Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
1.-THE MACHINE.
Mr.. EDITOR =

gentleman, who Sa1Q he wanted
to talk to me. He began tell
ing me the awful things the ma
chine was doing. He said that
it would destroy our personal
liberty, that we would be mere
puppets in the hands of this
pow erful machine, which would
ruin us, if we did not arise in our
wrath and crush it. He became
quite boisterous and waved his
hands and arms to give emphasis
to his loud words. He really |
impressed me and | was disposed
to do anything he desired toI
drum up recruits to destroy the
terrible monster which was
about to take from us the liberty,
for which our fathers had sol
gallantly fought.
When I went home. l told
Miranda every thing which hel
had told me and how was afraid
that we would be ruined when
all our liberties should be taken
FROM US.
Miranda listened attentively,
for | tell you that Miranda is a
wonderfully level headed woman.
Sometimes she jumps at conclu-
sions, but she always lands on
the right spot. She asked me
d number of questions,
1st What is the machine ? l
told her that did not know.
End Of what material is it
made ? l gave the same answer.
She told me that | must find
out, and she would not be salts
fed until l should make close
investigation and tell her the re-
suit.
| l thought it a big job. bat l
determined to undertake it; for
l always do what Miranda tells
me to do, Miranda is a wonder
| fully level headed woman.
| went to see a number of in
telligent gentlemen and they ex-
| planned to me all about the
machine.
| I learned that what men, who
have been disappointed on &C
c, unit of lack of ability or lack
OF popularity, denounce as ma.
chimes, are associations of men
who have been selected by the
people to manage the affairs of
their respective parties.
All parties have them aud they
are known as the National Com
mittee, the State Committee, the
County Committee and even the
District Committee. They are
generally men of influence and
are expected to periodically
labor for the good of their re-
spectiye parties. However faith
fully they NAV perform their
duties, they are frequently de-
nounced by those who wanted
some official position and failed
to get it ; for there are always
more ohice-seekers than Offices,
and some are always disappointed
and they endeayor to sooth their
disappointed aspirations, by
yelling, machine, machine, the
machine did it,"
They sometimes endeayor to
weaken their own party by de-
nouLclng it, to the great salts.
fac ton of the opposition. When
l completed my investigation, l
understood why some persons so
violently denounce the ma
! chime"
told Miranda what l had
learned and she laughed. She
then said Nathan, l know that
you will not let these loud mouth
ed politicians deceive you. In
vestigate for yourself and you
will soon learn how to keep on
the right side -"
She said, that she is beginning
to see why the name of machine is
so appropriate; for when she was
a little girl, her father had a
machine that separated the small
potatoes from the large ones,
and she said that she suspected
that what they call the machine
works the same way. Indeed,
Miranda is wonderfully level
headed woman.
NATHAN S.