Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 24, 1920, Page 6

a w. n&nwwm.x.. Baitor ‘Telophone 923 Entared at the postoffice at Bemidsl, Minn., & d- . class matter und:: Act of Conmfi of lnrch -3, 18 No . -attentlon pald to' anonymous contributions. Writec's mecessarily for publication, Communications for the | Weekly Ploneer must reach this office 7ot later than My of each week to imsure publicition in the 43 Thno!mthl... oo l” i pages, puhllnod Y. PIONHER—Twelve -na sent postage paid to any addre: for, o u/lmu. $3.00. mmoomrma\nmmmu If there was anything omitted in the speech of Congressman N, E. Kendall before congress, at the time the Kenyon bilt was being discussed, rehtiu to the activities ‘of John Barleycorn, we cannot think of it—but what he did say is, we thmk, worthy of repetition: v “It is significant, Mr. Speaker, that in all the perfervid oratory which has been mdnlged in, in all insjdious literature which has been circulated, on all the voluminous advertisement which has been negotiated, nobody has ventured to extenuate the daloon except as an agency of evil too formid- Abld to be overthrown. This circumstance is not ble. As a national institution it is all ty and no asset: As a local enterprise it is all‘rfl'i'ntden and 1o benefit. The American dramshop ~ cannot be defended upon any principle which ap- peals to the moral sensibility or the busniess in- . ‘telligence of the community. It is a rebel against good government. It dictates nominations, pur- chases elections, corrupts. the ballot -and falsifies the returns. It smirches the legislatures, soils the executive and stains the judiciary. It is the force of organized society. It overawes the pulplt, under- mmines the platform and subsidizes the press. It discredits the constitution, despises the statutes, ‘denounces ‘the congress and derides the couft.: It /i the destroyer of domestic happiness. It brutalizes the husband, desolates tlie wi!,e: debauches the son ‘and betrays the daughter. 'It7is ' without concern ‘for truth, without regard for honor, without rever- ‘ence or virtue. It has no tolerance for churches, no interest in lehool no -consideration for home, ‘no expectation ‘of- he:ven, no apprehension of hell. The patience of America is exhausted, and we shall temporize with infamy no longer. fold forces'of sobriety, or decency, of respect for order, of loyalty to law, or love or mankmd are. marshaling in the invincible: phalanx to pulverm g the rum power. ' And they will eventually triumph, * . ¥ beeause their righteous-warfare is nuf.ixhed fiy theé [ | fervent hopes of all good/'men and’ unct@ed’ B 'the holy prayers of ‘all good women.. I regret exceed- ingly to’ disagree with the: pmndenb in the: conclud- img hours of this administration. Upon all political - jasues ¥ am disposed always to leknowledge alleg-. - jance to the leader of my. party: but: npon moral ! guestions such :as this I refuse to surrender my : eonvictions, to. him or any other man:” EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ' Certain ‘members of congress’ have' been atirting : | mp a mess in Washington over what they term a | waste of public funds in the publication of bulletmn ! by the various departments and bureaus. Not having seen any of the said bulletins, we are unable to. pass judgment upon their value as educational mediums. And, we presume the .educa- tion of the public is the pnmary ob)ect of their publication. Bat if the government or congress is desirous, of d:.uemmatmg useful information relatwe to agri- .- eulture, health, science, or other subjects, there is - one way, and one only, of reaching the people who pay the bill. | That way is to, use the columns of the public press and pay tha publishers a fair price for the space consumed. Practically every citizen of normal mtelhgence veads the newspapers. This is a newspaper age and the people are lost without them. < Government . information' disseminated in 'thi manner would reach the great mns of the people,v PRESS COMMENTS—THAT'S ALL (By BXOCHANGE BDITOR) FORTUNATE IN HIS ENEMIES. The Chicago Tribune congratulates Governor Lowden on the fact that the dominant Cook county imfluence is' against him. When the past record of the Lundm-’l'hompson faction is_considered, the fact that the governor is cdrdially hated by them, 'will be a great- asset when the country comes to know it.—Virginian, RGN D President. Wilson recommends the expulsion “of . the Turk from Europe. He is mild about it. Most of the civilized folks of the earth would recommend their expulsion from the planet and then not feel that they had made a harsh decision.—Montrose s D.) Herald. / S I . Our gneu, whichis no better nor no wom. than' the balance, is that.Sam'Gordon is more than likely ; to be our next secretary. of state. And he will sust be known to the editor, but not - All the mani-. B - what had transpired. . useful pthm ' strike shoy those for whom it is compiled” at great expeue and’ 'would be “put to: practical purpose in the ex- tension' of knowledge -nd the greater davohpment of the country. : To educate the publu: you must first reach the public, and there is no arm so. long .or voice so loud as that 'of the press, h WHY WE NEEDN'T TRAIN THEM. We are not going to have univeml training because: - First, there isn't golng to be ‘any moré¢ war. (What is going on in' Russia, or is it Poland, in Siberia: and in Germany iss not war. . We don’t know what to call it, but we refuse to call it war.) Second, if there is war we are not going to be in it. ' (All we have to do to keep out of war'is:not to be ready’ for war. This, the clno! doctrlne of the pacifists, was demonstrated to. be ebrnct on - ‘April 6, 1917.) . Third, ‘if there is war and we get into-it, we can use flu men |mmed in this war. (Why train more men m long as our trained men last? In ten years Yor ‘twenty they may get a little. mnky in the hinges or if we use them too much they may get. a 'bit used: up.. ‘But then we can rely upon the “Groundspnnzers" to fill: in. = Meantime, let George, the Boy of '17 and ’18, do it again. Why spend our ‘money while George is around?)