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Show ' ' f THBPRESS-BULLETI- N PAGE TWO . waiting for reconstruction out of the ruins of the old. We hope it will be a world from which the tear of war is in a very large measure banished. We hope it will be a world governed by a little less of selfishness, a little more of altruism, than was the world that exploded into disastrous war. The difficulties of the problem are monumental. They call for all the patience, all the tolerant forbearance on the one hand and all the faith and the courage on the other of which we are capable. They will tax the utmost of human wisdom and draw deep on the reserves of human virtue and goodness. These problems are so much great-er than our partisan differences, here in the United States, so much greater than personal grievances and ambitions, likes and dislikes, as to make them seem insignificant. But yesterday we were republicans and democrats, looking at each other askant. Yesterday is history. This is today, and the future lies before us--- a future to be largely of our own making if we play our parts worthily. Today then, let us reform the lines that were broken for a time and stand shoulder to shoulder not as partisan enemies, but as Americans, as friends and brothers, with a keen realization of the fact that all our eggs are in one common basket. The World Herald. M P WE ARE NO LONGER DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS Election day is past, it was a short campaign, but a merry one. Indeed it was a bit more than merry; it was earnest to the point of ferocity. The attacks of republican leaders on the presi-ie- nt and his peace program alarmed and embittered many, and others felt themselves little short of personally insulted by the appeal of the president that the country support him by electing a democratic congress. That is all over and done with now. We have chosen the new legislative branch of the government that must act with the executive branch in guiding the destinies of America for the next two years and in influencing the destinies of the whole world perhaps for all time. It i to our great interest, as citizens, that there should be effective teamwork on the part of the two branches of government. Public opinion, that most powerful of factors, should help bring it about. And to that end the more nearly we can forget partisanship, for a while at loast,, the better it will be for us all. While we Americans are divided into two great parties and : a number of little ones, our differences are not so great as to overshadow our mutl interests. It used to be said of us that C"r uutics ceased at the water's edge. It should be so now. We should be not democrats, not republicans, but simply Americans in upholding the hands of the government that acts for us in a great international undertaking. It is characteristic of American politics that while it may cause the people to boil over for a week or two before election day the subsidance to a state of philosophic calm comes just as rapidly in the week or two following. There is abundant reason for rejoicing that this is so. If we, kept ourselves worked up, throughout the year, to the point of campaign frenzy, it would soon be all 'day with the cohension and unity and sound .common sense that makes of this democracy a great and powerful nation. Civilization is on the threshold of probably the most difficult and momentous task it has ever undertaken. In its performance we hope and expect that the United States will play an import- -' ant part perhaps the lending role. It is a new world that is ! . j IpT':.Jk for Infants and Children. 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State youi wants simply, and above all truthfully. IJOr telephone thi office and the clerk will write your ad. CJWant ads are hf biggest little investment. you can 'make. EDITORIALS (By C. D. McNeeley) Taking the kaiser away from Holland will be just as easy as taking candy away from a baby. , , Those who bought German war bonds have nothing but ' scraps of paper. t. The well known firm of Hindenberg & Company is now in the hands of a receiver. ' Goodwin's Weekly seems to have lost its 'pep' , since the election. It tieems that the majority of medical commentators are against the flu mask. They say it does more harm than good. 'It's only a little over two weeks until Christmas, and the people are now reminded of the advantages of shopping early. There is some talk that the flu might prevent the convening of the legislature in January, but the legislature itself will de-ci- de that question. The German people are said to be desirous of securing the scalp of the kaiser, but it is most likely that the allies will claim that pleasure. - Reports keep coming that whiskey is good for the flu. Such medicine is hard to take, but in spite of this, many people will give it. a trial. Mooney asked the governor for liberty or death, and while the governor could not exactly comply with the request he did . the next thing to it by giving him a life sentence. The greatest war in all history has been fought, and as yet it has not been given a name. It ought to have a name. All other