Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-02-19
THE DOGS
OF WAR

Some fellow with vision of bull.
dogs and surreptitious visits into
neighboring orchards sat down and
placed in the category of wartime &C
tivities an hitherto unknown guam
tity called "a Dog of War;" or as
more frequently appears. the plural.
dogs OF war" Regardless OF his &C
quaintance with this hazy beast, the
public has never quite caught the
viewpoint OF the coiner of the phrase,
and until recently just what was
meant, or is meant, by The Dogs OF
War" has been uncertain to say the
least. We have looked upon the kai-
ser's dogs of war as two sausage re-
sembling CANNES with all their inelli-
gence effectually hidden by their
faces, If dogs have faces. Uncle Sam
steps out once in awhile behind a
couple OF fierce looking bull dogs,
mostly teeth, and these seem to have
been the limit of modern conception
OF the wartime pup. We claim to
have discovered the real of the spec
les Dogs OF War" II has not taken
a great deal of research nor has
scientific equipment entered into the
discovery. Given certain elements
and having a certain degree OF ober.
bative ability we simply ran into the
wonderful revealment head-on; we
are not at all chary of the formula.
and are perfectly willing to give it
to the world for its worth, so lot this
down in your old chapeau for future
reference: Given, the modern word
"dogging" add the neutral at" throw
these into a sentence together with
pinch OF shipbuilding. senator, con-
gresham, head of a war committee.
Theodore Roosevelt, William Jenn-
ings, Bryan, ETC., anything but the
president, and you will have, without
further effort, Dogs of War" In
other words the real dogs OF war just
at present are the blatherskite sena.
tors, unpariotic laborers, chaotic pri-
vate citizens, and other unnecessary
evils that are "dogging it" on the JOB
while United States suffering from
sores within and without tries to get
ahead fast enough to whip He'll Bill
before he whips the rest of the
world. We have watched men dog
II" on various sorts OF Jobs with a
sort OF snorting disgust; this one and
that one leaving the brunt OF the task
to bis fellow.worker, doing everything
possible to hinder progress or make
that progress less substantial. Stone
was dog Of war when he maliciously
added to the burden under which
Wilson has staggered for six long
years by venting his Jealous spleen
upon the administration through his
lugubrious howl in the senate a short
time ago; Chamberlain was a dog of
war when he tried TO apply individual
examples to the general conduct of
the war by the various administration
departments and set the whole kennel
yelling and whimpering for a day or
two until some other juicy morsel
thrown at them shut them up for the
time being; Roosevelt is a dog of
war; for he is forever swapping at the
heels of the all ready careworn man
at Washington, seeking recognition
for the big 81 AM" telling of his own
exploits when he existed as the big
II was" and doing everything but
performing a legitimate effort along
the lines of the all.powerful 81 Must"
Bryan. was dog of war. but in that
as in everything eles. he Is a has
been. To Bryan's distinctive credit
be II said that he has conscientiously
tried to avoid criticism of the Ameri.
can policies during a period so critical
as to require every mans shoulder to
the wheel. The shipbuilders who re-.
Gently went upon strike are just as
far within the phrase az anyone else.
for did they not choose tho most cru
cial moment of all within which TO
force their demands? The head of
the particular department handling
tho shipbuilders was a dog Of war be-.
cause he hurled the challenge OF the
strikers back in their teeth without an
effort to serve his country by legiti.
mate compromise. And It remained
for the great man at Washington 10
loose from the uttormost depths of
his lorg.suffering soul cry of pain
that stilled this yelpinR pack OF mon.
grels for the time being NJ any rate.
And that cry was no moro than the
yoicing OF tho sentiment Of tho whole
United States; the shout that trcach.
ery was in our midst: tho clarion coll
hat men who will dog IL" on the Job
low Of all time are perpetrating
reason that may be technical as Tho |
ERIN applies but is as surely treason .
Is any act defined. And so we say
hat We have discovered the real dog
4 war. He is a hidoous beast, with.
ut n redeemIng feature; tho kaiser's
ausage dogs are beatuies beside this
pecles OF canine, while Uncle Sans
pothy dogs look like safe and com.