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PRESIDENTIAL POSSI HI PITIES.
With it practically conceded that President Hard
ing will be renominated by ’.:ie Republicans political
i (i eulatkn is now chiefly directed toward Democratic
probabilities and tile prospect of a Third Party.
The leading figures in the preliminary maneuvers
for the Democratic nomination are now former Sec
retriy of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and Sen
utcr Qroar W. I'nderwood. In the back ground are
Senator Samuel M. Ralston, former Secretary David
K. Houston and former Ambassador John W. Davis.
Ovr.i hanging the whole situation, of course, is the
‘Ford for President" movement, and the generally
neetpted belief thal Henry Ford will not be a can
didate for Pr. ident unless In- might get a nomina
tion from the Democrats.
Senator l nderwood is backed by the more con
servative element of his party and by thousands of
admirers who recall hi supei b leadership of Congress
from 1913 to 1917 and his association with the
l:nderwood Tariff. He is looked upon by many as the
lust representative of the old Cleveland sound money,
low tariff, economical government advocates who is
prominent in public file.
Mr. McAdoo is generally urged by the to-called
progre Ive element of his party -the element that
nominated and elected Wilson, to which McAdoo con
tributed so much through iiis very able leadership in
1912. However, it w.i- the ( nderwood support which
wenlt to Wilson at Hie right time that brought about
his nomination. At that time Mr. McAdoo was re
garded as a conservative.
• M$. Davis is said to be the second choice of the
conservative element among t he Underwood sup
porters with Senator Ralston as the third choice.
Mr. Houston is supported as second choice by a
Jot of tlie so-called progressive element of the McAdoo
following with Senator Ralston as third choice.
Of course, Ralston, Davis and Houston have many
first choice supporters.
The feeling thal if Harding and Underwood should
be the nominees of their respective parties there will
probably be a formidable Third Party candidate will
have its effect in the final results. There will prob
ably be a Third Party candidate In any event, but
the supporters of McAdoo (and Ford, of course) con
tend that he'will not be formidable if Hie position
ol the Democratic Party and its candidate should he
t u ffloi e nt 1 y p rogresal vc.
One of the tilings that count for uncertainty in
Democratic National Conventions is I lie two-thirds
mle—a title which make it ncceti-ary for a candidate
tj receive two-thirds of the convention votes before
he may become t hr nominee of his party. This rule
prevented the nomination of Martin Van Huron in
JS44 and Champ Clark in 1912. The certainty that
it probably would be itinpon-iible for him to get n two
thirds vote in the San Francisco Convention prevented
McAdoo front get lug a majority amt caused the nom
ination of Cox, the set ond choice of the majority of
the McAdoo men.
Senator Underwood’s opposition to prohibition In
the ’Senate, and before he became a Senator, is being
used against him by tho Democratic ilrys and by
these who think It would be "good politics" to stay
with the Eighteenth Amendment or to dodge the ques
tion. However, Mr. McAdoo has not a very dry
record, and his father-in-law, when President, vetoed
all the prohibition measures that were presented to
him by Congress.
BEATING THE IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Tho authorities have discovered that Europeans,
burred from the I nked States through the immigra
tion kuws Which limit the number of people per
mitted to crane from an European country to three
per cent, of the number of rlie people of the same
nationality now in this country, are proceeding to
Mexico, Central or South America, becoming natur
uiiztd there tiud,. coining into the United Staites as
citizen* of the- newly adopted country. They are
Kt king means to shut off the process. One would
think a pe n on who would go to such pains and
expense to riaili the United States ought to be per
mitted to come in if he meets the general require
ments for an immigrant.
MENACE TO PROSPERITY.
According to rpparently authoritative accounts
road building programs throughout the country in
voicing $'(5,000,000 were cameled in May on account
of the nigh ‘i st of construction resulting from the
competition tor labor in tin* various industries. In
New ^trk City building construction plans to the
amount cl *113,000.OOo were canceled or postponed.
The Federal Government suspended building opera
tions to the amount of ver.il millions in a single
month. Municipal improvement plans were curtailed
durit.g the month 'o the amount of $75.000,000.
From thee.i item* it is indicated that high wages
and tlie Jack of labor at any price ami the resuiting
hgh cost o! material and construction is slowing down
the country to flie amount of pcrliaps $500,000,000 a
■tonthi*' Tajs Wj.il run into billions before the elm*
9* thfr year, anti behind it is a threatening menace to
the prosperity that Is general throughout the country.
