Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27

from the
Democrats Pen

City people Will nave TO SIOp Cllluh1hS
about the War, for a spell. You'll
have to cease reading about what the
Russians are doing in the North; the
Japs in the East; the British in Afri-
ca: and the United States in the At
lantic. Of course all that is impor-
tant but it dwindles into insignifi-
canoe when compared to the local
warfare started last week, even as
the cooling spring as it issues gently
from the mountain side, shrinks into
an innocuous disuetude when COM
pared to the mighty Niagara as it
pours its weight of waters over its
natural dam side; (no profanity in
tended.)
And, perhaps, it's a good thing for
ones body, mind, and soul to turn
away for awhile from dread expec-
fancy to something one knows just
little more about, and something that's
bound to be settled, one way or an
other, in a very short period OF
time. AS it is, we hear constantly OF
Air raids and bombs of all sorts and
sizes: we hear about submarines, and
surface fleets; we hear about lnva-
sions and tanks; we hear about Fed
eral and Civilian defense; we hear a.
bout victories and defeats; we hear
about the 'Yermans and the Yaps;"
we hear about Macarthur and Hitler;
we hear about nations upon nations;
we hear about rubber and sugar; we
hear about a million other things I'M
til our minds are blur, our bodies
reduced to pulp; and our souls dead
within us.
Awful situation, amt it? l think
so too; so I advise you all to turn
your minds and thoughts to war
that's already started, no doubt, right
in your midst. But while it may be
short and marked by heavy losses
II not in materials, it will be in am
billions. The battle will be holly wag-
ed; no quarter asked nor given; and,
after it's all over, the contestants, I'M
afraid, will be looking forward to the
next one.
If you don't know what I'm talking
or writing-about, I'll let you into
the secret that four good and worthy
citizens are out for municipal offices
two for Mayor and two for the City
Council; four people for two offices,
and. for a while, the fur is going to
Nv. But you know all about it. You
know this world war doesn't contain
the fighters this little fracas will re-
veal. If Jap should get into the way
of one of these candidates while he
sees ahead a prospective supporter
snd he desires an immediate inter
view, Mr.. Jap would be dashed aside
to a more disastrous fall than the
writer got some days ago. There's
going to be some pullin' and haulin'
uD to April z that will relegate into
the background all headlines showing
disasters or victories as the nations
Eght and Highland for what? Will
some one explain?
Well, who's going to win, in this
POcomoke City short-lived warfare?
Why, all four are sure of the place
already. Why? Because each candi-
date has lined up enough votes to
aect him, and then some. Each of the
four didn't have the least idea there
were so many on his side. Nobody
aaid mol" All said each was the man
for the place, and there was no doubt
rs to the result on ballot-box day.
Then, after the war is over! Is the
saying that, "All men are liars" IN
the Bible or III Shakespeare? No mat
ter, am sure the "also ran" seekers
for office will be ready to say that
while call" men may not be charged
with disrespect for the truth, some
men can't get away from doing a lit
tie stepping when it comes to tell
ing you, fairly and squarely, on which
aide the ballot box they stand when
they deposit the slip into the slot.
But everything is fair in love and
war as related to office seeking, has
n code all it's own. The soldier who
fights in that arena is devoted to the
principle of the Survival of the Fit
test" and "Devil take the hindmost."
In the struggle, no holds are barred;
IN such a ring, no fouls are counted.
When a candidate strips for action,
he hangs up his real character along
with his suit of clothes, and climbs
through the ropes ready for what
comes and what goes. The routine of
vote getting differs from the sales
manship of established careers, and,
many times, candidates laugh at the
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