The Washington herald., 1918-08-21

II Henry Ford had been in the
United States Senate when the Gore
resolution was before that body.
would he not have voted for it?
II Henry Ford had been in the
United States Senate when the arm
ed neutrality measure was before
that body, would he not have voted
against it?
II Henry Ford had been In the
United States Senate when the war
resolution was before that body.
would he not have voted against 1t?
To all three questions we answer
"Yesr'
For Henry Ford's public utter
ances. all along. have been such as
to Indicate that his stand on all
three questions would have been OPP
posed to the stand OF the White
House.
Why, then. ask any number Of
members OF the House and Senate,
should any man now seeking re-
election to Congress be opposed
merely because he voted against the
measures which the White House
NOW considers the test Of Amer
icanism and the test OF support of
the White House in its effort to Sc
cure united, patriotic action against
the imperial government OF Germany?
The question is being given con-
siderably more discussion in the West
and Middle West than people here
suspicion. according to statements OF
many OF the members just back from
that part OF the country. And the
members are quite frank in their
statements that neither the White
House nor any influence nor power
should make flesh of one candidate
and fowl Of another.
There are so many people who held
different views than the administra-
tion did previous to the war, and
about the time war was declared.
that they hate to see their loyalty
to Americas cause put on a prc-war
basis. It Is all right to do this in
taxation matters, but 1t Is both dis
couraging and disadvantageous to do
lit in matters of the peoples patriot
ism, they think.
The name Isidor Zeigler doesn't
mean anything perhaps to many read
ers Of this column. For their irtor-
nation, however, We will state that
1t belongs to a man and not break
fast food or a lately-developed ex-
plosive,
Isidor Zeigler was a Harvard college
student once, and toward the close
Of his career became obsessed with
the notion that he could tell his fel-
low-countrymen many things from
the platform. He was sure of It. He
admitted 1t to Mckinley committee
men and they sent into remote por-
tons Of the Windy City to begin ex-
pounding the doctrine Of sound money
and a safe tariff.
The opportunity was all he was look
ing for. He knew II he got that II
would be only a while until he was
voted the grandest little orator who
ever espoused the cause Of republi-
canism.
He mounted the stage, when the
time came, and suffered the grandil-
oquent introduction wished upon
him by a local barbarian Demosthe-
mes whose figures were quite as un-
couth as Isidor's were precise. And
when he began to speak. how he did
climb. Aeroplanes working for Mr..
Burleson had nothing on him when
1t came to going high flights with
messages for the people.
Finally he reached q point where
he said in tones that were meant to
thrill his audience: "And the great
American eagle soaring onward and
upward from its aerie-" when he
was interrupted by q voice which
said: ..
Tell US what's wrong with 1s to 1
If anything"
I'll reach that in a moment" he
said somewhat frustrated, but not at
all dismayed.
And he led on manfully again
with: "And the great American eagle
soaring onward and upward from Its
aerie-" when a voice from another
part of the hall shouted:
Take up that money question"
There was impatience In this voice.
as IL its owner thought the end of
the speech might follow the eagles
journey into space.
I'll come to that directly" said
Zeigler. 'T have still several points
to cover and I'll reach them all in
time"
And then with renewed energy,
typical of the orator who is not yet
convinced that his crowd is heckling
him, the young Harvard man made
ready to start his third journey with
the sagle. He was Just assuming the
attitude Of the flying bird. and be-
| ginning to tilt his head toward the
| sky. when q voice from still a DIFF.
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