Show Daiy Editorial Digest I The Committee of Forty eight The Tho third party part supposed to be contemplated by the tho Committee of or Forty eight will have about as little weight with the voters of ot the the- United States as ns would a party organized by Bela Dela Kun un This emphatic remark from the tho Norfolk Ledger Dispatch Ind Dem represents an extreme extremo view reflected In a milder tone b by a largo large number of newspapers concerning tho the new progressive party part to be launched at Chicago In July The majority Of writers think that the organization will m sink without a trace on political waters though some Bomo Democratic papers papers pa pa- pers peu believe that It may wreck the Republican ship before It goes oes down dawn Itself A few contend that If properly led It ma may succeed After the new M party's parts lack Jack of ot appeal to organized labor Jabor which Is Js not In tho the habit of or throwing away Its votes otes and declaring that among the tho general public Its Us leaders dont seem to have caught on well the Springfield Republican Ind says For the present the great reat majority I of ot workers and the tho great majority of ot citizens citizen will continuo continue to vote the Republican Republican Re Re- publican or 01 tho the Democratic ticket For FOI I 1920 the he third party Is not yet et even en as big as a mans man's hand To formidable at this time I the Richmond News Leader Ind Dem asserts such an n organization I would have to be composed not only 1 of ot avowed owed radicals who are arc outspoken Social Socialists hits but also of ot so called Progressive Progressive Pro Pro- o Republicans who would have h heto to leap frog fros' tho the Democratic party before they could unite with the radIcals radicals radi radI- cals Beyond all question It de declares declares de- de clares the third party movement will tall fall It If there be a third party It concludes It will be the Socialist To this the New York Call Can Soc naturally agrees It U will III not amount to much says sas the Greensboro News Ind but It may serve as a pop valve alvo that t would relieve the tho old parties from tram the tho pressure pressure pres pres- sure of or liberal thought rather than Increase of ot that pressure The Des DesMoines Moines Re Register lster Ind lad Rep sees In the I movement an attempt to champion the I Ideas If It not the personality of ot La LaI ollette lollette and upon this rock It be belIe believes be- be lIe lIes s the party will break for tho I Iwar war ended his personal hold on the I people and the country Is not much In the mood for radicals Just now With this leadership and that of ot Amos Pinchot and Hearst the Buffalo News Nes Rep sees the party foredoomed foredoomed foredoomed fore doomed to failure and the Brooklyn Eagle Engle Ind Dem considers these men unable to reach a common basis leavIn leaving leaving leav leav- ing In no no essential appeal to public support support sup pup port on vital Issues as the tho New York Mall Mail Ind puts It And side elde shows that the Committee of ot Forty eight or 01 orthe orthe the Hearst organization may attempt to stage will not distract the tho attention atten- atten tion of ot the voters from tho the main maln Issue I I I I 1 I I I I says sas the Lafayette Journal-Courier Journal Ind Rep But Dut If Jt a a. third party part should prevail pre the Dos Boston ton Herald In Ind 11 Rep declares that It would divide the tho radical vote ote while leaving the conservative vote ote Intact and since the Republicans will have havo the support of ot the business and conservative classes th would lie Ho to an extent not equalled since 1860 with tho the Republican party The Baltimore American Rep while agreeing that a third party is s not to tobe tobe tobe be feared for tal the tho time at least b by the Republicans asserts that It Is known that behind this movement Is astute Democratic manipulation Pittsburg Sun Dem believes beHoves that the lineup Is now Right Center and Left Len and that the Right flight Is to be the loser Joser by the creation of ot the Left The Cranes and the and the SmoOts made plain enough who shall be It Whereupon those who are not to be admitted to the throne room no longer lonser have the Impulse of ot reason or necessity nor of oC course the bond of ot sympathy to hold them in check Old Man tan Centrifugal Force Is beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning its work with tho the Republican party From the Democratic standpoint as reflected In the Oklahoman the tho new party Is a a. logical development do with wl more more than a n possibility of ot fruition for tho the progressives will find little If It anything In the Republican platform plat plat- form torm or In the Republican presidential nominees which the they can sincerely and heartily Indorse It would not b be surprising If It the tho third party maI ma- ma and although the firmingham firming firming- ham News Dem admits that the tho Amos Pinchot league of ot progressives seems destined to dlo die a borning whether or not the committee of ot forty forty- eight musters more than forty eight delegates to the Chicago convention there Is la hope in the Democratic