Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-02-29
OTHERS VIEWS

To the Editor:
1 have tried awfully hard to smoth-
err my righteous Indignation, behave
myself and keep quiet, but just about
the time begin to bask in the mag
mary sunshine of undisturbed secur-
ity somebody does it.
Now, the crown heads of the repub-
lican party have mustered the dis
gruntled of the land: The Hoover
Gratis, Plutocrats, Lame Ducks and
Disappointed office seekers and out
of this bitter concoction, have fash
toned what they are pleased to call
1.-THE Liberty League" and their only
idea of Liberty is the unrestrained.
exploitation of the masses at the ruth
less hand of the favored few. Their
paramount object, of course, is to
weaken the morale of the Democratic
Party by directing hostile and destruc-
tive criticism at the liberal and pro-
gressive policies inaugurated by the
present administration. However,
they will be remembered longer as an
organization who attempted to perpe-
tuate a living symbol, forever, por-
traying the pitiful standard of eco
nomic wrechedness.
The "Wisecracks" and malidictions
being hurled at the Roosevelt admin
istration by the gentleman from Cali
fornia seems to be badly timed. It
will take more than one adminiStra-
ton and, perhaps, more than one gen.
Grafton, to erase from the patriotic
minds of the American people their
wretched condition at the end of his
four years of nonfeasance.
Mr.. Hoover is a great man but he
is not statesman, and he inherited
from his predecessor all the necessary
facilities for one of the most disas-
trous financial panics that ever swept
the country He is a good man, but
he was too enambored with the glo-'
ries of being president to notice the
trend of events, until conditions had
grown intolerable and when, at last,
aroused to a realization of the dis
turbing truth, he either lacked the
intestinal fortitude to grasp the sit
uation with a firm hand and make
determined effort in the right direc-
tion or else, he found himself strand
ed in a wilderness of doubt and uncer-
tainty with his mind a conglomerated
mass of confused ideas, with clear
conception of nothing Perhaps, his
inaction will always remain profile
NAUTICAL, however, we do know he de-
serted his sorely tried congress in the
darkest hours of distress and assum-
ed an attitude of disintereSted neu-
trality while the very foundation of
the United States floundered on the
shaky rocks of financial destruction.
The Republican party forfeited its
right, forever, to public confidence
during the "Black satchel Regime"
but the United States being the Land
of the spree and the home of the
slave, they tried them twice more,
with increasing unhappy results.
"Now, "The Liberty League" is not
flying it's members to ignore the ques-
tionnaires sent out by the lobby in
vestigating committee, which is con-
elusive evidence, that somebody has
been carrying another black satchel
After listening to the doleful pro-
phecies of the Liberty League, the
feeble excuses of the Republican par
ty for past failures and the alluring
promises for the future it is not sur
prising for Dr. Cook to ask for vindi-
cation, in fact, it seems Old Ananias
would be justified in demanding re-
dress.
But 1 have too much confidence in
the intelligence of the voters of the
country to believe, they can be- scared
by gloomy prophecies, cajoled by wise
cracks, or swayed by flattering pro-
misses. In fact, the Republicans have
no grievance, the faults being founo
won't stand a laboratory test, when
analysed, the only condemnatlng
element found is the simple fact that