South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-18
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"COPPERHEADISMS" LAST DESPERATE
THRUST
JULY 10, 1917.

Things are looking hopeful from Washington way;
hopeful they before weeks. Senators
opposed food control legislation have reached the
point slinging That usually the last
resort in legislative chambers; the thing that
always when putocracy. smelling defeat INDUCES
in it's final plunge. Sen Reeds Food Director
Hoover is illustrative To detract attention from the
supply manpulators price grafers and speculative
crooks who would grow the very life blood
soldiers sailors their dependents those who would
honestly labor for their success arms SEN Reed and
his clique attack Hoover. and would make it ap
pear that is the them all
OF course TO begin with Director Hoo err has been
appointed position by grace OF the president
Woodrow Wilson. not republican and that is excuse
enough for Sen Reed for attacking him any only
why the false preense The charge is as silly as Sen.
Reed is idiotic Like Sen stone, democrat he is from
Missouri and he is going to let stone Guido him
with The Germans Of that state bockadng legislation
that would help along in the with Germany. Mis-
souri, has two of kind very evidently the United
States Al either of them would would
be join the ranks OF labor and they would be cass
fed ct among the Germanzed l. W. VS.. one
thing certain they won't work for Uncle sam.
Prest Wilson asked long ago to have the food bill
become law not later than July first 1t is such
Reed have been dawdIing with it, and ap
preaching the their wits they naturally tend
toward desperation. Ashamed themselves they want
to besmrch everybody else. lie is a fair specimen of
the 'copperhead" statesmen Of these latter days.
We hear much about the Importance of arousine the
country the fact thar il is at war The country is
awake. The calm and orderly way which regst-
cred for selectve service generously subscribed for
Liberty bonds and promptly furnished money and serv
ice through the Red Cross demonstrate great
mass of our people are all right
representatives have so long been play
ing to the galleries making speeches 10 send out to
constituents imagning that their continuance
depended upon furnishing pork" 10 their constituents
loading bills with administrative details that took
the real executive and administrative functions out OF
the hands Of the president subordinates hat
when came congress continued to- and still is play
ing the same ole game IS doing more to disgust.
the average with democracy and to reconcile him
10 auocrac methods than all other things put together
The food bin affects every home in the land. Each
days delay is enabling the food hogs wiring millions
out OF the pockets the poor Passage of it ensures
our ability 70 furnish necessary food allies Fail
IRE to the ball deprives the producer of his JUS
reward and increases the burden of consumer The
only men who benefit by delay are the middle men.
The feeling against the senate is particularly bitter
II the well grooned in upper had worked
with half the zeal and devotion that our women are
doing in the Red Cross bill long ago would have
been in the presidents hands of that we have
lot Of senators who To be thinking only of how
this bin is going affect their individual political
fortunes.
Sen Reed is only one Of them: Sen stone simply an
other; this other legislation that affords no aid
comfort to the enemy II the thing goes on we an
ueipate for of them, states than Missouri
land. perhaps Missouri also.-that they will md
vigilance committees instead admrns delegations TO
welcome them their return home