| Show The Great Political Scene To those who regard the American political scene with a reaction other than llian amusement the formation of Smith and I Hoover clubs on m the campus will vill seem a goodly thing But all men in their he hearts must know that politics is a farce was ever a farce and ever shall be The writhing and squirming which must accompany the attempts to rationalize ones one's parochial or personal interest into a legal issue is bound to induce mirth in the observant The present campaign seems especially to teem with the trivial of the zealots and the Seldom Seldom Seldom Sel Sel- dom have the of political movements been subjected subject subject- ed to such mean and impertinent accusations Hoover once had hada a drink Smith kissed the Popes Pope's hand Such seems the extent of logic among the leaders of our country The commoners and the voters have no knowledge and never can have any k of such issues as tariff and farm relief They are matters of such complication that technicians technicians technicians find a time life-time of study almost inadequate to permit of grasping them The voters cannot know and it is quite debatable debatable debat debat- able abl whether the demagogues themselves know much about swell such s subjects bj Since no one man is big enough to grapple with i issues sues and to present them before the public in their perspective the campaign becomes a matter of innuendo and aspersion Democracy Democracy Demo Demo- cracy carps at Tea Pot Dome and Republicanism cavils at Tammany Tiger Texas Guinan is arres arrested ed The divine afflatus settles upon the ascetic shoulders of Rev John Roach Stratton Stratton Stratton Strat- Strat ton who works th the fundamentalists into a frenzy Religion and personal matters matters' of the most insignificant sort become the i issues sues A ma mas ma's s taste in collars throws the feminine vote to the Democrats If OUT our campus voters voters' ca l' l tell the d ri ve bet veen t the Republican and the Democratic parties then we exhort them to do their duty to their country to vote and to enlist as many other intelligent voters as they can caul But we should like to know how they decide on what party t to support Surely they will vill not cast their ballots without complete complete com com- knowledge of the facts at hand or without complete understanding understanding understanding un un- un- un of the issues that follow them How indeed can one decide between a jackass and a white elephant |
