Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-05
SENATOR GOL0B|E
THRILLS AUDIENCE
Only Orator at Tulsa's Cele-
bration of the Fourth Makes
Wonderful Speech.

DisregardinG all spread eagle prec-
edents for Fourth of July orators,
Senator John GoloDie of Guthrie, who
featured the afternoons patriotic pro-
gram at owen park yesterday, took a
truly world wide viewpoint and de-
livered IA masterful exposition OF in
ternational philosophy. with special
reference to Americas destiny after
the war
when the United States entered
this great war" began Senator Colo
bic, lit entered into new era-an era
that the man of today and tomorrow
must realize. Back there in 1916 our
forefathers created the first epoch of
the United States when they broke
away from the mother country and
formed an independent democracy In
definance of all existing rules of gov
ernment making.
The civil war sent us into second
period by deciding that this continent
was to exist as one mighty unit ana
that the viewpoint should be one Of
national origin rather than of petty
states.
Now. as we plunge into this great
conflict, we should come to a full
turc must be vision of the world.
our policy of isolation is a policy OF
the civil war epoch, and we must
leave II with the other outgrown ideas
of that period.
Now Is Crisis.
This is the crisis when the Ameri-
can genius shall blossom out and give
its superior aspirations to the world
or when II shall give eternal way to
other ideals. Even as an Individual,
nation must either progress or be
lost in stagnation and retrogression.
1t cannot stand still. We have ex-
hausted. In "A large way of speaking,
the resources of our country and we
must look to other fields for our new
ambitions.
Furthermore our policy of isolation
Is set at naught by modern science.
When IL took two weeks or more to
get any communication across the
Atlantic let alone transport troops
overseas, our theory OF aloofncss from
Europe was practicable. But the
steamship and the cutter the cable
and the wireless, the submarine and
the airplane have erased the restric-
tions of nature. Instead Of being a
protection and u barrier the oceans
are today our greatest highways and
our most perilous weakness.
As climactic proof that the United
States should throw off her narrow
policy and adopt world viewpoint,
Senator Golobie showed that this ma
tion, the first democracy and the
most powerful democracy. Is the best
fitted to blaze way for liberty and
democracy over the wide expanse Of
the globe.
All Have Divine Right.
"As a matter of pure self-defense,"
said the speaker, I'VE must make IL
our sacred duty to see that the divine
right of every individual man shall
replace the divine right of kings.
"In the future this nation will either
be dominant or dominated. If. thru
Americas false seclusion, Germany
should win this war, the kaiser would
come over here and ram his civiliza-
ton down our throats-thats the
facts of the matter
Delving deeper into the axioms of
political philosophy, Senator Golobie
traced the governmental history of
the world, showing the enduring law
that all nations reach a pinnacle of
fame and power only to decline.
The speakers intimation was that
1t is time when America, the strong
and untried, shalr mount It's steed
and take for Its allotted time the
leadership of tire world, rather than
to suffer premSture oblivion at the
hands of Germany.
Senator Golobie traced the domlna-
tion of Babylon, OF Egypt, of Greece,
of Rome, OF the Franks of France,
of England, of Germany In control
of the seas. he showed how Genoa
had succeeded Venice. only to be re-
placed in turn by Spain. who bowed
to Holland, England's predecessor.
Thus" said the senator, at Is a
story OF one generation taking the
reins from the hands of the former.
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