South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-03


ambitiOns-and defend IL 20 the last dole
Come now let reason together In a heart to heart
way, between and man. get the full sig
nihcane of
TODAY approximately thousand homes in
1 Bend and surrounding towns country, are
represented in the ranks of American army
navy In camp and cantOnment, blowing the
waves, riding the winds and fighting and dying
the bloody battle fields France; they are
loved ones, of them sleeping the sleep
eternal beneath Frances sunny skies.
One and all, they martyrs TO America in pro-
portion privations pains. Enlisted
selected they martyrs humanity-the end and
aim OF every sacred
Our "cOnquering palms they bear" That the olive
symbol OF returning peace, being pIeadngIy
extended them, endears them all
more.
They boys. well the boys o blood
and kin To them pay admiration and our
cheers; hOmeage tears They have lain
upon altar sacrifice as circumstance
OCCASION opportunity, and the eternal order things
advised
angels could
T HE American has been the best fed, the best
L clothed, the best equipped. the cared-for
army, the world has This idle
talk.
perienced than in preparations and the hand
ling armies have marveed at the excellence of our
work; indeed. pronounced without peer.
Were America Of the PrssIan super-egoistic school
o minds, might take congratuIatng ourselves as
OF the Of the superman, American super
is a super-egoist
Democracy mind, humility soul, strength
OF character fulfill righteous will, have been
guardian angel and the lOdestar of every American
advance.
Purpose aheadi II the that guided WASH
ington il guided Lincoln, II guided Mckinley, may
IL be added that It has guided Wilson?
Heaven has picked the for the place a the
appropriate time. Humanity has served sometimes as
tools OF choice, and sometimes the Instruments
execution
Turn your memory hack the morning after the
election OF 10 and &c. and wonder for yourself II
Providence did sweep this
the day before
NEXT Tuesday, incident to our republican system
~ democratic expressiOn--democracy a
smhn ~d."-yOu, fatherE and brothers of these five
thousand and OF sOns-insofar you native.
naturaIlzed, and registered,-are privileged go
the baOt and register your approval protest
90 the manner N which the cOmmander-in-chief OF
your soldier boys has employed them, and of the goal
ahead
IL is blessed American privilege quite exclusively
meath the
Is the privilege that your and brothers
fighting make the world safe for; that
might hither take it away. 1t the
Sneanng OF democracy the popular of choice
and the right hereunder TO enjoy all the equal priv
Iieges earth. sen.
Which is what heart heart
about you for these things against them?
DO you want 20 this thing through, now, for all
time, that into il, do you II
dragged and later ronewed-to be fought
out again by your chIdren's children or by theirs?
EFT he sane and reasonable. Let us eliminate
l. minds and souls every vestige par
tisanship discard all prejudices OF party
man TO man-remembering, however, what
then take look ourselves partisns through
newly acquired non-partisan eyes.
You know what Pope said; Know thyself first, pre-
sumo not God 10 scan; the proper study OF mankind
Is man." and II you appropriate the formula
forth in the above paragraph, viii know your
self politically rs you never did before.
The who do that becomes an independent
voter from that the very highest type OF
American. equipped in mentality
rend the wells of partisanshp, and principles
Bnd fundamentals thcr real worth
BY knowing himself better he knows others quite
well Human is a thing that through US
all other via do. under given circumstances.
bued with certain prejudccs and impregnated with
certain s,Ihsh unselhsh designs, somewhere
the things that you
"Know myself first Don't mOllycOddle yourself in
making the study. Make yourself the issue and get
down the prOverbial brass tacls."
Do you think enough OF the president of the United