Show Tl The Veto Veta and th the Future THE Tm President has vetoed the joint resolution declaring declaring de- de claring daring a state of peace between the United States resolution haying hay hav- and Germany as was ns anticipated Tho The on r in ing failed through the di disapproval of the President It it itis is 0 not in effect effect au and aud the United States is l legally st still l lat at war with Germany And incidentally C Congress is 15 still at It war lr with the the President If Congress were to pass pass a 3 resolution declaring a stale of peace between Congress and the President t the he latter hatter latter would veto that also through force of habit if for nothing else In pas passing ing the joint resolution however Congress feels that it luis has left no stone unturned to secure peace with Germany which the people ant 1 I Is dould not ne negotiate a treaty as ns that would be an in infringement in- in of the executive prerogative under the constitution constitution constitution con con- the President will not accept the t terms upon which the Senate Sc-nate will 11 ratify the already n negotiated so that the responsibility of f the failure t to secure L a I legal l peace rests with the Pr President and the tl status statu quo 1110 ante helium bellum between the executive e and legislative I b branches anches of the g government remains intact The attitude which Mr Bryan has Ims assumed with ref ref- ereneo to the treaty is deserving n of consideration an and no doubt it has had md the effect of drawing away from the President much of his support Mr 1 Bryan says No 1 matter whether the Senate acted wisely or unwisely l In the adoption of ot reservations It acted upon a constitutional constitutional constitutional authority as complete as the authority which the tho same constitution confers upon the tIle President The Senare Senate Senate Sen- Sen I ate are endorsed reservations by a majority of or 18 IS anti and the 57 senators senators 34 34 Republicans and 23 Democrats who Democrats who agreed upon reservations constituted more than two thirds of or the 77 7 senators who favored ratification but differed upon reservations The Tho issue now la Is whether r the D Democratic m party believes in 1 the fundamental principle of ot democracy Namely the right of the tho majority to rule Tho The President asks the party part to make mako a campaign n on tho the theory that tho the presumption presumption pre- pre of or wisdom is with twenty Democratic senators plus the President Instead of at with tho the majority of or the senators or even e with mth the majority of ot the Democrats J of or the Senate nate Ho ILo asks tho the party to make mako this fight at a time when problems of or transcendent importance demand 4 Immediate attention The fact that sentiment is drifting drilLing away from the Presidents President's arbitrary attitude is evidenced by the sum- sum y iwu-y juary rejection of his proposal for an American mandate over Armenia by the Senate foreign relations committee commit- commit 7 too tee when only four of his own party stood with him Senator Hitchcock who vho formerly led his fight for tho the treaty having deserted him bim at least as to the mandate Unless the President shall decide to resubmit the treaty to the Senate within the next few days and indi in indicate indicate in- in di ate his willingness to accept the reservations proPosed proposed pro- pro posed by the Senate the league of nations issue will ill get into the national con conventions in both of which there will iu be divided allegiances with chances that both conventions conventions con- con will declare in favor of ratification with res rca A Another r Dark Horse A AN A N eleventh hour candidate for President is suggested by the N New York Times in w the person of John W. W Davis of f West Virginia the the- American ambassador to Great Grent Britain The Times explains that its interest in Mr l Davis arises mainly from the fact that the present condition of the country's affairs calls for the nomination of strong men by both political parties and that the attention atten- atten jion tion of Democrats ought to be given gi to the ability and demonstrated statesmanship of Mr Da Davis is also that it is putting in concrete form fonn what probably has been in inthe inthe the thc m minds of his admirers for a long time Interviewed by the Times a number of Democratic tic cO congressmen are re e enthusiastic over the tho distinguished i abilities of Mr Davis Dans and his fitness for the place but the most of them were unfortunately committed d to other oth- oth er candidates Senator candidates Senator Thomas of Colorado to Tom I. I Marshall Representative Doremus of Michigan to Mitchell Palmer Palmer- Representative Flood chairman of of- the Democratic national congressional committee to another another another an other man and Senator Hitchcock ick of Nebraska i t tb someone who is b better known by the rank and file But our own senator Hon Bon William Villiam H. H King had no comp compunctions at all nil to express himself without t reI re- re j I serve He lie said For Fot months 1 have hwe been suggesting eus Mr i. i Davis aa as a 3 possible Jo and probable candidate and as a a. possible If It not probable nominee His nomination b by the Democratic party would be an admirable thing The Times h has ron ron- dered a 0 distinct public service In bringing him reward forward forward in this way so that the tho public may Judge of ot his merits While Senator King ICing may be he thought to be ba behind the times in bringing a new candidate C out at this late date t there er is no telling what night happen if his iris lark dark horses horse is is properly and 5 groomed trotted d out ont at the pay pay- moment It is IS a good rule however not to hold lild back a dark horse hors so long that he lie might remain a lark secret Th The fastidious tast tastes tasks of the tho public make the high prices of shoes in the opinion of William McAdoo cAdoo