Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-06-19 | Page 10 | Tennessee Law May Stand

9 f TENNESSEE LAW MAY STAND I L T By CHARLES P. P STEWART NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON June 19 Con Cons Con Con- s lawyers one of them prominent enough to occupy a seat seatOn seaton seaton on the federal supreme bench though he cant can't be quoted by name arent aren't a bit certain Tennessee cant can't make her antievolution law stick Not that they believe its violation violation violation viola viola- tion can be punished by fine or im Im- im- im Any such penalty imposed imposed imposed im im- posed b by a lower court will be set aside on appeal the authorities here are cO confident But they do think the state of i Tennessee probably is entitled to dictate what shall and shall not be taught in her own sup state ported schools The foot the bUland bill bUl billand billand and i It iS they choose to bar instruction instruction instruction tion even in reading writing and i theres there's a strong tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency on the constitutional ex experts experts' experts experts' experts experts' ex- ex part to hold they can do it In case any teacher they hire disregards their wishes the best guess guss seems to be that while he cant can't be punished as a criminal he can be fired for l tion The may be makIng making making mak mak- ing themselves ridiculous its it's agreed but th that's ts th their lr business A little anal analysis sl ot of the situation shows quite readily why Vice President President II dent Dawes is getting no support from the White House or of many of the Republican leaders outside of it it in his campaign to get the senate senate senate sen sen- ate rules changed so as to speed up business The whole purpose of the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed alternations is to prevent a senate minority by tactics tactics tac tac- tics from holding up legislation desired by br the majority When the present senate met last March the administration and doubtless Vice Tice President Dawes thought the Republicans were in control At that stage of at the game the White House appeared favorable favor favor- able to the change Dawes demanded demand demand- ed But Dut soon became evident a mistake had been made Not the regular Republicans but a Demo Progressive cratic-Progressive alliance domi domi- Immediately the more experIenced experienced experienced exper exper- Republican old liners soured on the Dawes scheme What would ha have 1 served their ends as ajI a ma- ma was precisely what they didn't want as a minority Some other time maybe but not now Dawes however seems to think le's les hit on something likely to bo bp popular with the voters if not y with the politicians and refuses to toI I quit The old guard doesn't particularly particularly particularly par par- mind hearing him talk I He lie cant can't do a anything hi g by himself Secretary of Agriculture Jardine I whose department is charged with administering the federal highway Il act aM t says motor trucks cant can't compete compete compete com com- pete with the railroads on long hauls Down at interstate commerce commerce commerce com com- merce commission headquarters they answer in behalf of the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads that motor trucks may have I all the short ones they want want and and i thrice welcome welcom Indeed many experienced transportation transportation transportation trans trans- men have been worrying lest the railroads be ruined rained by their short hauls The way they tell it it the ideas idea's this Moving freight over their rails Is comparatively a small part of what it costs the roads to get it from the consignors' consignors hands into the consignees consignees' The big items are bookkeeping and handling These are just as much for a short as for fora a long haul Besides a long haul allows latitude latitude latitude lati lati- tude fOI for economy in routing whereas a short one is apt to lea e little room for choice Thus ac according according according ac- ac cording to the railroaders and interstate interstate in interstate in- in commerce officials bear them out a 1 1100 or mile haul easily rna may mav cost a road more than one of 1000 miles