The remedy? One of them certainly is to in
crease tlie immigration. And in this connection it
would be well to consider the advisability of per
mitting a limited amount of contract labor immigra
tion where the need for it is shown. If we are to
have increased immigration of tin* most desirable
class it is plain that it could be secured better
through scientific selection of immigrants titan in any
other way, and an immigrant who has a job when
he arrives is more likely to be contented and thus
easily assimilated than one who comes on tlie pros
pect of placing himself when he arrives. Certainly
such an Immigration would he of more use here.
The Department of Agriculture announces that
6,000,000 praire dogs were destroyed in an Arizona
drive, and we have not heard a < heep from Dr.
Hornaday. Perhaps he is not interested because
prairie dogs never take human life.
The Ford Company last year earned $119,000,000
in profils -more than $T0o per share of stock. That
is not so bad for one who is so popular with those
who are against large profits for capital.
Seattle and her street car system is presenting the
country with a frightful example against municipal
ownership of public utilites.
Desirable Immigrants Exclusive.
(New York Post.)
It is just announced that in tihe last eleven
months Great Britain lias exhausted her quota of
almost 80,000 emigrants to the United States and
our consulates have shut off the flow. The 3 per
cent, law thus deprives us of at least 16,000 British
Immigrants, including a high proportion of skilled
artisans and mechanics, who would normally come
in between now and June 30. To only a limited ex
tent is this a hardship upon Great Britian. She
has huge empty dominions calling for settlers, and
many leaders in the empire are inclined to welcome
a factor which diverts her emigration from the
United States to Canada, South Africa, or Australia.
But it is plainly a hardship to the United States.
I! points to a failure of Hie Dillingham act to real
ize the full intention of its framers, which was to
restrict immigration from Southern Europe without
limttnig that from northern nations. Even the most
zealous advocates of restriction would regard the
exclusion of newcomers from the British Isles ns
absurd. Since we nireRdy exempt Canada front the
operation of the act, the law might be amended to
exempt citizens of all English-spanking nations.
But It actually requires reconsideration and modi
fication, in the light of our growing experience of
its defects, upon a comprehensive scale.
Let It Be Free-Will Memorial.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
If. from beyond the vale, the spirit of the great
| Thomas Jefferson could be consulted we hazard the
opinion that one phase at least of the proposed Mon
I ticel'lo Memorial would he approved. Preference Is
i made to the plan to make it a free-will offering with
jout govermental aid. This would be carrying out the
tenets of the Immoral al author of the Declaration of
Independence.
In his day Jefferson inveighed against govern
1 mental encroachments upon the rights of the citizenry
1 and he labored to build tup a self-respecting, free and
izturdy people. He broke down old fetters and he
fretted when he 'fancied that new ones were to take
j their places. Were he living today he would be a
■ loud protestant to the ever-growing exactions of the
| lax-gatherers called upon to provide the means tor
gratification of governmental whims and extrava
i gances.
We fear It would chafe the soul of the ntan whose
I dust Her, in Virginia’s coll if 'the public treasury
, were trapped to erect a million dcfllar memorial to
I him. The offering of such a rum out of private
! purses, with arrangements to broaden the sources of
| the contributions to Include the humblest, could not
he otherwise than pleasing to the spiri tof America’s
First Emancipator.
Many Students Earn Own Way.
(University of Washington Press-Bulletin.)
Of the whole enrollment of studonrt at the Uni
versity of Washington during the current school year,
♦>3.93 per cent, are either partially or entirely self
supporting. according to s.tajtU'tics prepared by E. B.
Stevens, Executive Secretary.
The entirely and partly self-supporting students in the
autumn quarter were (11.96 per cent, of the whole,
in the winter quarter 77.22 per cent, of the whole,
and In the spring quarter they are 67.26 per cent.'
The percentage of students who earned ail of
their way through college during (lie year was 28.3
per cent. 25,86 per cent. In the autumn quarter. 41.8
per cent, in the winter quarter, and 44.64 per cent
in the spring quarter
Students who earned a part of their expenses in
autumn were 36.1 per cent., 35.42 per cent, in win
ter. and 22.62 per cent. In spring—35.63 per cent
throughout the year. •"
Ot the partially supporting students those who
j earned between 50 and 60 per cent, of their own ex
. pens-es wore the largest number.
