davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Newport daily independent., 1918-11-20


 any tina.
 
 ban on religious services that they were making a serious mistake, and losing a splendid ol portunity for re- minding the people of the claims of God and proving the worth of prayer.
 In the time of peril and sorrow men need the consolation and anchorage of religion. What, at the first, was striking novelty, has come to be se- rious thing. In the ban, the church is ie the same category with the the time of general peril from epidemic is shamed
 Newport has been taught for a whole month that the chief need in trade, business, money making. Pool atre. The cause of religion is halls have been wide open, the depart ment stores have been thronged every day, industrial centers are just as pussy as SVSl. l'ut lioG 1ol oliC bI ASi hour in an entire month and begin ming another month have the people of God been permitted to meet in their places of worship.
 Is this glaring inconsistency char acteristic of our materialistic times? Because the Christian confession is an intensely spiritual and personal thing and not a matter of ritual and outward form l believe that in this general distress, the people should meet for prayer and Christian coun- cil.
 I sincerely trust that the ban on the churches may be lifted at once; that at least for brief period of one hour and a half the people may be per mitted to meet in their places of worship to seek Gods mercy and gra- cious help at this hour. There need be no Sunday school or night service. If we return to God He will be mind ful of us and send relief not only from influenza but from the many other dread things which menace US in these serious times.
 Read the 18th to 18th verses of the 7th chapter of 2nd Chronicles. In those five verses of scripture may be found Gods prescription for ending an epidemic. Solomon had prayed in the previous chapter (28th verse; as follows If there be pestilence, or whatsoever sickness there be, then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or all thy people, when every one shall know his own grief and spread forth his hands in this house, etc"
 In reply the Lord appeard to Solo mon and said T have heard thy prayer and chosen this place for . house. "If I send pesG.ence and my people called by my name shall humble themselves anl pray, l will hear from Heaven and heal their land eAIine eyes shall he open and mine ears attend unto the prayer made in this place" I have chosen and sanctiEied this house and mine yes and mana heart shall be there perpetually'
 God tells lis people to meet in His house and humble themselves in prayer if pestilence is in the land, but we say "Close the churches and omit public worship altogether" Yet we let the pool halls run wide open and crowd into unventilated buildings and gather on the streets
 Is 1t not lime that the people were humbling themselves before God and calling on Him for the removal of this plague2
 w c. Mitchell, Pastor of the First Baptist Church,
 Newport. Arkansas.
 Nov IS, 1918. To. the City Board of Health of New
 port, Arkansas, and Everywhere
 else:
 feel it my duty as 2 Christian to make this appeal to you in regard to
Newport daily independent., 1918-11-20

Nov IS, 1918. To. the City Board of Health of New port, Arkansas, and Everywhere else:
 I feel it. my duty as q Christian to make this appeal to you in regard to
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Drobne
Oznamky

PRIJMOU Sc kovari a zamec-
nici ma stalou praci pri dobrem
platu. Haste Sc Vlchek Tool
Co. 10709 Quincy ave. 12-14
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PRIJME Sc zena ma zehleni
prada. Mzda 30c ma hodinu.
Haste Sc v els. 1901 Union
ave. Vemte Mt. Pleasant karu
k &. 13O. ul. 1922
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PRIJME Sc zehlic ma muzske
kabaty. Haste Sc V {. 1860 E.
53 st. 1O-21
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Napsal Julius Mary


nenadanf rukoum jejich mohl
uklouznouti.
Uredn lici videli, re Loufard
mel vice chute Rouguinovi po-
stoupiti - znalt' jeho velikou
silu nebyl by s MIN rad pri-
sci do styku.
Rouguin vsak Sc tvaril pohr
dive a nezaujal zadne ltocne
postaveni.
"Mluvte bez strachu, Loufar
dep pokracoval pan z Aumon
dy. "Opakuji vam,, ze jste zde
soudem chranen. Povezte nam,
jmenuje Sc tento muz opravdu
Rouguin?"
Loufard pohlednul ma sveho
byvaleho pana a mlcel.
