The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-18
|SNOOKUM AND POLITICS.

The Augusr primary elections are
over, the Democrat and Republi-
lear parties have both nominated
Their Candidates Tor State offices
and for Congr IS and for United
States Senator, and are now sit
ing back shaking their fists and
|erlnning at each other getting
ready Tor the great battle of bal
lots IN November, each swearing
they can lick the other to a fraz-
zle and daring each other out in
the yard. calling each other
names too indecent to 'put in
print, threatening to knock the
eternal stuffing out of the other
on the first Tuesday in November
rhe Republicans swear that if
Democrats are elected the country
is gone to psrdition, they swear
by the horns of Jupiter that the
Democrats are the cause of hard
times and short crops and moon
shine liquor, the Democrats
swear by the faith of their
Grandmothers that if the repub-
licans are elected the country
will go to rack, they say the re-
publicans are the cause of high
taxes and low wages. they say
the republicans are the caus, of !
moonshine lixuor selling at ten
dollars per gallon, the republi. !
cans hsve cosen the elephant as
their emblem because he has a
tail on both ends so he can take
backwater at any time without |
around. the democrats
iave chosen the donkey as their
,arty emblem so they can make
% much noise the republicans
an not tell what they are doing.
~ if,sns half what each party
ayn - ths other is true they
= - b. In jaii. /
Every day we see some little
2 caliber politician who don't
now politics from bedticks,
or dogticks strike out {
|own the plank pike at a two
orty gate swearing he has the ]
cal dope. that he is the favorite I
on of some political boss and if
he people will elect his man he
,ill get some government job !
or each voters stcp-nephew on
is grandmothers slCc and have .
very mans mothhr-in-law re-
ealed, he will make more noise
han a mules father over a bale |
{ pea hay, and nine times out :
ten his man is defeated and .
hen he lays the blame on all his ,
eighbors and wont speak to
1em for two months, but if his }
ian is elected, he will hug you a
very time he sees YOU and say,
/ told you." then he will guar
ntee that some time within the
ext two years you will receive {
rom the government at Wash
lgton package of last years l
arden seeds, three or four year
ooks four or five years old all {
the same date treating on the
,bacco worm and other pets, :
,oks on bolts. how to make n
ems lay. books on the boil weevil a
nd book agents and a lot of a
,eeches that was never read on y
le floor of Congress, he will N
'omise you everything from a 81
hite elephant to brass monkey n,
d wien the little two by four n,
It's to Congress, the firjt thing "A.
. does is to rush to the Post n
ice and write Post cards back ro
'me to the secretary of some al
,ung mems club telling them a,
wv proud he is of them and as is
ring them that should they -
i've occasion to visit Washington
be sure to call on him. and
at he would be only too glad {,
ride them up and down the !"
eight elevator of the Washing ~
n monument in defense of the ~
untry. y
Some OF our congressman often 4.
aim that while thpv arc aI,uave l.