The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-02

Nobody need fear overhaste in the Senate on
the food bill.
Every congressman who voted for a dry"
war isn't himself.
Chicago's anti-drafters conscientously oppose
war, except on the police.
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No principles need be sacrificed in dropping all
fights except that on the enemy.
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Should an additional army be needed, the Fed
eral commissions might be modified.
Not a "safe and sane' fourth so much as an
american Fourth" in a safe and sane way.
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Of course the allies are expecting great things
of he I. S. A. So are we, every manjack of us.
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The lack of politics in the making of the new
national army will do much to make it an efficient
army.
We have got to lick 'em on land, on water, un-
der water, and in the air, and by lingo we are going
to do it.
We do not monopolize the big things. Argen-
tina now has one of the biggest, if not the biggest,
dry docks.
Just to show they could, a portion of the Rus
sian army got busy and easily pushed the Turks
back two miles.
Russian anarchists are said to have an army.
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about officers?
Any job is always best done when the man in
charge of it is let alone-Wilson is in charge OF
war preparations.
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Nobody wants food gamblers made martyrs,
though almost everybody would like to see them
made plain %convicts.
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One of the strongest arguments for one-1nan
power is that there is never any doubt about
placing responsibility.
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Though he hasn't said so out loud, we have
a bunch that one of Wilson'S urgent needs is an
effective fool-silencer.
Our one best bet is to overwhelm the enemy
with money, Of which we fortunately have the
worlds largest share just now.
Obstinate Senators may be a little slow in re-
spending to home sentiment, but as a rule those
expecting reelection eventually do.
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Chicago butter and egg lords have been making
promises to Hoover, who's doubtless watching
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Ex-pickets of the White House are peeved be-
cause the Washington police just c~oniscate their
banners and do not lock them up.
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A bunch of New York gunner have qualified
for association with Bloody Bill by shooting chill
dren, who were dancing in the street.
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Ex-Congressman Tom Watson, of Ca, has a
violent attack Of anti-draft fever. Tom has needed
locking up a long time, and is now in a fair way
to get it.
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The King of England has decreed that all prin-
ces with German titles are to drop them in favor
of Angle-Saxon titles. A better move would be to
drop the titles altogether.
The champion Stacker section Of the country
appears to be the Mesabe mango district in Min
nesota, where the l. w. W. has made another Of
it's well known stands.
The bureau of fisheries thinks whale meat will
be widely utilized in the United States as food
in a short time; which is giving us to understand
that we will have to eat at least something.
Mayor Thompson, Of Chicago says talk Of his
r~esigning was a joke, while his enemies insist
that the effect to impeach him isn't. Meanwhile
he's probably glad Chicago hasn't the recall.
When -four is selling at $500 a barrel in Eng.
land it sells at $3.50 in the United States; which
means that we evidently are easy marks or that
the government hasn't got hold Of the reins tight
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