The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11
POLITICAL POT
READY TO STEAM
PARTIES SOON TO OUTLINE NOM
MATING CONVENTIONS.
ISSUE YELLOW SHEET.
Republicans Assail Democrats ON Va
rious Pretexts in Dope Bulle-
tin Just Issued From Press.

national and international, are pyra-
miding themselves. The long session
of congress is on, the leaders OF the
two big potential political parties In
the United States are soon to get to-
gether to outline plans for the next
nominating conventions, and, as US
ual, the G. o. P. people are bowling
with glee over the fact that they think
they have put the democrats in hole
over the peace treaty.
Today's weekly dope sheet from
republican headquarters, printed on
yellow paper, thus giving tint to the
reading matter. declares that senate
democrats insisted upon treaty reser-
vations under instructions from the
president for no other reason in the
world than to make political capital.
There is little more truth in this
than there is in many of the other
remarkable statements carried in this
'yellow sheet. 30 .
Paraded in this weekly announce
ment of the democratic shortcomings
is first and foremost that the demo-
Gratis in congress never did have the
least desire to pass the treaty anyhow
and then follows page, or more OF
alleged reasons.
Next the dope sheet" contains ex,
cellent likenesses of three deceased
presidents, Lincoln, Mckinley and
Roosevelt, but it fails ip words, to
say they are all now dead and gone.
They were all great men, and none
will deny it, but just how they are t.
be resurrected and made an issue in
the next campaign is not explained.
Just who the G. o. P. will parade as
the equal of these three deceased men
Is not now clear. One thing is GER
tain, very evident here, the republi-
can organization is now and has been
for some time side stepping former
President Taft as one of its assets.
There is food for thought in this. Mr..
Taft is big man, about the biggest
that the G. o. P. could bring before
the people today, but they appear to
be afraid Of him. Hence while men,
ories of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Nc
Kinley are revived, there is nothing
Of Mr.. Taft.
If the republicans continue to
knock the democrats for their alleged
shortcomings, charge them with
continuation of the high cost Of liv-
ing, with failure to stop the coal
strike and to bring about state of
peace in the United States, will this
mean that the labor people will be
strong enough to be potential factor
in the next presidential election? If
this is done, who would feel the worst
effect by the loss of the labor vote,
the democrats or the republicans?
This is one of the questions that po-
litical Washington is asking and is as
vet to be answered with any degree
of satisfaction.
It must be remembered that there
are more than 100000 men in the
ranks of the American federation OF
labor, and this vote would count very
heavily against either of the big par
ties should it be DETECTED to a strictly
labor candidate. Of course, both the
republican and democratic nominal
ing conventions, as might be suppos-
ed, will make every endeavor to pla-
cate the situation in order that labor
may be satisfied with the conditions
by the next time it goes to vote. This,
however, is one of the big questions
of a national kind right now before
the people.
Another thing the republican lead
ers are doing is to charge the pres
ent situation up to Attorney General
Palmer, personally, with the hope
that they get the mind of the people
so firmly fixed against him that he
will be eliminated as possible can
didate for the presidency at the next
democratic convention. 1t is true
that the waters are rough at the pres
ent time and that breakers are dash
ing high, but there are good helms
men and shippers aboard the demo-
cratic ship. 1t is not the first time
Woodrow Wilson and his team
mates have run out of the storm into
the harbor of safety. They have pi-
loted the ship ashore before and they
can do it again.