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Thursday, August 8. 1940 The Gold Hill News, Gold Hill, Oregon GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON Washington. O. C. JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON WASHINGTON. — The President should nut b<> displeased ut the de parture of Democrats. The whole political scene has changed to a sort of game of "prisoner's base." The Republicans have nominated a Democrat of such characteristic col or that Thomas Jefferson would rec ognize him as a kindred spirit long before he could ever distinguish Mr. Roosevelt from Alexander Hamilton. Mr. Roosevelt hus held up to the yeomen, as Prince of Wales, Mr. Wallace, a Republican by heredity and long conviction, who says that he turned his political coat only be cause the Republicans hadn't done enough for agriculture. There is more in both Democratic and Republican principle than Is dreunit of in that philosophy. In the President's cubinet there are only two indubitable Democrats —Hull and Farley. There are now four Republicans— Stimson, Knox, Wallace und Ickes—two Socialists or something—Hopkins und Perkins— and a couple of no pronounced po litical parentuge, Jackson and Mor- genthuu. As for Jeffersonian policy—decen tralization of government — states rights — government by laws, not men—no personalized power—rota tion in office—federal economy—as little government as is consistent with keeping men from injuring each other—Mr. Roosevelt opposes every one. Whether Mr. W illkie w ill be re garded as a reborn Republican or Democrat nominated on the Repub lican ticket, his whole philosophy is as faithfully Jeffersonian as Mr. Roosevelt’s is the reverse of that. In the traditional American politi cal 'sense it is fa r more difficult to see how a Democrut could sup port Mr. Roosevelt, than to wonder how he could fa il to support M r. Willkie. Alexunder Hamilton didn't think men could be trusted to govern themselves except through a self- perpetuating beneficent despotism. Mr. Jefferson asked, if man couldn’t govern himself had he found angels to govern him? Pluinly Mr. Roose velt concurs with Hamilton and has practicully uttered and surely acted the belief that both tlie annointed governor and his successor have been found. Many sincerely believe und faith fully follow the President on Uus old Federalist theory, which is their right. But that hardly justifies the President in castigating as "party renegades” all those Democrats who don't. If it were not for the bondage of the South to bitter memories of the C ivil war, no southern Democrat could possibly follow Mr. Roosevelt. He has taken aWny from them protection of the two-thirds conven tion rule, ruined the export market for their principal crop, cotton, neg lected to recognize the discrimina tion against them in freight rates and their competitive necessity for differentials in wage rates. No great political power since Thaddeus Stevens has been more unsympa thetic toward their problems. Southern Democratic leaders who have opposed this have been con demned as "feudalists.” Great southern congressmen such as Gar ner, Robinson, Barkley, Byrnes, Clark, both Bankheads, Rayburn, Doughton and M arvin Jones have simply had to swallow it in the name of party loyalty, but it was so brutally inconsiderate that it could have left little room for love and loyalty. These great political shifts take time to reveal themselves but it be comes clearer daily that Mr. Roose velt heads a new party which H arry Hopkins once described as the "have-nots against the haves.” • • • TWADDLE This campaign w ill be no pillow fight. Ex-Senator Reed was pun ished by the President for taking a walk by being called a sweat-shop. The President paddled Johnny Hane and Lew Douglas by saying they think more of dollars than humanity. I can’t get excited about any of this. Jim Reed isn't a sweat-shop. An attractive lady in Kansas City named Nellie Donnelly got the idea of applying automobile quantity production methods to the manufac ture of women’s dresses. This made them at low cost and high excel lence. Accordingly, she began to make so much money that a gang kidnaped her. Jim was her lawyer. This made him so mad that he swore to rescue her without a ran som and to ja il her abductors. This he duly did and his righteous wrnth carried him over into romance. H* married the gal. But that doesn’t make Jim a sweat-shop. I studied that case per sonally in NRA. Wages and work ing conditions in Nellie's factories were by so far the best in that in dustry that her code competitors’ principal complaint was that she was setting standards too high for them to equal. Lew Douglas and Johnny Hane may care something about dollars, and who doesn’t. But neither of them has been nearly as successful in corralling dollars as the Presi dent’s own fam ily—after, but never before, his election In 1032. Fun for the W h o le Family BIG TOP By ED WHEELAN LADIES and gentle m e n . MOU HAVE 3U6T SEEN DAREDEVIL H A L THOMPSON Cao WlS SENSATIONAL' SLIDE FOR LIF E ' ! AFTER THE DIG ~ SHOW HE WILL ALSO APPEAR W W HIS COMIECPS AMD INDIANS IN OUR. ’ \fJ|LE> WEST“ /» ' ^C oncert NOW T MUST QET DRESSED AND FIND TErx ROPER :: -y i knovj . t e x . a n d 1 want to tell y o u that . I'VE a r r a n g e d WITH HOWDy.TEX VM HAL THOMPSON ! 3EFF DANGS FOR VOL I T o CONTINUE WITH THE SHOW AS My RIGHT HAND N1AN ” h 2: • t o WffaZ**1* R»««k I f Markey •y»4Ua«a, laa. LAL A PALOOZA —The Bird* Enjoy an Early Spring S ’MATTER POP— By RUBE GOLDBERG P»»t! Another Idea, Kida By C. M. PAYNE N-y £ m E. I T ou T», JA S n '-T fit E ¿O Bell Syndicate.—W NU Servloe MESCAL IKE But It Sound« Good b 7 s . l huntley /z 7 A . -, W « POP— Floored By J. MILLAR W ATT THATS VIC-TORY, IS oj? YES! and who ' s t h a t - T H & OTHER CHAP ? IT 9 VICTORY O > Th» B ril Syndicat». Inc — W N U Servie» THE SP O R T IN G T H IN G W NG CAN'T WAIT A R M S TR O N G A Scotchman was going on an ex cursion to New York. He asked the agent for a round trip ticket and handed the agent a $10 bill. "Change at Jersey City,” intoned the agent. "No jokes now,” said the Scotch man, “ I want my change right away.” Monuments Mrs. Brown—I admire Dr. Young immensely. He is so persevering in the face of difficulties that he al* ways reminds me of Patience sitting on a monument. M r. Brown—Yes. But, what I am becoming rather alarmed about is the number of monuments sitting on his patients. ‘‘C’mon—get hot out there." Dentist Fodder Mother—My son is very rough. He’s always poking into things and pulling things to pieces. I don’t know what to do with him. Friend—Why not make him a den tist? I6 t THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By CLUYAS WILLIAMS ~ | f