Show I R Revenge M MALCONTENTS ff in Oregon have lave launched a a. pe petition urging Senator Hiram W. W Johnson of California to i ir r repudiate the Chicago convention an and start a n. party o of own It is tho the ol old old story of an ill temper deni denied n n a free rein by the majority ty wish The t type Pe is 15 in In all aU ages rages of life Who Tho has has- not met the thc child who picks up his play- play when he is crossed in the natural Jr Ings and goes home is no desires of the moment 1 Sometimes the spirit of selfishness selfish selfish- ness is broken and the child reaches ma maturity ready to th gj give h e and take talc in the battle of life and abide by the delusions de do- decisions of the referee Some Somo of them we kno never neer cut t the e bonds bonds of this Impulse They reach maturity antagonistic to to everything everything everything every every- thing that does docs not provide selfish returns In any competition competition com corn petition of skill or merit they are arc satisfied participants only IMily 50 so long as they are winning They are arc the essen essence of f selfishness hu hut but t the first to charge it as a vice when the decision is against n tb them The American people may be thankful ul that the nation has so ro few of them and consequently ne need d not pay serious seri seri seri- ous US heed to their present cries Tho The Oregon idea is preposterous pre pre- but bat it is in line with the knowledge that ever every harbors a 3 few individuals who cannot play the tho game c cof of life The surprising thin thing is that Or Oregon on should claim 10 50 p many of or them it being said that names are on the Oregon petition Betraying a City contained in the news dispatches would indicate that the police department of Duluth Minn inn has gone in for disarmament At an any rate raLe when it jt was as attacked aU by a mob of irate citizens it lost a one one- sided battle with water and bricks bracks Three negroes held by the tbt police for a 3 despicable crime were taken away the officers and lynched 7 No doubt if guilty they received their just deserts but at the wrong hands Ho How flow the people can expect V crooks and 1 thugs to hold respect for the laws which they themselves trample in the tho dust is beyond the ibe realm of imagination S Society iet- iet has provided punishment pun pun- for or- or crimes such as th tho one ne committed commit d in Dt Duluth uth and the culprits were in these toils when they were seized by the ilie mob Tho action of the mob disgraces tho the city of Duluth The police department aided and abetted in the betrayal be be- In all the struggle not a shot was vms fired not an honest effort was made to uphold the law of the city and the state The Duluth police department is thoroughly rep repudiated demonstrating complete completo incompetence to to c cope copo pe with lawlessness It is little more than a traitor to I its city 1 A 44 Poor POOl Loser NEXT NT EXT to a winner vinner the Wo world ld loves a good loser best k Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of New York excludes himself from both classes as he rankles with the bitterness bitter bitter- ness of defeat He Ho launches into a vituperative denunciation denunciation elation of Maj Gen Gal Leonard Wood one otle one of his opponents at ht the Chicago convention The tirade will do neither Dr Butler nor DOl General Wood any good but in the end nd will vill hurt Dr Butler more The man who cannot abide by the tho decisions of his party as well as the one oDe who permits the convention scraps to embitter his soul has no business in politics Both Dr Butler and General Wood losers in Chicago but there still remains a vast difference between them General Wood is a a. good loser which in the eyes of the world is the next be best t thing to a winner Women as H HELEN ELEN RING ROBINSON formerly state senator of Colorado but speaking in off far-off Geneva Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land Jand in the congress of the Int International W Woman oman Suffrage Suf Suf- frage alliance sai said some things about abou women's capabilities ties ties' which are worthy of con consideration She said It Is a great pity that there have been relatively so few few- women legislators In my own country In our legislatures sixty different women have served But they have been ben spread d over a a- good deal daal oL ot territory and time which makes tho the spreading spreading- much too thin So far but ono one woman has haz been elected to our national Congress s I and during the tho entire term of or office of ot Congresswoman flankin the press nover ceased debating whether sho she was wasa a a. flower or a vegetable For myself I I 1 vote for the the- ble What the tho world needs today 1 Is 18 a big crop of ot vegetables bles ble's and nature always looks out for tho flowers lowers anyway There are four tour callings for which women are plainly better better better bet bet- ter fitted than men men caring for tor children nursing and legislating I L do not sa say women have surpassed men menas menas menas as legislators but Ii do say sa- they are arc Inherently better fit fitted fitted fit fit- ted for legislating which should deal primarily with Im Improvements Improvements un- un in social so-cial relations With the advent of women into political activities throughout the nation it is patent that they cannot annot be 1 ei t in the retirement which has enveloped them in the past It is inevitable they will win seek seek- and be entitled to many of the offices heretofore occupied almost exclusively exclusive exclusive- e ely ly i by men For many years women have demonstrated aptitude de for for business I positions of trust trust and responsibility ty and and will b be he found q quite capable in filling the same sort of positions in m public service ce Of course a difference in incapability incapability incapability capability and efficiency will be he found In lu women the same as in in men men some some n may ay make good executives for instance ce and d some may not not so not somo some may make good legislators legis legis- gis- gis nd some mc may not But nt it is IS true that out of the part parL which bich women played in J ie various fields of endeavor i or and helpfulness created by y the war vat has bas donie come ome a 3 new estimate o of the value of or a hitherto unemployed talent and genius which in in the immediate will years add to the nations nation's nations nation's na na- na tion tion's greatness ss and prove of inestimable advantage ad in