The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
SEDITION BILL is
ADOPTED IN SENATE.
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bring the form OF government OF
the United States, constitution, mil
itary or naval forces, flag or uni
form of the United States into con-
tempt, scorn, contumely or disre-
pute."
1t also penalties language in
tended to incite, provoke or en-
courage resistance OF the United
States or promote the cause of its
enemies, and wilfully display of the
flag of any enemy nation
Another Important Provision.
Another important provision
would punish statements designed
to curtail production of war ne
cessities or the teaching or advo-
cacy of any of the prohibited acts
in the measure, while another gen
eral and broad provision makes the
penalties apply to those who by
word or act support or favor the
cause of any country with which
the United States is at war or by
word or act oppose the cause OF
the United States therein"
Another section of the bill which
was the most vigorously attacked
in the senate provides that ii the
postmaster general deems any small
violate of the espionage law, as
amended by the bill, he may with
hold it from addresses. Another
clause provides for dismissal OF
federal employees committing any
disloyal act or uttering disloyal re-
marks.
One of the chief controversies IN
the senate was over elimination by
the conferees of the France amend
ment providing the bill should not
apply to truthful statements made
with good motives-the general II
bel law.
Senator France Of Maryland, its
author, and Senator Johnson OF
California, led the fight to retain
the amendment. declaring it would
preserve constitutional liberty OF
speech and the press. it was op-
posed by the department OF justice
however. as a burden in securing
convictions.
Reitcrating arguments against the
legislation, Senator Johnson OF Cal
ifornia opening today's discussion
said: at strikes a blow at democ-
racy, free speech and the press" and
has made towards Of some ncWspa-
per correspondents who fear to tell
the truth. The measure puts pre-
MUM on hypocrisy
Twenty Years Imprisonment.
Twenty years Imprisonment
would face persons questioning
causes OF deaths at aviation training
camps, Senator Johnson asserted,
reading newspaper statements, sug-
gesting that the death at Fort
Worth. Texas, of Lieutenant Ellis
of New York was caused by lax in
spection of aircraft engines.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
called attention to the fact that he
recently read in the press of man
who enlisted and deserted from the
United States army twice in sue
cession and when finally arrested
was found to have plans of govern
ment buildings in his possession.
Despite the fact, Senator Lodge said,
the man undoubtedly was 4 spy, he
was only ordered interned.
That's what brings lynchings,"
Lodge concluded.
What Weinberg Said.
Senator Sherman OF Illinois ex-
hibited n clipping which he said was
taken from the St. Louis Post Dis
patch of April Is last in which was
printed an interview with DR..
Charles T. Weinberg, president of
the Missouri state branch of the
German-American Alliance, in which
he predicted Germany would break
through the allied lines, would over
run Italy and would win the war
within six months.
That ought TO have been excluded
rom the mails. the Illinois senator
declared. but Postmaster Burleson
lid not see 1t.
What IS the politics of that pa