Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

Friends of the donkey as an emblem
OF the Democratic party have rallied
to its support in answer to the attack
Of the Women's Democratic Club OF
Philadelphia, which decided that the
animal Is altogether too unsightly''
to represent a great national political
organization.
Base ingratitude" In the reply of
the Omaha World Herald, which asks:
What has his beauty or lack of
beauty to do with 1t? Who thinks the
party selected him in the first place
because of his pulchritude? The party
selected him for his staying powers.
Years and years of mauling and
pummeling and berating have passed
since then and he is still with you.
You can't wear out donkey. You
can beat him and curse him and
threaten him and ridicule him, but
you can't wear him down. He is
A. glutton for punishment.
Now, we submit, there is an emblem
as is an emblem. Let us cling to him
with jealous pride and with at least
a modicum of that answering deter.
mination which makes him the mule
he is and provides the party he SO
nobly represents with whatever OF
promise future days may hold"
IF the good and wise donkey should
be expelled from his present post of
party service and honor" asks the
Syracuse Herald, what beast or bird
or fish could be found worthy to take
his place? Surely not the camel
despite his faculty Of going a long
time between drinks. Besides, there
Is the camels suggestion of desert
life, which no aspiring Democrat likes
to contemplate. Ransack as 1t will
the whole menagerie of the barnyard
and the wiids, of the air and the
mighty waters, the Democratic party
can find no creature of equal or lesser
compass that can compare with the
donkey as breathing compendium of
stanch and homely,, and therefore
Democratic, virtues.
"The donkey is a symbol of pa.
tience, and Democrats should be re-
minded constantly that they have
need of patience" advises the Detroit
News! ALSO the donkey is an emblem
OF peace, and the party is in dire need
of outlawing war within its ranks.
Nor is this all. The donkey is a
humorous sort Of animal, half beast
of drudgery and half four.footed
DnltOSODNCF--A ASSElOCOullC lCHOW,
given to braying sometimes, docile foi
the most part and likely to kick only
when hard pressed or frightfully
abused. No, the Democrats without
the donkey would be a lonesome lot
AS for the eagle, he has wings: but
what the Democrats need is pert;
nacity, and the donkey has that. As
long as the G. o. p. and the Demo
Gratis are in the political game. the
elephant and the donkey as symbols
should remain"
''The party whose emblem 1t has
BEEN" suggests the Terre Haute star
boasts of its nearness to the hearis
of the common people. Its spell
binders appeal to those worthy citi
zens close to nature and the fruits ol
the soil. While this tradition may
seem somewhat frayed in our modern
scheme, it still serves the purpose 81
the stump. The donkey should bf
more acceptable than the eagle, siig
gested by the Philadeiphians, which
certainly represents the acme or aioof
ness from the pulse Of the American
public"
Advising the women Of the party &c
"come out to Nevada and see th'
donkey at his best" the Reno Gazette
pays this tribute to the burro: lii'
voice is not pleasant, and his raucou'
'hee.haw' often comes iH-timed to TN
ears of the sleeper in mining camps
but there is the American trait IN mn
of uttering his protests out loud. ~
never murmurs, he shrieks. lie is M
peacock in appearance, either. pu
| wears a sober coat OF gray. And ~
survives the coolest Winters ana TN
hottest Summers on the desert. salts
fled with few acres of sagebrush fol-
| fodder, and a nibble at the edge or
| blanket or gunnysack for dessert
- ., Stick to the donkey! Ht
brays, 1t Is true, but he works for hi
| living"
! A question of fact is raised by tn
Columbus Record. which submits tina