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TWO THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 1926 K.tabilshed'ioov THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT ppstoince at Sedalia. na second Claes matter, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1880. ASSOCIATED PRESS AAIERICAN NEWSPAPER ASSN. Address all communications to SEDALIA DEMOCRAT COMPANY, Democrat Building, Sedalta, Miasouri D. STAN1.EY GEORGE TRADER W.

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A SORRY DISPLAY. The Senate made a sorry display of itself in the Woodlock case. Thomas F. Woodlock, a New York financial writer, was nominated by President Coolidge for appointment to the interstate commerce commission a year ago. His name was sent to the senate for confirmation, and immediately became the subject of controversy.

It was claimed that Woodlock was not a proper person to sit on the commission. He was identified with Wall street, and at the time of his nomination was a director of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway and of the Pere Marquette. The senate, in a truculent mood, refused to permit the usual formal confirmation of a presidential nomination and referred it to the Interstate Commerce Committee for an investigation. That committee, after mulling over the case for months, by a vote of 9 to 8.

rendered an adverse report to the senate. doom "was freely forecast, and no doubt that gentleman was prepared to leave the commission where he has been sitting pending senatorial action, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says. But the senate, in executive session, proceeded to confirm Woodlock by a vote of 52 to 25. The wide margin by which he passed was a surprise even to Woodlock and his friends.

The great opposition to Woodlock had melted away. What caused the thaw? Woodlock is the same person today that he was a year ago. The objections which were made against him then are still operative. The answer is that, with the exception of a few conscientious senators who resented placing a man of background upon a semi-judicial body charged with the regulation of railroads, the only real objection to Woodlock was based on patronage jealousies. Senators from southern states were loud in their opposition to Woodlock.

President Coolidge neatly quietd them by appointing to another vacancy on the commission Richard V. Taylor of Alabama. Then Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, a very valuable administration man, raised a howl because his state was not represented on the commission. Again the president came forward with healing salve by announcing that Pennsylvania would be considered in future appointments. What purported to be a fight on principle turned out to be a mere patronage squabble.

It will be noted that oodlock was confirmed by a coalition of both democratic and republican regulars. The vote, therefore, was no test whatever of the ethics of the appointment of a Wall street railroad man to a railroad regulatory body. Woodlock sits on the commission because the president held a bag of oats before the eyes of the hungry ones. ---------------COME OUT IN THE OPEN. From the Chicago Tribune.

Senator Norris of Nebraska has asked that the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Mexico touching the controversy over the land laws recently passed by Mexico be made public. Admittedly, the situation is a serious one, more serious than in several years, it is said in Washington. In view of that fact the sooner the negotiations are published the better. It is to be hoped devoutly that there will be no trouble with Mexico, but if there should be the people of the United States should be fully informed concerning the steps that led up to it. Rumors breed unnecessary fears and these breed the sort of hatred that causes war.

The rumors should be dispelled by the truth. It is known that the Mexican laws are likely to deprive American interests of oil lands. Immediately the cry goes up that the United States is being pushed into a quarrel by capitalism. It is said also that the Mexican laws will hit the small American investor. The truth should come out before radicalism has the chance to make capital out of the oil reports, and the jingo out of the rumors that the little American seamstress will lose her nest egg.

COUNTRY. From the St. Joseph Xews-Press. Missouri does not appreciate her own advantages. Her greatest drawback consists, paradoxically, in her abundance of natural resources.

She takes them for granted. A campaign of advertising among sister states is a fine idea, but there is greater necessity for selling Missouri to her own citizens. One need only to scratch the gi'ound here and give the least possible care to almost anything in order to make it grow. the states which must irrigate and turn themselves wrong side out to raise their crops advertise themselves in season and out and shout to high heaven that they are the garden spots of the universe. If Missouri had to drain swamps, if she had to carry for her farms hundreds of miles, her citizens would think the state m.arvel- ous.

But no, rain direct from the sky and abundant flowing rivers water the state, so there is nothing wonderful about it. The fact that a natural water supply gives a better flavor to fruit than does irrigation is forgotten. ----------------THE MAN IN WORKING TOGS. From the Commercial. The head of a large New York contracting firm makes the odd statement that workmen are grieving because they must go to and from their jobs in clothes.

He even recommends that contractors provide lockers and showers so that the dusty and grimy garments can be donned and laid aside and the workmen travel in white collars. It is doubtful if this contractor speaks for the American workman, who never yet has been ashamed of the mantle of respectable toil. The idea that it is a disgrace to appear in working clothes has been accepted by America. It is not unusual for many workmen, like many men in the building trades, to have a working outfit which they discard when quitting the job for home, but the discard is not to hide the fact that the wearer is an artisan or to indicate that he is ashamed of his calling, That environment has a great effect upon our personal lives is unquestionably true, but genius has been known to rise superior to its depressing qualities. Unhappy conditions have an all too unfortunate influence upon our lives, it is true, but those who reach despite such obstacles win a glorious battle.

IGNORANCE IS THE MENACE. From the Kansas City Star. The great democratic experiment of the United States is not menaced from outside. Its only menace is from within. An enormously complex industrial machine has been built up on which the present standard of living depends.

