The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-11-30
Howe About:
No Flow of Blood
The rH Devil Cracks Down
Really Good Men ..,..
pv ED HOWE
,ogs. Bell syndicate ............

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,srENING to. conversations
ahant the depression, | note tnal
.oarIv everyone expresses the nope
.sa, blood will not flow Oelore 'ne
trouble ends. +s be1ieve
,ealIy have secret nope . hat
l lears will be a flow of blood that
those who have wronsed thein n'a'
be properly punished o,,r 70
ronder it does not occur 10
.naso gloomy prophets that in case
.ao roisn of terror predicted comes
a -. there will be no selected list
a a. sictims 1 will not be permit
70 ter 70 point out my special enemies
and order the executioners to dis-
csc a If them. Others will not have
that privilege. r,oo
Tn the reign of terror in France
for every king. aristocrat or imam
cier beheaded, dozens OF mllllners'
.norr,men. small home owners, agl-
tators. politicians, lost their hVes'
- otherwise suffered the wrongs
,noidont TO rioting. The rufhans
snallv turned on themselves. and
O. MANY of them were disposed or
that If became possible for reason
ohio men TO restore order.
All the present blood atonement
men should further remember that
ue are all about equally RESPONSE
HE for our present troubles. Great
ou;It attaches to men like Samuel
insult Woodrow Wilson, but pun
isbment is also Justly due their
Needless and dishonest followers.
In following bad measures and
had men. we are all guilty. The
only remedy is for all to acquire
better sense and morals.
There will be no flow OF blood.
The present universal suffering is
sufficient for expiation of our
sins; the present reign of terror
enough to sober us.
A man called to see me lately,
and complained bitterly because he
was only making living during the
hard times. That's rather good"
said: and might have added:
Considering how shiftless you are.
and always have been"
Thousands of us should be more
grateful than we are that we are
able to make a living in spite of
the ruin our shiftless carelessness
has brought about.
Let no one forget that part of
this blame we are now trying to
place belongs to him. All Amer
leans have long been raising the
devil. and the devil has finally been
forced to crack down on us. |
think even the devil is sorry, our
distress is so great. but we have
acted baily so long. he couldn't
avoid it. -.-
The real wonder is that Ameri-
cans have been able to continue
as long MS they have in their mad
reyel " Ez
A long time ago. during perilous
time somewhat like the present, an
old fellow wrote: ''There be not
three good men in England; and
one of them is fat and grows
DID, Everyone has the no.
ton that only few really good
men are left; and he Is not entirely
certain about the other three or
four. or five, or half dozen. Usu-
ally he will admit they mean well,
but somewhat doubts their hon
esty and courage. That so much
conceit exists Is marvellous, but it
Is about the only marvel that has
been proven. All appreciate them
selves too much. We are like the
Irish; 1t is said there never was an
irish brass band because agreement
as TO a. leader could not be
reached.
a country town man, living in a
western state noted for hypocrisy,
IS In Jail. He didn't get drunk.
IL was his boast he had never
lasted intoxicating liquor in his
NE From a boy up he had at
.elued Sunday school and church.
ne married a good girl, and was
proloundly shocked at the bold
.aanher in which travelling men dis.
pay careleSsness of home ties. But
parehts, nefghbors and teachers
nau never warned him against the
s'OcA market. When the explosion
,aille' a neighbor said: 81 have
peel noticing for some time he has
.s ecu uolng more for the poor and
e public good than can afford"
ao lie had been accomplishing
sOOa by doing harm to himself.
in 0iu heWSman who spent years
ana NusSla is now in Washington
= and says the marching of negroes
z % g Viz soldiers there remind him
:, 81. Petersburg. We are
= o,s sOnins like the Russians in MANY