The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-12-24

Be .he Cub Reporter
LAS GAP ON "PLAI-
ING THE GAME"

at mus, he lust spre life down AT
Washington these days" remarked
Las Gap, as he perched his number
tens upon the corner of my desk last
Saturday, and applied the fire to his
age-old, aromatic corn cob pipe.
"In what respect" we queried of
the friendly old visitor.
well, sir. Cub" replied Lias, "With
the League of Nations and the Peace
Treaty one minute, the farm relief
question the next; and then war bu-
reau investigation COMMITTEES reports,
the tariff, immigration, and a score Of
other things all piling one upon the
other. it surely cannot be a midsum-
mer's vacation period for some of Ii
legislators, at least.
81 am not much given to political
discussion, but l like to refer to politics
once in a while for a-well, just a
sort of diversion from the regular
m]onotonies of life.
"You know. Cub, politics sure have
changed a lot the past few years. The
man of years ago, who has not been
working at the game steady, wouldn't
have a ghost of a show in this political
era.
81 belonged to a time when there
were two parties, and those two par
ties were practically inclusive of the
same personages. ] expect that you
remember when the mugwump first
came into d%isrepute. But now, they
have come into repute. The man who
looked both ways didn't exist then. That
made it perfectly safe going. You were
either this or that, but now you are
neither this nor that. And, that
evolves a whole lot of food for the
humorous mind. Take for instance
when the late Mr.. Roosevelt went to
New York City and Syracuse in the
memorable Progressive Crusade; he
went into the state campaign and
nominated New York State officers;
they sang Coward Christian Sol
diers." and nominated a Jew for
governor.
"Well, it is just such seething de-
lightful infelicities which occur all
along the line, that render it impos-
sible for a man to know just what to
do. Take for instance our President.
| didn't vote for Mr.. Wilson, but |
have approved of a few things that
he has done, but always with the same
sort of travelling smile on my face,
because it has sure Deer funnier than
a goat; the whole situation. If were
going to draw a picture of politics
as they have existed the past two
years, | know just exactly what !
would do. | suppose that you, some
few months ago, noticed in some of
the dailieS of the state, a picture puZ-
Zle in the form of a cartoon, where
!, the artist drew a Red Cross nurse with
a lot of scenery, flouriSheS etc; and
says Find the other Red Cross nurse
and you turn the thing up side down
and down side up two or three times,
and wonder and look for the mys-
FERROUS nurse. Well, I'd take for my
chart about five figures; one would
be 'watchful w%aiting,' and one too
proud to fight and one he kept us
out of war; and n peace without
victory. and one freedom of the
seas Then ! would put underneath
it, Find Wilson, OF course that's not
pure criticism-that's just the fun OF
it. Just goes to show the trend OF
: the times in which we are living
where one never~knows where they
are going to land~the next day.
"And speaking about farm legisla
ton, and the high cost of living
there is just another proof of the grea'
surprising world we live in today.
was talking to a friend of mine the
other day who lives in one of the bis
wheat belts of the west, and he tolc
me that in his neighborhood, the!
have multiplied and improved the farm
machinery so that it has become nee,
essary to build gymnasiums on the
farms to give the farm hands exercise
That raises the cost of a bushel OF
wheat, a barrel of flour, a loaf OF
bread, and there you are.
"a friend of mine is trying to eros
the strawberry plant and milkweeC
so that he can have Strawberries an(
cream without keeping a COW. ! asked
him once how about the expenses of it
He replied: Damn the expenses; w
have lots Of them
'They say that since the war thes'
exploiting opportunities have brough
so many ~millionaireS, common ordln
airy people who don't know tabl
manners but have the money, tina
Mr.. Burbank is trying to make squar,
peas so that the millionaire can ca
them with a knife without them rollins
off.
"And, it's just the same with tn
famer as it is with the politician AM
all the rest of Us. 1t is all because o
the great world we are living in. And
WE can't change things. We hav
got to take the world as it comes t.
us. We can't have everything t
please us. You know some peopl
want to stabilize things, and hav
them even. A fellow said the othe
day that if he was born again, he woul
want to be born half Irish and hal
Jew, for the Irishman always needle
fifty cents and the Jew always had il
This fellow wanted to play safe. Blu
there is no life, no vitality and n
courage in playing safe. Nothing ven
tured, nothing gained.
"And, no legislation is going t
bring about the speedy readjustmen
of the affairs of this great world i
which we live. We must all play tn
game and have faith.
"Surely politics have changed an
SO has almost everything else. o
course, it does not seem just RICH