The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-30

New York Sun.-W1ScOnSln Is today
presented with the opportunity of put
ting her name at the very head Of the
patriotic commonwealth of the United
States. The ~deplora5le death Of SEN
ator Hastings compels the election of
another u. S. Senator. Political con-
ditions within the state make it inev-
liable that the result of the election
shall express either the earnest, hear
ty sympathetic support of Wisconsin
for the government in its prosecution
of the war, or else that it shall align
that great commonwealth with the
forces that would sap the vigor of
military campaign and cripple the ma
ton in its fight against the m%urderous
aggressions of the Hohenzoller.ls
There can be no halfway course. In
brief, the state must decide whether it
will be represented in the senate by a
man who will cooperate with the ad-
ministration in the prosecution of the
war, or by one who will be with La
Toilette in the obstruction of the war
Helena Independent.-The kaiser
has called Ferdinand of Rumania a
traitor to Hohenzollern traditions
which is a compliment to Ferdinand.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.-Consu
mers will not be able to hoard much
coal until they have boarded consider
ably more money.
Toledo Blade.-Russia's little baby
Freedom can never thrive on the kline
of nourishment it gets from socialist
and anarchints.
Louisville Courier Journal.-f yor
have a feeble minded citizen in your
community, put him in the proper in
st;tution and Fay taxes cheerfully fol
his support. Don't dodge tire issue by
sending him to congress.
st. Louis Globe-D at.-Isn't oul
earthly existence curious? Because
Austria tried to gobble Servia, we are
now about to pay three cents apiece
for our postage stamps.
0utlook.-At a time when the secret
service and the department of justice
are suppressing seditious or treason.
able newspapers the government is
circulating free, without postage OF
other charge, pamphlets which it ha;
printed itself, attacking its own wal
activities. This is tragedy and comedy
combined. Was there ever a more lu.
dicrous illustration of the folly Of car,
rying the principle of free speech t
a false or extreme conclusion? VIZ
refer, of course, to the speeches Of
Senator La Toilette.
Washington Post.-At the same time
the boost in postage rates will do it;
port toward suppression of the mailed
fist.
Albany Journal.-One report has i
that the kaiser "Will rush to the from.
to cheer the soldiers" If he waits {
little he will not have to rush so far.
Emporia Gazette.-In these feverisf
knitting days, the editors of Kansas
are universal in their envy of Gomez
Davis of Concordia, who has a wooder
leg and can darn the hole in one socl
with paint,
Wall Street Journals ard turn.
lSalaEt ue~sAesseaeran9AA Aha,
subscribes for S10,000,000 to Liberty
Loan. He must want the boys in the
trenches by Christmas.
Kansas. City Times.-It doesn't MAKE
much difference, of course, whether
the German government is blown up
from within or without, but it would
be a mistake for the withouts to wait
for the withins to do it, because it
might be that the Withins are waiting
for the withouts to do it.
st. Louis Post-D ispatch.-It may be
true that Col. Roosevelt has not en-
joyed the sight Of one eye for years,
but no adversary, so far as we know,
has ever been lucky enough to get on
his blind side.
New York Telegraph.-An Irish
man in collision with the kaiser re-
minds me Of that boarder who helped
a burglar rob his own boarding house
so that he could get money enough to
pay his board.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.-We are
told that no one in Germany but the
kaiser rides in an automobile sporting
the luxury of rubber tires which shows
how they are still keeping the autos
in autocracy.
Chicago Daily News.-Putting pol
in the schools is next thing to
putting poison in the wells.
Arkansas Gazette.-In bottling up
the Russian feet in Moon sound the
Germans seem to have neglected to
put in the cork.
Independent.-The right of free
speech is a much mishandled concep-
1t implies the right of the indi-
vidual to speak his mind without in
reference, unless his mind contains
what is indecent or seditious or trea-
5onable or libelous. He may speak
but he may not lie to the det-
Of his neighbor, or debauch the
morals of the community, or incite to
rebellion against the state, or give aid
comfort to the nations enemies. He
may not use tongue or pet to the det-
riment Of the public safety.