Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-22
THE BULLNECKED CONSTRUCT
IONISTS.


1t is well enough to talk of toler
alee. The spirit of tolerance and for
bearance is a splendid possession.
There are derelctions and conditions,
however, which are intolerable; there
is a time when patience can no longer
be glorifed as a virtue. There are men
in the United States Senate who have
forfeited every claim they may have
had on the indulgence of a generous
people.
The American government has
adopted the principle of universal liza
bility to service. 1t has determined to
adhere to that principle in the conduct
! OF the war against Germany. A large
majority of the American people have
gladly acquiesced in this decision, and
for the most part those who were OPP
posed to the principle have submerged
their personal views and inclinations
and rallied to the support of the gov
/ eminent. The issue is considered as
having been settled for the duration Of
this war and no man who places the
common God above the gaining of his
own points will permit himself to
question the soundness and fairness
of the principle that has been adopt
ed.
In the United States Senate yester-
day the army aviation bill, carrying a
provision for drafting men into that
branch of the nations service, was
called for consideration. This is the
bill, recently passed by the House,
which carries the appropriation neces-
sary to the building up Of our air
/ service, 1t represents the first step in
vast project upon which, in the opin-
ion of many experts, the final issue of
/ the gerat war will rest. In its execu-
/ ton, time is one of the most precious
considerations.
And yet postponement of action on
the measure until an indefinite date
was made necessary by the obstructive
tactics of Senators who have been
/ prominent in opposing consumption. -
Three of them figured particularly
Hardwick, Vardaman and Reed. They
did not relent even when it was ex-
planned to them that the War Depart
ment contemplates drafting men only
for the Ground" forces of the aviation
/ service, and not as fiers. They are
against the draft principle, they de-
clared. They were against it in the
beginning and they are against it now.
! l. doesn't matter to them that the
principle has been adopted by the
/ government and is being relied on to
carry this nation through one of the
most perilous crises in its history.
They cannot hope to win, but they are
in position to delay action; and that
they will do They cannot have their
way, so the nation must await their
, pleasure. The obstinacy of these men
is amazing. 1t seems that they have
deliberately discarded every considera-
tior Of national service in order to
have their own way, if only for a few
days. They are quite willing to block,
/ to hamper; they do not hesitate to tie
the hands of the government when the
very life of the nation may depend on
the quickness and force with which
those hands are permitted to strike.
Such men have no moral right to con
tinue in Office under this government.
Savannah Morning News
The sixteen L artyrs" pardoned by
President Wilson after having been
sentenced to serve so days each in
, jail for picketing the White House,
have declared that tbay will continue