"Tak prece mluv!' povzbu
zoval Rouguin posmesne sveho
jednatele. "Kdyby Sc te byli
tazali o samote, byl 'bys Jim ne
pochybne vsechno povedel,, ia
ii vsak nahanim strachu =
prede mnou klopis zraky. Po-
slys mne a nechvej Sc. Soudce
ma jisty umysl pri tom, ze mas
proti sobe stavi a ia tt to tajem
stvi vyzradim. On doufa, re tt
jake dobry soudruh dovolim,
mlsati cukr. Davam ii tedy to
dovoleni', sklebil Sc Rouguin,
"Muzes panu soudci rici vse,
co Wis O mem pGvodu."
Pan z Aumndy videl v tech
to slovech Rouguinovych jeho
snahu Loufarda zastrasiti i pri
meti jej ku mlceni.
"Napominam vas jeste jed
nou," pravil soudce Loufardo-
vi, "abyste Sc medal byvalemu
svemu panu ovladati IVY jiste
citite vyhruzku v kazdem slo
WI tohoto muze, jenz celou je
dnu rodinu chtel vyhubiti, po-
vrazditi, ami i vrazdy skutec-
ne Sc dopustiti, ably ma sebe
strhnul jiste dedictvi. Odhalte
jej a muzete ocekavati cd sou
dcu svych shovivavost."
Take to jester" pravil Rou
guin smeje Sc. "Je to opravdu
jekne! Postaci tedy byti uda-
vacem, aby clOvek nabyl Odpu
steni svych hrichu. Ma ten spu
sob dostavi Sc k pOslednimu
soudu mnoho hrisniku, kteri
ze vseho vyjdou cisti jako ne
vinna, jake padly snih!"
Takto mluve pohlednul zlo-
cinec po dyce, kterouz soudce
V posunku netrpelivOsti byl pO
hnul.
"Loufarde", ujal Sc nyni
pan z Aumondy znovu slova,
."muzete nam povedeti, kde
vas pan travil svdj cas-, nena-
lezal-li Sc We svych pis&rnach
= kde Sc zdrzval, kdyz praco
val v dedicne zalezitosti Berta
rove?"
Loufard pohlednul ma Rou-
guina a zachoval mlceni.
"Zdali pax vubec neco viz"
uvazoval v duchu soudce, je-
hoz oblicej prozrazoval velky
nepokoj. A hned Ease pakoval
svou otazku Jeste nalehaveji.
''Dabla!" vyrazil nyni Lou
fard. Vim co vim - ale vSe
mne neni znamo!"
"A co vis?" tazal Sc Rou-
guin hroznym hlasem.
Pan z Aumondy povstal.
"Neustane-li obzalovany sve
no soudruha zastrasovati, dam
vas odvesti do vasi komIrky!"
pravil Rouguinovi, kyna zaro-
ven jednomu re straznlku.
''Nereknu vice ami slovo,"
pravil Rouguin, tvare Sc jakO
by citil velkou Inavu. "Dovol-
te mi usednouti," pokracval,
IMAM nohy jako pretlucene."
Dali mu zidli, ma niz used
nul; oprel 81 lokte o kolena a &C
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ii pacholcit?" Jako by no re
zdi tiskl, tax 1zko bylo Hada-
movi. Tata no temi otazkami u
tiskuje a nepovoluje, vykrou-
tit Sc mu nemdze, pravdu pri--
znat uz must - Panu Bohu 20
ruceno = tax prizna. "Vite, ia
to, ia bych nakej cas- trebas
pacholcil, nez by Sc mi neco 81
kovnyho naskytlo, myslim, Re
pfi kontrachtu ma me nezapo-
mite, nakej podil re mi vystipi-
te." Odmlcel sc a cekal, CO otec
rekne.
"To dozajista, holejma ru.
kama ze dvora nepudes, spra-
vedlivym dilem ma tebe pomej
Slim, mohl bys Sc jinam ma
dvnr prizenit, moh bys i zenu $
venem k nam privect - Mar.
tina vyplatit ha donna hospo.
darit."
"Tato, ne, to bych nemoh',' -
trese Hadam hlavou, az mu
zpocene kudrny do celia pa.
dali.
Memoir? Ha proc bys ne.
mOh!" To uz no tata netiskne
ke zdi, ale zrovna ndz mu ma
hrdlo nasazuje - uz 10 ami /
vydrzeni neni.
"Protoze Krejcuc Dodlicka
tulik penez nema," vyhrkl ma.
