The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-18


civil war, which I think was tn
greatest single handed piece Of fool
ishness ever pulled off by any on
anywhere. It not only cost million
of hard-earned dollars, but killed al
the best men in the north ant
south and saved us something tina
never has done us any good. How
fervently and how often have W.
Of the north and west wished tina
England Tor somebody else) had al
of the so-called solid south.
(By the way 1t will cost more tt
elect senator from Kentucky thi:
year than was spent during the
four years Of the civil war.)
Mckinley and the Spanish War
That will ever remain one Of the
darkest blots upon American his
tory and we are still feeding the or
phans. Wilson and his war to enc
all wars-and that brings US right
where we are today. But these
things cannot happen under the
guiding hand of the great humani-
tartan. He Is for peace-and is a
peace maker of the highest rank.
In Europe and Asia at the pres
ent time there is war between the
isms and the sects, the creeds, the
cults and people of different races
and bloods. But here all work and
live together in peace and harmony.
The communists, the socialists, the
atheists, the fascists, the Nazis, the
bolsheviks, the black shirts, the grey
shirts, the blue shirts and the dirty
shirts all live in one big tent and
vote together under one blanket bal
lot.
To put a K. K. K. leader upon the
Supreme bench with the Jews would
be a real test for one less timid than
our indomnitable leader, but to per-
suade the Southern planters and the
negro laborers to all vote together
and support one party was a real
test for any peace-loving man. What
is there left to go to war about2
It is some queer quirk of the brain
that gives q person the idea that
they are made out of higher grade
Of clay than their fellow man and
that he or she should be accorded
special privileges. We as q people
are by far too egotistical, both per-
sonally and collectively, and go upon
the theory ut Is too bad for the
other fellow, but 1t lust can't hap
pen to me-" One time I was riding
through the woods. The rain was
falling, darkness was coming on. I
was tired, wet, cold and hungry and
sadly In need Of relief. So when I
came upon the cabin Of some hearty
pioneer, I asked permission to spend
the night with him. Ny host was q
congenial fellow, who had brought
his family out here In the wilderness
himself q rude cabin and
was proceeding to clear and culti-
vate farm. They were crude UNI
cultured people, several steps be-
meath me on the social ladder-with
perhaps no real rating in the blue
book, but they had what I badly
needed at the moment and I had
no conjunction about accepting
their hospitality. The family con-
sisted Of a man and wife and six
children and the cabin had only one
room and so far as could ascer-
tain there was only one bed. OF
course I began to wonder how we
were all to sleep in so restricted q
space. but why worry, what is to
be will be-" After supper the two
small children undressed and crawl
ed in the bed. When they were
sound asleep the father gently laid
them out on the floor and let the
next two have the bed. Well, sir, I
had to laugh. Here was q very
cleverly managed household and this
man had q knack Of getting along
on what he had. When these two
children went to sleep they were
placed beside the others on the
floor and the older ones had the
bed. When they got quiet, the
father laid them out and said that
I could have the bed and retire
anytime.
AS I lay there during those few
delicious moments that come be-
tween the time we lay aside the
cruel cares Of the day and when we
are safely enveloped in sound slum-
Der, I thought how good these poor
people were to take me in, feed,
house and warm me and sacrifice
their own comfort that I might sleep
In warmth and comfort.
Well, sir, I sure enjoyed that
night. I dreamed of everything
pleasant and in my subconscious
felt sorry for those poor
children lying upon that cold, hard
floor and of my host and hostess,
vainly trying to rest in their un-
chairs.