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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21
Christmas Carols at p,antueket

The custom Of singing Christmas
carols in the streets still obtains at
Nantucket. Every Christmas eve the
school children march through the old
cobhlcd streets of the town and sing
their songs.
Al the ancient houses arc illuminate
I'd with candles i'm the windows. end
the children always stop uDd sercnude
their favoritcs. II is very pretty 10
hear them, and they novcr forget to
ing for what th"y c'll M" "Shu' F. y
-tar folks who .tr it gtrl rui.'' %
get out lnd Join ,hr t.-''
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21
Whnn He Falls.

"As fur rs I kin understand dc qncs
ton" said Uncle Eben, "an OptiniSi
is all right ontil he gifts de idea that he
kin git along by furnlshln' de cheer,
fulness while somebody else does d,
w~0rk."-WushingtOn Star.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

II the boy Is not n companion to his
father It is generally because the IA
Their was not q companion to the boy
when the boy wns n little fellow. Com
panionship is something which must
grow through the years, especially for
two people who live under the same
roof and share the same fortunes
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

want q rair of ca' rings. cheap hut
pufiy. They be fur q %presou.." "Yos.
hIf. said the ieweler You want some.
tliAe rather quiet, f1ppose?' We'll
4QaAt 'ee go 60 making they GOO quiet.
nrH replied The FARMER. My cir be
afai ia n ear '-1lt-litsI
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

h'oi0 s,Oeetlv, ho,0 OIodly to all tho
t0Orld
There comes q message Of hoFe
today,
For Christ 70 born and man Is free
And pain and s0rroi1 must poSs
dtcdp.
Hoo s0eetlg and silently into the
heart
The Christ Child m this blessed
night
20 make as noble and good and true,
For the light Of the toorId Is a ron
droUs Right.
Dear christ, may zee JolioW trith toiip.
ing hearts
The path Of duty, t0here thou hdI
led,
Thdt SIN aud shame maj hare an chs
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

To be tUith him
through the
70 mole Of
life,
To bear tn G
cross and to
gain tn e
Groom.
No more she'll
t0e find him a
IOuCly child,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21
AMI
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

AND THANKS H FOR THEIR PAST BUSINESS
AND SOLICITS THEIR FUTURE TRADE
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

wv ~
And a
DdS born at
Bethlehem.
Phe Christ had
c o m e, IL c
K I o o
kings,
That zoe might
q o d IN MS
hannNau nnn
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21
Che Cbrtetmae
Story

n HERE t0ds peace on the lone JH.
dean hilIs.
And the shepherds todtche0
their focks by night,
When there came from the silent, star
~ sky
A burst Of glory. a ddzzlinG light,
And the angel choir from far Gtody
Sang Peace on earth, good ioiH 10
men,"
And ice hear the song DER lapse Of
years
As It echoes in our heOrts again.
They sang in notes Of heavenly joy;
They brought a message from God TO
men,
For the Prince Of Peace had come to
earth w-1m
And a chtId
Bethlehem. MA
Fhe Christ had
c m e, the
KING Of VZN6 n
kings, ~
That zoe might
cod In MS NNNZ7
beauty see
And hearts be light in blessed hope
That death should be st1Gllooed IN
UictorV.
And they left their focks and hasten
ed on
To the city of David to see the babe,
The Saviour Of men and the Son Of
God,
The humble child In a mdager laid,
And they marcel at that tDhich had
come to pass
And return 40ith glory and praise to
God,
While the chorus echoes t0ithiR their
hearts
As back TO the lonely hills they pIod.
As the shepherds Of old. let us hasten
on
This Christmas day to Bethlehem
torn,
To be t0itk him
~, 1EnII3 through tn c
FRnKSNMkN phOIe OF
HIkTf I'm lite,
.zEG \. !: T. {. E: :: :: : =. !. :: :: :: !: :
EJNH IN To bear tn G
vi N&RI cross and to
I\M. IN M gain tn c
WkM ~ Groom.
KEA No more shell
- MsS% zoe find him a
lOtCly child,
But there forever 1oith God above
He matches aud guides u feeble steps
Till he bears US home tCith his in'
finite loUe.
The best job printing at the
L ihnnnl
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