wars have been named. May be the peace conference will give it a name officially so that orators and historians in the future will have no trouble in referring to it by name. .. . The fellows who spend all the money they make just as they make it, no matter how much it is, and manage to live on what-ever they make, no matter how little it is those fellows who bought a few Liberty Bonds during the war, have just got that much which they would not have had if it had not been that they bought bonds ' WHAT GENERAL SHERMAN SAID The Park Record says that the famous statement made by Sherman about war is seldom ever printed in full, but only the last three words. Sherman is supposed to have made the state-ment when he was at Atlanta or Savannah, and according to the Recor.d is as follows : "I confess without shame, that I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. Even success, the most brilliant, is over dead and mangled bodies, the anguish and lamentation of distant families appealing to me for missing sons, husbands, and fathers. It is only those who have not heard a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded and lacerated, that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." There are many stories concerning the manner in which Sherman used the famous statement, but it is probable that the above is correct. Of course he may have used it more than once. -- It is said that he used it in explaining the situation to some civilians who called on him after the burning of Atlanta. It is also said that he used it in a message he sent back home after his victorious march to the sea, in which he said, "We are not only in a hostile country, but we are a hostile people and must make old and young alike, feel the hard hand of war." There are others who deny that Sherman ever made the state-ment, but that some one else coined the expression and accrdited it to the great general. But regardless of how it got started it has added much tp the fame of Sherman and he is more univer-sally known by that saying than by any of his battles. t What the Red Cross Does For the Boys Over There Activities of th American Red Crews In behalf of the American boI-dler- g in France entailed an expendi-ture of $15,453,050 to the end of laat June, and $13,829,4.18 has been ap-propriated to help make our more than 2,000,000 men "over there" com-fortable during the last six months of the year. Providing comforts for our, fighting men, supplementing the ef-forts of the army and navy authorities in their behalf, U considered the most important mission of the relief organ-ization. This service and the cost of maintaining it form the basis of 'the most recent report Irom the War Council relative to the deposition of the Red Cross war fund. The necessity of keeping the Red Cross relief program In France . as . elastic as possible in order to meet the I rapidly changing cordltions in that country, where n illions of fighting men and millions of civilians, spread over vast stretchts of territory, are I In need of service, Is made clear in ' the report. At the very beginning of its work in France the Red Cross had to solve the problem of meeting the needs of Allied fighting men already there, and of assisting In relieving the ' distress of the civilian populations In the war ones while miking prepera-- ' ions for the millions of American I fightinf? men that were to come. 'Long before General Pershing's first 40.000 troops reached Franco the Am-erican Red Cross had can-- 1 teens and rest stations at various I strategical points between th ports of debarkation and the front llntf tren-ches where the allied soldiers receiv-ed wholesome ftXd and had a chwnce to bathe Rnd sleep in borne like sur-roundings on their way to and from the tiring line. There were six of these canteen and In March last, ncn American troops5 began arriving overseas liv heavy contingents, they were 30,000 soldiers a c'ay. The work at these canteens was done by one hun-dred paPrlotie American women. At the presnt time the number of can-teens, the nun,ber of soldiers cared for every day and the number of work-ers has bien doubled, and by the nd of the year, the report" states, it is expected that fifty-thrp- e American Red Cross canteens wilt" be in opera-tion. This service to our soldiers has been perfected to the point where rolling canteens provide refreshments for soldiers on troon tridns not sche- - i army officers and manned by army personnel, but administered by the Red Cross. There are ten of these I hospitals In France. Hospitals operat-- , ed independently by the Red Cross comprise the second class. There are fourteen of these institutions and they are known as American Red Cross hospitals to distinguish them from American Red Cross military hospit-als, the designation off the former class. In addition to Its 7,500 military beds, the Red Cross has 600 convalescent beds in its eight convalescent houses. Several beautiful chateaux have been turned over to the Red Cross for this latter purpose. The Red Cross has made an appropriation of $5,438,-91- 9 to cover the ost of maintaining this service for wounded American Boldlers during the last six months of this year, Providing special food for our sick and wounded fighting men. establish-ing convalescent huts where they may regain their strength ar.d hospital farms to enable them to keep in the open, installing laundry plants and sterilizing plants that insure them clean clothing, supplying emergency tents and hundreds of thousands of comfort bags all of these activities are part of the additional miscellan-eous service which the Red Cross is rendering to the American soldiers in France. Reconstruction of men disabled in the service is another activity carried on by the Red Cross overseas. On an average of about 120 artificial limbs are distributed by the organization every month.