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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1924 i 16 INVITING RADICALISM. I other dainties unknown today. But it is doubtful 11 'if ancient Greeks and Romans had food shows: In the light cf revelations connecting empires.

temnti' ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Founded ly JOSEPH PULITZER Dec. 11, JS7S. I of the Department of Justice with the conspiracy rllishct b-j thf Pulitzer TublitMng tft evidence tmichine Fall and McLean and Company. Twelfth Boulevard one, by the excellence and diversity of the good; things spread to view, to adopt the Epicurean doc-; trine of rather living to eat thai eating to liTe.

With a health show and a baby show thrown in for good measure, this week's Coliseum demonstra-1 tion should be as appetizing and satisfying as a banquet. the use of the Department's code lor conn il tions with McLean, it is impossible to see how Pres-, idem Coolidge can retain Harry M. Daugherty in the office of Not one bit of co-operation have the 'gators cf the oil-leasing scandals received from the Department of Justice. On the the telegrams breueht to licht indicate efforts on THE POLICE AND THE COURTS. the part of employes of the department to conceal' The lettfr p.

ned "A Police Officer" on this 1 and Oiive Street. the ruT- FOILM. I know that my ret irrmrnt will make no difference In its rardinal principles, that it will always fight for pmgrrs antl reform, never tolerate injustice or i-orniption, always ftulit demagogues of all parties neer belong to any party, always Hpe firiwleged flashes and public plunderers, never lack f-jmpailiy Willi the poor, nlwa.n remain devoted to the public welfare. neer be atifjed with merely printing iow, ahiavs Ih drastically independent never tie afraid to at Lack wnng, whether by predatory plutocracy or IreiIatory poverty. josiim rt i.iTZiii:.

April 10. 1907. the crime of Fall and the lying of Fall and Mc-j Lean -and to protect the criminals, Harry M. Daugherty himself is now under in-j vestication. yet he is retained in control of the de- partment.

exercising the rowers of Attorney-Gen- eral and directing its forces provided for the de- tection and the prosecution of all -violators of Fed-i eral laws. He is in a position to use that power i page represents an attitude which places cxpedi-i Uncy above duty. Vet it may be typical, and who, is in a position to blame the policeman? Tbis officer says he will not arrest a dangerous gangster if he "can get out of it." "Why? Because the courts let the prisoner out again to prey upon society and perhaps shoot policemen who cause him: trouble. Habitual criminals and ex-cotrviets enjoy! for his own protection, to intimidate or attempt to same uncom.Prnc(j consideration as that vouch-! punish those who offend him. He has.

in fact. safed firs, offeEder3. tne police produce com-j made threats against Senator? engaged in investi-; petent evidence, even signed confessions; let wit-! LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE gating his own conduct. cesses testify, perhaps at the risk of their President cooiidge himse.r nas th, A arr months and effective co-operation in the efforts to clear up the; a friTOlous technicality will undo the whole! oil and other scandals and to clean up the admin-, nartbreaking effort. While waiting for trial or; istration.

His appointment of outside lawyers to appeaI tne gangster enjoys his liberty and robs and! prosecute the oil lease suits in behalf of the Gov-jkil2s to pay attorners' fees and usury to his bonds-! The name and addrcs cf the author must accompany every contribution, tut on request Kill not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 uords receive preference. -'i eminent proves his own lack of confluence in tne Attorney-General he is retaining in office un What Encourages lawbreakers? th Ed.tor of Fostrvj-atoH. yilEHE is a lot of talk about police officers arresting small criminals grave charges. It was slowly and with reluctance that he parted from Denby, who rested under the expressed condemnation of the Senate and the man.

