Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-02
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ions idea; its a menace to my /,
life. l must kill it; but l must
use machia vellian diplomacy, forI
everybody seems to want it. Myt
hypnotic powers must be brought
to bear upon the senators from
those states most benefited by
ME. l will also hypuotize sew
eral presidential aspirants.
AT Chicago, June s, 1920
War Demon (cheerfullv)-Much
pleased with the Lodge tactics
that have shelved the League
and allowed MY influence in
Europe to continue. That hyp-
motto suggestion of mine about
playing up American seclusion,
for all it was worth, was cer-
tainly SOME trump card.
At Chicago, June 9, 1920
War Demon (doubtingly) --Those
Lodge Reservations take the
heart out of League, but that
don't do the killing trick that
I'm after. Must use concentrated
hypnotic force on whole conven-
ton and also make Johnson and
Borah the king-bee buffers.
At Chicago, June II, 1920
War Demon Gin great glee)-
, Talk about your Knockout
drops, but come to ME wher
you want the real thing. That
mean anything you -wish-it- to-
mean peace plank don't scare
| ME even a little bit. Its 'ol(
stuff tried ouV through many
years at the Hague by Choate
Root and Knox, and fzzlgd t.
MY ENTIRE SATISFACTION. J.
did not hold back Germany.
effort in 1914, (nor wonld it ii
any future attempt), to enslav,
the world, with eyes greedil'
concentrated on the Aladdin
lamp feast of untold-wealtll
tribute from the United States
That convention certainly wa
good TO me- for its leagu
strangulation paves the way TO
resumption, on "a tremendous
larger scale of the old time com
petlt1ve war ornaments, wlil
masses of the people, burdene
now to a distressful point wit
the taxes of MY recent hercu
lean effort, must groan, ben
and break with the blood sweat
ing load of enormously higher axe
to keep ME- from playing he
with the whole world again. 'Th
poor fools don't realize .l1a
getting chesty' makes an cas-
fight at the drop Of a hat.
, At Chicago, June II, 1920. =
War Demon (uproariously fran
tic with delight)-That privat
telephone from Filly to Chic wa
certainly some BOSS stunt, al
right, all right. Yum te tur
tum tum; they've nominal e
THE Senator-I mean a senator
Senator Penrose, -pshaw, cam
| get it right, | mean Senate
Penrose Harding,- confouud it
my JOY has befuddled my WITS
| mean Senator Warren C. Hard
ing, the genial gentlemen, quit
agreeable, perhaps too agree
able" he's spineless enough to Fl
fence mean a platform, -
that has no back bone. Gloree
rl-rum;-I have another dand7
idea. III try to have Harding
| Peurose, doggone it, l NEAR
Harding elected through thu
sAperbV altruistic, super-patriotic
self-a bnegating influences oil
those SUPER Americans WHO flour
ISL as bay tree when | flourish.
ish. I'll form an irresistible
phalanx of the chief profiteei
stealers and some steel chiefs,
some powder patriots, some rifle
advocates of peace, some armor
plate lovers Of the League, and
have them led by General Inter-
national Banker in the great
push,-I mean ''pull"-of a
victorious election. and on March
5th, 1921, I'll see that the afore-
mentioned BOSS telephone stunt
is duplicated with one end in
the Office of the honorary pres
| mean.-the president, at the
White House and the other and
in the Office of the real pres
shucks.-I mean-of Sen. Pen.
Rose in the real executive mau-
sion. there l go agin-in the
Senate Office Building.
In the Dumps, June 10, 1920.
War Demon-(morosel y Il
Have had time for sober reflec-