HE Hadam a hned Sc mu znac.
ne ulevilo. Bicem 81 posvihl, pot
S celia 81 utrel, natahl Sc a cekal
Co ma to otec.
"Kera Dodlicka? Vo jakJ
Dodlice to mluvis? Snad NE vo
ty sykorce Krejciruc?"
"Ba prave, vo zadny jiny
nez vo ni."
Kan 81 dal jenom voci, chla
pee nechcasnej - to Sc mi e.
ste Kasparuc Manka stokral
vic libi nez ia Krejcuc BILE.
dule."
Hale mi ne! !"
"Cak 81 S nj pocneS? Zencka
vod jelly ha niti, takovou Ike
kose ha cepu?"
"Teky selcky praci zvyk.
ne."
"Hadame, nezvykne - dyt
nema k tomu podstatu."
"Pricinim Sc sam, "a diva bu
du drit, jen dyz bude ma"
Volci dojeli prave k prvnimu
staveni v klenci. "Pudu voko-
10 humen," utrhl Sc nahle sta
ry Porazil a nez Hadam zasta-
vii, Ia jizdy seshocil uz jako
mladik vozu a dal Sc pesinou
vzhuru. Tezko Sc mu SO.
ITO sem Sc dockal ma synech
pekny radosti. Takhle mi zkri-
zit plany! Takovy nevesty 81 Wy
brat!" Domd Sc mu ami nechte
10. Slunicko hledelo ma neho
prikrcene uz ma samy Halrav,
a takove smutne a mdle Sc d.
valO, takOve blede a matne ne
lak, jako nemocne. z par a mlh
utkal Sc pres ne zavoj jako ze
sedeho filtr zachycoval v sobe
vsechen ohen slunecni, vsechno
jlskreni a Ear a pouze mdle,
zlute paprsky procezene pro-
pouStel dolI ma chodsky svet.
TAX tomu bylo i've stare du-
81 Porazilove, zesmumala, smu
tkem a nepokojem Sc zakalila.
Go delat? Co 81 pocit?" rozji-
NAL 81 starec jeste ma SVEN 10
Il pozde vecer, kdyz marne &c
kal dnes ma spanek a sen. "sko
Ia mamy!" politoval uprimne,
TIA by jim to rozmluvila = ba
hani rozmlouvat nemusela. me-
oylo by Sc to pritrefilo, nebulo
by ma to doslo; zensky mali ma
1uty vece jinej cuah,s bula by
nned V samym zacatku slapla
,omu na kirk, huduslla jiskru
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Verna laSka
.neb BoJ.o:MILloNY.
Roman Napsal julius Mary
aneb BOJ.O.MILlON ONY.
Roman


"Taticku AumondyI' posmi
val Sc. "Vy jste Sc. .zmatl u vol
be sveho povlanf. Mohl jste sc
stati znamenitym ucitelem di-
vek = jak pekne reci byste
jim mohl psati a jakeho dspe
chu byste Sc byl mohl dodelati
u jejich matinek!"
Adolf z Aumondy zazvonil a
podal vstoupivsimu lrednimV
sluhovi listek, ma nemz bylo ma
psano:
"Predved'te >obzalovaaneho
Loufarda!"
0 chvili pozdeji priveden
do pokoje Loufard, strezeny
tremi strazniky.
Zlocinec Ia kratkou> dohu
sveho v6zneni ma kost a kizi
vyhubnul. Zdrahal sc prijmou
tt nejake potravy chtel ze-
mriti hladem. Jej mrzelo jen
to, re Bontemps, jenz vlastne
vsechny zlociny spachal, jenz
zavrazdil Simeona a Senecha-
la, dosud ma svobode Sc naleza.
kdyby Sc nebyl obavol, re usko
di svemu panu a snad sobe sa
menu byl by Bontempse ihned
prozradil. Poznenahlu Sc vsak
JehO pOverecna bazen a jeho o
trocka oddanost pro zlocince
pOcala- mensiti a sice v tomtez
pomeru, v jakemz Sc posledni
lctovani bllzilo. Loufard do
spell nyni rozhodnuti, re bude-
Ii Odsouzen k smrti aneb ku
dozivotnIimu zalari, sveho pri
tele Bontempse nenecha tesiti
Sc zlate svobode.