This condition does rot relieve a policeman morally from discharging his full duty. But how can we expect a policeman to be an idealist with I his life at stake prosecutors and the courts do not seem seriously exercised over bringing the! guilty to justice. They did not take off their coats to help win the late proposed judicial amendment. Those members of the bench and bar more devoted to justice than to profitable litigation who did lend their influence and effort to the cause were over and letting the murderers and robbers general condemnation of the public. go.

and there is a good deal cf truth when Washinsion. as President, was confronted ii the charge, but there is a reason for it ard that reason is: i with a similar situation he acted prompt. y. if th or an r.ffi.f r.f r-i EJaona Kasaoipn. first Attorney-General other murderous criminal the risX of United States, who had been appointed Secretary his life his case is continued time after 0f state bv Washington to succeed John Jav.

was time by the Judge, and even when he wjunJ C3 account of rumors spread by: convicted the Jud-re paroles him or th- Governor pardon him. so what is the Fauehet. the representative of the French Direct o-. use of a police officer risking his life to rate. Randolph was an intimate friend of the itrrest such criminals? He has no en- President, who esteemed him hizhlv for his'serv- ices in connection with the adoption cf the Con- couracement to arrest them when they are freed, and I.

for or.e (and I have whelmed by the sea of apathy and opposition among their fellow lawyers. If we do not have honest and efficient admin-; istration of the law we cannot expect honesty and efficiency in any greater measure on the part of the police. Abie and honest administration of justice must begin at the top. The alternative is mob law and private defense with the aid of the pocket arsenal. stitution, ht Washington promptly dismissed him.

He put above any private consideration, holding that the Government must be above suspicion. President Coolidge himself is under, a cloud, ncni for any improper act, but for the sin of heard there are many more police oifi- cers who do the same. will ret arrest them if I can cet out of it. The whole trouble and the terrible i crimes committed today on all sides are the fault of no one except the lawyers, i who make the laws and recommend the Judges. In other words, the lawyers and I He shares with the entire Hard- omission.

MR. McADOO'S GENIUS. As a lawyer Mr. McAdoo has a repn- of having per- Judees cf this country are responsible i in Cabinet the condemnation for the dangerous condition of this coun-j nite4 tn oSI leases to I made without tatioa for surrounding himself with weaithv clients. l.

ivua. i 7 i- i V- t'ruicsi. case; is empnasizea oy n.a cai uuer laieiiis, too. tor instance, re- failure to do -anything of his own initiative when plying to Senator fling that he never had he came into the presidency. appeared in an important law suit, Mr.

McAdoo It is not a complete defense for members of the says he tried and won "one cf the most imnortant What we reed is a complete overhauling of our criminal laws and "judicial" system to make it mandatory upon ali Judges to sentence every criminal alike. accords xo me in commu Harding Cabinet to say that the oil leases were not law suits in the historr American uxscussea in Laoinet meetings. be disposed of within a year, and paroles They are presum- dence." His associates in that case were Charles E. t. had been done.

1 Hughes and George W. Wickersham. Enew and pardons should be abolished and ably intelligent men WAITED FOR THE HOOK. and were fully cognizant of the agitation of the There you have it. The ability to select capable question of the legality and cf the oil subordinates is rare.

It is pretty near to leases, in the Senate and the press. Their position Mr. McAdoo possesses it in an extraordinary is that cf a member cf the board of directors in a degree, as the citation shows. Indeed. M-.

-u. bonds refused persons previously convicted of crime, and police officers should be supplied with blanks upon which they can give their testimony and the depositions under oath of to a crime to prevent Intimidation The MIRROR corporation who knows that the corporation is Adoo is the canny sort of chap who. if goins into' "Written for th lJUST A MINUTE as- nvi y. oeiaj roocea or oeirayea. ana wno excuses a rougn-anu-tumoie i.gnt, would pick as his nd save the officers' time.

ir an it ti-a 4 rio. -c-. By CLARK McADAMS PUBLIC OPINION 1924 All the 'Las rot been discussed by the board. The entire) And thus become champion scrapper of Cabinet is in large measure responsible for what world. opposing- such laws should be regarded with suspicion and defeated.

A rOtdCK OFFICER. MAKING MEN GQOD BY IAW From the New Albany (lad.) Review. TJ "5" THE way. we have espied fci happens under an administration. Public confidence in the Coolidge adminlstra-1 tion is seriously impaired.

