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16 THE ATLANTIA N September, 1922 VIRLYN B. MOORE Candidate for Re-Election COUNTY COMMISSIONER I Will Appreciate Your Vote and Influence Hughes’ Fee for Newberry Case. While Chairman Hull’s statement charged that the Republicans were at tempting to distract the attention from the tariff, the industrial panic of 1921-22 and the demoralized state of business and industry, by the dis cussion of the Newberry case, helped by Mr. Hughes’ respectability, it is also a fact that Secretary Hughes’ de fense was made necessary by the pop ular revolt against Newberryism throughout the United States. Wher ever the Republicans have turned, they have been faced with this issue, and it was with the hope of minimizing it that the former Justice of the Su preme Court was selected to do what the World calls “the dirtiest day’s work of his life.” Mr. Hughes, it will be remembered, was Senator Newberry’s attorney be fore the Supreme Court of the United States. He received a large fee for his services. Common repdrt places it as high as $10,000, or half as much as Newberry admitted had been spent previously in his contest. Perhaps if the exact figure were known it might help further to explain why Mr. Hughes was willing to use the great office of Secretary of State for par tisan political purposes to defend an ex-client, who, while escaping legal punishment, has been morally convict ed in the court of public opinion. Even the Senators who voted to re tain Senator Newberry in his seat voted at the same time for a resolu tion which solemnly declared that “the expenditure of such excessive sums in behalf of a candidate, either with or without his knowledge and consent, being contrary to sound pub lic policy, harmful to the honor and dignity of the Senate, and dangerous to the perpetuity of free government, such excessive expenditures are here by condemned and disapproved.” As Chairman Hull pointed out, how ever, Mr. Hughes in his defense of Senator Newberry neither condemned nor disapproved of these expendi tures. LET “PAT DO IT” 510 Courtland St. President Harding Aban dons Leadership on Ship Subsidy Bill. When President Harding decided to become the leader of his party in fact as well as in name in matters of leg islation he voluntarily elected to test his leadership on the Ship Subsidy bill, or Ship Bonus, as it is called. TJie statement was then made in his name that if the Congress adjourned with out passing the bill he would call it back in special session. His consent to the postponement of the Ship Sub sidy bill until the regular session in December is an abandonment of his leadership and a surrender to the fears of the Republican members of Con gress who are running for re-election. The refusal of the Ohio Republicans even to mention the Ship Subsidy bill in their state platform, notwithstand ing the President’s request for an in dorsement, indicates the extent of the Republican fear that the enactment of this scheme for dissipating the peo ple’s millions would add one more to their chances for defeat in November. The Presidential consent to delay the bill comes apparently as a result of the pressure which the Republicans of the House of Representatives have brought to bear on Mr. Harding. In the course of President Harding’s letter to Majority Leader Mondell, of the House, there is revealed the sit uation which confronted him and com pelled him to yield in the face of the seeming disinclination of the Repub lican Congressmen to sacrifice their hopes of election by passing the bill before November 7. “I had much rather the bill should await consideration until we can rivet the attention of Congress with a full attendance than jeopardize its success by pressing for an immediate decis ion,” wrote Mr. Harding to Majority Leader Mondell. It has become pretty evident that the Republican Representatives and Senators who are seeking election have been badly frightened by the popular reaction against the Fordney- McCumber Profiteers’ Tariff bill and the muddling of legislation generally. These Congressmen have shown a dis position to revolt rather than further inflame public indignation by practi cally making a present of the people's merchant marine to a clique of pow erful corporations. Behind the Mirrors. (Copyright, G. P. Putnam’s Sons.) Johnson. Hiram Johnson is a declining fig ure. The test of his sincerity came when the vote was reached, on the unseating of Senator Newberry for spending too much money in the Mich igan primaries. Johnson’s great issue a year before has been sanctity of popular nomina tions. Yet when he had an opportuni ty to speak and act against a brazen, even though foolish, attempt to buy a nomination, he was rushing across the continent—arriving after the vote had been taken. The absence from the roll call and the theatrical attempt to make it ap pear accidental was typical. Johnson had won the Michigan primaries in the national campaign of 1920. The delegates were in control of Newber ry’s political friends. They remained firm for Johnson throughout the bal loting. Johnson avoided voting against their leader, although his principles required that he should lead the fight for his unseating. “Of course you share your hus band’s sorrows?” “Well, his sorrows he brings home, but his joys he celebrates down town.” £iiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiimmiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiimiu: I LLOYD’S I = (Metropolitan Bldg.) § I COR. FORSYTH & LUCKIE STS. i iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii CIGARS CIGARETTES TOBACCO CANDIES—PERIODICALS SODA-WATER 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,mm,i,„„i ll||||||||IM||||||||||||||||n|||||||||||||||MII|IIIHI ii MI LLOYD SODA CO. -iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir