American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-04-05
FEED AND FINANCE FIGHTERS
THE ONLY WAY TO WIN
Justice Morgan FOrcefully Pictures
the Duties of the Stay-at-HOmes in
the War.

The patriotic meeting Wednesday
night addressed by Hon. W. NJ Nor
gan was not quite so well attended as
some others, yet it lacked nothing in
si-terest. The Auditorium was COM
fortably filled and the audience in
sympathy with the speaker. Justice
Morgan is noted for originality of ex-
preston, Linconian gift whereby he
drives home his points with bit OF
humor. He was more serious We'd
nesday night than usual, probably due
to his realization of the serious posi-
ton of the United States and her al
lies.
His address was largely devoted to
a comparison of the German form of
government with that of a republic, to
combating the claim that the German
is a superman and to bringing to his
hearers a realization of the fact that
every citizen has a duty to perform
in this trying hour that can not be
shirked.
Beginning with its first intelligence,
the speaker said, the German child is
taught that kings rule by divine right.
This teaching is continued through the
schools, and universities, and later
through newspapers and books, until
it reaches every subject of the German
Empire. In every possible way the
people are impressed with this philo-
sophy until the theory of the divine
right of kings has become thoroughly
rooted If this theory is right, 1t
means that the king is everything and
the people nothing, because to ques-
ton the kaiser is to question his di-
vine co-ruler. If the kaiser rules by
divine right, the kaiser can not be
questioned without questioning the
Almighty by whose alleged favor he
rules over the German people.
The American theory of government
is that all governments derive their
Just power from the consent of the
governed. In other words, that the
people select their rulers, give them
certain powers, and instructions, and
retain the right to govern themselves
Instead of being subjects, being bound
to obey what any individual may de-
cree, the people of a republic make
their officers their subjects and from
time to time tell them what to do
leaving to them only the details OF
carrying out the mandates of the peO-
pie.
The American citizens of German
birth, he said, left Germany to gel
away from a military form of govern
ment, where they were subjects, with
limited opportunities to better theil
condition, and came to America where
they have equal rights and equal priv
ileges with any other person. A boy
born to parents in Germany who be-
long to the laboring class, he said, i;
born to be a laborer. They are denied
the opportunity to rise. A son of g
street sweeper will be street sweep
er, he said, all his life, and asked any
one of German birth in the audience
to correct him if this statement wa:
not true.
In a republic, he continued. the
conditions are different. The son o
a laborer has all the doors of oppor
tunity opened to him, and may becom,
merchant, banker, leader in tn,
professions. or in political life. Brit
does not count against one. 1t wal
to gain these advantages for them
selves and their children that oui
people of German birth left German,
and came to America. They wer
welcomed with open arms, given equal
ity of opportunity, and when they fore
swOre allegiance to the kaiser ant
became citizens, were given an equa
right with every other citizen to par
ticipate in and direct our government
And be it to their credit, nearly all o
them have remained true to their oatl
of allegiance.
Mr.. Morgan was most forceful il
emphasizing the obligations each citi
zen owed to his government, and tn
sacrifices each must make to sustain
it. What sacrifice can we make, h
asked, that will compare with the sac
rifices of the boys in France who ar
offering their lives that we and ou
children may have freedom. Are W
making any sacrifice by selling whea
at the highest prices ever known o
hay for more than it is worth? Ar
we making comparable sacrifices b,
denying ourselves certain kinds o
eSSds and replacing them with some
thing that may cost a little more mon
ey? Are we making an equal sacrific
by putting little of our surplus mon
ey into Liberty Bonds? If our youn
men offer their lives as a sacrifice tina
we may have liberty can we do les
than offer our all, If need be, to sus
tain them?
There is every indication that thi
will be a long war, and we may hav
to send five million men 20 France
need be, we can send ten million, an
sustain them. We can whip GermGny
and we are going to whip Germany
Is there anyone here who beHS'es Ia
a German, who lacks f~sedom' cai
whip an American --no has freedom
LEI h'n stand up. I want to see MN
We haze made no sacrifices vet, bu
We must maize them. Can a German
make greater Sacrifices than an Amer
ican. or live On less? Are We, VIII
have freedom, unwilling to make a
great sacrifices as the Germans ar
making, in order to retain that free
dom?
The way to win, he said, is to rt
solve . endure every privation tha