The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-01-04

national arms Conference. Naturalis
it would be supposed that thesr tw,
great activities in the capital woGis
ccusuuIe most " the interest Of tc.i>
fator, delegate sud layman uI!ooker
hui politics keeps open shop III VAST
fngtcn all the year through. and every
day is shopping day.
i IL would not be difficult thing
for the most violent PARTISAN TO wriIs
non-rartisan politics at this stage o.
the political contest. Does it seen,
curious 10 use the wor,s ''courest'' al
ia time when. generally speaking,
throughout the, country gsampaiguin.
seems to be i'm IN ipacyiv.s stage?
Well 50 far Us Washington is eun-
.eerned there always : 3 contest on
between the two great pc.!tica, parties.
1t finis evidence in the hoGSe of repre-
-lsentativeS> in tho senate and in the
various bureaus OF departmental lite.
!. Not a Democrat in either house Of
congress and not Il heltl-over Democrat
ic official in any uf the departments
but Is watching day by day for those
signs of Republican future aloeg this
or that line of eutlearor which point
in some perhaps promising way toward
Il change Of party rule at the No
vember elections in laa2, and the
greater change in November, 1924
The limitation Of armantenss con-
ference is about the only thing in
Washington today which stansls alouf
from the purely partisan political
field The findings Of the conference,
it is perfectly true. have been attacked
by both Democrats and Republicans,
but the attacks have not been aimed
at the purposes OF the conference but
rather at the means employed Io ac-
eomp!isa the purposes.
tots Of Political Propzdands.
The Democrats. however. are ex-
cesdiusiy busy in congress and through
their national committee in the en-
deayor TO show that ttse Republicans
thus fur have accomplished little OF
nothing along the line of the promises
which the party made in tehe cani-
paign Of 1870 The Republicans. on
the other hand are pointing with the
pcuyerhiat pride To the things already
ttoue and are offering explanations
for the things left uildone. explana-
tiouS coupled with the prophecy that
all the odds and ends will he picked
krS rn.,. Sj~
gone by and that fulfilled" then can
he written after thu. it@r of pledges
,uatie in the last national convention
and in the last presidential campaign
The Democratic and Republican ma
sionat committees are still ut their
work Of political propaganda Every
editor in the United States, pre-.
suniabEy. and sertsiuly every cor
respondent OF newspapers who is sta
toned ia Washington, il rcceiyin. al
ruest without interruption more or
less deiectanle matter Intended TO be
printed i'm behalf Of the De1ocntic
or the Republican cause,
One feels that he mtlst say with PEI
feet frankusss shat 4 good deal OF
this material which is received Is
the oil time campaign propaganda
bunk OF d ktnd thar would be received
with acclaim only by the uloss5uckS OF
either party. men who would vote for
Recisebub Ii only he happened TO be
running on the right party ticket.
Exploiting the Ex.serviee Man.
The ex-serr!ce man Is being ex-
pEcfte,l by the committees of both
parties. Perhaps 1t is cruet 10 say
but such seems to tss The
case. The Democrats constantly are
telling what they would TO for the ex-
service man and the Republicans coG-
stnn,Iy are telling what they are doing
for the cx-servicc man. The soldier
vote has heen tn American politics
since Revolutionary days. saw Not
long ago the original manuscript, yel
lowed with asr. ut an address which
WAS delivered in the state Of New
York In the year 1874. II had In II.
but Ii must he confessed rather in
directly than directly, but perhaps
none the less forcihly, plea thas the
soldiers vi the Revolutionary war
should vote right
1t Is TO be tuken tor granted that
th. veterans OF the War cf Isl. wen
sought after In like manner when the
election campaigns began
The history of the pleas for the soldier
vote after sh. Civil war, pleas which
centinue tu suuIc extent to this day
Is Welt KNOWN.
One of the curious features Of this
ey-aaldier matter Is that the manage
mcnt ct ench political party picks out
here and there an Isolated case oil
Justice done. or injustice done, and
exploits II a. Ii IL werc the general
rule ut the party tn which credit or
r!iscrt.tiit Is given.
There are n good many shrewsi poll
ticians who think TINT q lot Of time
and energy is being wasted by th.
political managers In seeking Tor the
so-cailed sotdiers' VOTE. Democrats
are Democrats and Republicans are
whether they fought for
their country or not, and the seemingly