St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 18

ST. LOCTS POST-DISPATCH, MONDAY EVEXETG, DECT3IBER 13, 1926. PAGE IS PROHIBITION ALABAMA. Alabama, ha a aiowa how prohibition works there. No thoughtful citizen can contemplate the GOULD VARE SMITH.

Three men are cow. In effect, before the tar cf the Senate to answer th Question their fitness to sit SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Funded by JOSEPH PULITZER as members cf thai body. They are Arthur Go-Id i without wondering where tils thing will finally end. Tka Pulitzer Fuclisfung 0f Maine, William S. Tare of Pennsylvania and Frank Here are the facts as widely reported in the press: Gov.

Brandon cf Alabama and a Frty of friends L. Smith of Illinois. The ease cf Gould differs from that cf Tare and recently went en a hunting trip. Prohibition ofdi-Smith. Vare's alleged offense as well as Smith's, csr3 raided their camp and found 13 quarts cf whisky, occurred within the venue cf practical politics.

Vast Arrests were made at least the officers went through Hit poST-rI PATCH PLATFORM- I lno that my retirement make no difference In its cardinal sums were spent in their behalf in the primaries to t2e motions. On the day of the trial the Governor nrtT1.inl, thjit it Ui always ngni reform, never to- procure their nominations. did not appear. Instead, he explained that he had for progress or prate injustice or corruption. -Win I if to ''Jf c-.

u-4 er 'Sr jr3F it. re I I '4 Gould's alleged offense occurred in cvui l.re. He 20t been summoned and went on to say that, even 1 is charged with having bribed a forcer Premier cf ve vai been summoned, it would have been phys-i New Erunswick in the matter cf a railroad Iran- c-ally impossible for him to be there, and, anyhow he chis-. the amount involved being $100,000. had a previous engagement, The farce cf prcsecu- The story cf this bribery came cat in the last day? -icn finally ended when a person, named Daniels, of the campaign and created a sensation, not only in -leaded guilty to owning the liquor and was fined Maine but throughout the.

country. Nevertheless, $250. Gould was elected, and he has cited bis election as a g.JC2 contempt cf court, such mockery cf Justice fijrht denuwpes of all parties. tw-lono. to any party, always nppiH- prtvilsl cla-s and public plunderers, nwr lruk sympathy with tho poor, always remain iJp-voted to tru- public welfare.

ncer bo satisfied with merely printing iww; always be drastically in.iependent nrirr be afraid to attack "rons. whether by predatory plutocracy or by his own people. But the explanation tai enough, but that is not all There is a I predatory poverty. GoaId lo the voters of Maine was evasive. In Frederick L.

Thompson, publisher cf a Bir- Jll VU i substance it was that this money had been paid by -ingham newspaper that printed the truth of this i April i rew York associates without his (Gould's -know I- wretched occurrence has paid the pries of his hon-! hot prnPTT sanction or consent. uu-appny trcu.u eSty. His home was raided under a warrant issued! wmsm itiixrrvO i xvu.u iiiu reutati "ion far veracity, there was a lawsuit in New a court cn the authority cf a statement by an i A Criticism of the Syrnpfcony Concerts. Brunswick in which Gould and his associates tried obscure citizen whose only evidence was that he had t-- Uo recover the money they had lost in their railroad sard a bootlegger say he had "carried a load" to MAT I ask room fcr a few remarks venture. Gould was a witness in that tr'ai.

His tes- Thompsons house. It proved to be a false tip. No I apropos your editorial. "Art timony. which the Post-Dispatoh has printed, shews wa3 found In Thompson's home.

Business." the Tec. 10 issue? that he was not only cognizant cf the entire trans- -That does aU this mean? It means that the Grr One of the reasor.s the Fympbony con- action, but that he personally arranged with tbe ernor of Alabama and his Influential friends can i certs are net well patronised lies in the Xew Brunswick official as to the amount cf the violate the prohibition law and escape punishment by character cf the numbers performed. and the manner cf its paytn-nt. a transparent subterfuge. It means that the Gover- ncr of Alabama and his influential friends are prlvi- i ne tria Very fen people especially young peo- really so-called modern takes a person of considerab himself bevend" plaintiff.

Gould, that he ha 4. musical education to appreciate such the pale of the law. One paragraph tf that cpiicn mus.c 2i it takes a. higher type reads: tion law do not have to stand trial but can hire a substitute to bear the guilt and pay the costs. It also means that the courts can be used to intimidate a musician to en.oy it.

