South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
THOSE CARPING CRITICS.


Let us with appreciative acclaim
hail the old Civil war veteran.
lifelong republican. earnest Amer
lean, who. indignant at the cop
perheadism of a daily newspaper
circulating in the city. orders that
purveyor of political putridity out
of his house. and seeks 10 sub
scribe for another newspaper. whose
editors stand by the commander-in-
chief Of the armies of our coun-
try!
1t would seem that a newspaper
and the vOtarieS of standpatism
would have learned a lesson about
the super-scolding art. so splendid
~ carried into execution by the
greatest scold artist of all times.
the last candidate for president on
the republican ticket IL has come
TO the attention of several bystand-
ers in the few places now open for
the gathering hosts, that young
men, and some not quite so young.
but of more or less prominence for
the bank-ro!ls they have acquired.
whether young or Old-that these
men are giving vent to unlimited
and unrestrained criticism of the
government. They find fault with
Baker, altho under his manage
ment the largest army in history
was raised in the shortest time.
They growl because the canton
ments are not filled to capacity. BY
turn they growl because the can
tonments are overcrowded. (They
found both these yelps i'm their fav-
orite political sheet, and within the
same week.. They are sure the
government has failed to make good
with the railroads. They are sure
it was some error of McAdoo that
causes the shutdown; while the
railroad managers by a system OF
dealings through 80 years develop
ed a method that spelt ruin, and
had brought US TO the brink of Il
nancial and commercial disaster
They have been exceeding mad
because Pres't Wilson has not alb
dicated and put some republican in
command. Next thing, with Chair
man Wilcox on the war board.
they will assert that the president
admits failure by taking on a re-
publican national chairman.
These men have developed a sen
sitiveness of nature recently that is
certainly wonderful. They sport in
high-powered and higher priced
motor cars, and ask the labvrer-
voter TO ride on election day-Only.
They demand the open shop, crit
icise the greed" of railway strik-
ers, put the kibosh on union men
at all times, but are now supcrcil-
liously and oh, with such ancient
piety they are weeping over the
unkind fate of the poor working
man in the fve-day shut down. Mr..
High Salaried and High Powered
Motor Driver. you'd better cut out
that hypocritical sobbing over the
fate OF the worker. The worker
may awaken at the resounding
thud-thud of your weighty tears,
and go all the way long with you.
The workingman may get fondly at
tacheJ 10 that six-hOur day that is
TO be inaugurated in certain sec
tons This spectacle of party whip
per-snappers pilfering the blood I,
worrying for you, Dear Laborins /
Man. in an effort to hide rampant !
copperheadism in opposition TO a |
war for democracy conducted by |
real democrats. is a spectacle pro- !
vocative of mirthfUl expression |
from the American cigar stand /
sign.
Active interest in home guard /
work, donations of service flags /
and subscriptions TO war funds will 4
not count in the estimating of this |
brand of copperheadism that is eX-
tant all too much in Mishawaka. ]
Such activities can fool no one ia i
miliar with the history of "Quak /
err Guns" This unreasonable and /
unreasoning partizanship, this con- (
slant finding fault with everything .
done by the administrator, can not |
be slOssed over with the public /
parading of local military activities. 4
It becomes a mighty poor effort at |
camouflage. There is an espionage 4
law on the statute books. Under F.
this law men have been arrested F.
for public statements no more .
provocative than some OF the carp /
ing criticism that have appeared in /
certain newspapers that circulate /
in Mishawaka, and whose treason
able utterances are hacked and /
coughed and spewed in the face
of loyal Americans from day 70
day. why don't they obey the or
dinance, anyway and face their .
breath to the sewer
AMERICA FIRST.