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THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920
WHERE DO THEY GET IT?
The “committee of forty-eight,”
which is preparing to launch a new
political party on a platform that is a
cross between single tax and social
ism, announces that it “represents”
the great masses of the American
people.
Where do these committeemen get
their commissions to represent the
great masses of the American people,
or to represent anybody, as a matter
of fact, other than themselves? Why
chose them as representatives of pub
lic sentiment? Ordinary political par
ties have their machinery for the elec
tion of representatives; they have pri
maries and conventions of the people
at which such representatives are
chosen.
But the committee of forty-eight,
like many other organizations pro
fessing to represent the great body of
the people, is entirely a self-onstituted
and self-designated affair. It may
with propriety claim to represent cer
tain theories or fads in politics, but
it has no warrant for the assertion
that it represents more than an imag
inary constituency. But there isr of
•ourse, distinguished authority for
getting one’s authority to represent
the people without their consent from
voices in the air and other sources
no more tangible.
But why not let a few of the people,
at least, in on some of these move
ments to represent and emancipate
them? Why not, in these matters,
have a little of that “self-determina
tion of peoples” so much talked about
and so little practiced by some folks
whe think they are divinely ordained
t© swagger around as old Vox Populi?
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LET US PRAY
The vast majority of the people of
the earth believe in the existence of
a Supreme Being, a God to whom to
appeal in time of need. We do not
all worship in the same way nor pray
in the same way. Our conceptions of
the Diety may vary, but most of us
believe in the efficacy of prayer.
The entire world has gone awry.
The established order of things has
been upset. There is a political, so
cial. economic and religious unrest
Many innovations are seriously pro
posed which would never have been
though of fly? years ago, Be cause (.f
The great loss of life among the men
who went to war it has been pro
posed that we return to the practice
of polygamy. It has been proposed
that all children, whether born with
in or outside of wedlock, shall he held
to be legitimate. It has been pro
posed that the mother, instead of the
father be recognized as the head of
the family. National prohibition of
intoxicants has been adopted in this
country and is seriously proposed in
others. Women have been granted
suffrage in many states and their
national enfranchisement is but a
•uestion of time, apparently. Women
have engaged in occupations hereto
fore considered unsuitable for them.
Great nations have been torn asunder
and new ones have sprung into exist
ence. The President of the United
States has seriously proposed the
subordination of the government to a
supergovernment and many people
have rushed to his support, whereas
such a proposition a score of years
ago would have brought speedy im
peachment. It is proposed that wp
suspend the operation of our econom
ic laws for the alleged purposes of
aiding those more unfortunate than
ourselves, although the result would
be disastrous to the people of this
nation. We are living recklessly and
spending our money prodigally, and
there Is a seeming of prosperity, yet
the truth is that there is no rea.
prosperity, hut rather a ferverish
speculation. There is a great deal of
unrest, and it is not confined to the
ignorant and uneducated. We are liv
ing over a smouldering volcaho which
may at any time erupt and bring
with it widespread disaster. This
country is not on a sound financial
and economic basis—there must and
will be a change. Readjustment must
come. We must get back to first
principles.
There is danger lurking all about
us. Now is the time, not for falter
ing and indecision, but for wise and
firm action on the part of our law
makers. Now is the time to bear in
mind the old axiom, “Hew to the V e,
let the chips fall where they n ay.”
Now is not the time for lawmakers
to stop and try to find out what ef
fect their action will have upon the
voters, upon their own chances for
re-election. The best way is the
courageous way. The people can be
depended upon to stand by those who
do the right thing. It took courage
to do as Governor Coolidge did in the
matter of the Boston policemen’s
strike, but the people stood by him
and the right was vindicated.
As never before, this is the time
for sincerity, for patriotism, for un
selfishness, for the exercise of for
bearance and wisdom. We need wis
dom to solve the weighty problems
which confront us. Principles have
not changed, although there are some
who seem to think they have. The
people have changed and they must
change back if disaster is not to
overtake us. “Truth is mighty and
will prevail,” and we must align our
selves on the side of truth and right.
We must pray for guidance.
In all sincerity and reverence we
cay, “Let us pray.”
BUT HOW ABOUT NOW?
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You do not have to scratch your
head and engage in long, deep thought
to remember the enthusiasm that you
and all the rest of us exhibited over
the American soldier when the war
was on; how you threw up your hat
and shouted yourself hoarse as the
brown ranks marched along with the
banner of the Union floating proudly
at the head of the column; how you
stood up every time the Star-Spangled
Banner was played or sung; how you
bared your head when the color guard
went by; how you stopped your auto
mobile wherever you might be in order
to see that the man in uniform might
ride insead of walk; how you and
your families went to the railroad sta
tions laden with food for the strange
soldiers that might be passing
through; how you shed tears of pride
when your own boys went marching
away to the ports of embarkation
while the bugles played, the bands
blared forth their patriotic tunes and
the drums rolled their soul-stirring
marches.
That was all very fine and all very
commendable, wasn’t it? And every
body was exalted, lifted far out of him
self and lived upon a plane of high
thought and lofty idealism.
Then nothing was too good, nothing
even was good enough to offer these
brave young men who were giving up
their positions in life, their families
and friends and offering in sacrifice
their very bodies upon the altar of
patriotism and of humanity. O, we
were greatly moved, those days, and
we meant it, too.
But how about now?
The word has been passed on down
the line by the Democratic machine
to “knock congress.” That 3s the
meaning of the noise made by the
Democratic anvil chorus at present.
The bolsheviki have now issued or
ders that baths shall be taken. This
follows hard upon a ukase that all
must work. We are just beginning to
appreciate the severity of \he punish
ment which sent the passengers on
the soviet ark to Russia.
William A. Brady, the theatrical
manager, upon his return from Eu
rope, says: “We have got to partici
pate in the troubles of Europe.” This
may go for those who have picture
films to sell there, but why not excuse
the rest of us from the “got to” pro
gram ?
The tutelage of a national Demo
cratic administration is bearing fruit
in the Philippines. The Democratic
party of the islands has declared for
rebellion, if need be, to bring about
the separation of the Philippines from
the United States. If the Philippine
Democrats intend to start anything
they had better attend to the matter
before March 4, 1921.
It has been suggested by New York
Democratic women leaders that the
women delegates to the San Francisco
convention go dressed in gingham and
calico. This is doubtless intended to
suggest that these once humble ma
terials, after seven years of Demo
cratic reduction of the high cost of
living, are as high in price as silk and
satin used to be in the good old Re
publican days.
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