Its adjustments are so delicate that it could very easily we wrecked. The danger is that under of temporary hard times it might be wrecked by men who had no understanding of its make-up. Against this danger of ignorance the democracy instinctively has fortified itself by an extensive system of public education. The common schools, colleges and universities are thus essential instruments for safeguarding society. Dr.

Stratton D. Brooks, president of the L-niversity of Missouri, in his address at Peoria recently, invited attention to the danger that might develop through a niggardly policy toward education. universities and he said, parts of one great organized effort of society to maintain and carry forward our democratic The state that serves its educational systems, that cuts down support to colleges and universities, is failing in its duty not merely to keep opportunity open to its young people, but to safeguard society itself. Ignorance always has been the enemy to civilization. EDGAR 'JSS POE NORRIS THIRTY-FIGHT.

A the street err rumUed and and shook on its way toward River street and the corner Eve debarked to to w'ork at John Sons, she could think of but Miss Johnstone and her unexpected (to Eve) appearance in Ontral City Before her was a piece of the morn- Daper Clay had handed over to keep her quiet while he perused the sporting columns, but she it. Had John Ingate anything to do with Miss presence in the city? Of course, of course. Then it dawned upon her. Miss Johnstone was in the city to be a guest at the Ingate ball. That was it.

The thought caused Eve to frowm. If she were not married, she herself would be going to the ball. And. But there was no use thinking about it. Why should she regret? Only John might have invited her and Clay.

Clay, of course, did not notice preoccupation; he was rleep in his newspaper. He was not aware when Eve turned to gaze at him critically. Perhaps, if he had been aware, he would have been disturbingly puzzled. For in her glance were a thousand questions, all of them bound up with one: whether she had made a mistake in not marrying John Ingate. Eve had tried not to let such thoughts get into her head; she realized that they wore disloyal; but they persisted in returning.

She had devoted care to her toilet that morning and she really made a pretty picture as she walked into the general office room. She was not disappointed with the effect of her neat new mannish suit she had bought in Chicago for particular purpose, upon iW girls in the office who came forward to and giggle. nice you hah! How does feel to be married? Hah, look so bet you had a wonderful time in just said to myself. Pil bet run off and get married that some bet you had a wonderful else in thi.s office will Pave to be gcttin- married soon now, for every thing comes in threes. Mary and you and somebody A deafening, lulling medley of voices, with Eve crying to express her appreciation of wonderful gift you sent us in Mary Sullivan, Eve particularly noticed, took no part in all of this.

Mary sat through it at her desk, ostensibly working, but really watching the reception from under her eyelids. Eve, suddenly getting a glimpse i of her, wondered what John Ingate had told Mary about the new' ar- i rangemcnt in the ofiice. She hoped that Mary was angry because she (Eve) was re.suming her old position of seniority among the girls in the office. John Ingate came in at nine I Tiicn the girls, few of I whom liked Mary Sullivan, waited for Eve to take her old place at the desk. Evidently none of them had received news of John new plans.

In tne heur since her arrival, had idling at a vacant desk, waiting and watching. At last, after Mary Sullivan had been in the office for 10 or 15 minutes, John Ingate called for Eve. here you are. Pvc just been telling Mis.s Sullivan about the scheme of Mary present and as he said this he nodded toward her. think she undc.c.ands what is to do.

You two are to work together, of course. I want to do is to be free of most of the details of the business. You, Eve, will hereafter work more directly with Mr. Stone (the manager) than with me. He understands just what responsibility you are to take off his shoulders and those of Larrison (the sales manager.) move out of the front desk, over by the alcove window and you can take that one.

Mary was smiling. She wrould continue to be secretary-to-the- president. Eve looked over at her as if to say, see, Clay came up out of the shipping room at noon to see his wife. she explained hesitantly, not caring to go into details, moved my desk over here as you Clay looked around, you going to be John's secretary any Annoyed by his persistence (so she saw it). Eve r.nswered him indifferently.

a W'ay. Pm the chief I came up to see if you think this be a good time for us to go in and see John about going on our notes at the building Clay! I thought I made it plain that we do She was deeply irritated. Why he understand? you have to get snippy about His tone w'as loud enough to have been heard some distance away, and Eve looked up to see if any of the girls had heard. Apparently not. wish speak like that viTicn others might The remark caused Clay to turn around abruptly.

no one heard. But no one else except your father or mine and 1 like do yon think of imposing on tome one else if you are hesitant about calling on your or mine? Is that Clay was not up to ahvays considerate (when calm) reasoning. He subsided. out to I think I will. I brought an apple and an orange and that w-ill be enough.

But you ought to go out and get something He left her alone. During this hour from twelve until one, a great calm settled over the office. Typewriters ticked only intermittently on a few desks, and the usual noise from machinery missing. Eve liked to stay in at lunch and enjoy this hour of quietude. Sometimes she used the hour to read, or to sew.

but usually she devoted it to That w'as what w'as occupying her today. Mr. Stone, the manager, had been only too glad to turn over much of his detail work to her, and there it piled up on his desk. The telephone on Mary desk rang. No one was near, so Eve got up and went over to answer it.

is calling, This was the customary question. hold the phone a With nervous fingers she made the connection into John office. Then, instead of putting dowm the receiver, she kept it at her ear. She just put it down. And then she heard Jocelyn Johnstone talking to John Ingate.