ranks I that such an organization will give comfort to democracy In November Tho The Republican Sun and Now New York Herald however ol chooses to make light of ot tho the whole The forty eight will be certain to have some sound planks In their platform plat plat- form Corm Brotherly love lo federal regulation regula regula- I tion of at tennis full Cull lIbert liberty of ot Jazz c conservation con con- n- n of ot the marshmallow swamps free flower vases for Cor the limousines of ot the downtrodden and the dall dally daily taxation taxation tax tax- of ot the glutted Interests at the tho rate of ot per pel cent But the tho New York World Dem considers tho the leaders of ot the tho new party worthy of or respect respect- These Thee persons are not disappoInted disappointed pointed or political hacks it it Is too car early to speculate on the tho effect of ot their possible action but If It they make wise nominations the they may upset many a calculation of ot the tho old party part leaders whose figures al always always always al- al ways on things as they used to be American Naval Program The United States Stales naval building program affords great t sn satisfaction to certain newspapers in that country which have made It their business to depict the British navy as a terrible menace to their thell country Mr air Hearst's New Ne York American In particular re rejoices rejoices re- re over the fact tact that the tho United States has on hand the biggest building build build- ing policy polley the tho country has known In many years It points out that In 1923 the live tive first line warships of ot the United States will m exceed those of ot the tho next most powerful na navy that of ot Great Britain In tonnage In and In weight of ot both main and secondary second second- aT ary broadsides The British nn navy will be better off ott In destroyers but the American points out that United States vessels of at this class are larger faster and more modern Our OUI naval al program Insures our future futuro safety on I the 8 sea says tho the American Having declined to assume the world role ofa of I a Junior partner In British Imperial Imperial- J lam ism it Is fitting to assume the tho world rolo role of ot a junior partner In British Imperialism It Is 18 fitting that tho the domInant dominant dom dom- speaking English nation should be bo prepared t to stand alone alono If It need bo be A small arm army but a mighty navy should be our OUI policy Certain Certainly there Is no co nation on onI onearth I earth rth which can cah carr carry on a vigorous horous policy of at naval al construction with so II much will good on Britain's part ai as aicon alcan can con the United S States In spite of oC tho the on this side aide of ot the Atlantic Atlantic- and similar unpleasant phenomena on th the other the two nations will continue continue continue con con- to be good friends even If It they do possess very powerful navies Furthermore the news that tho the United States will from 1923 1323 onward be able ablo to take care of ot herself at sea will come como as a Do relief relic to the British admiralty For about five years ears the British naY navy stood guard guard- between G German aggression and American un- un preparedness Mr MI Hearst Is 18 a a. comforting comforting com- com forting angel when he assures the I I world that thaL in two or three years cars from now the United States will no longer need to bo be protected Montreal Dally I S Star Caring for the Illegitimate The British bill to compel a father to aid In supporting his child born out of ot wedlock has passed second reading In parliament and soon will be a law v. One of ot tho the most effective arguments In of or tho the bill was the statement that largely for lack of ot parental support support sup sup- port tho the death rate amon among children born out of ot wedlock is six times as great a as among legitimate babies n nits ji 11 Its present form torm that statement Is too sweeping to be bo true and the cables do donot donot donot not bring details But that the death rate among lIle illegitimate children Is 18 far higher than among youngsters who have havo two parents to care for fOI them 1 is b ban isan an undeniable truth To put It brutally society dooms a certain proportion of children to death for tor tho the sins of ot their parents and then distributes these death sentences by lot If It a Do missionary should bring back that report on tho the manners and customs customs customs cus cus- toms of ot a tribe In Farther there thero would auld be an outcry of or horror all ail othe o over or r the so called civilized world But because because because be be- cause at home only Illegitimate children are so treated society's conscience is s salved No reform will wilt get tt ver very far tar In rightIng right right- I Ing Inc this wrong which does not recognize recognize nize two things s First that birth Is n not nota t I Ia a crime and second that parentage parentage- Is Isa isa I a D. responsibility Norway Y has faced these facts and enforces the right of I tho the Illegitimate child chillI to his fathers father's I care Whether hether the law which suits the simple society of or Norway