Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-12-27

spirit Of unity. We should fight for right
and justice and put into the life of the
nations those ideals so splendidly voiced
by our great President, Woodrow Wilson.
Governor Manning referred to the sacri-
fees that the people of this nation had
made or the sons they had given to the
service Of the nation, and of those who
would never come home again. His voice
broke while he was speaking, for he gave
six sons to his country and one of them
lies dead in France.
But" he continued, I'VE feel the richer
for the sacrifice, for the cause for which
our boys fought has been sanctified for
US. And in that war just ended America
found herself. she found her soul in this
war And trust that the thing may never
again be said of her that was said in my
hearing at the St. Louis convention. A
strong pacifist speech had been made and
someone asked what was thought of it.
The man to whom the query was put re-
piled: 1t was rotten speech but good
politics. America is too fat to fight.
America was not too fat to fight The
call to war found the soul of America
alive, and in no time has there been
shown finer spirit. truer idealsm,
more lofty patriotism than has been shown
by the American soldiers and the American
people than in this war. And now it is
our duty to see that Americas place is
maintained; that her ideals are kept be-
fore her own people and before the world
that America be made better place to
live in than it has ever been before that
it be made place where justice is main
tanned, and that man no matter how
weak. may be sure that his rights are safe.
II believe that this matter of readjust-
ment and reconstruction is one that will
settle itself If American initiative, the
American business man is released from
the restrictions that the war imposed and
given the privilege of resuming his work,
all will be well. fear, however, that in
the readjustment some of the wide powers
surrendered gladly by the States to the
central Government for the carrying on
the war and which are exclusively State
functions, may not return to us unim-
paired. The employment service of the
Government feel can be usefully en-
ployed in the transition period in replacing
the men in industries.
Il see that as result of the war there will
be wide advance in our educational sys-
tenn, and in this connection would sound
a word of warning. Ifear that in our anxi-
ETY. to extend this system, in our anxiety
to establish schools for vocational training,
for the training of teachers and the like,
we may be tempted to take Government
money even at the risk of the loss Of the |
right to direct this work. In this matter we
must not lose sight of the rights of the States.
notice that bill has been proposed for an
appropriation of $l00,000,0O0 for educa-
tional purposes, to be expended under Fed
eral direction, which will determine the
teachers and their character, and will also
control in other ways feel jealous for
the rights of the State in such matters and
| would warn the Governors to be cautious
in dealing with this subject
Il do not know that any such danger
Turks in the movement for the construction
of good roads, for nothing will benefit the
rural communities more than better high
ways, which mean cheaper transportation
and easier means of communication.
THE liquor traffic of our States has been
so restricted that it has had wonderful
effect on our soldiers and the moral and
financial strength of our people We have,
as a result of the war, secured laws to con-
troll vice and immortality and liquor that
would have taken us 80 years to secure at
any other time. and we have proved that
they could be made operative. That has
been one good result that has come to us
as result of the war.
I'm other directions also we have made
great progress. for instance, in the manu-
facture of optical glass, dyestuffs, potash
and nitrates. feel that the policy of the
Government should continue to encourage
such industries, despite the hue and cry
that will be made for economy, and make
America Independent of any other coun-
try on earth in the things that are essen
tial for our industries and for our comfort
and convenience