The Daily Missoulian., 1914-10-25
ON BOTH SHOULDERS

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In any great public movement, the trimmer doomed to
destruction There room for nice distinctions when
great issues at stake When you are not for thing
you are against it.
But there need necessarily be bitterness in discussion
OF the public wefafe One may well impugn of the
motives of opponent and still consider that opponent
the whole pretty good sort of fellow.
lake Mr.. Bryan for instance. Was ever man more
abused? Since he sprang into the leigh in 1885, there
have been wanting factions heap all the mud in the
land his head Yet all will confess Mr. Bryan highly
esmable gentleman
Touchy people do not belong public life, for the hury-
bury of politics often develops circumstances highly often
sive to their souls In the essential haste of battle people
often give offense where they noneand there
time to explain
But to return to the original thought one cannot carry
water both shoulders One must either be for some
thing against something Politics fought on broad
general lines and who sha for this and half for that
gets anywhere Hybrid parties are always stiborn.
Again, when man--or woman-enters any movement
she stands for all that movement represents If, for in
stance movement known to be the offspring Of evil
dtions proponent of that escape the dis
grace attached to it, woman-is known by the
company he or she keeps in private fe and far
politics.
Take Tammany Tammany has done some good things
But lammany is the buWark OF the social evil in New York
state it feeds upon the most cruel and shameful phase Of
our life No democrat in New York or out can shake
Tammany from his shoulders; while he toeraes Tammany
he is fighting shoulder shoulder with the brothe
There undetermined southerners before and during
the civil war; who abhored slavery Not few distinguished
soldiers who the gray abotionsts at heart.
Loyalty to home and friends put the gray them But
whatever their motives they fighting for human slav
cry; it excuse say Privately we would like to
slavery abolished They maintaining slavery by
their efforts
There movements today whose chief opponents
are the brothe rings and the liquor interests These inter
ess are found where they because these movements
would mean their doom. Any one who joins with the
brothel keeper and the liquor dealer fighting these
ments is their ally. Deny he-or she-w, defeat Of
these movements perpetuation of nebrety and white
slavery. One is known by the army one fights with.
Private nobility of character will the response
bity if you fight with the avedeale you cannot be an
There should always of course be effort avoid the
purely personal in discussion of these great questons but
and then in the heat of the battle wrong inerprea
tions put things This happens because battle is
battle and teapary Indeed those who prefer the
Atmosphere of teaparties would do well stay away from
battleeds because rude blows struck andsometmes
loud curses emitted
When the welfare of the is stake however, it is
time for rude blows. The north might have gone dis
cussg slavery for another hacentuy and would have
flourshed still. Only rude blows could obterate it.
There today that will rank in future
annals far important than the crusade for abolition
o negro slavery There saves-white we'll as black
women and children we'll menwho need berating
in this republic of ours and only rude blows from stout arms
will knock off their shackles IT, in grunting and perspir
ing this task rude things said and then it is
,regrettable, but inevitable
One thing must remember, we all Amercans all
brothers and sisters in big family When we cannot
agree the majority rule; and if the minority is too
rebeious must in justice suffer But life is made of
many things and the foes of today the friends of tomor
row. Be firm for your belief but do not be too bitterly
partisan Never carry both shoulders but at the
time carry your parsanshp the point Of bit
terness For few things worth the poison that gall in
stills in your veins.
GERMANS FIGHT ON Th % lay b a"ree me,er a 'on @ ,h inc e
TO THE VERY LAST killed one through