The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-01-14
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teemed friend and contemporary.
one Mr.. B. o. Walker, yaunteth
himself at my inoffensiye squib,
aud selzing in one hand Samson q
frolhy weapon, and in the other
his own weeping Waterman, rushes
10 the rescue of the .poet hut spot.
less multi.-millionaire munition.
makers.
The Baltimote Il Ohio r. r,
latter whom our friend b Il o.
Walker was named) was the frs,
big trust in the U. S.-no wonder
hat he uses his pifne in their de.
iense. But no use, Bro. Bo, the
hing is too brilig. Now that you
ire in range OF my periscope, look
ont for the torpedo
Before going further, may say
that | am u Democrats jeff.
lack. W. w. Dem Dcrat Way back
yonder voted for w. J.sB for the
zenith time, helped elect w. W.,
and expect to repeat the dose next
November.
II my liver is little of. II en-.
ables me to sympathlze with Bro
Bo, whose think.tank is leaking
badly--so the committee ON venti.
Iation reports. He may need my
hammer in repairing - atho il
does seem that he himself is Of the
ARM Il HAMMER brand with pious
and everlasting apologies to the
soda trust
But to the question. which Bern.
hardi '0henzollerIf Walker rightly
asks, but does not stop to answer;
Do we need this increase in our
Army and Navy DO the voters OF
Dickson County need to pay this
hig tax to prepare our Navy
Altho the President recommend.
I'd it, don't read US out Of the party
It We are slow to warm up TO this
five Hundred. Million tax. for even
the President declared 1t was not q
party measure. so then Many
u the best Democrats in Congress
and elsewhere are strongly opposed
to it. and We are going to fight il IL
the end, for We do not neei il.
Listen at our great Democratic
Hoor.eader. kitchin; THE FACT
Il We have built and are building
THE STRONGEST AND MOST
POW ERFULNANl in the WORLD
except that of Great Britain. Our
Navy is stronger than that OF Ger.
many; far superior to that OF France;
more than twice as strong as Japan,
Or OF any other great nation. "
Admiral Fletcher. the highes,
active officer in our Navy (the man
who will have to do the fighting,
and OF whom our Secretary Of the
Navy declared that he had rather
risk tietcner's judgment on naval
affairs than that Of any other man
IN the worIdl said that we had
Navy superior to that OF Germany
u any other nation, except Grea,
Britain, When asked by the
Naval Committee il in the event Of
var We could successfully resis,
that ct Germany, Fletcher replied
With emphasis: YES"
Admiral Bodecr and Captain
Wln,erhalter. two other naval ex.
perts. agreed to this same estimate
II our strength.
kitchin says: The arrnored
,leet Of Germany, consisting OF
bresdnaughts. Pre- Dreadnaushts.
Cruisers, etc. Quilt and building
in number il 50 (of which msny
have been sunk in this war; The
aeet OF L. s.. OF the same vessels,
IS in number, 80, with over Forty
Thousand more tonnage. Our ships
ire better, longer, stronger aud
more effective. OF the big guns
II inch and over-we have 2S4 |
while Germany has only 1874 (built
md building !"
II We are only seeking Navy |
or defense and protection, and no,
or aggression and offene, let US
that less than one.third
II Germany's Navy can carry coal
'nough TO cross the ocean 10 US
md ret0rn. Can we not meet this
without this extra $500, 200 900?
Again. We must NOT nverlork tha