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Show THE ALLITERATIVE SLOGAN It is just barely possible that the Democratic Dem-ocratic party will not congratulate Chairman Chair-man George White upon his achievement in devising the slogan "Peace, Progress and Prosperity." At first glance it will appear that Chairman White picked his words somewhat hastily, attaching "more impotance to the alliteration than to their meaning. There is no "peace as yet, hardly hard-ly any progress, and doubtful prosperity; certainly none of Democratic origin. Perhaps Per-haps the national chairman would have hit it off better had he proclaimed a contest con-test with generous prizes and invited countrywide competition in framing the Democratic battle cry. The reference to peace is particularly unfortunate since it inevitably brings to mind the 1916 slogan, "He kept us out of war." As a rallying cry to get into office it was singularly successful, but the voters vot-ers are not likely to fall for another one like it. Their attitude is shown by. the widespread disposition to paraphrase the I famous cry of 1910, making it "He kept us out of peace," thereby calling attention to the President's unbending attitude on the peace treaty and his, unwillingness to surrender the autocratic powers conferred con-ferred upon him for the purpose of prosecuting pro-secuting the war to a successful finish. His action in vetoing the resolution repealing re-pealing the war measures hardly can be construed as indicating a desire to return re-turn to a peace basis. Had Chafrman White shown the slightest slight-est disposition to accept advice, there are thousands of persons who would have been glad to help him find a slogan. Even by limiting the words to those which begin be-gin with "p" it is posisble to find a better bet-ter slogan. While it is likely that Mr. White will not care for the suggestion at this late day it will do no harm to point out that there is a lot of meaning, in "Promises, Perquisites and Pie," or in "Patches, Profiteering and Pedantry." The only limit on this pleasing pastime is that set by the lexicographers. If William Jennings Bryan had been consulted, undoubtedly one of the words would have been 'prohibition' but that, of course, was ruled out when Governor Cox was nominated. "Prohibition, Penance and Perhaps," would be rather nifty as a slogan. The trouble with the battle cry promulgated promul-gated by Chairman White is that his par- ' ty cannot make its record fit in with it. Having whip-sawed the public on peace pnee, it will be pardoned if it examines the progress and prosperity part to see if we are getting anywhere. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. |