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THE X IN DEMOCRACY
Correspondents at Washington, who
speak their minds and their opinions
somewhat more freely than do the
reporters of simple fact, are divided in
their view of the eti’eot of the oil dis
closures on the candidacy of McAdoo.
Without exception they regard Pres
ident Coolidge as being the certain
nominee of the republicans, “unless
something happens”, but they are
chary in mak’ng predictions regarding
the democratic nominee.
Mark Sullivan and David Lawrence
have not found themselves prepared to
read McAdoo out of the running. They
consider him to be a notable factor,
though neither forecasts his nomina
tion, and both concede that his candi
dacy has been seriously injured by
his connection with the oil scandal,
and particularly by the attitude of the
general public toward all officials and
former officials whose names have
inclined to regard the McAdoo bloc,
which reaffirmed its allegiance to its
leader last week, as being determined
to stay in the race.
On the other hand, so discerning and
so able a correspondent as W. W.
Jermane, of the Seattle Times bureau
at Washington, declares that McAdoo
“may run for the democratic nomina
tion until the cows come home, with
out getting it.”
The McAdoo movement has not
been helped by the confession which
he made last week in which he ad
mitted that had his law firm been
successful in dealing with the Mexi
can oil question—for which he was
employed shortly after he had retired
as secretary of the treasury—a fee of
Si,000,000 instead of S150.00 would
have been received from the Doheny
interests. That there will be a politi
cal reaction as a consequence of this
admission that will not aid McAdoo’s
candidacy is practically certain.
Meanwhile the effect of the McAdoo
casualty has been to bring into the
arena several democratic candidates
who probably would have escaped the
limelight had McAdoo’s wave contin
'uod to vide high. James M. Cox, can
didate in 1!)20, again has “authorized”
; the use of his name as a candidate. J.
i Barton Payne, secretary of the inter
' lor during the Wilson administration
—and a grantor of naval oil leases in
California—likewise has hoisted his
'lightning rod. Carter Glass, former
senator and former secretary of the
treasury under Mr. Wilson and
very able democrat, is being groomed;
by his friends for the race. Governor,
A1 Smith, of New York, made a de- |
cidedly “dry” talk (for Al) last week, j
John W. Davis ex-ambassador to Eng
land, is spotcen of. Considerable at
tention continues to be directed to
Senator Ralston, forn.er governor of
Indiani, who long has been regarde >
as a po^sble compromise candidate and
whoce sixty-eght years seem to be the
prncipai test of his availability.
It 's all very interesting—this X in
democratic political circles, for while
the oil investigation has injured sev
eral republicans of prominence, it ap
jjareimv ima nut -
the candidacy of their leading presi
dential candidate; whereas, it has un_
horsed the leading democratic candi
dates and likewise has disclosed about
as much oil on democrats of high
standing as on republicans.
With the national convention oidy a
little more than three months away,
it will be necessary for sentiment to
begin to crystallize soon, otherwise—
• as is possible—a dark horse may waitc
off with the democratic standard.
i Nothing in this world is certain ex
cept the intentions of a grass widow
who goes courting.
A normal husband is one who thinks
he is about all any woman has a right |
to expect.
The world is full of young sheiks j
wearing a 13 collar and a 16-hair mus
tache.
Once there was a man who was so
perfect when he was a boy that he
i did not worry when his daughter went
out with the boys.
LIBERTY
THEATRE
TONIGHT
Wallace Reid
in a tip-top play
“THE DICTATOR”
supported by LILA LEE
Again we have a great LEATHER PUSHER
Comedy
“ SOMETHING FOR NOTHING”
And a fine VOD-A-VIL REEL
WELL KNOWN AGITATOR
COPYRIGHT KEYtTONE VIEW iO.'. NEW YORK
W. C. Foster, head of the Trade
Union Educational League who re
cently asked an audience in Madi on
Square Garden, New York, to unite
and join the party of Lenine and
further the work of the revolution in
the United States. He was bitter in
denouncing the nations who refused
to recognize Russia.
