The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-01-02
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leaving a multitude of gifts the
recipient did not want and the giver
couldn't afford and the Great AM
erican people face fifty long weeks
in which to do just as they please
and be as ornary as they like before
they have to go into training, TO
be just as good as they can be be-
fore another one"
Oh yes Santa was here. He called
on me personally to leave my gift
as he was on his way to California
to see Mr.. Hoover. He was afoot and
said he had one present to send
East by mail and he was through.
The democrats have taken over his
business and there are just us three
good republicans left for him to
provide for.
Nineteen tIsirty-six which we
usher in so calmly and welcome in
all sincerity will probably go down
in history as witnessing the most
expensive the most elaborate and
the most sensational presidential
election the country has ever seen.
The President firmly seated in
the saddle with the reins firmly in
his hands, the big whip close by
and the feed bag tied on behind is
a strong favorite at the present
writing, but sometimes dark-col-
ored horse can do Strangs things.
First there is the Constitution
which has always been a bone of
contention ever since it was writ
ten and enshrined in the hearts OF
the people.
None of us ever saw it, few of us
could quote it and perhaps no one
thoroughly understands it, but the
same can be said of your marriage
certificate. Perhaps you never read
it-chances are you do not know
where it is at this moment and no
doubt your children are entirely
ignorant such document exists,
but just let them try to take their
rightful place in society, or inherit
the fortune you expect to leave
them-with out it and see what
happens. And so with the Consti-
tuition. It guarantees the heritage
and birthright of every true-born
American citizen.
The next great step will be the
platforms and campaign promises
what more can they add to what
has already been said. ALI Roosevelt
could do was what the Socialists
wanted to do. All the Republicans
can think of was what Roosevelt
promised to do and all any of them
will do is to wade deeper into debt
on a sea of broken pledges.
The poor TownSenditeS can't even
get recognized politically. No one
who is big enough to attract any
political attention is bold enough to
espouse their cause.
Not but what their idea may be a
good thing. Not but what the old
people who really made this coun-
try what it is should be permitted to
enjoy some of the wealth. Not but
what perhaps we should provide for
the old age as well as we do for
the young, but the whole idea is
repulStve to our modern govern
ment. When you expect politician
to give back anything he immed-
lately loses interest in your brand
of politics and we elect only poll
ticians to office. Right or wrong,
it's just too bad.
But what do we need with such
a system here. What do us old
fellows who never had more than
ten dollars at time know about
spending two hundred q month?
Our hired "brain trustersp that we
have hired to run this country have
put 1t upon a paying basis at last.
We can work on the ditch for
enough to pay our water tax, work
for the county to earn money to
pay our general tax, work for each
other for enough to pay our groc-
cry bills and buy our gasoline with
our relief checks and we have the
country officers, the school board
and Governor Martin to spend what
we make on our crops. And we
havn't a single thing left to worry
about.
What burns me up is the dense
and intense stupidity of our So
called smart men. Since Prof.
has come out of hiding the meanest
thing he can say about Mr.. RooSe-
welt is to denounce his prodigeous
spending of public funds but since
the beginning of time and the in
auguration of the spoils system no
one man ever spent other peoples
money more freely and had less to
show for it than the same Herbert.
If we could forget his food admins
tration when he took not only our
daily bread (meat and sugar) but
also our money and gave it all to
his neighbors and friends across
the pond. If we could turn our
blind side to him encouraging the
great powers to repudiate their pay
ments on the war debt and loan
more money to Germany so she
could rearm. If we could look with
intolerance upon his two billion a
year deficit while he was in office
trying to do something he couldn't
do, we would still have to smile at
the thousands of dollars he gave to
Mr.. "WickWaky" to travel around
the country to prove to himself
why the post offices were the only
places that didn't handle bootleg
liquor for sale.
While Mr.. Roosevelt pats himself
on the back and brags about the in
exhaustible credit of his great
country, yet he harnesses big bust
ness and derides the profit sys-
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