Mr Post of or authority to nullify and set at naught the acts of the department of justice After months of preparation preparation preparation prepa- prepa ration and secret service ser work the attorney general succeeded sue sue- in locating apprehending and arresting a large number of alien anarchists whom he proposed to deport deport deport de de- de- de port provided the tho evidence against them was I dent to show that they advocated the overthrow o of the United States government by force orce and violence However the law by some somo singular anomaly gives e ire department of labor the tho right to decide at the tho point of debarkation kation whether the tho aliens sh shall l be deported or exercised in favor fator of not an and this decision has been the accused anarchists to the tho extent that not one ono out of ofa a possible has been deported The Tho deportations o of tho the Buford or called so-called soviet ark k were of an earlier brew and included radicals guilty of actual overt acts of criminality as well as ns pr preachments The present resolution introduced by a Republican Republican Re Re- publican Representative Homer Hoch Roch of Kansas is ably seconded by Representative Martin L. L Davey of Ohio a Democrat who announced that he be had already y pr prepared pared a a. resolution to the tho same effect So that on th the the surface there is no appearance of partisanship in inthe inthe the mo movement ement Indeed tb there r is every ery reason to believe believe be- be lieve it is instigated by Attorney General Palmer in side Mr Post has long been a most pronounced an anti l offensive to thorn That Other V Vote ro rp 1 THE HE overtopping urgencies of party politics polities this year 4 JL 1 seem likely t to td give ve the tho women of the nation tho the right Tight to vote voto at the November elections after lf r all It Itis i is true only thirty five of the state legislatures have haye rat ratified the tho Anthony amendment It is true the tho state of f Delaware upon which the cherished hopes of the tho women women were centered to give gi vitality to the amendment has hs at least temporarily b but bat t there is of light in the tho southeastern horizon of the Republic which may yet develop into a sunburst of happiness for forthe the women if they will but keep their eyes fixed North Carolina 4 Senator Simmons of that state has made a a. a. a statement nt ignominious though it may seem scOrn as the confes- confes ion sion ion of a 3 statesman is nevertheless ss accredited as an indication that the North Nort Carolina legislature may furnish furnish fur fur- ur- ur nish the needed thirty sixth vote He Ho declared in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington the other day y that he had opposed Woman woman oman suffrage suffrage suf suf- frage rage especially by federal amendment and had not changed his mind as to tho the wrongfulness of it but realizing realizing realizing real real- izing that it is only a question of time now when the women will achieve the tho franchise anyway b he thou thought ht they should be bo allowed to vote tote at the coming election elections Such an expression is considered tantamount by bythe bythe the politicians politician of Washington to an affirmative vote ote JJ c ft r. r con 41 1 L LU II I I. I U I v J PV I ALL i LU LUU LA LAL L w fluence of Sc Senator ator Simmons in that State Ui-I Ui While it will not be in the tho power of North orth Carolina Carolina Caro- Caro V. V lina he be said to to determine at nt its option whether women shall or shall not vote circumstances seem scorn t to have bate placed in the states state's power power the option of d determining deter deter- mining whether that pr privilege lete shall be accorded in this r years year's or postponed until next nett years next years year's election There is a persistent belief that the Republican leaders fear the C effect of women's participation in this years year's elections ns while Democratic lea leaders rs believe their participation will ivill r b be to the advantage of or the Democratic party Moreover r. r 7 if women are allowed to vote this year vear their affiliation i. i V- V Vin in the nIP approaching elections will largely determine their theirL L future alignment in politics Though Senator Simmons Simmons' principles principles' seem to be of t that a practical ti al l variety that they tl are arc easily sacrificed and 0 though Republican leaders will dispute the facts fads upon his argument is based the women will vilL ilL no doubt a acclaim the thc favorable vote ote of South Sonth Carolina The country is now waiting for the discovery of a aI I substitute tute that will get by the prohibition inspectors ns A A. Salt Lake hopeful wants ants to know if Mardi if-Mardi Mardi G Gras Grasis 5 is a as go good d for or a lawn as clover ver i JY Wc ve c. c arc l' l still kin for br OI the e cheaper cuts o of l bacon bacou baconi r an d. d I 01 t T. T tl t q t y i I S i Strike a a Failure Failure I ITHE rimE THE wide country railroad strike was poorly conJ cou- cou J and feebly executed The Tho simultaneouSness with central directing directing directing direct direct- of or it indicated concert of action a ing agency somewhere ye yet et the tho identity o of the big chief if there was one has has' not been disclosed It seems inconsistent inconsistent in in- in consistent that the trouble could all have arisen over o tho the differences of John Grunau Grunan and other other- switchmen at nt Chicago with the railroad operatives cs there thero though it was there thero that the walkouts began It seems the strikers have not yet et learned the first lesson in their own articles of faith faith in in union there thero is strength With their own executives opposed to their action with ith the Lever act still in force w with with th the now transportation act scarcely dry on the statutes providing providing pro pro- viding Tiding a n legal l means for settlement of labor disputes with wilh public sentiment deeply seated against strikes n against tho the people their one big ig union objective e was as curiously ill It is noted that tho the Presidents President's 8 appointments of the tho railroad labor board have haTe been c confirmed by bv the tho Senate and this s fact taken in conjunction with all l the other disheartening occurrences to the strikers including tho the government arrests of large numbers for violation of the Lever Lc act prescribing