The Holbrook news., 1922-11-17
Simon Says "Thumbs Down.


 Political unrest is, no doubt, trite muchy over used term But there are times when such brOmdes eX press more concretey than anything else the real state of affairs.
 The recent election most certainly, when considered in relation the preceding of two years ago. has re- gistered in most emphatic this political unrest which is prevalent among voting people. In making al general survey of the those local conditions which sm Ill place often decide election must be discount ed They are an evidence of sentiment and not convc tOn
 This prevailing unrest referred to is not dscourag ing sign viewed index of progress The sort of al mind which revolved in it's little orbit, voting he same Democratic Republican ticket, world without end entirely regardless of the true worth of the he issues at stake too crcumscribed in it's views, tool infertie from its long hamilton and disuse to produce vre thinking or action Unrest may err on the side of impusiveness may be too easily swayed but it at least possesses poentality Once thinking voternever a. gain mousc
 The crux of the trouble seems to lie in the fact that people as whole know WHAT they want but do not know the best way of obtaining it. After the war, al vast majority being unsatisifed with conditions repudi ated the party they held responsible whether justly or not is for each to decide Two years ago the voters put the Republican party power the conduct of the tons business affairs by the Democratic Administration did not suit them At the end of two years the state of a airs still being unsatisfactory to Mr. Common People he voted in diametricay opposite manner to that of two years previous He didn't get what he wanted from one political party--very we-he would try the other wit ness the large Democratic vote just registered.
 Mr. c. People casts himself in thestellar role of the famous Mr. Simon and says Thumbs Up.-. Thumbs Down., to the apprshensve politicians f:
 This is not on the whole bad idea. By all evi- dences Mr. C. People intends to keep up his little game until the party in power gives him what he desires Gone are the days when the political boss calmly figure on the answering vote of the Solid South the mpregnabe franchises of New England. It was but is no more Some men catty enough to blame this on the women but don't you believe it. they merely trying to pass the buck .,i<.1
 The voter is realizing his power. The Seven Sleep who have sumbered so long stirring in their dreams The figures from the recent election presage two things. The people whole not satisfied with the policies of the administration, they satisfied with the present status of prohibition. '-r |
 In the eastern states many standard bearers of pro- hbition have been repudated by their constituents It too widespread condition to be laid at the door of personal dislike for the men themselves Those who are in favor of continued dry program should not under estimate the way the wind blows It is decidedly poor policy to be unprepared Nor is it we'll to forget that re- action always follows acon that 'unhindered the pen dulum will swing far to the east it does the west Perhaps present prohibition laws are not the best that could be framed. Is it not your duty as near relative of Mr. C. People to that better law is put inits place instead oaowng it to be nsdiously destroy ed leaving us no buwark of defense. |
 The repudiation not of the men prominently, but of the policies of the Republican party evidenced in the returns from November II is the handwriting on the wall It serves not only encouragement but also as warning to the Democratic party The people must be served The party soonest recognizing this salient fact and acting upon it will be the party longest in power
 Mr. C. People may not know exactly how to compass what he wants but he no longer maps He asks not the modus operandi simply the results It is his game and he demands recognition From when he calls out "Simon says Thumbs Up''
 Simon says Thumbs Down,
 make no mistake Oh, most wise and reverend political prognoscator, it will Thumbs Up Thumbs Down. just as he says. :.i..-