The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-06
THE EAGLE, THE ROOSTER
AND OTHER BIRDS
BY n. ID. Cochran

Well, elections all but the shouting and
there's darned little of that. AS usual several mil
lions Of intelligent citizens didn't Most of those
who did vote don't know what they voted fon and don't
know what they'll get-liniess it's the razzberry.
Somebody was elected to office, of course. and
somebody wasn't After staging great sham battle
the ms are in and the outs are out Otherwise the
world and the United States of America will go
business as usual. and there won't be much political
bunk in the papers for two years-when the
politicians will go crazy again.
Most people will pursue the even tenor of their
way. They will think about what they are going to
eat and wear-what dates they have for tonight
what show they will go to-how they going pay
their debts or dodge the coector-how they can
afford to get Observation-Disclosures the coming baby will
be boy girl-whether stocks. stockings or wages
are going up down-wholl be the first heavyweight
to get a crack at Tunney's tte-whether Jack Demp
sey can come back-what other amateurs are going
to turn pro-whether Aimee Mcpherson did or didn't
who killed Pastor Mills and the choir singer-and
thousand and one other things that have to do with
the daily life of the people
But not many, il any at all, really expect any,
thing to happen at the National State capital that
will fatten the pay envelope, pay the rent buy
baby shoes.
The politicians with all their bunk oratory and rosy
promises think they kidding the people. Nobody
peheves that any political party is going to bring
heaven down earth if they win drag hell up
down below If they lose They don't even believe the
preachers can work miracles of that kind
Most Democrats and Republicans the
other for no better reason than that they think thty
were born that way. That is they belong to a party
belong because their husbands belong AS women be-
come increasingly influential will be Repub-
iicans or Democrats because their wives are
But after all it doesn't anything. Or if It
does mean anything nobody knows what it is
If you to see how full of bunk the politicians
just back to the predictions they made Just be-
fore election day. and them with the returns
now in. Those who will say, II told you So" and
those who lost won't have much to say at ALL
But none of them knew what going to happen.
They trying to influence votes It's part of the
game In trying to influence wavering voters political
managers merely tried to out-yel each other They
may have fooled some of the people, but darned few
of them. Anyhow not half of the eligible voters
were fooled enough to take the trouble to vote for
anybody
Years ago the eagle emblem stirred I'D Re-
publican zeal and the Democratic gave his fol-
lowers thrill but evolution has been steadily getting
in its work. The eagle looks the rooster
and the rooster too much like the eagle Some people
can't tell 'em apart Others apt mistake either
for buzzard.
If real man happens to be running for office
more and more voters every year don't darn
what ticket he's running on, and they for the
and not the bird.
But after all it doesn't make much difference.
This country isn't going to hell matter which party
wins. About the only difference between Democrats
and Republicans in the United States Senate is that
they sit opposite sides of the center aisle and
Wayne Wheeler sits In the gallery and tells them how
to vote.