TtG ICE hear thy summons to cone
dtCGV
And in heaUen uboUe thy praises
sing.
--RsU. Mormon VGn Peit LeUiS ia Phi.
Gdelphid Public Ledger.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-21

But there forever 1oith God above
He Wdtches aud guides II feeble steps
Till he bears US home tCith his en-
finite love.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

cepted as evidence of weakness. The COM
blatant who first asks for terms is gener
ally regarded as ready to quit the fight.
A great European statesman declares
that good news may come in the near fut-
ure." Let God speed the day! But until
that good news shall come We should not
pause to discuss the questions of peace.
As long as the Kaiser, raging with the
insanity of world conquest, clutches a reek-
ing sword and chooses the part of world
outlaw, so long as his spies Turk within
American borders and his pirate ships
harry American commerce, our proclama-
tons should be made by acts. Each day
should bring more guns, more men, more
money and more ships-still more-and
more of armament, until even his passion
blinded eyes shall glimpse the vision Of
that day of bloody reckoning which is
ahead, and to escape its retribution he
shall cry for peace.-Senator Reed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
ROOSEVELT
pon the his that ne would contribute
TO The Kansas City Starr

pon the of his that ne would contribute
to The Kansas City Starr
II Splace i lines but we would not say
II he villa writew isey.Charotte Observer
occasionally he will something through
with and
;ovnen bycer tain gentle in WahngOn-PorAand Press
An outsider however with the hope
friendly
shin with editor and the makeup mnChran Sci
enceM Monitor.
Without sparang unqneioned is that he will
material OF
Generalization on We sincerely
will advance sufficiently rapidly profession before the big
odThe Accredited Correspondents with the American Expedition
aryF
brewed lie
Where
custom stale his pep-Okahoma City Oklahoman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

on the wrist was so open to dust, and so
much exposed to the effects of the weather,
that it quickly became dirty.
TO obviate this the case was next made
in one piece, into which the works were
screwed; but this device was found to have
certain disadvantages. With the advent
of war a great demand arose for a watch
that would stand the hard wear incidental
to Service" use, and it is claimed that the
demand has now been adequately met.
Two submarine commanders approached
certain firm, and asked them to consider
the construction of special watch suit
able for their work. 1t was explained that
il must fulfil certain conditions. 1) 1t
must be watertght; for even when a sub
marine is on the surface the deck is always
more or less awash. (2) It must be non
magnetic; for under water the submarine
is driven by electricity, and in such Inn
tied space watches made of magnetic ma
terials are necessarily affected. (3) As.
for the same reason, compensation bal
ance of the ordinary kind is impossible
the balance must be of some material
which shows a minimum Of expansion and
contraction with variations in temporal
ure. This condition is met by the employ
ment of an alloy of iron and nickel, which
expands and contracts so little that this
factor may be disregarded. lD The face
must be quite legible at any time, and as
the usual yellow luminous figures, when
placed on a white dial, are not readily dis
cernible in moonlight, twilight or subdued
artificial light, black dial is used, thus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Which gave the Republic her station-
United we stand. divided we fall!
II made and preserves US Nation.
Spoken in the House bv Hon. Charles
q. Lobcck.

II made and preserves US Nation.
Spoken in the House By Hon. Charles
o. Lobeck.
THIS country ought to be united; it
l. ought to be united to man. These
insidious influences that have been at work
here have been at work in Russia and have
torn Russia all to pieces. The deplorable
condition Of Russia to-day is due to the
same influences that started to divide our
people in this country, and those forces are
working day and night in this country
now. The pity Of it is that they find often
times instruments here in this country
with which to carry on their nefarious and
reasonable work. If this influence is not
stamped out in this country, even though
we issue successfully out Of this war, if it
is not exterminated, it will yet keep on and
tend to divide our people permanently. We
have influences here in the United States
that are doing the kaiser's work for him;
forces that started thirty years ago and
are at work here to-day. They have been
ellsiDltu IUlOuEH NHc pIcoS anu IuiOuSu VI
CARNATIONS, old and new, political and nom
political, sectarian and non-sectarian, to
set our people one against the other and
against their own government.
/ Those forces ought to be hunted down
and exterminated, because if they are not
] exterminated they will have to be dealt
with after the war is over. Last fall we
/ all knew that many crawed on their hands
( and knees to curry their favor and to get
! their votes, and the chances are they will
| do it again if it is deemed politically ex-
pedient to do so. These forces that are
more German than American, that find
nothing good in our government and moth
ing bad in that of our enemies, ought to
reap the opprobrium they SO justly earned
end be brought into such disrepute that
decent men, yes, decent politicians, would
shun them like the pest.
| Now, we cannot afford to have any di-
vision in this country. If any substantial
portion of the people Of this country are
divided from the government we shall
have to pay the penalty. The way we can
bring this war to speedy end is for the
people to unite together on one purpose,
one supreme purpose, the supreme pur-
pose of the hour. If they do that, no
American need fear the consequences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Golden Book of Congress