To say that such modern works are educational tor those "When Mr. Gould passed the money into hands of the man who was acting for the Prc-r- newspaper editor who is brave and honest enough to "reciate tne 13 wno do not yet error. such ncrks performed tract then about to be entered into oe in the truth in such circumstances, as he is henor-! bly bound to do. he put himself in such a position with respect That is prohibition Alabama the law floated, thereto that the aw in regard t3 it. either give him no assistance ectly or indirectly.

tuted. justice travesed tow and then say or.ee a week has no educational effect on the musical lay-luan. It takes study, theoretical stu iy, t) understand them. If tbe orchestra would cater more to the crd.nj.ry music-Xover, to the man and the wokas 1. can only understand and enjoy r.ius.e cbvio-isiy.

restates the ancient press coerced, lawlessness rampant, corruption uditi rn. that a liticant must ccme everywhere. ihat paragrap gal principle, nea it aots not a.oSetiier sreas awiv a i imp.y a from ha: is somvtimes sneermgly ca.led Th.it legal principle, which, afte: -tradition- the would. no E()ril verity, is broadly applicable THE READ ED PERSON ARRIVES. Mme.

Kollantay, the woman so feared bv cur State seems to 3 to us. "We think it is just as becomingly a senatorial prin- Department that it sed to permit her to pass "cheap" music, not even so-called we as it Is a legal ar causic, tiul the great majority ci Symphony Orchestra patrons are lovers Senator-elect must come to that body with clean taken up her duties as the Minister of th- So-Vt of harmony autd melody, of susicii a th rases thev can w-hc-- a we Government. A most revea.mg g.impse into her char-technical knowledge cf music: they love -X3 5eat 13 s- corrupt litigant entitled to his acter is permitted by the news that she carried only VlL themes tht have a beginning and an 2ay in a court of equity. Morally, the proposition is trunks, cr approximately 54 less than Pola Netrl fiN rv Vi3f ill. One ttese trunks contained 1 S.Jfte t-nc, er.oy orchestration that runs elemental.

Am, mora.iy. are anu smith are every close to normal, short, thev want v-. i- rV. UI 1 cS-. -iti -aJ iaKa.V2B im: Uinr'duiii'e'd and" not Learned Senators, however, as was told in detail what might those bocks be? The dis-atches de- as as tnty are concerned.

l-e anv are a.i..:; ta. ij sen- scribe them as works cn historv, phllKcphy gov- aicoaer ct.y or shrietts ate cannot pass upo ernment. cf verse. No one brought up with shrill ir.c prehn Ued iiu.n a. i.e -fr-.

the Nervous Nellie school loneht ran njoy the present-d. citizenship and residence as specified in that that trunk is full of F.ed propaganda. It mt iy compositions, but TV they are so deciiedi a provision cf the Constitt gic cf that con- se nothing but a Pandora's box. a load cf verbal TNT me mi: A COSTLY LID. they cannot support an orchestra d.

rhich, once opened, wild spread the Red viru. is far i tenticn may easi.y be ridd.ed. suppose in his i railroad operations in New Brunswick, had not ana Is it any wonder that Mr. Kelloez-'s SiJnker Road. I 1 iH a cr.me or vio.enoe, sucn as rn.uro.er.

cu.d the snoopers in Europe warned the State WOIXD like to hear what auto own- states senate still be powerless to exclude the artist Mme. Koilan The 7VTTRROR ni PTTRT JC OPTXTTOTsT JUST A MIUTll A woman who is equipped bribery is a felony, and we asi a ers think of the condition of Skinker tnan? Well -h a.i on.v two trunas is a prima facie ebject cf sus- ih I fQpyyrUSt. 13C I sincerity, if the presence of a confessed bribe: Luuucll aveuue the. picion. but -ay- hen she is a Red.

the most cri sen of Federal Senate is less unthinkable to the American ton road. I Jo not think our Street I I I- IIWIII- II IIMI ill II 1 -hen one of these trunks is full of books ever rod-- over this part people, less offensive to their sense cf propriety, and BCy'. the smelling salts and the bouncer A RATD AM THE RESULTS. From the Bocnvdlle Weekly Advertiser. TT RANK CUNN'TNGHAM of 5u Louis, act- cf road, because are from 50 0 to TtrT TXfi THE JXTjICXVL CAT First Judge: "Why don't you?" ess contrary to pub.ic ro.icy.