will work ork without modifications in a complex In Industrial industrial In- In community may well be doubted doubt doubt- ed but tho the principle Is sound Every Ever child has two parents and ItIs It ItIs itis Is the states state's business to see that both contribute to his care care Chicago Dally Journal Dem Womans Woman's Triumph at Chicago What women did in Chicago during the Republican national convention re removed removed removed re- re moved the tho last Jast trace of oC prejudice and timidity which had Inclined some old- old fashioned men to entrust to them only a subordinate part In politics As delegates as alternates as al workers work ers ors the women proved themselves not only indefatigable ble and intelligent as everybody had expected them to be but also quick to understand nd the In Intricacies Intricacies intricacies In- In of ot convention processes and to adapt themselves to an nn environment new to most of ot them It was Inevitable that the women who attended the tho convention should hould be watched l with eyes ees They Thoy were tho the representatives of ot a a. new force torce of ot unknown power In national politics Their TheIl demeanor their thell attitude In success success success suc suc- cess and In defeat were matters of ot profound profound pro pro- found Interest not objects of ot Idle cu cu- cu To say that they sustained tho the ordeal of ot Inspection successfully Is to put It conservatively They disclosed seriousness seriousness seriousness serious serious- ness of ot purpose understanding of or tho t technicalities of ot their thell position truo true sportsmanship It was as obvious that they were at least as well prepared to perform their thell Important duties as were veers most of ot the men with whom they sat The ability of ot several of ot them as or orators orators orators or- or was thoroughly established The Tho earnestness s and patience characteristic of ot women women without without which thero there would be very few tew homes happy happ or unhappy on this rolling globe were globe were applied to political affairs effectively and with witha a naturalness which gives promise of oC great usefulness In the future To those who have watched the tho evolution evo o lution of ot women In public lito without prejudice the excellent Impression made on all observers by the women at the Republican convention does not come as a surprise There were some members members mem mem- bers of ot that convention however who have ha not been unprejudiced and the tributes the women won from them arc are worth recording New New York Sun and Herald Ind Mixed Bathing In England Americans who read the impassioned appeal of ot Controller Clark of England against mixed bathing there will wonder wondel where Mr Ir Clark made the extensive stud study of ot feminine bathing costumes of ot which I he boasts For his appeal was not based upon moral objections which were the basis of ot the separation of ot the sexes on continental beaches for tor years Ears He disclaimed any such attitude of ot mind but Insisted that the bathing costumes make such guys gUs of ot the young oms girls as to discourage marriage and thus be a danger to the empire H He drew a highly amusing picture of oC ofa ofa a a. young young- man being fascinated by a girl In evening dress at a ball and then being discouraged from rom continuing the tho acquaintance b by meet meet- m ct- ct la In ing her next morning In the public swimming bath In a readymade bathing bathIng bath bath- Ing suit which vulgarized her figure her hair hall bunched in a hideous capor straggling over ovel her eyes making ier look a 0 wet Scotch terrier Where hele In the world has Mr Clark been In swimming R He accused the mixed bathing at Brighton of ot being beIng being be ing a source of at de decadence dence to the nation nation nation na na- tion but can the Brighton battling bathing suits really be as bad as all nil th that t l If the they are the New York and Loc Island beaches can teach Brighton a iL whole lot about attractive dressing Swimming Is a Do Bourse of ot health la tho the foundation of ot beauty and It is 15 especially desirable to a young man who Is thinking about getting married mar mar- ried There Thero Is no better proof or of health than the ability of ot a n girl to hold her own In the tho face race of at an Incoming incoming ing surf and no place in which sac one appears to greater advantage antage than when cutting her hel way through tho the waves If It she can really swim As A. Lg to costume we refuse to believe that those worn by English girls make them look as Mr r Clark says they do tIo It Is much easier casler to believe that Mr Clark Clarl is a Puritan at heart and ana I th that t he Is only trying to disguise that attitude under a novel form torm of ot attack at attack at- at tack than to believe that any considerable considerable con con- number of or girls look ugly In a costume In which It Is so easy sy for fOI them to be piquant and charming L Let t Mr Clark hasten to the tho Long Island and New Jersey beaches this summer and acquire a n. liberal edwa ion tion He seems to need It Brooklyn It-Brooklyn Brooklyn Dally Daily Eagle Basle Ind Dem |