The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-30

ultimate victory, ana nau ne Ialles
you and / would be subjects, no
citizens, this good day Of July, 1915
But that is all Greek to your Dial
gettys, who care all there is for the
majority, and not one whit for the
rectitude of the combat. According
to the tribe of McHarg a party
should have no gratitude and nc
malice. That won't do. A party
must be both grateful and malicious
if it would do its country service
But the great difference between Nc
Harg and White is this: One asks,
"Win it pay?" The other demands,
SIS it right" And there is deal
of discord between the two when
you come to think about it. 1t is
chasm unbridgeable!
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton had radically different
views about politics; so did Andrew
Jackson and Henry Clay; so did
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson
Davis; so did Grover Cleveland and
James G. Blaine; and yet none of
these were further apart than were
the followers of Theodore Roosevelt
and the followers of William H. Taft
in 1912. How are these latter go
ing to get together-called together
by blast of the horn of fellow
named McHarg?
Mr.. William Allen White is as
sured that at least 100000 of the
Progressives of 1912 have gone back
for amnesty from Penrose, Barnes,
Cannon, and the other magnates of
the G. o. P. But he begs to be ex-
cused, along with another 100000
of his way of thought who are SO
absurd, vulgar, indecent and vile as
to believe something and are able to
stand on their feet, loch the whole
world in the face and proclaim it.
That is very unpatriotic and highly
reprobate, I grant, but it smacks of
sort of nobility of citizenship. l
tried it once. l left my party for
what l believed, and l never got back
till that issue was dead 1t is
hard, terrible, an awful thing to do,
but you have got to have set of
fellows who believe something in the
land, else the country will go to the
devil in a hand-basket.
Now this 100000 whothave gone
back and are gathered in the fold of
Shepherd McHarg are whimsical,
blown about by every wind, or they
are soldiers of fortune, seeking the
stronger side, as to fight for Moab
as for Isarel.
/ have met Victor Murdoch face
to face and have looked him straight
in the eye. l am sure he believes
something. He is a great big-heart
ed fellow, built on the lines of Abra-
ham Lincoln, with less dimension of
that structure and not so tall or
angular, physically. But the stuff
is there, and that is the important
thing.
That war over there, however, sis
liable" any day, to turn our politics
inside out and upside down. A new
sun may rise, a new day dawn, and
an advance in civilization will be
had that will fetch new problems
we know not of.
Our friend, McHarg, only three
years ago, was in command of the
colored troops in Republican poll
tics; but the present chief-of-staff,
a Mr.. Hilles, has mustered the COL
ored troops out of the Republican
party, issuing to each a dishonorable
discharge, so far as representation
in the national convention goes.
And Mr.. McHarg is now become
the national cook of the G. o. P. and
presides over the cauldron that boils
and bakes
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's
sting,
Lizards leg and owlet's wing"
This is the broth he is brewing
and he calls it 'amalgamation SOUP"
William Allen White says he don't
want any of it-a very depraved and
sensitive, aesthetic palate that you
have, William Allen BY Savoyard
in Nashville Banner. Washington,
July %.
Letter from Roswell, New Mex.
Union City Commereial-Dear Editor:
| wish to write few lines to our many
friends in Union City and Obion County.