- - with every effort being made to extend this service. These artificfal limbs, supplemented with a period of careful training will enable the men to take an active part in the industrial life of the country w"ien they return from abroad On the occasion of his recent visit to France Secretary or War Baker summed ui the work of tfte Red Cross In that country in the following state-ment: "When one is In the arone of the armies, or far the supply areas, words f appreciation or praise? for the Am-erican Red Cross are suicrfluous. The foresight that has characterized Its present and prospective operations 6as been a source of pride- - to the com-manding officers of the American Farce and should be a source of comfort to the people of the United Statin, who have made It pos-siol- o end who. I know, win enable It to carry on and expand"" IWI fp duled to slop at regular stations. These portable kitchens draw up elongslde the trains and the soldiers lean from the window and help themselves to chocolate, sandwiches and sweets. Portable canteens have also made it possible to carry the re-freshments service right Into the trenches. From March to the end" of June this yenr, $1,671,739 was spent for can-teen service. For the six .nonths end-ing December 31. 118. $2.0,-.9,B- has been appropriated for the work, $905,-80- 8 of this amount being for the maintenance of front line canteens. One of the moat vital features of American Red Cross work in Franco is the emergency aid given to the ar-my medical corps. In addition to re-- I cnritlng nurses for the army the Red Cross maintains hospitals and dis-- , penarles whlrh sre at the disposal of the nrniy for nt.y emergency that may arise. TlH'jy ore two kinds of Am-erican Ri-- "rotfl hoKpltalu In France tliOHe that are part of the Tinted States army evacuating system, and thoK-- which are not. In the firt ehus C;illa hospitals in ccmnmi.d of A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WILL NAME PEACE TERMS (From Tha Provo Herald) MOTMBM While some partisan Republicans are rejoicing over the vic-tory that party has won in the control of Congress we should not forget that the present Congress holds sway until the fourth of next March, and by that time peace treaties will all be rati-fied and the plans for reconstruction will be well laid by Presi-dent Wilson and his followers. Then where will the glory come to these "Standpatters" who have recently won these congress-ional and senatorial togas. They will have a very small part in the collossal tasks of reconstructing this great world war and naturally enough they will be called to give an accounting of their stewardship at the elections in 1920. If their record shows that their Democratic predecessors have done most of the work then they will be replaced by members of that party. Some of our Republican spellbinders would insinuate that heir party is more patriotic and more capable of closing up the business of this great war than the present party in power. But where do they get their authority' for such a fool notion. Did they not cry in the campaign that men from both parties were " fighting this war to a successful finish. If this is so then wherein is their argument. If they were right then, they are ' certainly wrong now. The Republican party slipped into power in the recent campaign through a political trick of misrepresen-tation and before the next election the mass of the people of this great democracy will have discovered their error and will not allow such a misrepresentation to occur again.' The record of the greatest Democratic president of all time will be the standard guage for progressive candidates in 1920. Such a measuring rod will be a hard and fast rule for the reac-tionaries of the Republican party and there will be few who will even approach the standard. Those who do not will be cast into outer darkness where there will be much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth because the test will be made in the next two years and we know how utterly impossible it will be for these .ring leaders to qualify in this race with such high standards as an ideal. The world is moving forward not backward. Those who do not make great strides to keep up with the rapidly mov-ing procession are lost in the shuffle. The Democratic party is the party of progress and unless the majority of the people are willing that Wall Street and the great money sharks of the East shall rule our party will be returned to power in 1920. |