The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-08-28
ON THE SUPPRESSION
OF SEDITION

The sentiment expressed in differ
ent parts Of the United States today
with regard to seditious u%tterances
and acts makes il evident that a crisis
in the treatment Of this particular
problem is rapidly approaching, if il
is not already at hand Elihu Root
dealt with the situation in terms that
must have recalled to his audience.
and to thousands throughout the coun-
try, the declaration that, NOR than
half a century ago, stamped John A.
Dix a hero and leader. How long,
asked the Pittsburgh Post Of last
Tuesday, will the American people
permit the liberty of this country to
be used for its destruction? ?" and, for
one thing, it pointed TO the liberation
Of Mayor William Hale Thompson s
Chicago organ, which has been preach
ing sedition day in and day out for
months past. On Thursday the ques
ton was partly answered by a publ.
uprising against the circulation o.
that publication in Aurora, one of the
larger Illinois towns adjacent to tht
city named. we represent the meT-
chants of Aurora" said a spokesman
for the indignant citizens to an agent
of Mayor Thompson's newspaper, "and
demand of you not to distribute any
more of these papers in this tow1.
We have sent many of our boys t.
fight for their country, and we are
going to protect our cities while they
are gone"
Thus we have a voice from the East
and one from the West. The Norta-
west is heard through the Duluth
Herald and the st. Paul Dispitch. The
former marks as dangerous those who
oppose sending troops to Europe;
those who, not daring to resist the
government, seek to undermine its
efforts by attacks upon its allies;
those who spread reports likely to
hamper the nations war plans; those
who keep within the law" while Sc
cretly aiding the enemy. The latter
journal says: Just now there can be
no such thing as free speech which
counsels resistance to the laws"
Minnesota always has been loyal.
Today ii will yeaTn to yindicate that
loyalty by bringing to sharp and swift
justice the enemies in its borders
whose presence and activities have
tainted its fair name"
In the South and Southwest, but one
opinion is expressed with reference
to the treatment that should be ac-
corded the organizations engaged in
the Indictment Of strikes. In the Pa
cifc Northwest, the Oregonian is pro-
nounced and unceasing in calling for
drastic action against the Peoples
Council and the L.W.W., both of which
are denounced as seditious organiza-
tons. Speaking Of the frst-named, il
says: This organization is in the
same class as the German spy who
has been arrestesd at Seattle, and to
whom is ascribed the initiative in the
industrial troubles which disturb the
State of Washington; also with the
misguided people who resist the draft
in Oklahoma; also with the WV,
which has done much to paralyze il
dustry in the lumber districts of the
Pacific Coast and in the copper mines
of Arizona and Montana. All are
anti-American and pro-German in Ell
feet, probably in intent" In the opin-
ion Of the Oklahoman, the only way
to deal with that section of the Ger
man-Amerlcan press which is persist
emily striving to stir up discord and
disorder in the United States, is to
eradicate it,"
1t may be thought that the language
used by some newspapers published
between the Alleghenies and the Pa
cifc Coast, in dealing with sedition,
tends to be violent. says the Christian
Science Monitor; but it may be point
ed out that it is no more so than that
which the Union League Club of New
York enthusiastically applauded. a
few nights ago. Moreover, investiga-
ton carried on in the New England
States reveals the necessity of quite
as much w~atehfulness, on the part Of
loyal citizens. as appears to be essen
tial in mining sections. The South
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