Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-23
STATE POLITICS
GIVING DEMOS
LOTS OF WORRY
Fighting an Up Hill and Losing
Battle During Coming
Campaign Is Opinion
Of Beach.
From a Staff CORRESPONDENT

Sepl. CT special. J.
Stree the publication in The Bee
and other state papers Of a photo.
graphic copy of letters of the demo-
cratic national committee, holding
up postmasters and other civil serv-
ice employees for campaign contri-
buttons, calling attention to the law
that such contributions are prohib-
tied and then urging them to break
the law and come to the rescue of
the democratic party with the money
TO -save their scalps, they have be-
come more desperate than ever and
evidnce is coming to republican
state headquarters that no scheme
will be too raw which will not be
used IL hopes to save the newt
able defeat staring them in the face
Speaking of the political situation
and the apparent feeling among
democrats that they are fighting a
losing battle, Chairman E. D. Reoch
OF the republican state committee
said to the Bee:
Political Misnomer.
The much-worn politics has adj
journed slogan is showing a pretty
dilapidated condition just now and
is destined to become as much of a
political misnomer as the he kept
us out of war of the last campaign.
Further evidence that the politics
has adjourned proposition is still re-
sorted to is given in the publica-
ton OF a lamp post interview in the
local democratic paper this morning
with prominent citizen who said
that republican victory would be
Germany's most effective aid in her
peace drive OF course the party
who wrote the interview does not
believe anything of the kind, but in
the desperate condition of the demo-
cratic machine something has got to
be done, and why not resort to the
old newspaper joke of the lamp post
Interview.
Amusing Proposition.
There are many amusing propo-
sitions in connection with what the
reporter heard from the prominent
citizen he did not see. After play
Ing up the republican victory aid to
Germany stuff as lead for his story
the whole thing appears so raw to
him that he seeks to camouhage it
by explanations intended to convey
the impression that the prominent
citizen didn't mean it that way any
way. He then even goes back to
the loyalty convention held by the
republicans of Nebraska last sum-
mer and calls attention to the speech
of Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin.
Somehow democrats are bothered
a great deal over the senator's
speech. They can't get over it and
are continually finding fault with it.
This time the prominent citizen
heard one of the delegates to the
convention say that the republican
party is the only party that can
conduct a war successfully and that
twill be necessary for the republic
cans to take a hand in the game
and finish it right for the democrats
are not competent
Not New Idea.
THAT. of course, is not a new idea.
A whole lot of people have believed
that for many years and the promi-
nent citizen discovered nothing of a
copyright nature. However, the
prominent citizen goes further and
says that under the surgeons knife
republicans and democrats are ex-
actly alike
"That of course depends upon
what part Of the anatomy the sur
geon confines his operations. On the
feet, corn would look the same tc
a doctor whether it was a democrat
or a republican. 1t is also possible
that a democrats appendix could be
removed in just about the same pro-
cess as that of a republican. But
above the shoulders would be where
the difference would be found. This
however, is not slam at the demo
crat whose think tank works along
different lines than that of the re
publican.
Method Of Doing Business.
democrats have a different way
of conducting the business OF thu
government. Their method of doing
business is in direct opposition>te
that of the republicans. Under then
way of thinking the government car
be run without a sufficient reveun'
to meet the expenses and make
success of it.
"On the other hand the repub
licans have always had an ide;
eminating from above their shout
ders that in order to keep out of TIT
red, or in other words, in order t.
pay the expenses of running thu
government there must be a sy:s
fem evolved which will bring II
revenue to meet those expenses. l
is simply the difference in TIT
1ead.
"If a surgeon should operate OF
the head of a democrat he woul'
find the wheels running in one di
rection, while in the head OF a re
publican he would find the wheel
running in an entirely opposite di
rection with the hand of the oper
ator always on the throttle to Sc
that the government didn't go to-
fast. This is the condition at tn
present time.
Before Campaign Started.
"Before the campaign starte'
democrats were finding fault wit
democrats in congress because the
did not stand behind the presiden
more Loyalty and calling attention
40 the fact that the republicans il
congress were more unanimousl
slbehind the president in his war pre-
gram than were the members OF hi
own party. Now that the campalg
Is on the wheels are running in tn
other direction and they are atrai
1 the election of a republican cor