South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-05
MAY 5. 1920.
DEMOCRATIC DISAFFECTION AMONG
THE RANK AND FILE MINUS THE dis"

THE RANK AND FILE MINUS THE dis. >"
More and more It becomes apparent that the
propaganda emanation from Washington-from the
press associations over tn cir wires. and the
respondents OF anti-administ:ation organs - is
faIacious We read it every day how this demo-
cratic leader and that. the Tom Riley Marshalls
vice president. Oscar Underwood minority floor
leader OF the senate. are taking up the viewpoint
OF the Jim Reeds. Dave Washes, Tom Cores and
Hoke Smiths. intent upon compromising the presi-
dent by linking up with the opposition. and that in
this state, that state and then some other state
the democrats all up IN arms insisting upon
such viewpoint which they bound to show in
this primary or that convention.
Georgia. for instance. some time ago was to
repudiate Prest Wilson. Hoke Smith Tom Watson
and former Sen. ADMINISTRATION the president had
denounced world OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tax
up the cudgel OF revenge; though of course. the
distributors % that propaganda did rut forward
those reasons advertise the incompetent post
rnasterships which those leaders unsuccessfuIy
insisted the president should subscribe. They point
ed to Georgia and asserted that it prophesied the
attitude Of the solid south" but about that time
Atty Cen Palmer blew into the cracker state cam
paigned for few days against the poisoned propa-
ganda that had infested the PEOPLE and returned to
Washington with the bacon,'-a Wilson admins
tration Endorsement.
Then there was Missouri which according to the
anti-wilson propagandsts was to repudiate Wilson
plant a halo about head of Jim Reed Ne
braska. to shut Sen. Hitchcock Off from attend
ing the democratic national convention and con-
fer all its honors upon William j. Bryan. This was
10 be because Hitchcock's leadership in the
SENATE the presidents rnouth-piece on the
League of Nations. and because Of Bryan's deser-
ton OF the Wilson covenant for the Lodge reserva-
tons Only casual mention was made of the liquor
issue IN the Nebraska primary. but let us take the
propagandists their word. Nebraska as in Mis-
souri,, Wilson Jim Reed repudiated and
Hitchcock came out far ahead OF Bryan in Ne
braska; Mr. Bryan, in fact being dropped back to
third place. Bryan would have defeated Hitchcock
handsomely on the LIQUOR issue, but when he at
tackled the senator and the president the League
Nations issue. he barely escaped an invitation
from the Nebraska democracy to remain at home
Now Texas. Texas was heralded from
washington. Chicago. New York. Dallas Waco
Austin. Galveston. EI Paso against the president
right TO tse man; no partisanshp here What the
Texans wanted. they told US was intervention in
Mexico-ss If all Texas were demanding American
paternalism surrounding American soldiers of for
tune" who have been exploiting and stirring up
trouble along the Mexican border Former Sen. Joe
Bailey. we were told was heading the democratic
revolt down there and we were supposed to forget
his association with Standard along with John
b. Foraker which resulted IN both of them being
retired from senate back the last decade And
the result? Well Bailey has met another of his
characteristic defeats. The Texas democracy turns
20 the state convention 1900 Wilson delegates
against zoo anti-wilson delegates Texas against
Wilson to a man, eh? Texas democracy against the
wilsonian Mexican policy? Huh
These are just a few SAMPLES Of the announced
in democratic Marty renudatfnp
pres!dent-that have turned out to be disaffection
without the dis" or course there are some noisy
leaders OF whom It is true; leaders with whom the
loss OF postmastership is more Importance than
the peace of the world-just as there are certain
peanut politioians here who promenade under the
democratic label, peeved over the appointment OF
John Hunter to the local Iost office under civil
service rule who think that is reason enough for
giving the president a black eye as to everything.
Their democracy begins and ends in the pap"
They applying it to Wilson just as certain
OF the more astute among them applied
st to ex-Gov Ralston when he cut off their monopoly
OF the parole and pardon privileges that had been
theirs under ex-Gov Marshall Another susceptible
element IS the that travels now and then gets
far Toledo. Cleveland. Baltimore PhiladeI-
phia. POSSIBLY down New York. where they get
pumped full OF anti-Wilsou poison. because they
haven't the sense Of justi ce-as least resistance
artistic make defense. Then absorbing little
OF that Washington propaganda, they take TO i'm
agining that they reflection of everybody swell
up like the toad in the fable and come home con-
WINGED that they are heaven ordained leaders OF a
real revolt
Still there hasn't come showdown in the demo-
cratic party yet where The president hasn't come off
victor; that is using the term president i'm the
sense OF his administration. The president is not
running for ra-alecion- vet least ha is