J Jr i e ident of the Central vice president pr Leather company I He lie claims s his company made made no exorbitant profits but it did make more than or per perk cent more money in 1919 1019 than in 1914 And still he prates of fastidious tast tastes 5 Fire losses in the United States States' were less in in- 1919 1019 than thanin in the year News before before News I Item Strange after all tb the new now uses to which water was subject ct j Choc Choctaw beer per c cent nt is ruled O- O O-K O Oby by jury H Headline adline Sure but wouldn't another mother dash of per per- improve it Concerning I the prospects of peace peare it b begins ins to look y if We wo W. will ll fight it out on on this lino line if it takes a all l B i summer n cr I W th niD t 7 JJ o 4 Keeping Still Still- lliE was when silence was golden Now ow keeping T TIME still amounts to tp the samo saino thing It is is the tho simplest form of evading the income tax Many have hn-e adopted the program as us a road t to success If one ono can keep a n. astill still and k keep p it still his future is assured The market marketis is everywhere Supply and demand are aro fairly well bal hal balanced balanced notwithstanding past shortages and current leaks The trade is not particular as to the standard or quality A good still works while you Jon and the prohibition inspectors in inspectors inspectors in- in in- in sleep The output is like money in the bank There are arc no collection expenses expanses no long waits An oil well is a 3 gamble but a good still ill is a sure thing One has bas to guess where the oil is but a still finds it any nn- where here Take care of your still suh still and it will take care of oi you seems to be the modern modem wisdom The only obstacle is the prohibition law Jaw and judging judging judging judg judg- ing from the supply this is not serious to the man who wants a drink or the tho fellow who keeps a still still Of course the prohibit prohibition on inspectors arc aro a part of or the law but the still fellow says nothing reasoning there is is safety in numbers For or every elJ inspector there are arc many stills only he lie cannot find them So it is that the vintage vin yin tage ta-ge of 1920 flows on tax free as the prohibition law lumbers along with a n dead weight of millions for in inspectors inspectors' inspectors inspectors' inspectors inspectors' in- in salaries Keeping still is the road to freedom The margin of profit is astounding and it all goes home borne The owner of a successful still does docs not have hae to sit up nights with an income tax tD- blank He laughs at the excess profits ta tax and puts a moonshine blink on the blue sky law The limits of the business is tho the competition encountered and arid this is growing fast Man Ian has discovered ma many y ways of increasing his earning power pO Ho He has harnessed waterpower and put it to work and found a margin of profit in his brothers brother's toil but this fellow who put a halter baIter on nature and tied her to a treadmill is entitled to the prize The l high gh cost of prohibition is sure going to play havoc oo with people who live in apartment hous houses C Salt Lake is bright with moonshine commonly known as whito mule This whito mule has a horrible kick both in effect and price Fifteen dollars a quart savors ors of profiteering and should be given gi attention by the department of justice It is clearly a violation of or section section sec see tion four of the Lever vcr act Mail Couriers of 0 the Air l r rF F OI 01 reliability and saving of time the airplane has pretty thoroughly demonstrated its s utility as a carrier of the mails When the first attempt was made to substitute the airplane for the tho mail car there was a solemn wagging ng of heads in fine weather all might go gowell gowell gowell well and the letters and parcels might be delivered on time but it was ridiculous to suppose that any kind of schedule eOl could d be maintained in the winter season But last winter was one of the most inclement about the region region region re re- re- re gion where the tho t tests were mado made and the carriers easily beat the railroads and sometimes triumphed over conditions conditions conditions condi condi- that delayed the thc trains for hours and oven even days The routes on which the tho flying was done were Vere laid out between New York and find Washington and between New NC York and Cleveland J 3 J. J II H. Knight made starts between July 1 1919 and February 29 1920 and completed ninety eight trips flying altogether 3 1020 miles or miles or nearly the distance around the tIle earth The rhe weather forced him down seven times and machine trouble only once Other mail pilots did as well in some respects bet bet- J ter r. r Thus H. H T. T Lewis Lewis' started ninety eight times finished finished finished fin fin- nine eighty times and was never forced down by weather But twice something went wrong with the mechanism and he be landed Ho flew miles Aviator Aviator Aviator Avi Avi- ator Miller was a good third with ninety starts arts and five eighty-five trips completed without forced landings His lEs distance was miles The weather was too much for him on three occasions and twice engine trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble compelled him to make a landing Altogether twenty pilots carried the tho mails six of them during eight ht months steadily They all stuck to their work and made meritorious records With this record for reliability behind it and the new appropriation tion of in front of it the air service ought to and probably will ill add many sections of or tho country to its aerial mail routes including the transcontinental service via in Salt hake City Now that the President has vetoed the peace resolution resolution reso reso- lution we can start all over o again Some Sortie of or the dark horses at Chicago may be bc too dark to be visible sible When the aerial mail service gets going good will government o let star route contracts 1 |