The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-22

Not yet
And never will be.
The American has two saving gracss
which are peculiar to him and unknown
10 any Of the European nations. and
which have served him in good stead
through times so trying that not another
nation in history could have survived
Driven to the last ditch. from Valley
Forge to the Marine. his grim comment
ever has been well. keep your shirt on.
and ven pun through somehow"
He has a sense Of humor and a grim
optimism.
The peoples across the water can't
understand II.
The Frenchman has happy optimism
that becomes an exalted sacrificing des-
peration in moments OF disaster. The
German has a patient stubbornness, and
the Briton bulldog tenaeity
Driven 10 the wall the Frenchman faces
his approaching captors with glazing
eye and defiant "vive la France" The
Briton with grave hauteur which in a
manly way acknowledges defeat without
shame. and the German with a stoical
patience which waited forty years for
Der Tag
The American. seeing no chance. drops
his gun, takes a "chaw" OF tobacco, and
awaits his victorious opponent with a
twinkle in his eye and a grim "all right,
Mister, you win. but I'll catch you nap
ping some day and take that little gun
away from you and spank you with It,"
Up to now he has always done It.
All OF which means that at the present
time the great American public, the pub
lie with the country crossroads chin
whiskers, the public with the sedate Bap-
list side burns. the public with the
long Methodist beard and clean shaver
upper lin. the good old common people
OF websters blue back. Is sitting on the
front porch, slowly and meditatively
whiting at a piece OF stick. calmly
munching It's chaw-and watching the
Republican party out In the road going
the limit in the matter OF simon pure
low down. dog mean cussedness.
But
Some day old Uncle is going to toss his
whitfield up stick over the porch rail.
close his knife and drop 1t in his pocket
and stalk down the front walk and out in
the road, catch that Republican party
by the nap Of the neck and whale seven
teen kinds OF devilment out of IT.
At the present time Mr.. Harding and
the gentleman who consented to his nom
ination at that midnight conference in a
Chicago hotel room, are going the limit
They appear to be determined to get
the last plum in the pudding
Without arguing the merits OF the Ford
proposal the iniquities or blessings OF the
tariff which out-tariffs the mendacious
Payne Aidrich bill the treatment OF the
bonus bill. or the hundred and one other
nice little things that have been engi.
neered through CONGRESSIONAL cause FOL
ire Is found in the suave. self-satisfied
and confident manner in which these
gentlemen sit back in their office chairs
tap their desks in complacent manner
with their pencils and announce what
shall and what shall not be done
1T Is too bad that you are going t
strike" sadly says Chairman Hooper O.
the labor board to the desperate rat
and mining men standing in front Of hii
ssek, "rm afraid that YOU are going t,
DO yourself an irreparahle injury. Yol
are inviting disaster Half loaf is bet
ter than none. You'd better take wha
you can get while the getting is good
Brass
The humor OF the situation is found Ii
che fact that Mr.. Hooper advises tn
men 20 do exactly what he and Mr. Har
ding and the Republican party are doini
getting what they can while the getting
Is good.
And they're doing 1t with such cain
self assurance. in such an easy patron
ixing sort OF way as to put the almos
omnipotent power OF the Pope within tn
church TO blush
1T is my WILL" sweetly says the Pope
when opposition Is raised to his desires
LET II be done"
And Il Is done.
The tariff bill must be passed. tn
subsidy bin must be- passed. the bonu
bill must be taken up" said Presiden
Harding, reaching for his bag OF sticks
I'VE win now so and play golf"
Does the great American public fal
of the fence end froth like French
man? II docs rot. Does It sven up an
'blawst me eyes" Ike the Briton7 I
does not. Does II cit there secretly rumf