Tr, is ro'unn it fef.ji'i fa reproduce luza lowest coflnfit by I le-zdinj a i-l ins nfurspeperg an-d periodi-i ca.j o-t the of the day. resencs i- 000 holes, Whv r.o: drive him Second Judge: "I can't. A rela2to 1 DOUGLASS UNIVERSITY CPEMNG- "ng- prohibition enforcement officer, who SO fie can see for himself. H. O.

KAWUNG. mine is an appointee of the Juvenile I Ann un cement cf the opening here next month" Third Judge: "I'd da it. but Id we i Or. if there are degree in criminality at which th-Senate of the United States must blink, what art thev? of Dc eidered that assignment, and It ass University for Negroes came significantly Advertising and Publicity. 1-ttit.

where would tht I cn he same day that Roland Hayes, a Negro, dem- conducted the spectattular radd on booties-e-r! here Saturday morning, must feel that the "prominent citizens" cf Bocnvllle who made him believe that the to wn was wetter than in pre-Voistead days sent him out on a wild-g-oose chase. This overwerked and Let the apologists for Gould who bribed a Ca ladlan US CPIVH'VTI y-ro-i- wv O.V TKjLVL AT CANTON. Fro- the Cleveland Plain T'ealer. rTr HE trial cf Patrick E. McL-ermott at Canton is more than the trial cf an in-div.

dual charged -with murder. It Is a test case between the forces which comprise and Fourth Judye: "One of rs outfit to. AFFAKL-Mih the judges on ou: Circuit Bench don't know the differ ie Judges on our electorates of Pennsvlvania an-" -vc ittaining by appearing in a vocal recital before a you see the papers today?" Fifth Juds-e: doesn't one of 1 ence betneen adve: ar.i j.icity iar.n? officer of the law cr'OTd 2'1 r-yr. apo.ogists answei i nose reconsideration The rest wocii I for It if one of us started it." Sixth Judge: "Maybe St will fclew 9f Advertising is tc wriite spare you pay for of a newspaper and fill with your ssag Publicity what you get in the way ON TO NEW 0RLEA5. The Board cf Aldermen has appropriated ft 19 Besides, he awarded my nephew asd ec practically the entire Federal enforcement force in Missouri and got IS prisoners, half of them Negrroes.

In a newspaper interview. Cunningham aid he had secret operators worki-ff here three months to secure evidence. In the raid cne still was found. If it takes three months to find one lone maintain orderiy socie-y end the elements of disorder which in American cities are known as "the underw-crld. Ostensibly one youns man is belngr tried for murder, oso one knows whether he is I can't do if stenog-rapher a fit fee.

cv ot a news item a large audience, black and white, and receiving the sincere commendation cf music critics. Lincoln University, a State institution for Negroes at Jefferson City, with an enrollment cf around C00, is the only institution cf hisher learning ces to colored boys and girls in Missouri, and th establishment of a new college for them in St Louis should as colored citizens. "With a negro population approximately 15 per cent more than 100.000. St. r.iy.

or may pay the expenses cf tnose cf its members who care Seventh J- ire: "Maybe it will blow twj Chorus: "Maybe it will." Free! line' Judjr: "Th cnral sesrtoB to take a trip to New Orleans to see how central zon for street cars, such as the cne -repose-' f--r must have the benefit cf still. Cooper Count- is certainly about "he 4rT every afeg-iard provided by law. But if practices and adjourn." 5 dry est county In the State. W- suspect they could hav bagged bigger jrarne cio-r 3 fr, V-i A ev indicates that Mclo-ermott is Olive street and the one dail boulevard are working The vote was not unanimcu men mad-3 cruel remarks soon saying among ether things tha cu view cn Delmar Seme cf the was an excuse net guilty and results in a verdict cf ac- tf-, The GorfT-er of Idaho iaprwwt CT "n'i- me2 tt iking a liquor raid and giving out cot, retiect erect cn you. it is a controversy for men in as r-sponsibe positions as our Crcult Judges to b-criticising Jude Grimni, who has an excellent record, because M.ssour.'s ol.i-.-t banking' ir.si.t ut.on has very sensibly-used his name in scicihti tusmess through adv ert.s.r.g.

