Word: smoke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whole political situation at the present time can be summed up in the words of the editorial recently reprinted from the Chicago Tribune, stating that "after the smoke and gas" (how well those words were chosen--the smoke that hides the real issues and the gas that stupofles us) "of political battle have lifted, the United States will become part of A league of nations. It will not be Mr. Wilson's league', nor Mr. Harding's league, nor any other private league." It continues: "That little matter settled in your mind, you may consider this: In a democracy...
Just there is the key to the whole situation: "The best that we can hope for is a rotation of good intentions"--so far as the Republican and Democratic Parties are concerned. But while the Democratic and Republican parties have been sending out their "smoke" to blind us and their "gas" to stupefy us, the Socialist party (and the Farmer-Labor party, too) has been facing our social and economic problems with a definite, constructive program of social reforms...
...whole "issue" of the Leagues of Nations is conclusive evidence of the cheapness of this political "smoke and gas." Apparently, it never occurs to the average supporter of Harding or Cox that the league is not the paramount issue of the day. He knows that the possibility of war is what makes a league--some kind of a league--necessary but does the question ever rise in his mind as to what causes war? Does anybody with sense suppose that the phrase "a war to end war" was anything but mob psychology practically applied? Is "democracy" as "safe...
...wish to vote for a or the league of nations there are two ways of doing so. You may vote for Mr. Harding, whose opposition to the league is political and temporary, or you may vote for Cox, whose enthusiasm for the league is temporary and political. After the smoke and gas of political battle have lifted, the United States will become part of a league of nations. It will not be "Mr. Wilson's league," nor Mr. Harding's league, nor any other private league...
...strategy and the technique of the game. They cannot be fooled in the long run. No dishonest scheme could long escape detention. It is significant in this connection that gossip was busy soon after the games in question were played, and it was a case where the smoke of gossip was followed by the discovery of the fire...