the truth is these arrogant people are com.
mon grafters. With an arrogance that
shames a democracy they assume to con
troll men, 10 make and unmake administra-
tons and cabinets, to exercise all sorts Of
despotic and arbitrary power, and to mould
by the mere force of iteration public sem
timent and opinion, and especially If any
enc undertakes to lay fingers weight
upon their bounty. SO long as they are
right, so long as their arguments or state
ments are based on truth, do not object;
hut when they begin to echo with parrot
like unanimity exactly the same senti
ments about every question that comes up
people begin to wonder whose sentiment
hey are expressing, and to ask themselves
whether they are not, with few honor
able and notable exceptions, all tarred
with the same stick, all fed from the same
crib, oil paid by the same master.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Sparks from the Rev.
enue Wheel
Primogeniture

MIR, OWEN-The accumulation of g-
A'A gantic fortunes in single hand,
with the huge power Of increase where the
income cannot be consumed. is dangerous,
III my opinion, to the commercial liberties
OF the people, and, because dangerous to
the commercial and the financial liberties
Of the people, think it is dangerous to the
political and civil liberties of the people
For that reason these gigantic estates
ought TO be subjected to large tax, espe-
cially as they increase to very great
amounts.
We have established in this country the
doctrine that we will not follow the Eng
fish rule Of primogeniture or of entail;
and the reason for that is to prevent gil
gantic estates passing into the hands Of
the very few, leaving the many without
adequate property. We have made that a
part of the American system, and yet we
are permitting its evasion now through
putting great estates in trust, like the
Chicago estates, such as the Field estate.
In that case there is sixty millions now in
the hands of trustee for little children
That sixty millions will be two thousand
millions by the time those children shall
pass the river of life.
We are permitting condition that is
multiplying our refusal TO adopt the prin-
ciple of primogeniture and of entail,
through the policy of permitting corpora
tons that have no death to take over prop
critics and hold them, and permitting these
estates to pass in trust by life tenure that
is endless. 1t is against a wise public
policy; and when it comes to a choice be-
tween a tax on these great estates and
taxing the coffee and the tea and the sugar
and the cocoa that the people use on their
tables, do not think they ought to be
mentioned on the same day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
TO Stop Daylight Dosing

ITO SAVE light and fuel the clocks n
l. many European countries have beei
get ahead one hour since the war began
with the result that people are obliged b
go to work an hour earlier in the morn
ing and quit an hour sooner in the after
noon. THE Kansas City Times" state,
that
"Also. it was done TO help the workmep
especially in factories. AS the first hour
work would be in the cool of the morning
and the workers would miss that last no
hour in summer. II was thought the plsf
would mean better health OF workers and ,
higher efficiency
1.-THE Nations Business trade maya
zine has investigated the workings of tn,
plan, and asserts the results have been fai
ahead Of expectations. In Great Britain 81
average reduction Of 20 per cent for light
ing was made. The saving of gas was
per cent, and in one year 1880 tons Of OF
were saved.
"In France the plan saved $4,000 tons Of
coal used for gas each month, and in ono
year S6,000000 was saved on gas and elee
tricity
an Vienna alone the saving on gas wa,
$4,000 a month. There was a great saw
ing in Berlin, too. But the greatest result,
have been observed in the improved health
comfort and efficiency Of all classes o.
workers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
A Philippe Against the Papers
of His Home Community
Bv Senator Hardwick

