Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-10

Dual T1sk in War.
We have dnzl task IN this war"
n declared We are fighting 20 uD-
rCOt autOcrxcy ina, ihe word may be
safe for ossoOcrxcy. We nDss sis9
KUafznts. that safety b. oss-r0ying
socialism II ls bu; another form Of
zgtOcfacy.
1t 10 bat 'carrJ1ng Gals 20 New
castle for me 20 tell Tulsa people
Hflzi DstrfotikTn b." the speaker s&id-
= gss here when this city performed
sn slnOEt comparable feat in re-
Fp0nse 10 the plea for inysstrDent m
glbsrty bondG tod that s1orT
everywhere J spoke.
'"fhEn. . little later. the telegraph
dispatches carried the S-Ory % hos a
committee had deal; with HOne rough
neck ansrcbiSiy.
= ara rot here 70 congratulate you
on that accom- pllEhmsnt." Kzid Doctor
I HiH. holding Up his hands Ia mock
nOrrOr. 4 am FniniEter of the gOs-
( pei. BBt ] Will Esy That II the JOB hsc
Z 20 be done. the night co.Tnt,tee eyi-
gently carried IL thru"
sslyo0 Of syplarse greeted DoctDr
Hi4rs Characterization Of the kaiser.
He tells his people that he II the
yics-regert of God or taTth. He pre-
tends 20 be in constant comm grfica
I tiOn with the Infinite and 20 reveal
the messages Of God 20 the people.
Tine fart H.. be has simply run q
wire - the top Of his egOtEm which
ls ~ high that he inagines he Is
/ talking ~ the Deity when he Is only
/ sOlIlOqulzing.
Robe MOI Same.
Prophets do not wear the same
robe nor work IN the name role: one
I COMES ~ a patriarch. like Abraham.
another as q lsY,giyer, Ike Aosea;
another as a statesman, like periclcs.
another aE a philosopher, like Plato;
an mother as An apostle. Ike Paul: an
other IA a repOlutioniEt. like Croni-
well: another as AN explorer. like CO.
! lumbCN. another as patriot. like
! Washington: another az an ernanci-
paior. like Lincoln: another as an sz-
| psnnOslst. like Mckinley: and an
other as a champion Of human rights.
like Woodrow Wilson.
IT IN useless for me 10 talk about
the greatness of Woodrow Wilson: I
cannot Hay enough. In every epoch
the man OF the hour In at hand.
We have become NO occupied with
| proSperiiy that we have forgotten the
dsbtorKbip Of prosperity. With God
! quality Is more than quantity. II Is
not a thing Of size. but OF fitnes.
Power II but another word for xespon
sibllIty. We have gathered power and
| HlflOfu u 10 our
ment. but we have forgotten the ne
ceszlty OF exercising power over
/ power. or In other words. the right
use Of power.
! "Pairioiisrn means sacrifice. II il
the stiIl small voice OF fidelity to duty,
service 10 humanity. II is a great
thing TO have our hearts and minds
expanded but they should be expanded
along large and generous lines.
I'VE have entered upon a new era.
thr era of world democracy Thu is
The true goal of decentralization.
Yesterday we could not quite see
wNere We were going. We were a lit
tis doubtful as to the Dext step.
but, my friends, the day OF trust
ing 20 luck OF muddling along without
chart or compass or guiding star has
passed The time has arrived when
we must formulate our national pur-
pose think out great policies for hu-
: man upiift and betterment, for the
rpread OF liberty and justice among
|, the nations. and having thot these
policies ont and developed a progress,
we must adhere to that program.
Means What Flag Means.
III then you ask what Is the mean
: ing OF this war, answer. II means all
thnt our Flag means.
1T means the principles OF self
, the compact drawn by the Pilgrim
fathers yondor In the Mayflower be-
ig.nninr with the words, In the name
Of Almighty God. amen and closing
with the same.
: 1T means Plymouth Rock. Lexing-
! ton. Concord. Bunker I'M. Valley
Forge. Germantown Yorktown; In
short, the uprising OF the new word
Y agnins; the old. the array OF America n
= democracy agnisst Europes nSaristoc-
racy. the establishment Of the most
momentous doctrine the world has
: ever known. namely. the sovereignty
OF the individual man.
1T means the declaration OF inde-
: pendcnce the chart and compass OF
all human rights.
1T means the story OF the revolu-
Flag was born.
ut means represe entativc democracy
with such safeguards for the protec-
ton OF individuals and minorities as
preclude the possibility of mobocracy
1T means the might or right NJ
against the right of might. the divine
right of man AS against the divine
right of kings.
1T means the story OF the Civil war
a sacred memory scaled with the best
blood ever poured out in the holy
cause of lberty--American blood. II
means the elective franchise, trial by
Jury and constitutional authority II
means all that our civilization means;
that the schoolhouse Is tho bulwark OF
american liberty: the ballot- box IN
the ark OF American patriotism and
the home is the cornerstone Of Ameri-
can democracy. II means the protec'
tion- OF our citizess at home, In Nsrea'
rritain, Constantinopie, Pekin, Tokyo
Mexico City and Berlin--protection on
every sea and land wherever 1t floats
Remedy for Wrongs.
1T means that anarchy and mobs
are un-American. that there is a Legal
remedy for every wrong. that dynam.
lite IL the weapon OF the coward and
that person and property. life and lib.
erty must be invioiate beneath III
lamplc folds.