"Loufarde", ujal sc slova p.
Aumondy 'vy jste v teto "a
lezitOsti pouze osobnosti podri
zenou a jak mann pricinu Sc do
mysleti, nebyla vase ucast v
zlocinech prima - uniknete
tudiz uveznenim ma dobu ne
kOlika let. Nemusite sc nyni
strachovati jiz zadnych vyhru
EEK sc strany tohoto muze,
Rouguina, jenz vas ovlada a
jenz vas zastraSiti chce - pa
matujte proto jen ma sebe a
Eesklo pujte oci pred timto tax
zvanym Rouguinem zraku va
sich - zde Sc jiz nenalezate v
jeho moci = zde pozbyl sveho
vlivu ma nest astniky jez ucinil
svymi otroky, ably pachali zlo
ciny, ktere mu miilliony zabez
pecfy - z nichz svym pomoc
nikum poskytoval nepatrnou
castku."
Pan z Aumondy ma chvili u
stal, aby vyckal dcinku svych
SLOW. Byl opravdu prekvapen.
BylO patrnO, re Sc Loufard
pocal vymykati vliv usvehO pa
ma. Rouguin pred MIN hluboko
pOklesnul. Jaky pax byl roz-
dill mezi obema. Pred soudcem
byli 81 rovni, bylo zlocinci, vra
n.y.. Zde nebrano ohledu ma bo
hatstvi, ma lepsf rod. Loufard
nemusel Sc cd Rouguina niceho
strachovati, tim meme mohl cd
nehO necehO Ocekavati.
Soudce uspokojenim spozo
roval obrat v bytosti Lufardo-
We, jak mem svecily jeho O.
blicej celG jeho vystupvani.
Rouguin rovnez chapal, co
Sc delo v dust jeho jednatele.
20 jen Sc neostychej, Lou
farde!" voral nan. "Ten pan
zde chce vedeti vsechny podro
bnosti o mem zivote, o me osob
nosti ="
''Neni vasi veci, Rouguine,
vyzyvati vaseho soudruha a va
81 obet' k necemu!" vskocil mu
soudce do reci. "Pravim 'obet,,'
ponevadz nebyti vasi moci, Lou
fard by Sc snad jeste byl vratil
ma dobrou cestu."
Tento napad zdal Sc byti zlo
cinci prilis smesny.
"Na dOhrOu caStu % :zvOla
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LACE! Farma O 60 akrech, II
mil cd Clevelandu u mestecka
S 900 obyvteli, Is minut cd sta
nice drahy, v okoli jsou velke
tovarny ma papir. Orne pudy
je tam4O akrd, vyborne pastvi
ny 10 akru, lesa 8 akru, zahra
dy l akr. Dunn je o 5 svetnicich
sklep, bridlicova strecha, pitna
voda, move postavena ban a il
ne budovy. Proda Sc "a prici-
nou start "a $4,S00.O0, hotove
100000 a ostatni sc pocka ma
6 procent. uroku. Blizsi Vam
sdeli cesky pozemkovy jedna-
tel Jam. F. Port, 826 William
son Bldg. Tel: Main ;3917.
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III Al1Ald Se IIlu NlCkd, az hOucC
ne piece usnul.
Tezko usinali v pristenku
oba bratri. Dlouho 81 spolu Sc
ptaii az konecne oni rekli:
eco je nam souzeno, nebude
nam vodsouzeno," a take Sc zti
Sill. 80.
...... I
s ks sA
V noci sprchlo, ale rano "a
Houvezskym Hradkem vstalo
slunecko bozi ciste a usmivave.
Cerstve jako rybycky, umyte,
jako vykoupane staly uz stro-
my louky j pole a sotva Jim
slunce vtisklo prvni polibek, ce
ly kraj jako by Sc usmM Ste
stim, zajiskril tisfcerymi kripe-
jemi, jako dite, kdyz v placi
nahle sc rozesmeje pod vfelym
polibkem matcinym. Ptaci sc
rozezpivali, z cernych lesi Sc
kourilo, jako mekke stuhy bile
PROBATIONARY Sc Sadkem, Malic-
kym, Strouzkem a ostatnimi re
viry pruhy bile parry - hezky
a mile bylo ma svete. -.