Further inaction on. the part of the President and his advisers bring it' to the vanishing point. The continued retention of; horse sense (no pun Intended) te th? NEW FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE. The sophisticated may search in vain for any marked departure in the Macdonald-Poincare cor-! Safety of Commercial Dirigibles. To th oi th h.

some remarks from a preasi I port 1 the P.ev. Thomas L. Settle, pastor ef reply to. Mr. Pwight Huntington's Daugherty is contributing much to that result.

In respondence from the previous declarations of plat- by either Government. But progress toward! Church of the Good Shepherd. Lexisgt uncalled-for tirade asaint the inot- i f-rsivo commercial diricible. whicn Tiw of conditions the real clean up in Washington Sr. "I am eppesed to the repeal ef th pt will have tQ be made by the people in the elections, afr9at betwea Patants.

it should be rec nizi2, is not attainable by direct reversals on the'; JOl ANTWTN OPINION. would make for world peace, and h-s eulogry of the offensive airplanes, which are stead.Iy doing their part to bring on i I a SiiliMS to me that the point as to The course of events points to a political revolution which may astound the complacent politicians and the leaders cf finance, industry and commerce as to his part of one or the other party. Particularly in politics must concession be veiled lest the error of former policies be openly confessed. Such conies-! sion would unsettle confidence and defeat I another world war. wish to ho have contributed so much ti mutul law," says Dr.

Settle, "and las-this (Bennett bill for repeal) wi3 sot- -In New- Tork. where I have lived. sn gentlemen started a movement Cat away with the old method cf and produced a condition instead of localizing gambling. pr afar, and. instead of decreasiss.

creased it by 500 per cent. agree with the last speaker. Mr. 1 That of thousand of tas- the present in-That situation rover-mental situation. faropean difterences to a new for a tidal wave cf radicalism.

phase. Poincare ha relieved his system cf a vast rnsjers. men. women and childr -r. have 50 rahie ben carried ssffly on commercial to is workin j-elms i since the firt pjssenge Ing dirigible or Zeppelin suctssf al- ly operated as a pasnger carrier air.

saii. "If he did not know that what he did after leaving the Cabinet did rot become him as a nr.d.date for the presidency, then be have r.o reason to suppose that he would ko-v becoming from unbecoming thinsa if he Fresident. "That is, ne can only believe that his judgment is arid will continue bad. We weight of pat The peopie must have Kimball, that men cannot be made A MOST NECESSARY SHOW. We bespeak a big and interested attendance on Food Sh.w at the Coliseum.

Who is not int-r- bv liw. Their improvement mu3t 190SI -without one fatal to any ef the passers rs carriel by thse hins durir." the Past 15 vcars UP to the i-'xvji. v. io some uesre in And it is the best in a'l va-ie- rret-eru 192. Mind vou.

I mv I ested in good food -lis course since co i iecided against from the heart. Compulsion never a any betterment in human r.arari. -process is one of development ef ing men what is right, and of cause to want i.o do what is right becass -v -i fatalities anions passengers carried by ties cf food that this show will place before us -tim as a candidate. xle Keeps r.gh; on. these dirigibles on commercial or pieas- the finest products of St.

Louis bakers -ter judgmetit rocers. as i -a had benent any than what evervbodv thin! become tired of listening, for they have learned; that it is without any fruits of tranquility or pros-! perity. France is not satisfied with things as they: are. The first step in any settlement, unless one! party is prostrated in defeat, is an agreement on principles. The correspondence ef the Premiers may come to naught.

Yet it is beyond mortal wisdom to pre-! diet that naught will come of it. Necessity pleads, i The expert commission, under the chairmanship of an American, is at work. Macdonald's method of frank, direct letter writing, as a substitute for trips, as 1 do not wish to discuss the cooks and housewives. There are be lectures on times, as we are now at peace, and. God 4 ot buying, preparing and preserving foods willing, hope to remain so.

with the aid Anl the competition in bread making and bakin; AERIAL MAIL SERVICE. Sir: It is entirely within the prerogatives of an advocate to adjourn to the hotel lobby and cuss the jury for an adverse decision; but for a lawyer to rise in. court and raise a rumpus would be as unbecoming as for an. editor to attack the people for a popular verdict. Good sportsmanship demands that we take the and lick the sooon.

