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Not a Malodorous "Traitor A "PRO-GERMAX" may not necessarily be a very objection­

able person, if, he is not an "alien enemy" or a Socialist. Slightly objectionable, that is all. Hardly fit for the "high­

est honors," but fully qualified for the second highest. Just take a look at one set of politician prtriots who have been

mercilessly lambasting Socialists as "pro-German." \Ve mean the Republicans.

They actually put forward a man named Adams as a candidate for the chairmanship of the Republican national committee, a man who publicly defended Germany, saw nothing wrong in the invasion of Belgium, and defended the sinking of the Lusitania, while excoriat­ing England to the limit. The very worst that could be said of the Socialist is that he dealt out his excoriation equally to all. but this man went over, bag and baggage, to the camp of the enemy. He is an American born, and, naturally, a patriot, too.

His opponents—for all these offices arc, of course, contested— dug up his letters and published them. What happened? Was he sentenced to be shot at sunrise? Was there any threat of a prosecu­tion for sedition? Did any one suggest tar and feathers, public flagellation, or that he be inteVned for the duration of the war? Well, yes. Something akin to the last punishment. He cannot be the national chairman of the Republican committee, but he will be in­terned in that organization as vice-chairman.

Adams knew his offence was a venial one-^for a Republican politician. And he was right. He must Have known that these let­ters would be dug up, yet he must also have considered that they did not ir» any way disqualify him. And the event showed that he was not altogether right, but nearly so. He has been allowed to place another candidate in nomination for the position he sought, while he himself is slated for vice-chairman.

Now, all the above is Socialist criticism, of course, and may be discounted. But let us see how a Republican newspaper editorially views the situation, and now it finds all kinds of excuses lor this man. W e quote from the Xew York Tribune:

Mr. Adams had the misfortune to belong In a strongly tterman com­munity. (N'ote how the Socialist theory of environment is dragged in to do service here.—Ed.) The war, by a curious chance, found him travel­ing In Germany. (Environment again.)

He wrote back to a newspaper in his home eommunltv strongly defending the cause of Germany and excoriating England. In the in­vasion of Belgium Mr. Adams could see no wrong. The sinking of the Lusi tania . . . did not so stir Mr. Adam» (with feelings of horror) . He called a meeting . . . to urge peace . . . it wc.s to oppose the entry into the war of this country on the side of the allies.

, Suppose a Socialist had done all tRese things and was made chairman of the national Socialist committee! Th* .charge of "urging peace" is the only one that can be attributed to anv Socialist. But how, then, would the Tribune view the matter? Note what it says of the unrepentant Adams, who "has publicly shown no change of feeling": ' |

Mr. Adam* is. we believe a man of high j-landing and recognized ability. It was a graceful act that he should himself l a v j withdrawn from the contest and himself placed Mr. Hays in nomination. For the same reasons that necessitated his rejection as chairman, we regret that at this t ime he should not have effaced himself still further and with­drawn from the vice-chairmanship, s s well. If he remains he should promptly indicate in a public letter that his own adhesion to the cause of his country is absolute, etc.

W e l l , tf h a t if h e d o e s n ' t ? O h . w e l l , i n t h a t c a s e t h e T r i b u n e wi l l h a v e n o t h i n g m o r e t o s a y . M i l d r e g r e t s , t h a t ' s a l l . W h a t ' s o n e "traitor" more or less—when he happens to be a Republican poli­tician" of high standing and recognized abilitv?" And hasn't he performed a "graceful act" in withdrawing? That ought to let him go clear—as vice-chairman. Whv rub it in bv insisting on a public recantation? He is our (second) "choice for leader." Whv not trust this graceful man of high standing and recognized abilitv. And Republican echo answers, why?

Verily, much shall be forgiven to a "traitor" of this stripe. Rut for the Socialist! If he offend one of these little ones of capitalism. better for him were it that a millstone be placed upon b<* neck and he be cast into the sea—from which it would be impossible for him to "gracefully" withdraw.

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R l \ T H E POSTAL S K R V K K . Under the caption. "A Serious Pro­

posal," Collier's Weekly makes a most pertinent suggestion It proposes that the government wrest the management of the postal service from Messrs. Burle­son, Koons and Praeger and appoint a postal dictator who will correct the numerous administrative blunders oi the present incompetents.

"Now that Director General McAdoo

providing first-class mail service. The postofttce department has a recor of over to,OCUtOO profit in one year, hi . if business concerns do conserve ti ns-portation as they ought, a poor nail werviee may mean a loss of 10 times hat sum. And j e t the right arm of all mr war preparation is the business w rid just now.