A Slight Mistake.
(San Francisco Bulletin.)
j A New Hampshire mail, charged with having vlo
ated the dry law. appeared with his summons in what
he thought to he a court, but what he found was the
| State Legislature in full session. The Speaker said
something and as he saw others rising ito their foet
lie also stood up, blissfully unconscious of the fact
that he was thereby voting on a tax measure. He
m stook the Speaker for the judge and when a-ked
jwhy he stood up said that he thought he was stand
ttttg wUh the other bootleggers. ' it was not exactly
| flattering to the New Hampshire Legislators to be
mistaken tor bootleggers, but in these dry days there
tT LC.11,n* a a lawbreaker not even
bv looking at the hip.
P. hibltio, sentiment in New York is undoubt
<d,y, 1,1 ** H'i'ionty. and the city is unquestionably
much more foreign than Kansas. But on the whole
."e ^llevf thal t,lis federation of States will have
to struggle along with New York State and City
aa they are.—(New York Post.) y
When the Kusriun Government tightens up th
-r T 'J that " sllI> sense enough ^
I t afiaid of the truth.— ( Detroit Free Press.)
; . In ,lls New '°,k speech Mr. Bryan says Science
, denounces evolution. Since when did \V. J gfit th.
.idea he is Science?—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Pile chap who sifts his ashes without regard fo
the Clothes on his neighbor’s line always remind
US of il CongresMonal bloc._(Sa„ Francisco Journal
Secretary Donby has seen fit to chide Admlra
Sims Sow oho w we feel sorry for Denby.—(Clncin
nati Enquirer.) 1 uc,n
Bryan hae bean defeated again No wnnHor
can't see anything in evolutlou^New Vor7^o«
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR I
By SAM HILL
• Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Too old*fUBh toned m.;n who used to
do his good deods in secret now has
a son who hires a press Agent.
Takes Time
“How you coming along driving it
car?" asked Hank.
“Oh, just so," replied Si. “I can't
always remember when I want to
speed up a bit to atop on the gas
instead of reaching for the whip."
Sure
He—I)o you go in ifor tennis?
She—'No, out.
He Must’a Been Raisin’ It
(Divorce note in Houston Post.)
Winnie Cain vs. Henry Cain, di
vorced (fifty-fifth).
Foot Questions
S. I. L. Y. tasks "Is it true that
most of the family Jars these days
occur in fiit^ efsOur comment
has bpen do It'tod.
Sounds Profane. But Course It Isn’t
(Ad lamped in Engle, X. M.. paper.)
LONT STAR AI TO LINE
Tito orange-colored ears. Engle,
Elephant. Butte Para an I Hot Springs,
X’. AI. Meet all trains at Engle,
leaving Hot Springs at 11:110 a. m.
and 2:30 p. m
Oldest Da>m drivers, best Dam
cars on the Dam line We drive our
own cars.
Write for reservations at our ex
pense.
HEF'FBRX'AX' BROS., PROPS.
Hot Springs, X'. M.
You Have Met Him
Rlinks What kind of a fellow is
he?
Jinks—Well, he hates to think of
dying because ihc thinks the world
will go to smash if he isnt‘ here to
run it.
She Probably Could Think a Lot
(Problems in ■cHuette, as solved in
book of 1847.)
”Mr3. A- makes a first call on Mrs.
B. and on being shown, and shut,
Into the drawing room, finds her
hostess fast asleep on the sofa. What
can Mrs. A. do?"
The answer considered the safest
seems to have been simply: “Mrs.
A. can do nothing,"
If It Fits—
We have had a lot or ambitions
In our day, but to ride with a driver
who runs the oljauce of letting us
! experience the sensation of being
j hurled through the windshield never
I has been one of them.
We guess it is no great credit to
the mulo sex that a woman finds it
so much easier to make a fool out
, of one of them than it is to make
1 a mam out of him.
Divorces may be fashionable, but
only an idiot would sacrifice happi
ness to be in fashion.
The only 'time to worry over what
people are saying about you is when
what they are saying is true
There is a lot of bunk about the
old bromide advice on how to suc
ceed. Our observation hasi been that
the hardboiled gnv who learns how to
make the other fellows do the work
! is the one who gets there.
I Among 'the optimistic bits of news
| of the day we notice the statement
| that quadruplets are exceedingly
I rare.