I make an exception here in favor of the colored passenger en route from St. Louis to Kansas City on the Wabash limited. Lulled by the dror.ir.g wheels and soothed by an unfaltering trust in the crew, he fell asleep with head bacij. and mouth wide open. The brakemaa passing along the aisle saw the gaping gastronomic aperture, and remembering a paper of quinine which he had in his pocket, deftly cropped the medicine on the tongue.

The nervous paroxysm was instantaneous, though the intellectual awakening was retarded. Springing into the air. the negro yelled, "My gall bladder is busted! My gall bladder is busted." Now. Mr. Editor, in perceiving the bitter taste of the constitutional election you ought rot to "v--w with alarm'' an organic lesion in the body politic.

In connection with your charge cf "ignorance and indifference," consider that this election was called for winter, in the snow and over muddy roads with little opportunity for country folks to investigate or confer on a subject matter admittedly abstruse and technical. Consider that in spite of barriers thus purposely raised, the farmers trudged in arctic overshoes, or leaving their cars and knotting ut their horses" tails out of the mire, rode miles to the polls, to cast their so-called negative ballots, which nevertheless was their most affirmative expression of loyalty to their sovereign Constitution. And yet the country cast as large percentage as the city vote. Compare their arduous laixtr with the lilv-f'ngered denizens of the asphalt jungles, the curled and perfumed darlings cf the limousine districts, the adipose Aria ef the market temples chauff-ured to ballot box. Coaxed by a big campaign fund and spurred by the organization of local selfish interests, the languid electorate of St.

Louis, failing to register a quorum, may -wth some show of fairness be branded "ignorant and indifferent." Not so the homy-handed sous of toil, or th sun-bonneted maidens of Mo'cerly. We yf.V tio and hit 'em hard. Now after cf the Ieasrue of Nations and a big stick Louis has not lost th? art should prove that We haven't. is a pity that Mr. McAdoo.

ore of the most useful men. have had in public life, coiild not have availed himself of what everybody thought before be launched upon his career of big If he had snt out a questionnaire our advice as to taking fees from People like Morse ard If necessary. ef making good bread at home, in spite of the vvisninsr to on ine pes-j ith the commercial bakers intense competition ib.lities of any of the new modes cf who are claiming the pre-eminence in the hypocrisy From the Philadelphia Bulletin. ELIMINATION cf the 1,599.699 the New Tork-Saa Francisco Jaa5-r service from the postoffice apprspri-; schedule does net necessarily Baeaa a-'donment of this important adjunct tt tion development in the United SUM point of order defeated the sincerity, friendship and mutual confidence. Mac- am making art.

"Other men live to eat." said Socrates, "but I i ire everybody would have answered tly and urged him against it. tUl travel because the company cf 'vhsch I am the head will use all types cf aircraft for transportation purposes 1 still wish to call attention to the fact that travel by airplane or hydro-airplane not as yet an entire commercial suc n'Uri r.vi nave oeen necessai-v- -f" for donali'3 objective, apparently, is American ap-! pcova! and American co-operation. He is prepar-j ins Europe to meet American demands. I eat to live." There were Lucullan feasts in those old times, at which were served peacocks" tongues and have explained that he was a can- for th presidency. We fcne-v The technical objection directs attests that.

-en implied and it "would moreover have bv the Question raire. Congress to sr. important oirtiss.cvtn i lation affecting air service i the tC It was a moment in which his ui rent SPOILING KIS PLACE IN THE SUM. (Nelson ilar-itnir in the Doklv-H Eagle ci r. 1 i ii -cial aviation hv mkr.tinar mail sol aiu roc serve mm.

Me thought would ks it -was that which the British Ooverttatcat ne ail rignt. and nobody else thir V. i- ef ail lowed for a regular d.rigibte service is oest-itnawn tests for bad I din. Mail serv.ee is the most i strumer.talitv ava.iab in Ant "The American people have ha. 0-, President whose judgment was bad.

ami i flvinr machi nes periments wit Straining of a -y. is rw that the Pridee thev competent corps cess, and Mr. Huntington and the Post- J'ispatch having- all information at their d.apos&li will no doubt agree after con- suiting the records, that the rtumbrof fatalities anion? pa-enscrs of airplanes and hydro-airplane dsmrs the pat 1 ean. or durins any one of the pat IS vears. have been preater by far than the fatalities among pa-j-ensers cf dirigibles.

