The Washington herald., 1918-10-14

Numerous kilograms have come to
members q Congress during the past
few days. modelled after this fashion:
"You fellows there stand for 'un-
conditional surrender Don't let the
Germans put anything over on the
President. We want to exterminate
them completely. Keep at the fight
ing no matter how much the Ger
mans want to talk peace"
Now. it happens that we investi-
gated, Just wee bit. to find where
such kilograms came from.
Surprisingly. we found little sur
vey showed this: One came from a
man who worked for weeks to get his
boy exempted from the draft-and
succeeded. Another from a man who
had no boys to give to his country.
Another from a man whose boys
have both been disqualified for over
seas service. Still another from a
man whose nearest relative in the
war is his wife's cousin. And still
another from a man whose honest
admission was that he sent it be-
cause some New York society or
other, to which he belonged, sent him
word to send this telegram to his
Senator
come from the fellows who had no
relatives abroad. But 1t was notice
able that those who did have spoke
the other way, softened their words
else kept discreetly
still. The ones who count didn't say
in fact. They represent
that great majority Of American
manhood and womanhood which
stands ready to do what the President
says, ready to follow where he leads.
II II means peace, the way he points,
they will be glad, for they will have
their loved ones back with them. But
IL 1t means war, and much more OF
il. they will not complain, for they
are willing to fight to the end that
the things we fight for shall be ex-
allied in this world.
The fellows who are sending the
kilograms had better keep still
Washington knows what It Is doing
and the White House particularly
knows. Those who do not should be
the stillest-
Herbert Corey has a good human
interest story in the papers on big
Bnr' Hayward, once OF Nebraska
later of New York and now of
France, II you please, in which he
shows how well "Bill" has led his
colored men into battle and how he
refused to be taken to the hospital
had begun to make him writhe in
pain.
There are many interesting stories
about big Bill" This one we know
Is true. "Bilr' ran for Congress in
Nebraska in 1903. or thereabouts. Au-
were virtually unknown
then save to the rich. Well, "Bih'
blossomed out in a big, bright red
one to campaign in.
His managers and friends were hor-
rified when they saw it.
Hide that car" they said. ''for
you'll sure lose the country bump
l<ins' votes when they see you in
that"
Bill" thought dinerently-anyway
he kept the car. He went through
the campaign bravely and, sure
enough, did lose. Soon afterward he
left the State. but not before he let
them know that some day they'll all
look at the matter and at him differ
emily.
They've been looking at the matter
differently for the past six years.
Nearly every farmer who opposed
bill" then has a big car now-and
many of them are red. you bet. And
when these same folks read the pa
pers nowadays they're looking at
"Bnl" differently. too. For the man
L-A - ~, %
aristocrat to amount to much is max
ing the fighter of the age-and as col
onel knows his men better than most
colonels overseas. He is the essence
of democracy and bravery, and is any
thing but a mollycoddle.
big Bill has won a home In the
first district of Nebraska-just ten
years too late to be of any use to him.
Ten years too late.
But perhaps what he's doing may
help him to win something yet in that
big State he's selected for his new
home. We think he'll be heard from
in more ways than one-and one way
we've already heard OF his, in New
York, was his management of Whit
mans campaign.
By the way, it might be interesting
to add that big Bill" was the sec
OF the Republican National
Committee once on a time. He is
known over the country from end to
end.
One of the things the war will
make palmer to the people of the
nation will be the need of industrial
efficiency-and how we look back
and see the empty praise that used
to be bruited about over American
business methods.
America didn't learn to be really
efficient until she got into the war.
Then she began to extend her eff
fciency from her private concerns
which had already attained a
wonderful efficiency in many re-
spects-and began to apply that
efficiency to our great national ex
istence. Men began to feel their
share in the government-bodies of
men began to feel their united
worth to their government People
began to talk about the Capitol,
about the doings of Congress, war
suddenly brought them to the un-
that after all their
lives were not So Isolated that they
could escape being catalogued and
drawn for service for Uncle Sam.
right from the city of Washington.
There are some good things
which the war brought and which
peace will not take away. For this
we are sure the American people
will profit considerably in the days
that are to come.
There are not enough Congress-
in the city to make good quorum
II there should happen to be some
member SO indiscreet as to make a
call of that nature. Most of them
are home telling the folks why
hopds should he oupht-and snend-