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Show H . LET'S CLEAN HOUSE B , Democratic political prophets have B practically given up hope or even pre- B ' tense, of hope of carrying the presidential B election, but profcss to believe that they B - i will win a majority of the senate. How H utterly absurd it would be for the nation B h todecareits confidence in Republican B principles and then taim over the control B , ( of the upper branch of Congress to the B ' ;' party that has been responsible for extra- B vagance, wastefulness, inefficiency and fl international surrender for the past sev- fl ' en and a half years. H en and a half years. As for Utah she will B return Senator Smoot who will save the B nation one-half billion dollars a year for fl the next ten years. H I ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN B The trouble with Cox all through the B campaign has been that he could not B ' maintain a definite stand on the league H question. He was at one with the Presi- B j, dent in the beginning which meant op- B position to any material reservations. B Then out west he indicated a willingness B to accept reservations, but when he heard B from the White House he put the soft B pedal on that line of talk. Even when he B , intimated that he would accept reserva- B , tions, he did not indicate the nature o( B . what he would accept. From first to last B tj ' lie wabbled on the league question and B neither the friends nor foes of the coven- B ant could have any confidence in him. Af- B , ter having wiggled and wobbled from B coast to coast lie is now back to where ho B i started and sees eye to eve with President B Wilson, and "Whatf he (Wilson) promised B I (Cox) will endeavor with all my B strength to give." TO WRITE HIS OWN EPITAPH B i It is reported that President Wilson is B seeking a residence in Washington where B he can reside after March 4 while he B writes a history of the war. His "open B diplomacy" wili come at a time when he B can .make money telling the story of how B secret diplomacy was practiced. B: . w ra THE MAN AND THE MOUSE B High tide in the Democratic campaign B ca.me on the day after the San Francisco B convention. From that day to this, Cox B has declined in the estimation of the Am-B Am-B erican )eo)lo. On the day after the Chi-B Chi-B cago convention there were many expres-B expres-B sions of disap)ointment over the nomina-B nomina-B tion, (lisapi)ointment felt bv persons who B preferred another for the head of the Re-B Re-B l)ublican ticket, but from that day to this B there has been a steadily rising tide of B public favor for Senator Harding. His B every public utterance, his dignity, his B serious frame of mind in discussing gov-B gov-B erninental affairs, his statesmanlike V' grasp of prob'ems lrth domctic and for-H for-H eign have conhincd to win for him the B confidence of even his political opponents. B The greatest strength of Cox was on the B day of his nomination. The greatest fl strength of Harding will bo on Novem-H Novem-H ber2. WATCH US GROW B ' The population of the United States in- B creased 1-1.9 per cent durina the past ten B years. This was considerable; neverthe- B less the ten year period endirr in- 1910 B showed an increase of 21 per cent. The H director of the census has been oxnlain- B ing the slackening orf of growth and he B u attributes it to the curtailing of immi- Bl gration during the war, the influenza en- Bk ldcmic and the casualties of war. His Bv . conclusions have been resisted by a good look the pet topic of a former president who talked a good deal about race suicide. n h h COUNTERFEIT MONEY The Federal Reserve bank has issued a warning that new counter'eit $20 notes are abroad, issued on the Federal Re-perve Re-perve Bank of Philadelphia, check letter F, plate number indistinct, looks like 55; portrait of Cleveland. Also a $100 note, Federal Resejrve Bank of New York, check letter B, 'plate number 10, portrait of Franklin. H K H Few things are more pathetic than the sight of a candidate who is known by everyone ev-eryone but himself to be hopelessly beaten beat-en long before election time, ft Nature can cure everything but a chronic g'rouch. |