Somewhere in the United States i n-ate Archives is a resolution for inv* -ti-gatton of the postofflco departm at. Such an investigation, to be condu 'ed

If I Had My Way if

That threatened such disruption * Whe.c is he now? O. whereToJ « *

For since the Bolslieviki came To power we've not seen frfc » . ^^ For ail the guidance that he Q , in showing Russians how tv ssv» Their country from disaster din Why now is there no Hurd of y ^ *

O, NYw> Disseminator, "shoor* And say where is Eiihu Ru*?

re te r «*•!#««,

A contrib *ends in a Uippfn* J trouncing the death of Tolman tbe uT shark, with the urge that we* » T and place him in the Atlantic <w Anthology. ^ " ^

We never bite the hand that feed* m

THIS IS TO INFORM THK * 0 l l n x

H ' M I H T I I H -

This is to inform the column cosAw. tor that if he takes a week off there *a be due privation staring at htm fa* the cashier 's office. As his ecowaito, propensities are well known, bi» ate* tn .1stions of savings amor tin* in tint which La F o n t a i n e s grasshopper feat he should have seven days of Smrtt* revelry which may mean « real cshsS for The Call,

Dying. The sun in foiling Behind the Sen*, Some blades of grass Shrink and curve; A rose is dangling Against its stalk. Like a head That hurts; A robin's notes Have vanished With the winds; Some footsteps Turn the, corner, And a girl stands and utrpt— in a coffin Something lies outstretched. And candles burn.

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is on the way to solving the railway f««ily and thoroughly, is about the n oat problem, why not take one more bold stride of progress?" says Collier's. "Why not have the federal government take over the postofflcea? The postal service nowadays is had because of an­tiquated equipment, inadequate build­ings, overworked and underpaid em­ployes, obsolete methods, "inefficient ac­counting, and a superabundant encum­brance of red tape and self-satisfied of­ficialism. Complaints, criticisms, or con­structive suggestions get nothing but the complacent reiteration oik how very well pleased, with Itself the pontoAce is. Growing discontent among the employes is not met in any modern way. by arbi­tration or conciliation, but merely by cracking the whip of official authority.

"Following the same course of divid­ing and weakening and

important business that the Senate on its waiting list.—t»maha News.

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Ol It POSTAL COLOSSI 9. Organised labor by formal resolution

condemns Postmaster General Bu le-son'.s "autocratic policy u>ward po tnl employes." We suppose" the e »n-demnation is thus limited beca ise postal employes happen to be an int g-ral par t of organised labor: but he fact is y ia t Mr. Burleson's autoer; tie methods do not stop with his a t t i t da towards his subordinates. They x-tend to practically all classes » th wliom the postmaster general has e-l iI toils He issues orders to Congn >s, for instance, in his own name and in the name of the administration, ab. ut

r e f l a t i n g all sorts of matters—but especially e-which brought the railways into the Igarding things which have a politi al IJOJC from which* they are now being [bearing. Every periodical pubiis) ed hauled by the strong arm of an emer- ti* th ' s countrv* bears on i ts covei a gency dictatorship, Congress has passed fnotlce, in wording and signature » e-

If They W o u l d Only Plastei tet P r o s e .

Dear L. W.: ' T h e Kiss,* puhlUhel last week over peculiar-aeusdhii Latin name, does not agree with tbe version of that poem in my fra»|-mother 's scrapbook. Now that you tr» printing Old Favorites, I wish ens sf your Constant Readers would furehi the words of a piece called "The Oid Oaken Bucke t " Also, I would list t» hs%e one of the Old Bubscribers su$fty the first line of "Endymion.- written by the late Stephen Crane of Mulberry sti-eet, Xewaik. X. J . I know all tbo rest of that poem by heart.

Via Batler.

laws to split what should be a unified national postal system into l anea Tins strikes at the heart of tear postal serv­ice. The postoffices are congested, un­dermanned, and no adequate provision is being made to handle the peak load* or to look after the certain growth of the near future. Under these bad con­

signed to convey the impression t! *t the postmaster general is graoiou ly pleased to confer a favor on the sol­diers and their friends. A busin ss man having to deal with the postoftve department cannot come away wii h-out feeling that in Mr. Burleson ie the powers of life and death. I it

ditlons, which are steadily growing business men able to make effect e protest. Organised labor, on t ie contrary, has the precedent's e- ft

worse, there is only one thing to do: appoint a postal dictator with full power to conscript able men and to cut out all laws, rules, or regulations which impede getting the service results that this war demands.'

