Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-09-06


| dent makes 1t plain that he does not
vote for different candidates" but the
letters that he has written usually
| contain n positive declaration against
a particular man and there seems to
kbe no doubt that the intention is TO
defeat that candidate. For the most
part presidential letters of this kind
have good deal of effect upon Office
seekers. Any candidate for a federal
job is almost sure to be Influenced to
vote against man whom the presl-
dent designates as undesirable. In
the past. and 1t was particularly true
during the Roosevelt administration,
the opposition of the president to any
person In his party was fatal. This
will probably be true to a great extent
in several states, but in others the
personality of the candidate may win
for him In spite of the presidential
dlsapproval.
The submarine warfare on the
coast of the United States has
become serious enough TO arouse
strong determination to get these
under-sea demons and prevent them
from continuing the depredations that
have proved so annoying, although
comparatively of small actual damage.
There is a deep-seated suspicion that
the U-boats have been receiving infor-
nation from the mainland of the Unit
ed States and that the persons who
are supplying it are well informed In
regard to the disposition of the Ameri-
can naval forces. Renewed efforts are
being made to ferret out the spies who
seem to be lodged where they have
access to the best guarded information
possessed by the navy. The U-boats
bob up in places where there are no
naval patrols near, and are able to
sink the small defenseless vessels with
out any danger to themselves.
While it IS true that the navy has
been engaged in great work. that
we have sent large number OF yes
sells to augment the British fleet, and
that very large number of destroy
ers are operating in English waters !;
it Is also true that there is q large
force along the Atlantic coast, but It
does not yet seem to be so distributed
as entirely to stop the submarines.
But the naval force has done splendid
work In protecting the transports and
the most important ships that sail be-
tween our shores and Europe.
There Is still great problem about
handling German symplthizers in this
country. Many people believe that the
only way to handle the pro-German In
the United States is to shoot him. but
that is not altogether feasible; be-
sides, 1t Is hard to differentiate the de-
grees of German support and German
sympathy. There are Germans In this
country who are calling themselves
American citizens who still maintain
that Germany did right In Belgium be
cause 1t was military necessity
Men whose minds are warped to that
extent should be classed as German
sympathizers and informed. One of
the reasons we are in this war is be
cause large proportion of our peo-
pie were Mortified by the brutallties
and butcheries of the Huns in both
| Belgium and France.
No doubt in these days when there
Is such demand for young and active
men for service in the army and navy
and an increasing demand for labor,
the so-called servant problem" Is
quite an acute thing in many house
holds throughout the country. Prob
ably 1t hits Washington harder than
been accustomed to negro women as
servants in the house and also to ne
| gro men for various kinds of work
about the home. The draft has taken
quite a number of negro men. but the
demand for labor of all kinds is great
er In Washington that any other par
of the country. Negro women are run
ming elevators: many Of them have
employment of one kind or another II
the hundreds of extra buildings anC
Offices which have been occupied BY
the government since the war began
Wherever women meet in these days
they are sure to engage In discus
sion of the servant problem. and there
are more women doing their owl
household work at the present TIM
than was ever before known In the ma
tional capital.
Within half an hour Of one anothe
two congressman wandered into tn
senate chamber one Monday Afternoon
and sat down to listen and perhaps
compare the senate brand of speech
making with that Of the house. FRS
came Blanton of Texas who stowe'
away his hat under sofa in the bacl
of the chamber and then moved up ant
sat down at desk in the last row Of
the Democratic side. After about Nv