I Therefor I sty. long live th com- nercial dirigible, which hji earned tnar.y pa9iengeri safely during the past 1 ears, and also long the airplanes and b.ydro-airpianes and may stion be complete commercial sai-cess, brins-lng all the peoples- cf the earth in closer relationship and am.tv. WILLIAM HEXRT GF.VF.N. Tresident Central Aerial I tion Co. i against ahy emerg ncv.

iTuaeni are in no nt whose nave row is any better. They mood to elect another rresi'd judeme-t has proved fault v. ttates the desirabiii-v of enacting (laws may be necessary. th ap ation should be assigned repeHy t9 i the air service, rather than to the i mess i miss my guess, th dent is poi-g to be some one rest Presi-whosw mdsr- mer.t is about as near perfect as human wisdom Mr. Antwine i said.

attributable to acceleration of les r. ne c-y airpiane, the semce 10 ltfr.ee Department is comparatlvny while the importance to Amerieaa Som toil how sweet is rest. thing aecorn-m earned a a ptrsmoust. rr'His--: 3 dene ha clished, something Utteretl Streets. To ti of li THE GREEK the New Tork Port.

I draw your attention fllthj jy condition cf some to the of our of the 'T HE Greeks, and a burder downtown streets at this time nscme refugee pi--- jear and especially of thce -e- "Sv much as they need money as night's repose. We do not propose to like" ealley slaves scourged, but like who wraps the cellar doors about him and lies down to peacefuldreams. Moberly. Mo. a TSe vote on the Missourj Constitution will not be kivewn until nert week and not, understood then.

It is grapefruit against little green apples that Mr. Coolidge wishes himself back en the iiin. iii'Jir. iiic: porV Hr 1 I TlT.ea hart Great Britain unless here parked automobi'es hinder th weepers from reincving the refuse. This; lalter Is all the tuore apparent and i deposited in large amounts on account cf sweepings from the sidewalks.

From diy to day there is this accumulation i aj the most faithful sweeper is unable The New Tk Herald arres that w. are having too much Wisconsin in but it attribute, this evil to the a.Tciai Circumstance ef a Lmocratic bloc which can be cast as. a unit In any mov- to beat the P.epubli.-ans. There ss something to that, but not so much as the Herald think The truth is that as between most Democrats and the Progress: ves there is the common sympathy of opposition tj everything for which the republican party It is a condition of grave peril to the Republican theory cf government, and if see the future as clearly as we imagine do" there are going to be some very much sorrier editorials in the Herald before long than this one la which it laments the power cf Wisconsin. Following their design to become the most modern people in the world, the Turks have now abolished the caliphate.

There is no Arabian Nights tale like what is going en in Turkey. Tne, difficulty with Mr. Mellon seem to be" that he can't held oa to what he does urcm leatAniiif divided: the Greek people have fered from pvUt.cai hysteria- MP a Cabinet; things looked Pr-" leans. Venizeloa went dsa tst. of Kovallst and i other Cabinet JS pueiied alrea.1v wabbliag.

Th Greek 9 irivS automobile l.ves is assured The Mlssfurian who driving is shortening our cf the pedestrian vote. It tn the short time allotted. rZT TiWii'S before parking tune. The flush-i 'ySfe 1 are useless t. cope with the ---e -l n.

I suggest that the tue de-; J.W 'sglS be instructed and that b- "'t5 -i. part of their duty to Tush cur' iiT--rJ 't'' and remove this filth at s-ach $A'ZZSi JSS i as it becomes necessary. We; r'-'- mp ain cf our smoke ru.sjc. ft'th may be even more injurious ay want th.s sort cf thing. to save ti.emsMive.

la jj. thy call for a Moses if Sirrv would, not permitted lK'r-r misfortune of th Greeks that If Senator Itffl.n doesn't find out ho "principal" is pretty soon he will blow up. tv HANS ALLAN. for a who will What cf th ihrewsbary robin?.

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