8 Our learned Judges spend their time in correcting renditions that lead to the puchc.iy ar receiv." instead cf argu.r.t ace unu eth es of the U-stal protess.cn. Ev idently. li has not sunk :r.io t.ieir ni.nds that Louis should be able good-sized student body as rv county wre Oviieved T.w. St lack and ct to-, they had befer make a reputaUos for- start in e. al sys'm has caused the races --a tor a cnristmas vaoution.

an i that the better be employed to pay the salaries who rre now "hem la'd eff taw Both Arkansas and Maine arpar Negroes to other communities, nctublv Chieazt to be involved in a conspiracy, any officer should be in possession of facts such action, esp'dally whn such off; cer has teen working on the case thr months an i has had such epl- ndid co-or ration from citizens." Th- raid results, acccri to the Tustnct Attorney in Kansas City, shew that the f.u are insufficient for prosecution dt. than, cr that Mr, Cunningham's sleuths did been .1 to stand as indication of society's inability to with antisocial forces such as have Tne freedom of tha press, which, with democracy, is cn trial at Canton. Meliet. the editor who was killed, was "punished" hy the underworld bee? tee he was fearless enough to tell the truth and because he de- pcrtunities are ocen in tne there i a distmcti on p. 1 never content unless th Comptroller Berry of New York fj urge univers.ties.

u'Cugiass University sncu.a at- and fame. A.1D VEKTiSlNO MAN. Ana yon in Quest cf We known AI- ,0 st, incuts the b-est e.ement the colored peo- to paying a reception tor ry- to visitors. He nrobablv ftsru res that TT1 "3 '0 chemistry of a sacarac cccitail anu tl, raise the state standard cf education 1 ri -v" 1 1 sra i th a Antcmes. c- prob- -a i r- a A CVeW cr oo of sleu "Whom A lublie services.

To ot i-ie isrsut. SIR: You have not lived and iab in vain. It has long been a con c. oranizeu mg enu.ess.y a bow. cf has a chance to bette should hav WTIY I LOVE ST.

LOOS. mself. regardless cf i and crime in all their ramifications. It is i necessary for society to avenge this murder in crier to establish the supremacy of law -ja rnv nrst make mad." Could it possibly be that desire for political revenge, rather than a dsi- far law enforcement, actuated the "prominent citizens?" n-nts i to Because, if you buy a ticket or tae tron of yours that ar.it tj the Constitution of Louisiane. New Orleans, no ioubt.

is a fine pi: neutral zones. Ve hope the Aldermen trip and that they ccme back some the Mar-ti Gras season. After all. the phony concert and then at the last eu-1 ii. i .0 sanoc.y tree speecn and a free press.

1 A RISE. have a nice imr? before All United States is watching" the Mc- Oc a. i. eu and t-u wr vnu hs a ticket 'eih sell it back, tslt From the Broo re fully as important as the sacrosanct ighteenth amendment. You bav-s gene urther than that ycu b.

ave iar-d open- Iy tc say hat the all-embracing "-gfl: amendment did not annul the of th- Constitution. TVT'tt mowledze da-re, 1 in his message. Ke ascribes our present state of 1 n. or. oca.

i.ag: hether the 1 wha you get to th C'3on ta 'hem a chance of eliing it they refsaKj rlcate imagine. 3 to iimcucto-o to investigate the relation of redeem it. CANTA3- oipa. management. io-r k-e c.

i-g to success in iat has borne fruit. Sam S. lla.ev. prosperity in degree to the practice of economy by the Federal Government. That practice, says ha, has not failed to work.

"It has surely brought re- i With no desire whatever to be captions, we regret that Mr. Cooiidge did not particularize. He did cot TO THE PUCE en.ous.y at tne i.inr utig circus. which ha- only one whit- elephant on its hands- He's short of mahouts and has whole herd to manage. White elephanta, like chicken, come home to roost.

HIS MASTER'S VOICE." If married life is filled with B3 And bachelorhood is woe. tewly appointed prohloltion admin ietra- 1 tor fpr ths- ixteer.ih pr-w raise to observe the fourth amendment. Fhirther Why tax the joys the single has again rsched ctr show where money has been saved in the operation of the national government. It is true there have ROSE CULTURE. From the Portland (Ore.) Journad.

PORTLAdSTlo wlhl have greater fame as the rose city because, of the rose library 5 that to be installed nere througts the gift cf Thomas Cook and J. A. Currey. The history of the ros is something that in- i spires the culture of the rose. It is his- tcry roo-ed deep in entdrnerit.

romance. religion and war. A rose has presided ove-nattonal destiny. The science of rose culture is something many Pcrlar.Jrs know little about. their general love fcr the beautiful flower.

