The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-10-17
THE BIG NOISE.
The Colonel Branded - Hoi Air Mer-
chant ~ DF Nurphe,

The folio', inz article Is contributed
o. the Courier bs Dr 6 n Nurpher
81 Paduclh. who f. weil fmus4n here
Ia the Metropolitan Tor September
Colonel Roosevelt has an article crit
icizine President Wilson ana S,.,.ref.f,
LOT War Baker fur prt4.ra stinntian Ia
pieparing Tor waf wifh tprin4n,.
This j. not the first article al Tins
character which De- has rnl.li~hed fl
the Metropolitan during the past six
months
The Colonel -eems to De- mnfhidlr
bsiiDti~ of President Wilson and The
Success of hi~ administration THAI
j. no surprise o. anyone. however. wln
has kept au cye nn ths Colonel for fhf.
D. 81 four wears
N Roosevelt. IKE Crr~ar e. ambitions
Fnd wants o. o. President OF ths. Uni
I'D States in l.r-n So with tirade Of
abuse and unjust criticism uf Wilson
AMI flie Democratic party hc IL trying
10 build lur himself political fenre
I III tho Colonel wishes fu make IBIS
f..nfr- e. inrfH aal fhaf g. lnr~e-li-h.
buli-Sfruis and pig TIGHT hc viii har,.
a. construct 70 ol a-ffrf maferi.f fhsn
rnkind criticism 90 President Wilson
and Si~-rrf rii~ D. l.r rud I.ui-i-
| Tho Cnlauri -hnull know bv this
time rlat ihe Bible prophecy hy Joel
T. already fulfilled AMI fhaf knewicilse
now covers fhr earth a~ fhr waters
cover ths- SENS
Tn Culolel r.u Hp loa--r palm or
his .hof stuff far fia raid ~fora -e ar-
firie luu may catch bird once with
chan but 10 takes the pure wheat fhc
second President Wilson needs ue
defense from mc nr anyone elise FOR e
tree T. known hy ifs fruit
IL the face Of an that President
Wilson and Secretary Baker have ac-
complished in raising and euuipping
an army of 2.0Oo.OuO of men and put
ting i.non 600 uf them across tire ocean
into France COB fhr short space of Is
months stiu the Colonel d. dis.atis-
fed and sly~ that much more should
have ls-en accomplished by this time
The rest of the world. however is
satisfied and even wonder struck =
all that Wilson aud Baker have accom-
plished.
Colonel R0osevcif's criticism of VIII
.On reminds the writer of the A
trian General Mark~ criticism IF old
Napoleon. After Napoleon had whip
ped the Austrian army and scattered 10
al over the country beyond the Alps
Mack s1id that Napoleon did not know
Colonel Is about onc-half hot air and
the other half deinagoeue.
The late Senator James used 90 Tell
q good one on fhe Colonel to-Wif
IameS said he WAS down ia Arkansas
on one orrasion when Roosevelt WINS
making speech during his race for
President eight years ago. while the
Colonel was delivering one Of his hot
air talks James overheard the follow
irlz eolly creation. bctssse.s two NEGROES
enc 90 thu negroes Sa III fa tns. afftrr
Jim. sVi." - dat big mouth rctio,v with
the gl.eEfs oM. talking The other
negro replied. i don't know who ne
j. but he sho do know how 10 recon-
nrnd hisSrif
That negroes verdict seems 20 cover
che CoiDuels case about as well as an
umbrella would cover asa ant hill
Let as turn back little and review
the Coionels political record a bit and
zee what rack of timber be is composed
81 anyhow
Roosevelt WAS horn Republican.
nursed in n Republican cradle. twice
elected President Of the United States
by the Republican party before II real
lied that he was a political boss rather
than wise ruler
when the Colonel found out that
his old party would no longer support
him he changed his politics and coined
a new political party Of his own fancy
and named IL the Progressive Party.
Notwithstanding its catchy cognonc't
Il did not live mp 10 its name. II
proved To be short-livcd and never was
worth three cents on the dollar It
would no more 20 ia the political world
than a Grand PAS clock would go
without pendulum.
When the Colonel found himself out
in the cold all alone without poiif-
heal following he. bv all sorts Of poll
teal intrieueS managed to squeez
himself back into the Republican
ranks Eight years ago be split and
wrecked the g.. - L. that had made
all he ever was.
horse that has run away once H.
never safe afterwards The Repnhli-
can party had better keep an eye on
the Colonel for IL he should see Hat
terins opportunity % change his poll
tics there II nothing In his political
policy to keep him from doing 50.
Now the writer l. willing % wager
dollars 20 doughnufS that the Colonel
will. with his known characteristics.
ask the Republican party 90 elect him
President II the United States IN 1870.
Colonel Roosevelt Is most any "old
thing" ia politics. that VIII keep him
la the spot light "a the head Of the
procession