Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-05-19
Their Deadly Fear of johnson.

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the first few rounds.
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Their Deadly Fear of Johnson.
Big Business does not like john
son. 1t fears him. Hence the propa-
ganda so readily believed by gullible
people. Lancaster Herald, Rep.
Hence the nine millionaires among
the Johnson delegates in California.
It's simple if you say it fast enough.
Milwaukee Journal.
Ho, Boy another county heard
from! Simplicity, Judging by its ed
itorials, being a dominant, character
istic in the Journal office, it is easy to
see how it can believe yarns of it's
own manufacture. The editorial in
trepeneur Of the Journal Office lately
had the Internal crust to claim that
Hughes received the pro-German vote
in '16 and thus came near election.
This statement for impudence and
mendacity out-ranks anything to date
especially when we remember what
Wilson's slogan was. The Journal is
good-(n a Chinese way of looking
at IT'D Il =" s6es1&
900
Our friend on the Bloomington Rec
ord is still raving altho the Herald
supposed that polite hint to reprint
what it comented on or keep still
would settle its boiling. Rave on,
Record, rave on. Once so staunch a
supporter of the president it has join
ed the Milwaukee Journal and other
administration papers in keeping
still so far as Wilson and his policies
are concerned.
This since Bryan and other line
leaders in the party have set the fiat
of diSapproval on the league. Democ-
racy is evidently not so united as
one might think.
The Record quotes Taft, a delight
full old gentleman who made a foozle
of his four years as president and ran
a bad third against Woodrow and
Teddy. Taft, however, is not taken
very seriously. Well-meaning as he
doubtless is it is doubtful if he could
be elected township bailiff The point
so far as either Johnson or Wood are
concerned, is this Either would be
satisfactory to Roosevelt were he
able to advise us. The one apparent
ly most successful in getting dele
gates is the one receiving the broad
sides. Johnson is not popular in
Wisconsin where the conservatives
have distaste for him and the radi-
Gals never have and apparently never
will see anything but Bob La Toilette.
The Herald is not hide-b bound in
the matter Of any particular candi-
date and certainly will not bolt the
party for any one man. But we want
to see a candidate nominated who
will consider what is best for the
people and not be too ready to be
bambonZled by big business
900
Senator Johnson is reported as hav-
ing taken numerous slams at Eng
land. This attitude if correct may
make him votes in some quarters but
not in others. Let us make the thing
clear. Opponents to the league such
as Senator Lodge and many Ameri-
cans in humber walks of life do not
oppose because they are AGAINST
England but because they are FOR
America We do not wish to see our
country lose its great constitutional
rights as a democratic entity. On the
other hand we have no animosity
toward England or any of our late as
sociates. In fact we wish them all well
and hope they will do we'll But
England must stand on her own feet
and make her own future just as we
must do the same. If England wants
to exist as an empire with numerous
subject peoples that is her affair but
we do not want to act as a bolster
for her in her plans. That is al The
duty of Americans is to think of Amer
lea first and always. The sooner we
get back to this basal fact the bet
ter for us all. In the end we feel
that England may lose some of her
colonies retaining those akin to her
by racial ties and spirit. An Eng
lish speaking federation of peoples
who are sincere and free may come
about but it will exist through a tie
of spirit and community of thought
rather than formal legality. So much
for the general attitude of Americans
who sympathized with the allied
cause, assisted in deed and heart and
still hold kindly feeling toward our
late allies. This sentiment, we are
pleased to say, seems to be the atti-
tude of those Americans also who are
of British extraction. 1t is very fine
Americanism.