n contributing to its ifs future welfare C Caruso's Carusos r os o.'s chauffeur ur is under s suspicion of stealing some worth of or jewels from his employer Ordinarily the thc chauffeur would be bo suspecting his Ilis boss bose The rhe alleged i cattle eattle rustler r who vho escaped from Fort Douglas Dougla will probably ly be he saved sayed if ho lib mat mates S his ge getaway v y in a 3 stolen automobile The Thc Tim search h for p perpetual rp bad Oll effort t f. to find a De Democrat o. o r who h t thinks ks well v l of OL the Republican lican nominees j i i 4 I ft The Essentials Are ATe There HE Sun and New Y York rk Herald finds fault wi with h the tho THE J. Republican platform because it seems to lack lack in inspiration itt itt- ii- ii and an nn index It thinks the w workmanship is 15 deplorable Its criticisms however arc more as to o lorm than substance It is too long but tho the essentials are there even if somewhat amorphous rath rather r than crystallized crystal crystal- in their presentation It summarizes these eso essentials essen ss n- n of mighty might Republican indignation preparing to evict all an undesirable tenant as follows The curbing of oC autocratic and undemocratic dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship usurped by a constitutional executive the tilO r reestablishment re b. of ot the rights of ot citizenship denied and defied b D President Wilson in hi time of ot peace the rehabilitation as 55 fast as possible under private ownership aner non go mont ment operation of or tho the nations nation's transportation systems wrecked by tho the McAdoo railroad administration a pledged adherence to tho the protective principle and a revision of or the world conditions permit recognition or ot ortho tariff as art soon Boon as S tho the rl right ht of or collective bargaining but never of or tho the right to e n against the government In the exercise of ot an any or of orIts Its Itei functions a a. thorough overhauling o of ot tho the cruel burden burden burden bur bur- den fastened on the people by the extravagance anco or ot the Wilson re regime a n. struggle necessarily difficult an and prolonged pro- pro longed back bock to economical administration reduced taxation taxation taxation taxa taxa- tion and the tho full i dollar of or sound finance and last in order of or mention here her but first in importance an absolute I lute luto of or tho the wicked scheme of ot surrender to su- su I pergo and ond systematic entanglement In foreign I affairs which has haA been the main purpose o of the present chief t magistrate and of ot his party followers We are inclined to think the strictures of the Sun and Herald as to the form of the document are arc merited It is loose-jointed loose in places and its statements are not al always always alwn's al- al ways wn's in sequence But it essentials are arc all there In Inthis Inthis Inthis this respect the thc humorous description of a n tune Lune on the Scotch bagpipes by bj W. W S. S Gilbert seems not inappropriate inappropriate ate It W was wild it was fitful J. J r a. a As wild mId as the tho breeze It wandered about into several keys It was jerky spasmodic fAnd fAnd f f. And harsh I declare Yet still it distinctly suggested an air Chairman Hays THE HE or re election of or Will Vill H. H Hays of In Indiana Tn- Tn n- n diana to be the tho chairman of the Republican national nation nation- al committee was a recognition of an earnest active and clever campaigner In large largo measure it was due to his efforts that harmony prevailed at the conven tion All of or the candidates were sure at all times that so far as the chairman was as concerned they would have havea a perfectly square deal With undeviating fidelity he lie heI I adhered to his original purpose so graphically expressed c I that it was the business of the national committee to toI I elect and not DOt to select the candidates He seems to be a man of great geniality and wonderful wonder wonder- ful t energy Though tho the thermometer in Chicago was al almost almost almost al- al most at the boiling point immediately after the convention convention conven con tion and everybody else was tired and wilted from the exactions of the five days of convention Hays was already planning something prompt snappy and positive to launch tho the fall campaign The new committee will consist of fifteen members eight men and seven soven women including an assistant sec secretary c c who is to be a a. woman and according to the thc redoubtable re rc- rc- rc doubtable chairman no time is to be lost in setting to work to win It remains to be seen whether his genius for ion election is as great as for nominating the candidates Tr Iz Where e the Women omen Rule RuleA A A A WO WOMAN AN mayor Mrs Grace Miller now rules the theA A 3 city of Jackson Jackcon the tho population center of the Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Hole country which long was famous in in fact and fiction fiction fic Lie tion as the ilie resort of outlaws cattle rustlers horse thieves and other bad men of the west that once was For the first time in history there is not a n. man in the city government of an American municipality for a city administration composed entirely of women was sworn in and took their scats seats last month There is not a a. man in Jacksons Jackson's city hall haIl Jackson is a diminutive city with city with a population of not quite Perhaps no other section of the United States tes is so 80 far isolated from the railroads and from all the year traffic The nearest railway station is seventy- seventy five miles away and from November to May ray the highway to that station is virtually impassable Surrounded by bythe bythe bythe the Teton range and other rugged and extremely high mountains the residents of Jackson make little or no at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to travel during the winter months The election was contested by the men but resulted in a clean sweep for the women The Thc only explanation that has been given out for the feminine victory comes from the editor of the Courier the city's only newspaper newspaper newspaper per who says in his paper It is thought the novelty of being the first city on record to be governed go entirely b by women helped them to secure such a complete victory We T e have no DO doubt at all that the women will give the town a clean and honest and efficient administration but if of those bad men some should come back and try to shoot up the the- town we are wondering what the public safety department would do |