Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-11-29

fact, the camp-followers of political
writer's are not aware of their own
false disguise, and from his self
built Acropolis, this newborn POI
liticAl Solomon of republican wis
dom looks with disdain upon any
writer who would dare take issue
with his ideas and defend the New
Deal against his blistering editorial
machine-gun attack. In his own
mind, it is perfectly @. X. for him
to abuse our wonderful president
because Of his efforts to feed the
hungry and clothe the naked, and
as much as call the president of the
United States a thief, bandit
and highwayman, SO blinded is he
by his partisan prejudice. by such
statements as footing the U. S.
treasury of the tax payers money" ;"
Such statements are dishonest, un-
principled They are not just );
they are not correct. But. paper
that would allow an ignorant per-
son to blaspheme the Lords prayer.
by making mockery out of it. and
the editor so utterly lacking of the
rudimentary principles Of prudence
and common sense, as not to see
that to publish such blasphemous
article was sacrilegious and would
offend the feelings of Christians,
cannot be expected to respect the
president of the United States.
That burlesqueing of the Lords
prayer mixed with the beer episode
did more harm to the Herald than
h in al la n
believe me, dozens of peoples of all
faiths bitterly resented it.
Mr.. Matson loves to ridicule and
make fun of President R3osevelt's
"brain trust = as though yeu can
run the government without brains
If we had had brains running gov
ernment for the last twelve years.
we wouldn't be in the mud-swamp
of depression.
AS sample of Mr.. Matson's logic
would like to ask him this ques-
tion: Mr.. Matson, if it is all right
for you to write articles bitterly as
sailing the president for his poll
cies, why is it that you are not
guilty of egotism and pride? Or
does that just apply when a DEM
ocrat writes an article in defense.
If you can write and attack the New
Deal, are you also guilty of pride
and egotism, or does this just work
one way?
In last Thursdays issue, Mr.. Mat
son decries the amount of Morgan
go to pay for the Noble county court
house, the storage dam. the stadium
at Marietta, the stadium at New
Concord; Che forgot to mention the
federal aid appropriation for the
new gymnasium also at New Con-
cord, Muskingum college, flash!
Page Fred McInturf) yet, in the
next column Wilbur scars to poetic
heights painting a picture of the
sylvan charm and enchantment of
old Morgan county, and how the
traveller is impressed with the large
mileage of good roads. He says :.
Fifteen years ago, to have predict
ed such a beneficent result in road
building, would have branded one
as a hopeless dreamer and vision
ary." 1t would have been impos-
sible. says Wilbur, unless the leg
islature provided an easy and pain
less method of financing through the
gas tax" Now we see some Of lit
tie Wilbur's logic. / would like to
ask Wilbur, who paid this gas tax,
and where did all the money come
from to build Morgan county roads,
especially the new George White
highway to Marietta? The money
to build these roads came from the
pockets of the people all over the