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Antiquarian Researches J T is sometimes instructive to dig up ancient psychology and note

the immense change that has taken place in*"public opinion''; that, of course, of our best people, the capitalist manufacturers;

the others, of course, don't count. \ \ tii it be believed that in those ancient days the manufacturing elements—our OWn, too—were really in favor of imperialism and the extension of trade bv the sword, whereas they all now, with one accord, damn imperialism and are determined to abjure it forever, and introduce "democracy" in its stead? Incredible as it may seem, it is the fact.

In our archaeological researches we have unearthed the proceed­ings ol the nineteenth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, held in New York citv, May 1!) and 20 19U. The official volume, covered and yellowed with "the mould and oVt of ages-™for it is nearly four years ago—yields the following from the speech of Toastmaster Nissen at the banquet:

Shakespeare, in h»a Intorprvtfttlon of Cardinal Richelieu makes 'him I Ml The pen Is migbrier than the s w o r d - Modern experience shows that th« dollar is mightier than both. But that mighty dollar is not made V S M I W I petit ie* nor bf theories. And those who wooid hinder t h e do»olepjttoa>t of,.,commerce and tndustrw, which h a r a mud* u a what wo mm and which eon tain tho element* of making u« the greatest nat*on In ihT world, to Its fullest posslhilltlea would retard our progress toward* that aehisvNMttt , and would put out of' buaiaeaa the modern weapon of

Oormany won her preaowt proud position by the sword hut maln-ta ins it hy preserving peace with the rest of the world for the benefit of her oofliineree and Industrie*, etc..

Toward the a t t a inment of a almllar foal s rs are woi-Wng all the

AMONG the multitudinous voices raised to tell us how to win the war that of Vice-President Marshall is not often hear4-But it must not be assumed that because he occupies an obscure

position he has not a plan of his own to add to the several millions already announced. Speaking last Sunday in a Brooklyn Presby­terian church, he is thus quoted:

I don't think, that some criticism in reference to the conduct of th« war is harmful but when 1 found out that the president S'ould have nothing to do with it. then I decided to have nothing to do with it myself. Criticism is harmful. I think, if it has a political meaning ' If I had my way therp would be no elections ibis year at all. I would have the nation pay all its attention to the conduct of Uie war and the throt­tling of the Hohenzollerns, and not bother about Democrats or Repub­licans or any other political party.

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Let us save elections and win the war evidently is Mr. Mar­shall's addition to the mountainous volume of gratuitous advice on this particular subject. And it is no worse and no sillier than most other plans of its kind.

Mr. Marshall, "if he had his wa\y' would have no elections. And, of course, it he had his way he would have no critiai>m on the matter of eliminating elections; for that would be political criticism and would be harmful.

He wants us all to pay no attention to anything but the conduct of the war; but, if we cannot criticise it, what is the use of paying attention.; \ \ hat are ue paying attention for, at all? If Mr. Mar-, shajl had his way he would have us aH gagged, but Torced to look, child in a distant land. Tmafin*, i ., i t , , ' i , , , II i u J >*ou can. the anguish and auspenss «f

silently at the show: we Miould be compelled to open our eyes* but the ioved onm a s t n e y await, with $»& T h - i t i« lv l ia t h e ' h e a r t s , the news by telegram, whirti I n.it is * n a t n c | u t o b j i n j f t h e u u l W o w t 0 t h d f a l .

W h v . t h e n , d i d h e o p e n h i s . r eady aching hear ts . Then, when the ' __ ' , , . J « a d intelligence corns*, they are «e*4

mouth bctore the Brooklyn Presbvtenans? He would not have done imagine the anguish Mth which ti** it if he had "had his way,'* presumably. Therefore, something com-, £«rslt ^he coming of the body of tfat-r pelled him to do it. What could that have been.

Simply the everlasting pressure of "idealism." The dreaming

T H E PA SSI KG AWAY Of MS. EAR WEST SHORTER.

iFrom th* Atlanta Independent (CaJOradU On Friday, January 11, the measengtr

agent of death stepped" in and claimed as his own Mr. Earnest Shorter, sea of Mrs. Hatt ie Shorter, who resist* at 26 Hogue itreet, this city. Mr. SsSft*"" at the time of his death was reekHs* in Detroit, Mich.

Our hearts go out is sympathy IS a dear mother, who loses a child *t home, but words cannot express me

at the same time •comi*clled to shut our mouths, savs he himself docs and would do.

