The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
AMERICA REAPTNG WHIRLWIND

| his snout in the feed trough of
northern state, he poses as rein
carnation of Lincoln and Grant COM
| bined, and seeks to leave the I'M
preston that his forebearers saved
the union and purchased the liberty
| of the American people with their
blood
A plague on both their houses!
There probably was some excuse
for the yaller dog brand of dem
ocracy in the south during the
! first few years after the Civil war;
but that period has long since pass
! ed
The slogan of mo black heels on
white necks' was alright 40 years
ago: it is now a dead issue.
The south today has no more to
| fear from negro domination than it
has to fear from the late Akoond of
! Swat
There will always be-and there
! should be-two dominant parties.
Where one party remains in indis-
putable control of affairs. for any
great length of time corruption and
decay is the inevitable result. Phila-
delphia, Memphis and scores of other
cities have shown this to be true.>
However, it is about time for the,
voters of this nation to line up under
new standards. The Stars and Bars
Clearing not one stain) have been
folded and forever laid away. Every
true American will bear his head to
the stars and stripes.
There is but one issue before the
American people today, and that is
sue is m-Nationalism.
If you will take the trouble to
review congressional history for the
last quarter of a century, you will
find that our alleged statesmen have
supported or opposed proposed legis-
lation according to whether or not
it emanated from a Democratic or
Republican source.
The average Democratic office
holder processes to see nothing but
evil in any Republican doctrine. and
the average Republican is ever ready
to shower his curses on anything
conceived in the brain of Demo-
crat.
With a few notable exceptions.
congress is today composed of rotten
timber. We have ourselves to blame
for that We have been lulled to
sleep by recitals of ancient history
and frightened into submission by
bugaboos fashioned by scheming
hands and dangled before our eyes
as paramount issues"
What is the result?
We are trying to do in a few
months what should have been
finished work a quarter of a CEN
fury ago.
We find in many places of author
ity poor substitutes for statesmen
all right when the skies are clear,
but mighty dangerous helmsmen in
choppy sea. The pinch has come,
and they are found wanting. Some
of them are like a dub in the prize
ring-dazed and helpless under the
blows of his adversary, hanging on
in the hope that the clang of the
gong will save him from a knockout.
We have sent hundreds of thous-
ands of our boys to military camps.
They are eager to fight but they
can't lick the Huns with broom
sticks.
The summer has passed. the haze
of autumn has lifted. the snow Of
winter has come-and we haven't
even furnished the clothing to keep
our soldiers warm.
Somebody has Numbered. Con-
gress is now investigating. Con
gress spends about three fourths of
its time investigating The head of
one department blames another; he
will probably pass it on to some
body else, and he'll slip it to the
next in line, and so on.
We haven't got time for investi-
cations. IL, the head of one depart
ment has fallen down in his work,
kick him out If hesScan't deliver
the goods get man who can. 1t
doesn't matter whether he is demo-
crat or republican, a prohibitionist
or a distiller-if he can make good,
put him on the job.
We are going to win this war, but
before peace pact is signed we will
know we've been in a fight. We are
not going to win this war because
of some of the men in charge, but In
spite of them.
Not because he is a Democrat. not
because he is a southerner, but be
cause he is man, we thank God
for Woodrow Wilson. He is the one
J bright star of hope that seems fixed
while all around is chaos. Behind
him are a few men of brains and
purpose.
They are going to win out; but
first they must sharpen the ak and
carry off few basketfulls of officia
heads.
It's going to be rough shedding
but We'll come through. Let's throw
off the dead weight and get into tn,
fight