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THE POLK COUNTY REPUBLICAN N i . 1 VOLUME IV. DUCKTOWN, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917. No. 22. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS TVTOTHING real about that Creel spiel regard . ' ' ing the censorship of newspapers. It just wouldn't work. YY7HEN Germany. suggests "peace without in- demnities," what about those wrung from stricken Belgium? T ET the women do the work; let the -men -go to war. That policy is being followed all over the country. TF, AS Germany declares, she is fighting a war of defense, she isn't finding time for much of anything else. AS IF the I. C. C. were not incompetent al ready to a marked degree, they are adding to it that which we wot not. 1VTUCH of the opposition to the conscription act comes from the States that put its greatest champion in office. How can such things be? A DEMOCRATIC candidate for office becomes a demi-god in the eyes of the party in pro portion to the size and number of offices he has at his disposal. ERMANY seems to be out of men, money, meat and munitions. Without all of these necessities it is hard to put up much of a fight, especially a winning one. lVTEWS note from Russia says that Democrats will, be permitted to participate in the Government. We are permitting that over here, but nobody seems tickled about it. TjEMOCRATIC papers in the last campaign, by vividly picturing the horrors of what their idol kept us out of, are more responsible for the "slacker" than anyother medium. TT'S a cold day when the daily press doesn't record the fact that some Democratic official is to 'be ousted for high crimes and misde meanors. This is a disease peculiar to that party and has become chronic. WHEN a Democrat says it is purposed to raise the biggest : budget ever known with the least burden upon the public, the first idea you get is that he is from that State in which we find the County of Buncombe. 'THE failure to utilize the personnel of Theo dore Roosevelt in this our National crisis is a crime against our citizenry and a tribute to to the most despicable example of peanut poli tics ever paraded before the public. SAYS Tom Watson: "President Wilson is , . evolving the most detestable type, of Abso lutism that modern times have seen." What does the Solid South, of which Tom is a part, think of this charactization of its handiwork? He kept us out of trouble But we are in it yet While taxes they are double . And we are some in debt. IT MAY be Albright for the Democratic party next year, but Overall we see a chance for Republicans. . THE papers that favored a Constitutional con li'ttlo nhmit it that we . suspect they are glad it failed. WHENEVER a Republican is being patted on on the back by Democrats, he should look after his fences closer than ever. 'THE Los Angeles Times contends and with good reason, too that it is rather hard on the Flag to compel a slacker to kiss it. SPEAKING of those who registered from va cant lots cemeteries,-etc., it may be said they but showed the results of early training. WE want to see a county ticket nominated, next year, that will be unbeatable. We have the men and the votes and it should be an. easy matter. WHEN the Florida Times-Union asserts that Justice Brandies was placed on the bench for a purpose and against the wishes of the best people, will it be suppressed? MEMBERS of Congress claim to be "at sea" on the food control question. Some of them will be allowed to drift so far out, next year, that they'll never get back. MORE ailments real and imaginary have developed in the past few months than it was thought the flesh was heir to; Some of the boys are getting by ; other are not. OW, when it looks as if there never will be another war of anv magnitude, the Ad ministration is planning a preparedness that was never dreamed of by a nation "too proud to fight." THE rapidity with which they are getting rid of the coin in Washington indicates that the disbursing officer had learned the gentle art either in the Tennessee Legislature or the Coun ty Court of Polk County. SLACKERS in various cities registered from vacant lots, factorv sites, etc. . This purely Democratic pastime should be promptly over looked bv the Administration in order that the TT ISN'T exactly the price of wheat that is wor- rying us, but what its price will be when converted into bread. THE statement that Germany has called for 5,000,000 reserves needn't worry any but . mothers whose cradles will be robbed. THAT is an awful bluff Congress is making in refusing to obey the President's orders, as they will be carried out in the wind-up. 'THE Postal Laws do not even hint that post masters have Congressional powers, but some of them seem to think otherwise. TF THE war should end today,would the money already appropriated be enough to run a Democratic Administration for four years? , 'TOM WATSON is proving what we have been preaching for years: That a Democrat will do anything for office and worse in order to keep in. WHEN Tom Watson asks if there is any rea son why Coca-Cola should not be taxed, we know oi one individual who would shout YES right out loud. N organization may be held intact. THE Government at Washington now needs only $300,000,000 for current expenses. Everything and everybody having been pretty . thoroughly milked through taxation, they are going to issue certificates. Do we hear a fervent "Thank God for Wilson" from the taxpayers?. THINGS are sort of getting mixed up when people of Mississippi will petition Con gress to pass a bill introduced by a Republican. Repentant sinners are thrice welcome. WITH all its immaculate gall and in face of the huge deficit in the State's finance, will the Democratic party of Tennessee go to the people with its old-time assurance, next year? MET a Democrat, the other day, who claimed to have read the Constitution of the Uni ted States. When asked what the first Amend ment was, without hesitation, he answered : "Vote 'er Straight!" ''TWOULD require a careful poll among the Democrats ofthis section as to which mode of punishment would be; most - popular Tom.Watson sent up for 100 years or-the editor of this paper beheaded. : '- TN THE the campaign of 1916, didn't frenzied - Democratic papers yelp that "a vote for Hughes was a. vote for war?" ,.pidn't tlnV imjjly that Wilson would keep out and did he say anything to counteract this impression? ? V , HPO deprive the American people of .-.all knowl edge as to the number of our troops land ing in France while German papers publish their names may be in the interest 'of safety, , . but if is, a long ways from efficiency;i JUST now they have their eyes fixed on men 'with a large bank account and some of the small ones are pleased over it. "'When that sup ply gives out as it surely will and the little fellows have to dig, the "chun'e" will change.