The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
OLD TIMER ON SUFFRAGE.

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to vote seems to be hanging fire
! but it will pass. The women have
made up their minds to vote and
they are going to do it = that is,
if the women who are working
aud speaking for woman suffrage
really represent the women's of
this country. Now, what the
women should do, when they get
the vote, is not to vote with
either the Democrats or the
Republicans, but go in with the
farmers and soldiers legion,
nominate a business man and put
HIM in presidential chair. Our
country has outgrown the people
who are now iii public affais.
They do not seem to grasp the
situation. We are having strikes
eveIy week. We have thousands
of aliens here, who sole desite is
to overthrow our government,
and thousands more are coming
in every week. These aliens do
not want to work and are not
going to work. The prices of the
actual necessities of life are going
so high that we will soon need a
step ladder to buy anything.
Are our wise men. doing any,
thing to remedy this? They are
not. They are chewing the rag
over the League of Nations, and
whether there shall be a wet or
dry plank in the party platforms.
This country is just a big bust
ness and should be pur on a BUsI-
NESS basis. with business men to
handle it. Put a real brainy
business man in the White House,
make his salary $3.50, 10000 a.
year. He will save his salary
one hundred times. when he be-
gins to cut out the overhead ex-
pense, which issthe first thing a
real business man would do.
Pit business men at the heads
Of khe departments, put women,
soldiers and farmers in the Senate
end House of Representatives
and get down to business. 1t
may not be run according to
precedent, or Senatorial courtesy
or red tape. but they can take the
Constitution and use common
sense and you may be sure they |
will not make bigger mess than
affairs are in now. All We need |
Is real big. brainy business man
m the White House, business men
for his assistants, and we will be
all to the good.
We don't wanta man who has
been a college president. A col
lege president is on autocrat he
does all the saying. He is an i'm
parter OF knowledge and will not
receive any. He is not only the
trial court but the court of final
appeal. Neither do we want an
army man. He might want to
have US tried by military court
and shot at sunrise, and the sol
diers won't vote for him, anyhow.
We don't want a politician. We :
want a new deal all the cards
in the old deck are marked; the
politicians know the marks and
we the people have no chance in !
tie game. And we don't want
William Jennings Bryan. Inever
see albottle of grape juice. but /
think Of him and get mad.
The women can uame the man,
Dnly let him have BUSINESS BRAIN.
Let US stop all the various drives.
before they drive Jus crazy. Let
is scratch Europe off our books
until we have got our affairs in /
,etter shape. Let Europe go to
work for a change. The heart
If Europe viii not break Europe
las no heart. it is a gizzard, well
illad with gravel. and viii grind
ID and assimilate all the money
md provisions we dish out. Let
IS 20 to work to get our money
Iack to standard. we are a money
mad people. The only God many
link about is in the God We
Gust engraved on the silver