Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-03-27
DICTAGRAMS

ganders are, anyway. Uncle Heck
says he would make the Rhine river
the western boundary of Germany,
just as it was in the time of Caesar,
but Old ST says he would go still far
Their: He would make the river the
eastern boundary also Old ST is a
crank I sometimes rip it into Pres
ident Wilson pretty rough, myself, but
I dislike to see the big fellows, both
democrats and republicans, jumping
onto him, all sprawled out. It does
not seem to be good politics or good
sense. Whatever we get out of this
world nluddle we shall have to accept
from the Wilson lad1e, or repudiate
the whole thing. The situation re-
minds the reader of the old story OF
the poor widow who kne1t at her fire
side and prayed for bread. Some mis-
chieyous boys, knowing her custom,
dropped a, loaf of bread down the
chimney. It rolled out upon the
hearth and was accepted by the poor
woman answer to her supplica-
ton, but looking over she discovered
the boys on the housetop, laughing at
her. However, her faith was not shak-
en- by their merriment. She only ex-
claimed '@We1l, the Lord sent it even
though the devil brought i'll" apply
the story like this: Peace is a good
thing and league to preserve peace
is a good thing, SO long it works,
at least, and I am willing to accept
the same at the hands of the pres
ident, regardless of his -partisanship.
Certainly the president is the most
partisan chief executive the country
has had since the days of Andrew
Jackson-even his b1indest worship.
pers must admit that-but a cry of
partisanship is mighty poor argu-
ment against peace or league to
preserve peace. In this connection
am "dee-1ighted' to. call attention
to the way big old Bill Taft is stand
ing up for the league, regardless of
partisanship. And he ought to do SO.
The peace league idea did not origin
ate with Wilson Taft was in it away
ahead of the president and he con-
tinues to stand right up to the rack,
regardless of the fact that the other
man is getting all the applause from
the unthinking galleries, and regard
less of the fact that he was not con-
suited about the league or appointed
on the peace commission. The fact is,
old Bill Taft is the biggest and broad
est man this country has. More yet,
he is the biggest and broadcast public
man this country has had for many
years; as much a patriot any, and
less partisan than many. But on
the other hand don't like
to see folks jumping onto those
senators who are not fully in accord
with the president. Such men as Sen
ator Lodge and Speaker Clark have
had twice much experience in dip
1omacy and in public affairs as the
president has had and their opinions
are worthy of consideration by the peo-
pie, even though the president has
not seemed to think so, and if the rat
lhcatlon of his peace covenants be
somewhat delayed he will have only
himself to blame A great many peo-
pie do not approve of some OF the
Wilsonian traits. For one thing they
do not Like the way he hides his nest
out, and then after season of rumin-
ating incubation he brings the hatch
out into the sunlight and expects peo-
pie to accept it without question. 1t
is small wonder that men of greater
experience and equal constitutional
responsibility should gag little at
the dose, and to say the very worst
about them such men are not neces-
sarily traitors because they are not
in full agreement among themselves
or with the president. 1t is good
time for the average citizen to keep
pretty well to the middle of the road
and not bad time to remember that
famous piece of =camoufiage, HE kept
us our of war And that's me all
over, MableI'' There are some people
of morbid CURIOSITY who are always
seen at funerals and never fail to
..view the remains even of one whom
they would not stoop to recognize
when full of life In much the same
way are those who have a penchant
for attending trials and although they
would not be caught in the company
of either party of the suit they are
right on hand to help wash their dirty
the crowd. ssThe absence of worry
over money matters is noticeab1y abb
sent The mind of the man who
wrote that sentence must have been