P,.b\
WILLS-F1RP0 MIX
TEX CAN STAGE IT IF DESIRES
BUT THEN HE IS NOT WILD
ABOUT IT
NEW YORK, March 14—As affairs
have shaped up this week the Firpo
Wills battle can be promoted by Tex
Rickard—provided he wishes to pro
mote it, and, again, provided Firpo is
willing to meet Wills. Neither of
these things is certain.
Rickard, speaking for himself, ad
mits the uncertainty. And Luis Fir
po's recent actions are as eloquent
as any words he could say.
“ am ready for the Wills.Firpo
bout as I have shown by my offer for
the bout,” said Tex to the writer. “I
haven’t met the price of this mysteri
ous syndicate of which friend Ray
mond is the spokesman. I’m a promo
ter, not a poet.”
“Do you blame this Raymond syn
dicate for not being willing to post
$50,000 as a guarantee to Firpo in a
Buenos Aires bank?” was asked.
Rickard smiled.
“I don’t know much about Buenos
Aires banks. Buenos Aires, you
know, is a good way from here. Per
sonally I am not jproud and a good •
New York bank would suit me so far
as money is concerned.”
When asked if he thought Firpo’s
advisers had insisted upon having the;
binder posted in the Argentine as a
means of shooting off the syndicate of
which Raymond is the mouthpiece, he
replied that he wasn’t in a position
to speak on that point.
“All I can say about Firpo,” said
Tex, “is that, he put up a dandy scrap
against Dempsey last September, and
there is a general demand upon the
part of the public that the two meet
aagin. Or I’ll put it a little less
strongly. There is a general desire
to see another meeting between the
two. In other words, the gate re
ceipt angle is strongly apparent. Fir
po doesn’t have to meet and defeat
Harry Wills in order to smope up pub
lic interest in his fighting the cham
| JJlUii n vivv-o I
I it will be because he is out for the
money, not because of any idea of
working up a reputation. But if be
does want to face the colored fighter,;
II am willing to promote the bout on
I the terms I have already named.”
When a man is busted the chap at
! the filling station is last to discover
|it.
—
The reason why blessings are no
| longer asked over meals is because so
few of them are -worth it.
Why not include the law to read
that a hypodermic cannot be used on
a beef carcass.
A feller doesn’t need to be an arch
aelogist to dig for his rent money.
Adam may have repented but we’ll
bet he often thought of how good
that apple tasted.
The law assumes that a man is in
nocent until he is broke.
ISN’T IT FUNNY that those who
thrive on food for scandal generally
| are skinny?
Ambiguous: “You did me good,”
said the man to the surgeon.
Professor Had His Doubts
Several years ago Tom McNeil print
3(1 a story in Capper’s Weekly about
i man being bitten on his wooden leg
3y a rattle-snake. The leg began to
-well. To reduce it to its proper
size the man got out his jackknife ard
jegan whittling on it. He soon ha 1
•nough kindling to last him all winter,
rhen he let the snake bite hirn again i
.nd got enough kindling for the
leighbo^s. lie contracted to supply the
•ourt house with kindling but the
make had worn itself out and (bed. j
fom pretended that an oldtimer at
Medicine Lodge had told the story.
Later he receive I a letter from a ;at
iral hist-ry r>*< fssor at one of 1he
>ig Eastern universities, “I fear you |
■.ave been imposed upon,” wrote the j
professor in ail seriousness. “Wood i
uvil 1 not swell from the poisonous ef- ;
feet of a rattlesnake bite.”
TOKIO, Mar. 13.—A dispatch from
Petropavlosk via Vladivostok today
stated that 17 volcanoes on the penin
sula of Kamchatka are in violent erup
tion.
PIONEER MEETING
Seward Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
will meet tonight at 8 o’clock. Lunch
eon will be served after the session. '
All members are requested to attend
as much business is to come before j
the session.
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March 25, carrying freight, and explosives.
The above vessels call at all regular Southeast
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The Admiral Evans sailing March 25 is the
first call of the season for Anchorage.
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Steamer Starr will sail for Unalaska and way ports
about March 15th.
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Meets 1st and 3rd
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