Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-15
THE HfRALDRy OF MODERN DEMOCRATS

1t Is related oy news reports -na1 tHe
houn' dawg song is to be supplemented
by hundreds Of the dogs themselves as
a campaign feature attracting atten-
ton and votes to the Clark candidacy
at the Burlington convention. The
dawg himself is to be there and assist
in the stampede to Clark. If the
correspondents are truthful from
darkest Missouri where he houn-
dawg multtplies and flourtshes
upon a friendly soil and within
q kindly environment. from certain
southern Iowa sections where the
depth OF individual poverty is meas
ured by the number OF dawgs about the
house. from the low lying possun dis
tricts below keokuk extending south
ward and Including Louisiana. Mis-
souri, houn' dawgs converge upon Bur
lington. Their howis arise IN the
streets. They whine about the entrance
to the bars impatient Of their masters
delay Both mongrel. puppy, whelp and
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Come in convention at Burlington and
are busily shifting out anti Clark
dawgs. If such there shall be among
them. The houn' daws, always Z COM
munity incunbrance and the target Of
scalding water from the kitchen door,
has become a democratic asset.
This houn' dawg assemblage seems
to be pupptSh sort Of performance.
The lion rampant the unicorn battling
with him for the crown, the republican
elephant, and the heraldry of parties
and peoples generally seek and attain
certain dignity with significance. But
then oun' dawg is as neaking symbol.
prowling O. nights, overturning swill
pals on back porches, lop cared,
emaciated. willing to die in pursuit Of
worthless cotton tail but refusing
to drive pigs out Of the garden, an
irresponsible. lazy and ragged devotee
Of hunting and fishing, without practi-
cal industry or the desire to rise above
AFFECT poverty and complete ignorance.
When Tippecanoe and the log cabin
featured the first Harrison's campaign
the appeal was to the pioneer and the
lowly voter; but it was a vastly diff
ferent appeal from the houn' dawg
slogan. 1t recalled the bitter and dead
~ battle at the river bend where the
candidate stood between raging saw
ages and the helpless settlements. It
pictured the log cabin which, tenn
porarily a shelter, was to give place to
modern mansions built out of the sweat
and courage and ambition of the west
rne pioneers. Neither the battle in the
wilderness nor the warfare against the
wilderness was joke. They included
the splendor Of patriotism and the dig
nifty Of labor. 1t was the difference
between the peal Of the war vhoop and
the bellowings Of a hound at midnight.
one danger TO be defended, the other
a disturbance to slumber
Houn' dogs fill the streets Of Bur
lington and tempt the dog catcher.
They bark for Clark. They champ
bones in the alleys. They scratch for
fleas and bite NANCY spots upon them
selves. They annoy llousenolders and
frighten children; but they must be
endured. Policemen are helpless and
the wire loop Of the dog catcher Is
plunged in innocuous desuetude. For
the houn' dawg and his brethren are
representative and symbolic, the living
yelping slogan Of the leading demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency
held by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
and Mckinley.