The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-04
Whittier Are We Drifting

Official Washington is com
binatfon of political caucus, drawing
room and civil service bureaus con-
tanning statesmen who are polltlcl-
ans and politicians who are not
statesmen; is poorly organized for
its task, which fewer men or larger
capacity would do better" This Is
what the retiring Secretary II the
Interior, Franklin K. Lane, says and
Mr.. Lane spoke the truth.
Gompers, the head of the American
Federation of Labor, has the whole
Washington bunch afraid OF him
and his board of foreign followers
for the Federation has filed notice
that it intends to defeat any candl-
date for Congress or President who
is opposed to letting labor unions do
as they please, or practically so.
Then there are the German
brewers, the distillers and former
saloon keepers, ninety per cent OF
whom are foreigners. declarlng
that they too, will vote against all
candidates for national and state
affairs who do not declare IN faVof
of the sale of whiskey in their plat
forms.
Now, if this foreign bunch hasn't
got the politics of our country IN a
devil of a mix+llp, We are too DUMP
to see the trend of events as they
come and go.
Orr men now in public life lack
the necessary interest and manhooh
tn leeislate for the good of America
and Americans, regardless OF the
foreign element IN our midst. cheap
noliticians are leading us on to ma
tional ruin and halt should be call
I'D before it is too late.
Had it not been for politics the
peace terms as agreed upon, 1nclud-
ing the League of Nations, desun
ed to save the young MANHOOD OF
the world from slaughter in the
future. would have been approved
within two weeks after the Presl-
dents return from France, but the
Republicans, having majority IN
Congress saw the chance to WIN the
favor of the German and his sympa-
thizers in this country by opposing
the peace terms, thus making an
issue to catch the foreign vote 1oI
the next Republican candidate LOT
President. All for political supre-
macy. And some of the Democratic
members from states having large
German vote are as active IN their
opposition to the peace terms as
their political opponents, for the self
same reason.
We believe that the politicians,
FOR political prestige, would we Will
ing to declare that the Kaiser was
right in foncing the war and that
Germany should be released from
all responsibility for the war claims
levied against her.
We cannot but believe that ii we
had withheld the glad hand years
ago from the undesirable foreign
host that have been focking to our
shores, and given more cons1dera-
ton and encourag cement to the six
teen millions of true and patriotic
negro citizens, who are real Amerl-
cans, ready at ali times to uphold
the doctrine of "Am erica for Ameri-
cans" and who give no internal
troubles unless they are contaminat-
ed by association with and the teach
ings of agitators like the 1. W. w.
and similar organizations, o u 7
country today would be in a more
peaceful state.
Is is yet to come that the now
great Southland, with it's large negro
population, will be called upon to
free real American citizens from the
servitude of foreign invaders and
conspirators? 1t looks possible.
1t is becoming more evident, day
by day, that if Americans are to rule
America it must be done by an "All
American political organization.
(Note-The writer fayors labor
unions when they are under the lead
ership of fair-minded men and when
their acts in behalf of their mem
bership are just and consideratTe
but cannot approve of such methods
as brought about the strike at the
Baltimore Dry Docks.