Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-12-07
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES.
PAST ELECTION THOUGHT.


.Jdlewhile." Shepherdstown, W: Va.
ioe November %, 1920.
Having been an employee OF the
II S. Civil Service for quarter OF
century, thereby held In .poiltlcai
bondage. SO far as discussing and
taking any active part IN poiticai
Campaigns previous to eiections;
After the ballots have been counted
and returns published my shhackies
loosen and / am at liberty to discuss
the result and display my patriotism
by cxerting every possible means to
make the administration of the sue
cessful Candidate superior to all pre-
ceding administrations regardless OF
uolitics. never reluctantly submitting
to the will of the majority.
Now, Mr.. Editor the result OF the
last Campaign is prominently neon
ceivablc to me. The returns OF the
last election, Nov. 2, shows that the
American people have repudiated the
war, they have repudiated the peace,
they have repudiated the victory
upon the field of battle and they have
repudiated all the obligations and re-
sponsibilities pertain to that victory.
More than that, the election on
Nov. 2, can be made to show anything
we wish to make it show, but one
thing is apparent, that the American
people are highly resentful of all
economic reaction of the war and
they visit their displeasure upon the
party in power with the child like
belief that prewar conditions can be
made to hasten through the medium
of the ballot box.
All through the Campaign / could
hear so much about wisconsin.
have never heard wisconsin defined.
The Republican party were vociferous
in proclaiming that it spelt every
thing Objectionable from the High
Cost of Living to the poor quality of
gasoline, and that this wisconsin has
been rebuked.
Now that the Republican Party has
Its. victory, it is my and your duty to
help teach them what to do with it.
AT present they seem to be more be-
wlldered than the Democrats whom
they overwhelmed. They have elect
ed a President by Unprecedented
popular majority. They have huge
majority IN the House and complete
control of the Senate. All the re-
probabilities of the Government
Forelgn and Domestic policies rest
with them. They have nothing TO
shirk and nothing to evade. I
wonder sometimes if they. themselves
are aware as to what it all implies.
For the last two years SO MANY
American people have been taught
and led to believe by the old guard
OF the Senate that the Wilson AL
ministration is to blame for every
thing the public grumbled about and
to cure all the evils of the connfr,, -
was necessary only to put the Demo
Grats out and put the Republicans in.
Ihat would put an end to wisconsin.
Inc Labor element of the country
nave been taught that by the de
structlon of wisconsin, the high cost
OF living would come down and their
wages would go up higher than ever.
Inc farmers have been taught that
they would get more for their crops
ana the consumer would pay less for
ms 1000; The taxpayer, that his tax
would be lowered by the simple
process of extending the activities of
the government. The whole public
aomonlshed that the peace of the IT
). would be stabilized by refusing to
assume any obligations to helm
stabilize the peace of the world. and
every thing would be for the best of
the best possible of universes.
These are some of the problems to be
solved by the Republican party which
comes into power on March d, 1921
and such problems can not be solved
6y abusing Woodrow Wilson. On
March 4, Senator Harding will have
to get off his front porch and begin
to deal with the stern realities of a
problem in which the U. S. itself is
only one of the factors previous to
the election. l could hear so much
talk and so many blissful theories
about America First" | am
wondering what America First will
amount to in the face of the over
whelming fact that the prosperity
and the welfare of the U. S. are in
extricably involved with the prosper
lty and welfare of all the other
nations and that they will go forward
or backward together.