(To be continued.) Eve and Clay find a home in the inext A BRITISH VIEW OF AMERICANS By LORD THOMSON Former British Secretary of State! For Air. in an Interview In England, Before going to America I had heard of typical Yankees and 100 per cunt Americans. 1 found that the made familiar by cartooni.sts was as unlike the ordinary citizen as portly is unlike most lanky Britons. My belief is that me never meets these types on heir native heath but finds them occasionally on liners or In fashionable hotels, and usually at the bar. As regards the i)urse-proud millionaire, I was equally fortunate I came across several men and wo.

men of dossal wealth; but the most diffident person of my ac- Quaintance is an elderly Ameri- IOMSOM can gentleman who must be worth: at least 60,000,000 sterling. Every European race Is repre-1 sented in America. So far the ferent seem to have pre- i served their national characteristics. and for this take an interest in European affairs. But interest is objective and detached.

They are glad to he free from entanglements of Europe, and even in aloff and distant California are cultivating an American spirit. Mr. Israel Zangwell has called America melting in my view a more correct description would be United Slates of Europe under Stars and My impression of the people of the United States is that they are very much like other people. The men are not all nor are the women shrill-voiced, they are kind and decent, anxious to do what in them lies to help humanity, but a little fearful of being dragged again into the complications of the old world. They are not anti-British, nor anti-anything, hut they are profoundly and increasingly pro-American.

Who can blame them? on looking over the brink of a prUv'ipice, some few can gaze into the abyss bMow without losing their heads, but most men will grow dizzy and fall. only thing to do is to gtize On t.h chaos on which our tlioiiMlus are founded, recognize that it a chaos and that, in tlie nature of things, no th( oretically firm ground is even Evun Euclid, it is observed, cannot lay a demonsirable promise. He requires postulates and axioms which transcend demonstration and without which he can do nothing. His is tion. iiis ground is faith, the faith that is the biggest element in what we fondly call Truth.

Faith and authority are as neces sary for Euclids as for any one else I It is obvious that there is noth-1 ing One cannot wrancle about. Sqnsible people will agree lo a middle course founded upon a few general axioms and about which, right or wrong, they will not tliiniv it worth while to wrangle for some time, and those' who Tx ject these can he put into prisons and mad-houses, to present practice. I I In practice it is seldom very hard to do duty when one knows wliat it is, hut it is some- timus exceedingly difficult to find this out. The difficulty is, however, often reducible into that of knowing what gives one pleasure, and this, though difficult, is a safer guide and more easily distinguished. all cases of Samuel Butler opined, promptings of a kindly disposition arc more trustworthy than the conclusions of logic, and sense is better than recess period Woodlock has received no salary up to this time.

se; Iving to keep him off he commission up the fact that he was born in England. He iived in Mt. Vernon for 30 years and was formerly a member of he New York stock exchange. He was at one time financial editor of the New York Sun and also editor of the Wall Journal. While some opposed his nomination becaur-e of his aifiliations as a former of the board of directors of several railroads, many business men supported him.

There was once a very young couple, just home from the happiest sort of honeymoon. She was and he w'as said Dearie, see there is some asparagus ready cooking. Shall we go and pluck it together, To which replied, cooing- ly, dearest, it will be enly! You shall pluck it, and 1 will hold the One dav about noon Jones called up a friend and said: understand that Brown w'as your house last night and not A-1 heard admitted friend. was there, and much Jones. the way, was I Buffalo Bill was entertaining shooting party at his ranch at time.

Among the guests was French count, and when the sport ended Bill w'ent up to him andj asked how' he had made out. ze birds I said count. are too difficile. But ze wild COW'S and calves, I 'have ovair ze PILES can be cured. See J.

M.j Cain at Pettis County MercantiloJ Store. 116 South Osage. I THE MIDDLE WAY Many ideal can be described by lines of Lowell (in Billow Papers): Vi lieve in principle. Put, oh! I dll in None of us can bo too sure w'e do no' belong to 'his category. We are often toll that we can build DO superscructure without un- shakable principles, but Samuel Butler contended there aro no such principles.

there be he said, are beyond our cannot fathom them therefore, they have no existence. is one thing certain, that W'e have nothing certain. are as men who w'ill insist THOMAS F. WOODLOCK The bi-partisan alliance which put through the tax bill and the World Court resolution despite a desperate fight was again in evidence when the senate confirmed Thomas F. Woodlock as a member of the Inter-state Commerce Commission by a vote of 52 to 25, after 14 months of effort In Ja a 1925, he pre.si dent named Woodlock to succeed Mark W.

Potter. The southern members of congress wooouDCK were disgruntled believing a man who understood their part of the country should have been named. Rep. Sara Rayburn oi Texas, led the opposition. The White House announced he had been named because of his expert knowledge of railroad financing.

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