Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-09-28

the fOotStoOl and not to be trusted
with the destinies of great nation.
have time and time again heard this
judgment expressed not only by the
intelligent classes, but by the masses
who come over here to enjoy the en-
larged possibilities we offer. Democ-
racies are failure, these governments
declare. Monarchs are only fit to rule
for from earliest infancy they are in
structed in the science of government.
That's the t0mmyrot they have pump
ed into them with their mothers milk.
They inhale it in the very atmosphere.
The monarch is a superior being, espe-
cially endowed by heaven. Made of
-perfumed clay, Gods vicar on earth.
All the culture over there and all the
vulgarity over here. The dollar rules.
And that is the sort of thing they must
unlearn, and it is no easy job, for the
marrow is saturated with it,
Now, let us see in the clear light of
day and truth what has actually hap
pened. When the draft law was pass
ed, ruin was predicted. Revolution
world there never was a more orderly
procession. Hardly ripple on the
calm waters. The young men felt
democracy was in the balance and
went to their duty unflinchingly and
with stout hearts. Not sound nor a
note of protest except among the for
eigners. They kicked up their heels
and tried to evade it, even though the
very liberty they here enjoyed was at
stake. The trouble is that they mis-
trust us, for they have been so taught
for many generations. The native feels
he, is safe, no matter what power he
gives temporarily to our rulers. Is
there among us one single man who
questions the democracy of Woodrow
Wilson? Not one. When his work is
finished, he will retire to the ranks and
become one of us again. A private
citizen. He will walk about our high
ways the same as any other man. No
pomp, no regalia. All that will be left
him will be his savings out of his mea-
ger salary. wish our four minute
men would dwell on these virtues of
our statesmen when they address the
foreign crowd, or for that matter our
native citizens.
A few short days ago the President,
via the appointed officers, requested
there be no automobiling on Sunday
in order to conserve our supplies of
oil. What a fine observance there was
exhibited! l took special pains to
stroll along our boulevards. Not
machine was visible. And the second
Sunday was likewise kept sacred.
clared we must have voorhees, Mon
days last winter and meatless and
wheatless days, l believe ninety-nine
and ty-four-hundredths of the popu-
latiOn observed the order unmurmur-
ingly. There was no appeal to the
courts. Now the government has COM
the railroads and the tele-
phone and telegraph companies. Not
a whisper of protest. And so we
might take up all the various activi-
ties and spheres of the industrial world
the government has invaded, and our
citizens have accepted the dictum
and most unselfishly.
confess / had grave doubts about it,
and expected the courts would be in
voked. Splendid evidence this of the
of democracy and it's will to
rule and obey. The people can be
trusted. And when they come into
their own in Europe we will trust
them. But the hereditary rulers, new
err They know not what honor means.
And so the war must go on until we
free them, the peoples of Continental
Europe, and teach them the self reli-
ance our acts and works inspire. 1t
will come, and when they see the light
the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs and
the other royal idlers and loafers will
all be relegated to the scrapheaps.
Then the world will be emancipated
and the glories of peace and goodwill
and progress will dominate its remot-
est and nethermost parts. Hasten the
day!