Maybe the action taken a t Buffalo w 11 produce results,— Great Fal ls Leadc

AH 1XDVSTRIAE, CSAR. The irregular and unreliable serv e

of the postofflce department , togetl r with congested* t ransporta t ion con* -tions, is 'causing delay in delivery »f mail, first class as well as second cla' % Magaxines and newspapers are beit g part icularly hard hit. The periodic tl known as Civil .(Service News charg: a that this breakdown of the postal se •-vice is due as much to Postmast r General Burleson's 'lack of appreci .-tion of the conscientious efforts I

I N V E S T I G A T E T H E POSTOFFICE. Under the law. the saoSl iwwerful of­

ficial in this country, next to the com­mander-in-chief of its army and navy, is the postmaster-general. The official who can throttle or exterminate ,a tree press is, finally, pretty near the dic­tator of democracy and arbiter of all rights, to say nothing of his influence upon ordinary business and domestic affairs.

I t la common knowledge that the postofflce department is badlv "shot to j faithful employes a s to the "efheien' r pieces." I t may bo because Postmaster - (and economy" program of the post General Burleson has leaned, too, toward making a profit. It may be because .he has becomV deeidedfF unpopular witii his underpaid employes. It may be be­cause of his at t i tude toward labor an.) his suppression of papers with anti-administration or pro-German tenden­cies. However this may be. the sum total i» an unsatisfactory and bad con-di Hon. •

It Is highly important to speedily and thoroughly curs such » condition in a time of war. when team work is a prime essential For instance:

The people are asked to help conserve ran sport atioii through reduction in pas-engpr train service. Business men are

[asked to use the mails instead of "send­ing « man," and they bav«« a rtgrht to Jeraand that government do its part by

"If I had my way!" The poor

loved one. This was t rue in Mr. Shorter** CM*

After six days of anxious waiting, th» family looked for the last time «!*« their beloved son and brother. Th* body was accompanied home bjr a s^SS*

This, however, is altogether a minor matter compared with the othc Well may we exclaim over the wonders time hath wrought.

There is in our fair city today another Nissen, perhaps a descent ant of this ancient oracle, a thousand generations removed. H doesn't talk that way at all these days. He has not held to th

time. "^ " ' faith of the fathers in this, matter of eulogizing the "German swor v . . « I»nd representing it"as an inspiring example to his democratic bretl; In those ancient days the manufacturers of America believed, yen. He talks altogether different today. The accumulated know;

in the sword as the means of winning proud portions, and publicly [edge and experience of mankind demand it. There is still a mar advocated following the example of Germany. But in vast aeons of ufacturers' association in existence, the lineal descendant of this earl time—nearly lour years—this view changed, and they now stand for democracy and abominate the German sword and all it represents.

chief and his lack of vision in taki: < off of the mail cars the elerks wl i assorted and delivered en route. t previous adminis t ra t ions wo had sap -riences of a t t empts to "make the d partment pay." but it never reach* -J such a wretched point as now. W • postmaster general 's raarl ike metho>, i bavo resulted in Increasing the disco -tent among the men in the postal se -vice, and it Is hoped the oongression 1 investigation of the depar tment wi 1 result 'ft a much-needed change methods. As long as the postal se vice is operated, on a **paying" basi . which means underpaid and disco* • tented employes and lack of sunicie help, there is small chance for In • provement.—The Typographical Jou, • naL

Note, too* the queer'Shakespearean allusion, which shows how even these great men were not positive about the immortal bard, who died long before .Richelieu became active, and never wrote anything about him, unless perhaps Jin a message from .the spirit world! Rut

* can foratve our itfivtriotts" ancestors for slipping a lit era rv cog about U ill lam S» and mixing him up'with bards of lesser note, who used Richelieu as a dramatic subject. Rut in those davs our manu-taaui*cj| wore uoj, strong on iwetxy. wrote, rather, 5ciae their

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organization, but it lias another psychology altogether,:and its.objec lis to shiver the German sword into a thousand pieces; at least, i says so.

Delving back into these vast stretches of antiquity, the mtn-naturally reverts to contemplation of the instability of things in ger era,!. Indeed, we might go Mi far as to say ' that "human nature actual!}- changes with the"age*. 8«t tt.taJte* a long, long time; i tliis case, tica tour years. But. however vast the time-may be. i is consolittj: i- rcflfect that the progress, though painfully slow, i

officiating. Mr. Shorter was S ber of thin church, having Joined whts quite young. A. U. quartet ranosrei * very sweet selection.

