Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-05

made q new name for their beloved and
hung il on him like a priceless decora-
tion. So Senator johnson is not SEN
ator johnson in Chicago now. He Is
Hellroaring Hiram.
He roars. He roars from his motor
car and he roars from hotel balconies.
and he roars in the caucus rooms, and
he roars. for all we know. in his sleep.
Listen to him: when this campaign
IL over we shall once more be just
Americans and proud to be Americans.
We will live our lives in our own way,
without dictation from Europe
Brass bands have their uses. They
IRE a delight to hear But they ought
to be censored on some occasions, be :
cause they can turn mems heads and
stir a crowd as strong drink couldn t
stir it. Loudly spoken. high sounding
nlatitudes such as Hellroaring Hiram
filings to his idolaters mean nothing or E
linarily. When they are thundered to
the accompaniment of a good brass band
they can seem to be charged with tire q.
mendous meaning and glorious truth.
Does any one alive. in Chicago or
elsewhere. suppose that any one native
TO the United States was ever other
wise than passionately proud Of the
and he lives in. jealous of its honor
aware of the splendor of its ancient ap
peal to the hearts and minds of men
Can any one with the ability to read
he still unable TO understand that what
Europe, crushed to its knees, really
wants is friendly dietation from Amer
lea and the mere assurance that it will
not be left altogether alone in the effort
to escape the curses put upon 1t, not by
the errors of men alone, but by the
errors of generations?
Hellroaring talks Of the pride OF
patriotism as IL it were his exclusive
attribute and n virtue whicA he alone
'ould bestow. The brass bands are
helping him to get away with it.
As the champion long distance. high
compression. double ignition roarer o
the country, Mr.. Johnson has beer
making gorgeous splash at Chicago
Does the country want that sort Of per
| former in the White House? Hardly
| Does Hellroaring expect to get th'
! nomination? In his secret heart ther,
probably is no such hope. He has, il
fact, helped to provide for the OBJ
servant some useful lessons in politica
psychology and political method. III,
! has already begun to show how polite
should not be played. When he entere,
! Chicago with n bang and moved il
glory through the crowds of his sup
pOrtprs he reached the teetering SUNNI
! IT his wave.
Hiram rejoced. Wiser men woul
not rejoice because they know that
: from SUBMITS that descents begin
and the big days of the convention ar
still a week away. III the senator find
that he is an anticlimax in the con
yrntion proper, il he has to regret tha
he used all his noise and ammunitio
nrematurely. it will be his own fault
lie might have done better to stay aus
rrrply at home TO write calmly in hi
study" Statesmen who have message
10 deliver have been learning that tn
rule of the old fashioned candidates wa
, pretty good one, and even Mr.. Wilso
has some reason to believe that it
better to talk down from the height
han to take chances in the very mids
Of shouting crowds.
Johnson is headlong He strike
wildly. He cannot go on roaring frol
uoy until the end of next week an
afterward without growing weary. anC
what is worse, making others wear!
And there are men in Chicago-hun
drcds of them-as full Of fight as Hell
roaring, though they make no noise.
They are more dangerous becau'
they fight silently and with cool head
They do not waste their energies
sound, and a great many OF them al
so genuinely patriotic, so deeply ser
sitiye to the needs of the country,
nroud of what America has been ar
will be. that they would be ashamed
roar about such things. They, aft,
all. are the hope Of the party.
Meanwhile the graves of American
, in Europe are green and all the you
and many of the hopes of older natioI
are buried in places where they we
, sacrificed in the name of peace and f.
a n better understanding among all pc
ples; and yet there are men at ChicaI
, seeking to be the voice of America wi
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