Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1920 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them “Politics makes strange bedfellows,” someone has said, and the hombre who relieved his system of that remark sure uttered a mouthful. For example, permit us to call your attention to those Republican newspapers in Chicago, which so persistently howled for the political scalps of Bill Thompson,, mayor of Chicago, and his followers, during the recent primary campaign in Illinois. They called Bill about every mean name to be found in the Billingsgate dialect, besides- coining a few new and original epithets ot their own for the occasion. Well, in spite of the opposition of the decent Republicans in Illinois, Bill Thompson, Bill Hearst and the narrow-eyed, retreating chinned element that make up the following of these two worthies, have, it would seem, won out. Now/ kindly keep tab on these Same newspapers which so valiantly opposed the two Bills —Bill* Thompson, the pro-German, the man recently denounced by the American Legion—and Bill Hearst, representative of about everything that a .recent American citizen naturally would object to; Bill Hearst whose vicious utterances, through his yellow newspapers, nerved the assassin’s arm in the slaying of President McKinley, many still believe; Bill Hearst, whose dirty pro-German publlqations are now supporting the Republican presidential candidate — watch these papers that opposed the two Bills, we say, and treat yourself to an exhibition of political flip-flopping unparalleled in the annals of t history. Upon the pages of these periodicals, which stood for God and home and the flag, Bill Thoihpson, whose disloyalty made it unsafe for Governor Lowden to leave the state of Illinois long enough to go to Washington during* the war, according to the governor's own statement, will appear shriven of every political sin, clothed in the habilaments of truth and patriotism.

Hte oft-used term "crook" end similar epithets, which he applied to Governor Lowden during the primary campaign, will be regarded merely as little pleasantries—Just Bill’s way of being funny—while his pro-German proclivities will be looked upon as nothing more than a good Joke on the Democrats. And Hearst, upon whom for years the Republican press has heaped contumely, Bill Hearst, the political rat, and the g. o. p. elephant will eat from the same tfough and lie down together; Hi Johnson, the foe of the league of nations, and ex-Preaident Taft, the repository of all wisdom and friend of the league, will march at the head of the procession', their respective coat-tails concealing a political dagger a foot long, and sing "He’s a Jolly good fellow”—meaning Harding—and everything will be perfectly lovely and harmonious. 8. 8.