X'o wife ever is as patient with her
, dtrunken husband aa the old-fashioned
j bartender usod to be.
Health land a good wife are two
things a man never fully appreciates
until he has lost thgm.
Our guess is that iif a woman still
loves a man after he 'has shown him
the making of concrete 11
1» a matter of proper materlala
i together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Tears
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
I COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 82.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*. Pack* and
and
Prdchl
Prompt Delivery of
ladyshjth COAL
PLont 4t> >
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskana"
Prices reasonable.* European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. flODODON, Manager
It's all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
self to be a financial failure she is
mighty close to being a'n angel.
It would be hard to find a bigger
dumbbell than the Cool who thinks
It Is smart to break all the Com
mandments,
A wife may object to her husband
kissing other women, but she always
is making him kiss his money
good-bye.
If the girls are putting automatics
in their hope chests it is a wise
[ young man who protects his own
chest with ti bullet-proof vest.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Get This: A man without faults
never would waste his time hunting
for faults in o', hers.
News of the Names Club
No, he is not a profiteer, hut Will
PB-oflt, of Houston, Texas, at least
never sells at a loss.
Otis Freed, of South Pekin, 111-,
may want to be later, but just at
present he is enjoying his honey
moon.
SAN FRANCISCO LABOR
UNIONS ARE AGAINST
SEPARATE POLITICAL PARTY
The San Fra mist*) Labor Council
has refused to officially participate
In the formation of a labor political
party.
An invitation from the San Fran
cisco Building Trades Council to co
operate in launching a labor politi
cal party was turned down by the
iSon Francisco Labor Council by a
vote of 97 to 24
The communication from the Build
ing Trades Council was then referred
to the executive committee of the
Union Labor party of San Francisco.
“It is folly to discuss the forma
tion of a labor political party," de
clared Andrew Furuseth, president
of the International .Seamen’s Union
of America, who said that a national
labor party could not elect enough
representatives to ask for a roll call.
After reciting the failure of third
parties to accomplish anything, Furu
seth said that as a result of the non
partisan political policy of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor many poor
ly-equipped men were removed from
Congress at the last election and
wore succeeded by good men.
NOTICE.
Willoughby Avenue closed be
j tween Cole's barn and Femmer
! dock. C. W. BENDER,
udv. Street Corn mi si oner.
SWAMP-ROOT FOR “
KIDNEY AILMENTS
There is only one medicine that
really stands out pre-eminent as a
i medicine for curable ailments of
the kidneys, liver and bladder.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root stands
the highest for tha reason that It
j has proven to be just the remedy
needed in thousands upon thousands
of distressing cases. Swamp-Root
makes friends quickly because its
mild and Immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. It Is a gen
tle, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at
all drug stores in bottles of two
sizes, medium and large.
However, If you wish first to
test tills great preparation send ten
cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y., for a simple bottle.
When writing be sure and mention
this paper. (advertisement.)
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; | Bonds, School Bonds, First
: | Mortgage Loans, County War
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! eet Correspondence solicited.
Wm D. Perkins & Co. \
| Bankers, Seattle, Wash t
1
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I Certified Public Accountants
I
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I I
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Fraternal Societies
--OP
Gaslineau Channel
0 . ILII
Meeting Wednesday
Bfcrealngs at 8:00
o'clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Rular,
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISBL,
Secretary,
I. o. o. w.
BII.VUH BOW
LODOB NO. I a.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
| PERSEVERANCE REBEELAK
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tueedays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON, !
N. O. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
i MOUNT JUNEAB LODSS
NO. 147. r. a A. M.
Stated Communication
Second «n<1 fourth’ Mondays
I of each Month. In Odd Felicia
I Hall, beginning at 7:1# o’clock.
Homer O Nordling, Master.
C has. E. LagheU Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuai
day* of each montk.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. r. H&IL
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
hucihbrs council w.
17<U. Meetings second
and last Monday* at T:M
^ r p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thurada)
each month at I ). a,
Elks’ Lodge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; Q. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 19#.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, * o'clock,
Moose Hall. B. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Steveua
Secretary.
WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEER! OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
Meets Inst Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer I>odge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Hurford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to success begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our captains of industry
owe their success in a large' part to the habit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy
in the right direction f
The B. M. Behrends Bank
nnrEAD, atabta. * a^
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