| Show I I Thompson Fails I I II I To Arouse Anti Anti- I British Feeling Chicago Mayor Sh Shatters Preside Presidential Presidential de Aspirations in Attack Attack Attack At At- tack against England Big Bill Thompson Hailed H as as' Joke or Menace by News Critics Chicago lIt Ill Dec 5 IP IP- IP Whatever thoughts and hopes Big Dig Bill Thompson mayor of Chicago may have had toward the pre presidency iden cy of the United States States and and there are a n few who deny that such thoughts have enter entered d his head head it it has hns been Mr l Thompsons Thompson's sad experience experience experience ex ex- to discover that the road to the presidency in 1928 or 1932 is not like Ilke It was in 1788 through I Ia a squabble with King George of England George Washington the Second I Mayor Maor Thompson may have thought i himself but the rest of the country countr thinks he is a joke or a menace I according to the way he is taken I First of all George Washington I Thompson found that red blooded Americans did not rise in glee to the Idea of burning text books in which it was admitted allegedly that King George did n not t like America America America Am Am- erica back when the colonies were fighting for freedom Then he has found out that the Chicago ministers do not like to see politics played in connection with the public schools And thirdly the American champion champion champion cham cham- pion has not been Deen overly successful I in getting other American mayors I Ito to send him ten dollars for the privilege privilege lIege of belonging to an British Anti-British club j jAt At Beloit Deloit Wis Nis the the mayor mayor turned his invitation over to the American First club for a reply The club replied replied replied re re- re- re plied pro-British pro conservation conservation conservation conser conser- commission commIssi m protests English pheasants introduced into this state to make our loyal Germans dissatisfied dissatisfied fied fled with their spare ribs and kraut In the name of per cent Americans cant can't you do something about It Under your our sta starry y banner we will fight for complete extermination tion tiou of English pheasants T h sparrows sparrows and English bulldogs Dont Don't let King George buy you off Nor was the press of the country received the campaign without hu hu- hu- hu mor The Nashville Banner of Nashville Tenn state state of the Dayton Dayton Dayton Day Day- ton monkey trial trial trial-is Is one of the papers papers papers pa pa- pers that handles the mayor without without without with with- out gloves It says Possibilities In this country are enormous Where here else under the i sun can a man make a greater ass assof assof assof of himself than has has Mayor 1 Thompson Thomp Thomp- son of Chicago Mayor Thompson has removed all doubt that a man man can make a monkey of himself whatever his line of descent may be And out at Stanford university clowning political leaders like Uke Big Bill Thompson were ere blamed by Chester H. H Row Rowell for the challenge being hurled at Democracy in an address opening the California In- In Press association con- con The challenge Is he said that t i i In a democracy such as America the people dont don't care care- or are too Ignorant ignorant ignorant ant to take the responsibilities of government American political leadership assumes that the people are fools and It plays to that foolishness fool fool- Rowell stated that there have been three challenges to Democracy cy Lenin Mussolini and Big Big Dig DigI I Thompson |