punishments for fot interfering with shipments of food and the necessaries of life an anthe and the further pronounced hostility to their action of tho the big our brotherhoods proclaims with almost certain certain tam tain assurance that the strike is destined to go So down downin in history as a n failure Too i Much Married Tj E EVEN YEN a motion picture star cannot escape the complications com com- J-J J of real life Heres Here's Mary Pickford for instance with more husbands than any one woman knows tk what to do with fighting to hold one I The wires of law and love have bac been strangely crossed in this little lit littie little lit lit- tle tie story of real life affecting reel red people I As Americas America's sweetheart Mary Iary might easily have havo her pick of husbands but the law prohibits any further tampering with the affections of or man And Mary has made Imade her choice I The Tho first time it didn't take and sho she i chose chos again A husband who is not to bo be understood was perfectly willing that Mary should go was even willing to aid the tho departure Some husbands might be considered selfish in a aventure aventure aventure venture of this kind but seeing Mary would make the Nevada instance appear as an c. c exception And now no the thela law la threatens to bring the woman back to th the fore fore- fireside What hat will the man do dol What is Mary to do 7 These are arc questions for the scenario writers t to dwell upon in their own particular styles Still these solutions will not alter Marys Mary's dilemma She is a n much married woman and a lot of women here bere and elsewhere have no immediate prospects of one hus hus- band But lInt Mary is spared the anxiety that should accrue ac ne- ac- ac crib crue to a n woman with two hm husbands She Sho only has to sit up and wait for one During Daring the present spell of high prices a lot of women worn wom omen en cOl could d us use a couple of husbands to advantage ad but Mary Marj has a a. fortune of her own Just what the courts will do is is a matter of conjecture Just what they should do is is still more baffling Still we wo know some women who wouldn't be bothered with one husband if they had bad reached Marys Mary's stage of financial independence Still Determined T THE Utah State Automobile association is to be bo commended commended com com- mended for its determination to continue continuo its fight for Tor lower gasoline rates in Utah While bile it is apparent that the interstate commerce commission fails to recognize recognize recognize nize the justice of tho the claim for lower freight rates it itis itis itis is nevertheless clear that neither the freight rates nor northe northe northe the gasoline prices pris can n bo he reconciled to a program of complete justice Th Tho intermountain territory labors under unnatural handicaps Development is retarded by unjust advantages advantages accruing to other sections The Tho reasons seem clear to the sections and institutions enjoying the advantages but they remain emain a a. m mystery to the ultimate consumer in Utah In the thc fa face e of the obstacles which confront tho the in industries industries industries in- in of the state and the battles necessary to an an outside conviction con it it is encouraging to know that the civic civie leaders have not lost Jost courage With this persistence persist persist- ence and determination the tho discriminations will be bo battered down in time The day is coming when a a manwill manwill man manwill will o operate te an automobile or truck in Utah as cheaply as in another state It is to be bo hastened as the entire citizenship becomes poss possessed sed of the tho determination re reflected reflected reflected re- re in the latest decision of tho the Utah State Automobile Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile association Other Points of oj View THE rIlE UNIVERSAL STRUGGLE I All AU over America there thero Is the tho same struggle by higher edu education lIon for tor existence that Is la In progress in Oregon Ores Man Many Instructors went to war ar and man many others In technical work were drawn Into the Industries by doubled trebled and even een quadrupled quadruple salaries In Wisconsin on top of or a bonus distribute to Its Instructors the University of ot Wisconsin has raised salaries 25 5 per cent In order to hold Its Us teachers Salaries there of or full fun professors proCessors range rans-c to and President Birge Insists that thit oven even these advances ances must be Increased before tho the institution can bo be put on a set settled lIed and aud permanent basI basis a. a In contrast with Wisconsin the state tate college of or Washington Wash Wash- ington pays Its full tuU professors but 1900 1000 to For each cach flOOD 1000 of property Wisconsin spent U. U 7 for higher education while Washington Y spent not quite half halt as 33 much In Wisconsin 54 Is annually spent In In maintaining maintain maintain- ing InS tho the university and the tho normal schools It Is several times Umes AS much as Is spent on tho the university the agricultural agricultural agricultural tural coIle college o and the tho state normal school In Oregon The Tho mileage bill la is an nn effort to put Oregon In position to give ghe Oregon oung men and women the tho same chance that Is given the young men and women of ot other states Port Port Portland land Journal With a Smile Smile I Unidentified Meet whatever Meet what whatever ver the world may bring brig with a smile and jog along j Theres There's always a a. song songs for foro the song ong you sing if your heart is in the songs song I And when you meet the world with a smile it is sure to smile on you While over ver your your head hed the tile sun ul burns bright and the velvet chet skies are lre blue Meet whatever tho orld world may bring with a cheery hope and trust Kick up your heels and dance along and sing and smile and be just Whatever you ou give gh-e the thc world it gives a measure of that and more To add addin in the tho end d as on you rou wend to the wealth of your our little store Meet whatever the world may bring brinS with a n faith that naught can shatter I Theres There's always s something that's not just right theres there's always something the matter But the heart that goes oes along with a song and the lips that go with a smile Shall win a song for their own ere era long and a n. smile from the j 1 V 1 V V Z r j r- r In New 5 1 t i t- t 1 |
