Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-06

through Its operating forces, is in the
field of the fighting early. AS it has
been put, the outlook is that the at
present dominant Republican party
must go through three years Of cam
raIgning under daily mustard shell at
tacks from the Democrats.
The Republican national committee
has lot of other kind of work on
It's hands, but 1t is also making prep
arations to meet and repulse, If it can,
the attacks of the Democratic forces.
So far as one can determine from
reading the frequent bulletins Oissued
by the Democratic national committee,
there Is not one act of Republican
legislation, suggested or accomplished
or one Presidential pronouncement on
economic or other matters which has
met with the approval of the occu-
pants of the enemy watch tower.
While the Democratic committee Is
engaged in its verbal assaults, the Re
publican leaders in congress are re-
torting in kind. Mr.. Mondell, the
leader of the dominant party's house
force, has declared publicly that the
present congress has been as con-
structive a congress as any that ever
sat in Washington. The Wyoming
representative believes in giving back
the enemy's fire.
Getting Ready for Fall of 1922.
George White, chairman Of the
Democratic national committee, has
called the present body of national
law makers a Stacker congress-"
This, however, constitutes the mini
mum in the opprobrious. The chair
man and all his colleagues are search
ing the Republican records and MAX
ing what they consider to be the most
Of them.
The solid fact is that the Demo
cratic national committee Is doing
what it can today by way of prelim
inarieS IN an attempt to GUST the Re
publicans in the fall of next year.
The Democrats seem to be sanguine,
but naturally the Republicans say the
enemy's optimism is unsound and I'M
warranted, and that the opposing
party will do we'll if it succeeds in
making any inrOads at all into the
Republican majority in congress when
the next election is held.
1t is unusual for Washington thus
early to be engaged in the game of
active politics. OF course politics is
always in evidence here, but never
prior to this time have national com
mittees been so determinedly on the
Job. The Republican committee today
has under consideration and debate
the matter of Republican Southern
representation IN the national con-
ventiOn, and it is engaged in the work
of giving study to the reports Of the
subcommittee appointed some time ago
for the purpose Of examining the
Southern situation and in getting an
early understanding Of what should be
done.
1t may be that the Republican d.
rectors Of campaign activities are
worried secretly because of the Demo-
cratic attacks, but if so they are not
showing the nature of their worries
on their sleeves. The Democratic
committee members probably also
have their worries, but they are as
secretive about them as are the Re
publican committeeman, and the real
fact is that both parties to the case
declare that all anxiety is in a field
afar off.
DreseI May BE Ambassador
At this moment or writing it seems
possible that Ellis Loring Dresel is to
be appointed American ambassador
to Germany. In one capacity or
another Mr.. Dresel has been in touch
with German affairs for some time,
and has made particular study Of
political and economic conditions in
that country.
Whether or not eventually the APP
,pointment is to go to Mr.. Dresel, 1t is
certain that it is to be given to a
man who, like him, has a thorough
understanding of conditions in the
land with which the United States re-
Gently was at war.
Washington, not at all strangely,
seems to be more interested in the
subject of the next German ambassa.
dor to the United States than 1t is In
the appointment to Germany in our
own behalf. 1t is said that Count Won
Bernstorff, former German ambassa-
dor to the United States, who was
sent home by the American govern
ment, has told his home government
that its next representative in the
United States should he ahIa m SneoL
the English language fiuently, to I'M
derstand all the shades of its mean
ing and presumably to have also an
understanding of what we loosely call
Americanisms. The United States has
had ambassadors to Germany who
knew nothing of the language of that
land.
Our Ambassadors Not Linguists
The government of the United