The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-03
As Others See 1t
OUR FRIENDs-THE ENEMY
(Ocala Banner.)

North Dakota is represented in the United
States congress by full Republican delegation
both in the senate and house of representatives.
Things at home reported to be in bad shape
and are apparently going from bad to
Charges and counter charges have been made
and things are in such muddle that the Liter
airy Digest, in order to be informed of the exact
situation, sent a letter addressed to every news
paper and magazine in the state
AS concensus of the true condition of affairs
it cleaned the following facts:
Taxes have trebled!"
Marketing conditions are the worst ever
known"
The State Insurance Department is more than
year behind in payment of losses and some of
the 1920 claims will not be paid in two years."
THE Bank of North Dakota is nsolvent"
The Republicans are trying to saddle on the
Socialists the sorry plight into which the state
has Iallen but it stands to reason the Socialists
were in control they would have some representa-
ton in congress.
How is it in other states where this party of
great moral ideas" are in power?
The governor of the great state of Illnois-the
state of Abraham Lincoln-s trial for the un-
lawful use of the states funds
The amount figures up into the millions
In the state of Michigan Mr. Truman Newberry
holds his seat in the United States senate by vr-
tue of having big wad and spending it freely
or as the Houston (Texas) Post puts it, "by buy
ing his seat and paying for it,"
AS the great forests of pine and other vaua-
BILE timber are being rapidly depleted in the
state of Wisconsin the Republicans that have
control of that state are singing song.
When it was thought their timber supply could
never be exhausted they cried for a high pro-
tective tariff to shut out importations from Can
ada, but that they are almost exhausted
and its inhabitants want lumber to build their
homes cheaply possible they are looking
towards the forests of Canada and want the pro-
tective tariffs removed.
So from that state discordant note is reach
ing the ears of congress and Mr.. Harding is CIV
en- trouble to assuage it.
In the state of Massachusetts one Henry Cabot
Lodge is occupying seat once occupied by DAN
ie Webster, prncely name in American his
tory.
On an occasion in addressing the students of
one Of the famous colleges of his state he said
that to enter into a separate peace with Germany
would forever brand our nation with dishonor
and in the face of that statement voted for a
separate peace.
Think of Daniel Webster pulling a brand of
dishonor on his country to serve party ends
Ex-Presdent Taft, recently appointed to the
exalted position of Chief Justice of our court of
last resort, was president of the League to En-
force Peace and when it came to a show down
stultifed himself by saying that he was not in
favor of the enforcement of peace!
Hon. John Sharp Williams was a member of
the League at the time and when Mr.. Taft made
this stulfyng announcement the distinguished
Mssissippan Immediately forwarded his resig-
nation.
President Harding in the campaign of 1912 SUBJ
ported Mr.. Taft for president against Mr. Roose
welt and among his other quoted statements
while editor of the Marion (Ohio) Star said
Roosevelt was the most "self-seeking politician
the country had ever produced" and other state
ments yet more severe, yet recently to curry fav-
or with the progressive wing of his party and to
Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of In
dependence, acknowledged by all historians to be
the greatest statesman this country ever pro-
duced, placed Mr.. Roosevelt along with Washing.
ton and Lincoln the third greatest Ameri-
can"
And this is the makeup of the party claiming
to be the party of great moral ideas!"
United States Senator Ralph H. Cameron, of
Arizona, has just been indicted at Phoenix by
federal grand jury for perjury, as the Associated
Press announces.
So the story goes and grows