GONE Of the newspapers in my own
- state, Mr.. President, are so gracious
and so Just as to fill up, in large measure
or a considerable degree, their columns
with personal abuse of me, ON the pro-
fessed reason, at least, Of differing with
me. as to certain positions have taken as
a member of this body. For them and
their opinions l have nothing but the su-
premest contempt and disdain. Most Of
them that are not corrupt are worse, and
/ will meet them, every one, at Phlllppi
but in my humble opinion the main, if not
the controlling, motive for the abuse that
they have heaped on me has been the fact
that for two or three years | have been
waging this fight The time has come
when public men are no longer to be IN
undated or bulldozed by these publishers
The time has come, the hour struck, when
the people of the United States must know
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Suuabbles in Dialectic
Petulant
Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-M President
Mr.. SIMMONS-Leaping--

Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-Mr. President
Mr.. SIMMONS-Leaping-
Mr.. LA FoLLETTE-Mr. President
THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE-Does
the Senator from North Carolina yield to the
Senator from Wisconsin?
Mr. SIMMONS-Mr. President, yield to
the Senator.
Mr.. LA FOLLETTE--If you do, then that is
what I wanted to observation-disclosures you
would yield.
Mr.. SIMMONS-I think the Senator should
have addressed me in a more courteous tone
of voice.
THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE-Sen-
ators must address the Chair. ~
Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-I did address the
Chair. | simply wanted to know whether the
Senator was willing to receive correction.
Mr.. SIMMONS-Yes.
Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-He said that the in
crease from 900 to the next bracket above
was per cent, and that the increase below
that was 10 per cent.
Mr.. SIMMONS-No.
Mr.. LA FOLLETIE-The increases below
are l per cent for each bracket and the in
crease
/ Mr.. SIMMONS-I did not say that
| Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-That is exactly what
you said
| Mr. SIMM0NS-It is exactly what did not
/ say.
! MR.. LA FOLLETTE--It is exactly what
you did say, for took it down as you said 1t
! Mr.. SIMMoNS--I will let it stand at that
! then.
| Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-T is the reason
why | thought you would want it corrected
: because it is not in accordance with the
facts.
! MR.. SIMMONS-If I said that, | did not
mean that; and do not think did say that
I Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-Tha is what you
said, and thought you would desire to have
it corrected.
4 Mr.. SINMONS-What did say was this
MR. LA FOLLETTE--The increase in the
next bracket is per cent instead of l per
cent.
Mr.. SIMMONS-The increase of from 81
to 81. from "a to IS, from 80 to So; that is
the way il is written in the copy have.
I Mr.. LA FOLLETTE-very well; will take
care Of that matter when come to follow
the Senator.
Mr.. SIMMONS was absolutely right;
repeat it..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
War the Solvent

WAR is the great solvent. 1t separates
w the pure from the base metal and
presents men as they are and not as they
seem.
War gives, along with its trials, hard
ships, and sacrifices, opportunities never
available in peace. 1t gives the man who
may have made a bad, unfortunate, or IN
effective start in life chance to begin
again under different conditions. He has
a second chance with the promise if he
makes good in the second effort his former
failure shall be forgotten, and the glory
of his latter effort shall become patent
of nobility
The acid test of war likewise shows
what is mean, unpatriotic, and vicious in
our natures. 1t discloses the yellow in us,
if there be any. 1t gives the bad citizen
an opportunity to show now unpatriotic he
can be. It enables the citizen of low, self
ish and grovelling ideas an opportunity
to register his name and call his true num-
Der. 1t enables every man to grade and
register his peculiar and personal stand
ard of citizenship. And these strange and
unfortunate creatures, who by nature are
against all things and particularly against
their own government, are given oppor-
tunity to show how closely their ideals Of
citizenship approximate what the law calls
treason.-From an address by Hon. James
II. Pou. brought to the notice of the Sen
ate by Senator Overman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Breakfast Table Must Not Be
Taxed Until Much Later

MR.. RANSDELL-The distinguished
wi Senator from Massachusetts [Mr.
Lodgel says that England is taxing tea,
coffee, sugar and cocoa, and that France IS
taxing these same commodities. The situa-
ton, sir, is very different in those coun-
tries. They have been bearing the brunt
of the greatest war the world has ever
known for more than three years. and it is
probably necessary for them 70 tax every
thing which can possibly stand tax.
Thank God, we are not in that situation.
We have been in the war only very short
while. Perhaps the day will come when
we also will be obliged to tax not only tea,
coffee, sugar and cocoa, but flour and meat
and all articles of human food. / sincere
" hope that time will never come, but 1t
r,qy. and when it does come | for one, sir,
shall not complain if taxes are proposed
on all articles of food; but | do complain
most seriously at this time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Development of the
Service" Watch