— Chicago Tribune. —_——" ' PITILESS SECRECY. “The cabinet. meeting was called and all were present. After an hour and twenty-five minutes the secretaries filed out, with not a word as to Although it was perfectly well understood that plans for relieving the nation from a threatened famine due to the strike were . discussed, the public, the chief ‘party concerned, was given no intimation of what might be expected. ‘Wilson mioves in a mysterious may his wonders to perform.”—Ex. » Will someone page Geo. Creel. Fred Hadley of Winnebago may be listed among the republican gubernatorial filings before the week is closed. Fred was in the Twin Cities last week .and said that-he mlzht take the step. If, as some think, the endorsement of: the coming republican . elimination convention will go'to some one other than' those now- active in trying to secure it, why, what about Mr. Hadley? - He is a country newspaper man ‘of ‘note, has a host of friends throughout anewta, and would grace the executiveship with credit to himself and Minnesota. It is said that Hennepin ‘county ‘would gladly take him on as its choice.—The County Chairman. i gl e ' .PROMISES TO RAISE HELL. Thomas W. Lawson promises to raise hell, if sent to the republican national convention as a delegate- at-large, or secure the adoption of a resolution which will cut the cost of living in half. We're in favor of his doing both, if it will do any good . to the common people. - Lawson will have to “go some" if, he can raise more hell than is being raised Jevery day by the “extremist;”, be" he a profiteer or ‘ndxcal douhle red.” s S SR ol S : ¥ k BONUS LEGISLATION SOON. - Congrmlnnl Nlcholaa Longworth of Oluo, a ‘member’ of the ways and means committee con- . ( § % sidering. the: bills for ‘soldiers’ bonuses, ‘expects that in’the near 4 future & measure. of thdt character will be tavorahly teported to the house. the co\mtry that in all probability its passage would ate substantially higher than the coun- - i try is now forced to bear.—~Republican Bureau. Isn’t it about time Woodrow Wilson was taking ' another-trip/abroad? How about Japan this time? We understand they have put a curb on specula- tion over there., Perhaps Woodrow might get some 3 o—— Pussyfoot: Johnson- is-back with us again shy one eye.. At that we’ll wager Pussy will see farther out of that one eye than a good many want Inm to see. Page Gov. Edwards, please. GRS Y Washington tells us what is going to be ‘done to stop profiteering. We don’t care ‘what is going to be done. What we want to know is, that it is stopped. Fodita We suggest that the Rev. English, “Christian Healer,” while he is in ‘Washington be taken to congress to’see if anything can be dnne for the 'blind, the halt, and the lame. e duties. of the office in a first class water Gazette. e (i f ‘Pershing’s - strong inclination to' keep dkchnrze manner Genen 5 ;lmet ‘while!"other fighting men are: spilling . the , || beans is not the least of his recommendations.— - 8t. Cloud 'l'imes IR AR Mr. Gnrfldd uys the coal policy' of the mation was unsound, but the trouble with Mr. Garfield’s -policy was as that there was too much sound about it. —Lonuv:lle Post . L S, ST Our mfionnl debt has been “reduced” to $24,- 698,000,000, only about $200 for every' man, woman and child in: the country. —Wheelmg (W..Va.) In- telligencer.. 3 is foolish enough to start a hunger I'be permitted to nmnh it without infer- Free Press. Fler o0 L Tats “Rel hsfnled uysammuter How Anyone ,ruption.—] : ligio nbout politics?—Little Falls Transcript. . - the ‘“girly-girly” ‘shows are uboo‘ Bue-l;;gged chorus girls, % “u‘ and ‘n‘.,_ by ‘Mayor Peters or-Cify Censon Jolm q ‘cation, But he, warns “How are’the former soldiers do- ing.at college?” is a question asked ‘and answered in a récent publication of the United States Bureau of Edu- Summarizing, returns to an. inquiry made by ome ‘of the church' boards, the bureau finds that as a rule. - che return soldier has fallen into his old | stride and:is: doing’ work! about the same as before enterlng the serwWce.” One college prsaldent reports that his ex-soldier students had not done very well and that they were restless and found it hard to concentrate on their work. This same answer: was received from: -another- institution where 16 ex-service men had regist- ered at the beginning. of tae’school year.” Two of these had witndrawn. The rest did'as well as hoped because of unrest due to indecision as to the future they wanted to follow ‘and the resulting quandary as to. what pre- paration they should make. Albion college, . however, that the majority of ex-service men had done excellent work, especially those who had been in college before entering the service. A -number of other institutions reported théir re- turned men doing work above tue av- erage. “The:report from Missouri Wesleyan college was that these men. were doing far abowe what they did previous-to the war, the grades indi- cating that the work of the service men is of a very high order. The 9 per cent students receiving all “A”. grades were all ex.service men. There were very few failures among the re- turned men at this college, showing that they realized the benefit of an education and the importance of hard diligent work. Subscribe r‘n‘r the Pioneer. 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