Mr. Shorter leave* a mother, fStfcn, four brothers and five sisters to s s n r s his loss. The beautiful floral offerings carded by the eight flower flrii "***

>hat always begins with an "if." little man hasn't, and never will. The president is his intellectual master in .everything He has no will but that of President Wilson. | * J g *££* even in the matter of harmless criticism, and he says so. But into denee. 2« Hogue street. Thunajar this alwavs creeps the persistent thought, "if I had mv vvav !" evening. January 17, Itov. ft H. Siag>-

, • «' • c ^. A, • u u i "t. _ u i r r - . . « ton. p .a tor of Bethel A. M. E. charm A contemplation of these things should make us humble. Here'

is a man buried in the oblivion of the vice-presidency, and yet re­tains the germ of the ambition that moves kings, kaisers and con­querors to achieve the mastership of the world. This poor, miserable worm of the dust, as the praycrbook piously phrases it. who has. as he himself shows, abjectly surrendered his will to the complete domination of another, still retains in hi* subjective consciousness j tokens of the high esteem that tl* the desire to become the autocrat of a continent of 100,000,000 peo-l f r i e n d s h a d fo r t h e <***»***• i»le. If he only had his way, there would be no ejections 1 But he I coxsosr CLAY. has his way in nothing. And yet the roots of ambition are there. Hurl your pedestal to the dickens.

It is an interesting phase of human nature. Mr. Marshall wants Don't make me climb its *aw 1 s> v n f v *

to throttle the kaiser. Rut he has within himself .the feeble rudiments T n e constant smell of incense atckess; *|©f all that makes the kaiset what he is, the only difference between) My woman's pride rebels at rtm'

them being one of actual posujon. The kaiser has his way in many things, and wishes to have it in more, in sill thirjgs. Mr. Marshall has his way in nothing, but actually wants it in everything, just as the kaiser does, and as a beginning he would abolish elections.

No use ridiculing or blaming him. We are at] built that jvav. Tf we "had our way." we would begin by abolishing capitalism. There is a suspicion of the eternal Utopian in alt of us. even in an obscure and insignificant vice-president.. It is a solemn thought. *

As the New Republic Sees It If. however, it Is to t ake advantage

of its opportunities, American union-»j»m will have to undergo marjy changes. The old guard in the Amer­ican Federat ion of Labor la not any bet ter adjusted to the revotutionarv social and economic needs which the war is developing than la the Ameri­can Association of Manufacturers . I ts tenders a re not politically minded They turned a cold shoulder to th* plea for Joint political actio.! made at I ts last convention by tha Parmer* ' Nonpar t i san league. They a r e . stitt thinking in terma of a e m i t unionism, which divided tho named from the «*r-skitied and the salaried worker, and which l» indifferent to the political noaalhilitles of an alliance between

arte, I aJtogcAcr in l ie <ikcctiM'iii;*Alaiiocr*cy:* operative movement. If this s ta te "f mind endure* it will be jus t aa itoces-

the machine which now r u n s the American Federat ion of Labor a s i t will bo to overthrow the machine which controls American politics. Jt would be fatal for organised Isbsr n America not to adjust I t s policy to the improved social s ta tu* and the promising poiiUcai opportunit ies whlcn are looming u ? a* a result of the war. Under the new conditions it will have everything to gain from seeking s s alliance, a s organized labor in Great Britain has dons* with every group and class in the community which is interested in increasing the production of human labor in order to assure bet ­ter lives for more human beings. !t is by vi r tue of eoch an alliance t h i t

I 'm fairly good fsave for seme n*^"*1

. Impulsive, with untrammelled mla* Like other*. T find life rough saWsg:

Like others, subject to the §rtsd

You crush n v with your worship. ***f

I ts fln*>nes»s m*ke* my senses reel". I'm mediocre quite, I fear.

And struggle to reach ympr M***-

Your trust at last has rous*d my in* I will not sham another day.

Don't credit me with divine fire, I'm just m.vself, ^uite common ew

< - r o l j • Gre**.

the workers, workers of all classes labor unionism" ami the farmers* co - i workers ss1 opposed both to id le r s ' and

i sary for labor reformsxa to o verthrow t tha world.

slackers, will be Qualified, a s Mr. Charles Schwab h a s predicted, to rule

The Evening w'orld has spolofl**! Charlie Murphy for accusing him I s n W of charges it hoped were true.

Mr. Murphy now retakes m» P™^ among the cltisens of unqnestionetf ' tegrity who make up such a Isrff P* tion of our population. _ , _ , * -.-

la iuatiee to the Evening W ™ J B join tn i r a k ' n g a pica to Murphf i he drop that llbe: suit.

Personal: ns.

Hargol, communicat* « t

Ships a n d Str t l iea s a d il#slls«^ WmmeUm,

-The Walrus and the Carpenter Should ambte hand in J»and."

And nil tha t Mr. Hurley mddm Is "Love and understand":

"Th* Walrus gets the dividend. m

While carpenters are pssneaV

W o n t Mr, Burleson obHgs «he fjst by teaming to fly hie nwtt sers iP while t ha i epidemic is on d o w f j

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