The war has led not only 10 new inven-
tions, but to the development and improve
ment of things previously known. In the
latter category may be included the wrist
let watch, little used by the sterner sex be-
fore the war. but now to be seen on the
wrist of nearly every man in uniform and
of many men in civilian attire.
The first wristlet watch was naturally a
small pocket watch fitted into a leather
holder and strapped on the wrist. This
was soon improved by soldering to the sides
"knuckles" or loops, through which the
strap was passed. But such watch worn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
4 Reply
By Senator Vardaman

THINK it is eminently unfortunate
that Senators cannot discuss the mer-
it's or dement's of any particular measure
without imputing improper motives to
those who happen to differ from them.
Personalities are always Objectionable IN
discussion and indicate a weakness in the
speaker or want Of merit in the measure
which he advocates. Sometimes 1t is both.
IN answer to any intimation that | have
Eeen party to a scheme to delay, pre-
vent or postpone the final vote on any
measure / can say that / have probably
spent less time on my feet in the Senate
than any other member of this body who
attends upon its deliberations as regularly
as ! do. Any suggestion, therefore, Of
that kind is utterly devoid Of truth. 1t IS
not my proper function to animadvert
upon the conduct of other Senators. They
are doubtless doing that which their sense
of obligation to their constituents and the
country generally demands that they
should do, and doing it quite as well as
| could do it.
But do want to say that am nauseated
with this pharisaical noise that we hear
upon the floor of the Senate too often that
somebody or some Senator is withholding
from the President of the United States
the support which the President should
have if this war is to be brought to a
successful termination.
As a matter of fact, | suspect the pa
triotism of a man who feels called upon to
impute bad motives to somebody else IN
order to prove the good motives which
actuate him. The man who undertakes to
make out somebody else is sinner IN
order to prove himself saint will bear
watching. | think if there were more at
tention paid to the Golden Rule in Sena-
torial discussion we would do more work
and better work and do it in less time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Medifations on Peace and
War
Not When War Shall End

TT MATTERS infinitely which side shall
i win and what shall be the vision and
the judgment of man as to the issues in
volved in the war. And the thing that
urges and counts is not when the war
shall end, but what it shall be seen to
mean. For the war to close and the world
not know what it has been fighting about
would be the supreme catastrophe of his
tory. A compromise between the contend
ing belligerents would be a betrayal of the
peoples of every nation and would issue in
universal mental and moral confusion. A
peace that leaves the nations where they
were, that recognizes neither victor nor
vanquished, that ignores the conflicts
cause and questions. that evades all judg-
ment as to the right or wrong of the mat
ter-such a peace would be the last disas-
ter of mankind. The millions who have
died would have died in vain. The lessons
Of the last 1000 years would have been
written in the sands. The hard ascent of
the race, from its beginning until now,
would have conveyed no convoking and
uniting purpose, no empowering and COM
polling prospect. The judgment day would
have come and gone without our discern
ing the judgment passed upon US or even
knowing we had been judged. The su-
preme opportunity of man would have
proved itself greater than man.-From "a
brochure THE Menace of Peace" read by
Senator johnson of California.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Another Reply
By Senator Reed
Mr.. Reed asked:

lfr. Reed asked:
ruAS It come to this: That member
II. cannot upon the floor Of the Senate
express the opinion that a certain measure
makes for the weakness Of his country in
stead Of for its strength without some
Drawing animal somewhere in some town
or some state-of course, it never gets in
the Senate-in discordant voice roars out,
"You are the enemy Of the United States?
And he submitted, by way Of ciindr. the
foiiolcjng rerScs:
The Pilgrims spirit has not fed,
Il walks in the Moons broad light,
And II guards the bed Of the brave who
are dead
With its sentinel stars at night
Il watches the bed Of the brave who are
dead
And will guard them evermore;
Till the waves Of the Bay where the
Mayhower lay
Shall foam and seethe no more.