There will be in the la what crave to know. be knows what th fourth am end m-nt hi. for the third t.me within the period of a year ESAuSTING TTrFl Trom the Dallas Morning i The refl ormer'y wem by Turki vj. a erprisa. Loclge Heu C-ovem ses each vear resulting in brothers, th- Nattcnal Cash Register a-d ce.estiuj status when you und.scovered bourne where ralkm Maoh.ne.

cn in cation -as Nen mungts in i hirkey wii: fte 'era and Virginia cigarettes. i ti 3. tax reduction but these have been du to the fact that reduction in costs of all kinds since the war have marched ahead cf tax redaction. It has taken taxes longer to return toward normalcy than it has taKen costs. Aside from that, however 'act v-a 1 tu ex; rrom trou icus and r.u...f:cat at resit, call No matter btU I am.

how, vcr damned I be. 1 wear by the tt ar.l of the prop he; i The one we about EdwrnrS i another romance America rose as a part general 'TV is that he did not do it far th i kiddies. sou taught a aum.r. r-at or the fourth amendment If that not sat- 3- 'a-1 -1 penni.ess mechan: rars ago. wh-n the ben rise, instead of a recession in Federal brary, information gathered widely to show how th- rose culturtsrs of many lands have solved th- problems of transplantation, grcwthi and bloom.

There is a bulletin has ben posted in the public library which ends with the expression that "rood ficient for admisa.oa to a halking machine was a stammer" ng. ra no justice. J. D. ii.

endowed it with the "onztios of ahu-ls. Ke i.ture since the low post-war point in 4. The 1 as piled estimated total expenditures for 152S exceed -earlv les xorrrArr riches. (RoDdna.) The partnership agreed upon us. -as dcua infi- $50,000,000 the figures for A-proprtations for up a cf many I adtei-r more.

i 3y Mike and Tony, Tom and John "TTm- Giant tS Bditw of -h Pot 0jlct exceeded by those for the preceding bocks make men The acj-trirtng Will last forever and a day. Th wbdl th Volstead act Bolda use ot rait men raitr. accounu cne cz me world's fiscal year. There a an incoreas cf 155,000,000 THE St. Louis Conference of the Catn-j olic Students' Mission Crusade wth- The culture of the rose wtll make ny Part- greast en.erta.ners ana greatest instructors.

Ke in 13.6. and one of S23.D30 50fl tr, nd man or woman, boy or gtri. an es to thank the for the has brought gayety and glory into the homes cf a-; s. despite Cooiclge eccnom. Government penent cf beauty.

va.ubie assistance renaere us in ac- Ke has enabled the humblest is to know --tail for 132S exceed by some $400,000 000 those cur par-ant. KUVr cbose" daughters cf genius. The pro- i reasj their stock is far from fans, i They ofta work from dark to dr nioading caaes on the lawn 3rought ta fross Cub, ty, wl Th. partner- ship, They da not sd to cringe and Their lewe have ta psf fcr 13.4. P-haps.

but for the workings of Coolidr- Ton can i'-ei cnr.fs.Jent yoxx hv-. i i-tcr rt.s.s tahieaaed for years in economy, the Increase would be SSoO 000 0h3 We rNJ I I lFlLXJ FEAR. the Tor's Evening Post. L'N TTON .1, 1 la -art Tin to act in "Coashel Byron's Profession" hf the rnai- 'ipfa in a. f-' ii ar.a cat yo "ir i ue.

company auv-rtusintt has reen a Starrv calaorv frort, win be rewmrded. Wall str-et has acquired a prcfi-ab-ebu-es an- uot know that, however. "vVe do know the total fig- 1 ur-s show an alarming rise in the cor of CATHOLIC STUDENTS' MISSION i 6r' a. i. have to carry Government.

It tak es facets, not rhetoric, to -i-lain Ci ov- re not to follow Their wives for diamond rc7 wK They're knoaa in every cafe, th, something CSX-SAfK. joa the latter heritage, in order to prosper. That is 'at gtna, too closely. Judged by scenarios i in general, his fears en that i aiw a- aa-r, secretary. ue lEruic Ci zais aiasi.gr a o.ua.

utear so mucua an cut, entirely without foundation. i i arm- h.p. Xjt. 77.