The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-09-06

pretend to suggest how voters shall
vote for different candidates" but the
letters that he has written usually
contain positive declaration against
a particular man and there seems to
he 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 federal
job is almost sure to be influenced to
vote against a man whom the presi-
dent designates rs 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 he true to a great extent
in several states, hut in others the
personality of the candidate may win
for him In spite of the presidential
disapproval.
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 a great work, thar
we have sent large number or YES
sells to augment the British fleet, ana
that a very large number of destroy
ers are operating in English waters;
it is also true that there is a large
force along the Atlantic coast, but II
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 syinpathizers in TINS
country. Many people believe that the
only way To handle the pro-Germnn In
the United States Is to shoot him. but
that is not altogether feasible; he
sides, ii 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 ii was military necessity"
Men whose minds are warped to that
extent should be classed as German
sympathiZers and interned. One OF
the reasons we are in this war is be-
cause large proportion of our peo-
pie were Mortified by the brutalities
and butcheries of the Huns in both
Belgium and France.
No doubt in these days when there
is such a 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
any other city. Here the people have
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 taker
Iuite q number of negro men, but the
demand for labor of all kinds Is great.
err In Washington that any other par
IF the country. Negro women are run
hing elevators; many Of them have
of one kind or another In
he hundreds of extra buildings and
,fIices which have been occupied by
he government since the war began
Wherever women meet in these days
hey are sure to engage In discus
sion of the servant problem, and there
ire more women doing their own
household work at the present time
han was ever before known In the ma
.ional capital.
Within half an hour Of one another /
two congressman wandered into the
senate chamber one Monday afternoon
md sat down to listen and perhaps
compare the senate brand of speech.
making with that Of the house. First
.ame Blanton Of Texas who slowed
away his hat under a sofa In the back
If the chamber and then moved up and
sat down at a desk In the last row on
he Democratic side. After about five
minutes he retrieved his hat and van
shed. Then Sims of Tennessee march
ID in and sat himself down in the
same seat. Possibly there was su
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