U PorazilI vstal hospodar a
rovnou cetsou k oknu. Vidi, ze
Sc slunicko usmiva, vlazicka re
spadla, lesy Sc pari - usmal sc
take radostne a hlede k te les.
nj stene mad Klencim, jako dite
si povidal: "Kouri se z leSI, Ii
Sky pecou chleb." Ia pekna ma
lada uz no neopustila, ami kdyz
81 vzpomnel ma svoje trapeni
Iobema syny. "Tak to hudelam,
mic jinac!' upevnoval v sobe je
ste znOvu, ma Gem Sc byl v noci
rozhodl. 'Budou NIT, CO chteji,
hale halt mi potom nehdo pri-
de S lamentem - branit Jim
nebudu = haby ma me jednou
nemohli narikat."
Go je tatovi?" starost.ive
ptali Sc Martin i Hadam, kdyz
videli, jak cele tydny chodi, ne
mlvi, dvoriste ma kroky meri,
pole obchazi, brejle ma nos be-
re, do kalendare Sc diva, poci-
ia, stare gruntovni archy pro-
hlizi. Strach Sc zmocnuie obou.
iVeri uz, re otec chce hospodar-
stvi prodat, do cizich rukou je
odevzdat a tax oba potrestat.
Par set pOdilu Jim vysadi, ostat
nj 81 ulozi pod intresi. "Az CO
po mne jednou zbude, to bude
vase" rekne. Lito Jim bude do
nova, kde vyrostli, Ito poll
LUX, ktere 81 zamilovali, ale "aj
ci' = mavli rukou, "jen dyz
bude naSe co Sc nam libi a
elm musime do smrti zit,' a dive
pekne, hladke tvare divci jako
by Sc mihly Jim pri tom rozhod
mutt pred ocima.
Minula senosec j zne, uz by
10 po otavach, semena stastne
Gostala Sc do zem6, brambory
re zeme a stary Porazil stale
mic.
''Preslo no to, zapominaa ma
to-" raduji Sc synove, jenom je
jim divine, proc tax chvata
mlacenim a proc neprodava
nejstarsi par volu, cekali, re
pozenou ma Bartalomskej trh
do Kdyne a kdyz mic, tax re
jiste ma Simona-Judu do Ho-
stoune, ale Ease mic, az najed-
nou nez Sc vratili pole - pro
dal oba parry volku dvouroca-
XII. nisto ably je tahu vyucil -
divdivouci!
'Neco Sc tatou die, neco
ma "a lubem," "vedi sice synove
ami sl0vem Sc nezmini. Az
bude cas-, vsak sc otec owe. A
oval Sc.
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lu klizila Sc mu vicka, az konec
ne piece usnul.
Tezko usinali v pristenku i
oba bratri. Dlouho 81 spolu Sc
ptaii az konecne j oni rekli:
"Co je nam souzeno, nebude
nam vodsouzeno,' a take Sc zti
Sill. ...
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
The President's Partisan Plea

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Your article Politics ls Reconvened
Mr.. Wilson In the Chair Is calmly and dis
passionately written and, of course, as you
say, IL the people should elect a Republican
Congress the President will then be rebuked
for his war policies out OF his own mouth.
don't think II will happen. You even ad-
nit the President had some provocation. so
please print the following remarks and re-
ceve the thanks Of a positive and perma anent
reader and admirer of the EVENING PUBLIC
LgpoER:
II. as part Of the heading OF a carefully
written and important editorial Of your paper
says, "the Presidents statement unbridles
the mouth Of partisan rancor at the
most dangerous time for the nation the
blame for 1t must rest with Colonel Rooee.
Welt, Senator Lodge. a large number Of other
Republican leaders, ex-senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr. with his manifesto and many
Republican newspapers. And why? Because
OF the fallacious advance criticism Of the
manner in which the President brought Ger
many to acknowledge submission and thereby
virtually brought her to her knees The com.
bined reports Of the unjust criticism being
spread broadly over the entire country is
sure to have caused a feeling Of doubt in the
minds Of many people as to the Presidents
ability properly to handle the momentous
matters constantly presenting for his action.
