Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-09-27
MISSOURI AND HER SENATORS.
A Train Discussion Of Stone, Reed
and the War on Our Hands

To The Star.
In going up and down the earth you
hear things if you do not find anyone |
that you can devour.
/ had been in my seat on the train
just long enough to settle down in
comfortable position when my seat
companion began. He had "sized me
up" as it were, and he seemed to
take me in.
"From Missouri" he inquired.
How could he guess it? Is the Mis-
souri, mark on all Of US? Or do we
just look as if we want someone to
show US? Or do we carry with US
sort Of hang-dog look that gives us
away---ashamed and cannot hide it?
/ knew what was coming, but / could
not tell lie. So / emitted feeble
"yes."
PROUD Of your Senator's, aren't
you?" II was out and he was off.
/ knew what was coming, so l just
opened the valve and let it come.
Cant say that l am" / replied.
Probably you are pro-German enough
To take them to your throbbing
heart"
"Nary throb-for them!" came
back, and the dance was on.
"Well, it beats the jews" ancient
and modern (Beg pardon of the Jews.)
can't understand what got into your
Senators. Of course, there are few
others like them. But they stand out,
l tell you.
'This is supposed to be a Demo-
cratic administration, though the war
has knocked party politics into a
cooked hat. l did not expect your
Senators to see that politics has gone
by the board, but l did think that they
would stand by the. administration
No foresight and no party loyalty
Even child can see that we have got
to fight and we have got to win. W.
never engaged in a more righteou:
war. And we were provoked beyont
endurance.
"Did you see Sen. Stones speech
Well, it was q marvel. All he. di,
was to abuse Lord Northcliffe, one o
our allies, and justify himself ant
Senator Reed! He never said a wor,
about the Germans = their tricks an
cruelties! Northcliffe is the Grim
inal and the Germans are saints
Yes, l forget the metropolitan press
Stone gave it particular fits. Fl
= said he never reads the papers! Won
: der if he knows about Belgium an
Northern France? Don't suppose h
. has heard about the sinking of tn
e Lusitania. Missouri ought to {
9 quest him to read the papers. Bu
y maybe he is awfully busy - he hasn
p got the time to read the papers.
missouri is a wonderful state
n How did you manage to get two sue
= Senators? | do not believe there
another State in the Union that cou
make such showing.
"Let me think The Democrat
Senators from Missouri have way
opposing the Democratic administr
\ ton. Did not one of your Senate
4 oppose Mr.. Cleveland and help
make his name odious? But now bo
:, of your Senators are opposing M
- Wilson. 1t looks like Missouri Der
D ocrats don't want their party to be
IS power"
l. 1t was time for me to put in fe
l. feeble words.
"Mr. Stone says he has stood by t
President since the declaration of W;
~ He has voted for all the war mea
ures."
My companion looked at me in
:, interrogative way and replied:
81 read his speech, but did not f,
:, :. one quiver of patriotism! He S;
he was still of the opinion that
%% %% war cannot be justified! That is,
" was right when he opposed it. So
be consistent he should not have vol
~ for the war measures. Wonder whit
he learned it is right to vote wrol
% German ethics, it seems to me.
" "But there was not note Of
rs triotism in the whole speech. 1t v
&c made up of cheap and feeble just
=" cation of himself and Senator R
'n' and bitter criticism of the press ;
" of our allies. One thing is certs
~ the government will not use it IL
~ campaign for recruits for our arr
~ !. No one but a silly pacifist or a
German could get any encouragem
out of it.
~. ~ "Why don't the Democrats of n
@ souri, protest against the course
'i these men? ! know that not
.l" Missouri Democrat in ten indol
their course. / do not suppose
=" men would resign, if asked to.
the party should vindicate itself.
lia, it sits still, it will be disgraced.
, ~ or two feeble attempts have
Oe made to get up a protest. Blu
:. ~ seems to me that somebody is la!
iiNe on the party whip and silencing e'
nay murmur of dissatisfaction. Are
'ih chairmen of committees and OF
JUS holders doing this?"
'nw "The people can't do anything n
co. But their eyes are opening. Alr'
~ have heard stanch Democrats
'sl', I that they will put the whole gang
next election. And they will!
~. - at would be mighty smart Of
Democrats if they would rise up
and repudiate both these Senator'S
pic would be right and therefore it W
be good politics. The Democ'
-, - marty of Missouri could hold p'
,;r in the State for years to come.
70 I suppose it is too much to ask e