The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
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To the Editor. The wHshinEtoB Herald:
have long since discovered that
when a man gets too old to learn,
his day is nigh TO seek a clean
place and turn his toes up TO the
daisies. sixty-two years ago ] ar
rived at the age OF accountability
and expecting in due time TO be-
come a mar amongst men. there
fore I trotted along watching mems
characteristics from every dip, spur
and angle. and the one that i'm
pressed me most In the gUlIible mass
was that heterogeneous man. eyes
wide and mouth open. drinking in
the political gUsh so abundantly
handed out by the willy, smooth
.tongued political prevGricator prom
Using the gullibIes everything from
ambassador to Europe. Irup, Orup
and Syrup, 10 chimney-sweep OF the
Capitol Dome. knowing full well
at the time that these things were
only the shining lure to attract
the poor fsh TO the hook-and the
poor hsh are still looking. View
ing these myriads Of dupes stiU
holding up their cups Of bitter dis
appointment, begging more OF the
same sort, l was at a loss to pro-
nounce pity, stupidity or hypno-
tism- For more than sixty years
to my certain knowledge this has
been just the same. Sometimes
wonder will there ever be q change
The campaign tree OF 1920 put forth
the same old blossoms What SORT
OF fruit are We to expect? ] saw
no efforts Of Luther Burbank with
the pollen to bring about a trans
formation OF fruit, hence we may
look forward 10 = crop Of the same
variety Of little. warty apples at
5 cents each. Oh, Gawd!
i see by The Herald" somebody
is looking for a nUt-cracker Pres
ident-elect Harding is casting about
for the foundation Of his soon
coming regime-all bomb and hrc-
proof Republicans; the whole
/ cheese, wagon, dog and tar-bucket
No others need apply.
To a man up a stump-thsrs me
the bear a the root and the
stump neither too small nor too
large for the bear 10 hug. have
my saw, but no limbs tq hack.
Jump-if he comes up he will have
to climb down. meanwhile ] can
create space between him and some
where Kindly allow your man up
stump 10 PROFOUND a few pertinent
questions: Has the G. O J.. taken
an inventory Of itself and found it,
self Immaculate? Has II fixed its
determination to RepUblIcauize the
country? Has il forgotten that mot
all Of that huge majority rolled up
last fall was Of the G. 0. P Some
others helped in that ball A
government for the people and BY
the people does not constitute a
government by a part or a party
Of the people. A square deal. sabrr
l am not a politician, though
honor the Republican party for hsv-
ing produced the greatest states
man that ever Iived-Theodore
Roosevelt, whose motto, The Square
Deal" is written in living charsc-
ters Of gold emblazoned upon the
escUtcheJn Of eternal fame. II ever
a statue is erected TO his memory
want to see the square and com
pass upon the base and a stick Of
Cordwood in his hand
Ny frle nds, heed the warnings of
the press The press keeps abreast
OF the times; is the educator or
the world Thousands read only the
sporting columns: others the H.
c. l.; others who never glance al
the editorials. Say. shut down the
press for twenty -four hours: awake
and take inventory. Is the pres
a factor I'll say 1t Is
A word or two more for the
square deal: Uncle. sam is LOSING
millions Of revenue and spending
millions more to accomplish that,
and incidentally killing few moon
sinners by way OF diversi0n-in pu--
suit OF happiness. Not quite q SQUARE
deal. Occasionally a few poor dew
lis sacrifice their souls by a Subsrr-
tute for the genuine a square
dealH ] don't think. Did the elm
nation Of John B. from this crgs-
tallized sphere Of spontaneous reform
abolish the crime wave ! didn't
see anything about il IN the al
manac. SolOns OF the mighty con-
cIave. 90 ye into executive session.
and come out with something and
give the man with the hoe a chance.
That's what I call a square deal.
JOHN W. JENKINS.
Soldiers Home, Washington. D. c.