The election day being so near. ordinary
ways Of counteractinE the prevaricatine
methods Of the conspirators 10 win the SEN
ate and House for the Republican party be-
came poweress therefore the President re-
sorted to heroic treatment and he was fully
justified in issuing his appeal to the coun.
try. The President indicates the reason for
this attempt to defeat a Democratic majority
thus: 1T is as well understood (over) there
as here that he Republican leaders desire
not much to support the President as 70
control him"
The keystone State ought to increase the
number of Democratic congressman for
twenty EIGHT to eight is unfair to the ~ per
- 49, ts- @a
vania. JOSEPH MACLEAN.
Philadelphia, October IS.
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Shall Germany EXPLOIT Africa?

To the Editor Of the Erening Public Ledger:
Sir--One of the most important problems
to be considered in the settlement with Ger
many IL that Of colonies. Shall Germany get
them back?
England and France will say no Germany
will say yes OF all things Germany will
hate to give up her African colonies-rand
why? Because she looks to Africa to pro-
vide her with raw material which will be
necessary for her to have. She would bring
the blacks under servtude to do the work.
She would have many hundred miles Of sea
coast which she could utilize as submarine
bases. She would therefore. be in a posi-
tion In few years to devastate the COM
merce Of the world. and ruin II.
1t is fair to assume that II Germany shall
get her African colonies back. she will look
forward to another war in which she would
hope to be more successful, not perhaps in
this generation, but some time.
This is assuming that the German Empire
remains as now constituted with Prussia
'bossng the job" Should the empire be dis
membered. perhaps 1t ought to be, and
Prussia be denatured, as 1t certainly ought
to be, there will be far less likelihood of the
Huns again disturbing the peace Of the world.
Germany has four African colonies-ToEo.
Kamerun, Southwest Africa and East Africa
comprising sa1.4s0 square miles, with an
aggregate population Of 1S.Is.+72.
Germany also has a number Of colonies in
the Indian Archipelago. the two largest
being Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelms Land.
both OF these consisting Of only 10000 square
miles. with a population Of about 5oo,ooo
Should the All Highest In the Anal settle.
ment escape punishment BY harsher measures
he might retire to Kaiser Wilhelm's Land,
along with his six fat and unmutiated sons.
and wave the scepter Of imperialism over the
native population.
The American people ought to get right on
the question Of German colonies. and be
ready to support the contention OF the Allies
when the issue arises.
Give Prussis free hand In Africa, and
prepare for q future world war
The fact 10 no nation should have q free
hand in Africa The destiny OF that unde-
veloped continent should be In control Of
the League OF Nations: II should be pro-
tected from exploitation by any power.
WILMER ATKINSON.
Washington Square, October 2s
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Still further, as specifications IN the
protest against autocratic settlement Of
the peace terms on which America must
insist, Mr.. Roosevelt reviewed the four
teen points Of the Presidents January
speech and reminded us that, while the
President himself has already aban-
doned one Of them, conditions had
changed others and still others are 30
indefinite that they need explanation.
Under these circumstances it 10 clear
that there should be the widest consulta-
tion Of all phases Of American opinion
before It can be known what the nation
should insist on in this respect. We GER
tainly do not want to leave all such
problems to q Congress dominated by a
section Of the country uninterested in
the great industries. We must thresh
out all these questions and that cannot
be done with Congress subservient to
any man, but can be done only with the
aid of a national Legislature Jealous of
its rights as the representatives Of the
broadest national sentiment.
We end as we began by regrettins
that conditions have arisen which justify
severe criticism of the President, but we
must confess that there are compensa-
tions, for there is now an opportunity
for that freedom Of discussion of vital
questions for lack of which the nation
has suffered for many months. Mr..
Roosevelt's medicine is strong and of
bitter taste, but grave maladies call for
heroic treatment, and that Is what Mr..
Wilson's peculiar psychological affection
is now receiving.
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TO the Bdtfor of the gveNtN0 PWOWc Ledger.
Sir--President Wilson's appeal TO the
American people for vote OF confidence
would have been perfectly In order had II
not recommended to the exclusion OF all
others the return OF the Democratic party.
whose highest claim to distinction In the
present Administration arises from the fact
OF It's association with the safe and sane
Republicans VINO have stood beh,nd the
President. HIS mistaken use OF executive
prerosative. which lights anew the srnoldering
hres OF partisan politics In the conduct OF
the war takes no account OF the tremendous