Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-03

been brought about through the acts
Of prominent Socialists There is
room for no party; there is reason
for no publication Of its doctrine,
which at every turn of the road in
| this great war for human liberty is
seeking to disturb. illusionizr, and
convert a certain class from tn" path
Of patriotic duty.
This il no time for the conSidcra-
iion OF the feelings" or even of the
rights Of citizens whose efforts are
turned more to the exploitation Of
their own particular brand of politics
than they ar" to the work ot pre-
serving tn" foundation of the great
republic which they would r"volu-
| tiUniZ"
We So" no reason for Sorialistic
propaganda, Il, least in this crisis;
"" don't know lust how many Ok
lahOinanS are Interested in ihc pro
| posed paper at Oklahoma r'ty: hut
v" hazard tn" assertion that il their
names could h" made public. not on"
per cent Of them would b. touni To-
h" supporting Tho Government ~ il.
war worh And his l. II" elias, thai
wants :" spread the n"ws OF ls dnr
ma Iud prosclytr
w. cannot refrain from hoping
'hai SONG iutiuiruuS cirrumstanc. or
hinh prOvId'ncr viii nip such publ
cation enterprises as this foi"ca-l,r,
Z nn'' III IA" bud
We do not hrl"v" a tocialist pa
per could b" published in Bryan
county Ju ( noW: ami ~" have som"
Su"iLli,tS here. too.
Il WAS M ,urpriS" to lhr \m.r-
icin people that speaker Champ
tlarh refused Go,"rn"r Glcdn"r'S
Eroti,r - max" him SuccoSk T."
late senator William j. .itc'3a!' -,
4 SOuri We doubt thai the Governor
thought h" would accept the honor
ana b"li",c thai the tender was more
ut il courtesy than anything Else. y
man in Champ Clark'S zenith oI in
flu"nc" in his present position would
hardly surrender the dignity 10 be
com" known m"rcl! as senator
Clark from Missouri Everybody
knows Speaker Champ Clark. and
they don't ear" or have To b" shown
wh"l" he is from
Tn" boys who hay" been guilty ui
rowdyism and sundry disturbances
AT public meetings held for the pur
pose of furlhrring war work in this
county. need good thrashing, if
nothing els" The probability is
that they will get something worse
if they don't change their tactics.
Tor tn" rouncii OF defense is after
nj
doesn't back water when they start
downstream The rowdy stuff will
hav" To stop
The only comment tn" News has
been abl" To hear regarding the sc,-
und arrest pf III" German alien. Eh
rig. is To the effect that he ought to
be int"rncd on suspicion for The du
ration Of the war Whether or not
f.hris IL ruilty, Or can he convicted
Of any overt act, do'sn't make great
deal of difference The mere fact
that h" Is Il German subject Of prct
y we'll defined opinions not in keep
inE with AmrricaniSm. places him
under suspicion in Durant which
alone. As tn" News views il. make
his permanent detention Imperative.
Th" strong arm committee Of the
council of defense has been in session
This week interviewing thos" indiyid
: ualS who have either bought no Lib
rrty Bonds, or bought far below tn,
; amount their means and duty makes
obligatory upon them For the mos
part, those interviewed have seen tn"
light and come across as they ought
hat tn" process has wcrded out 4
few very few real slack"rs
And now Germany would ex
change sick and wounded Russian
prisoners for able-bOdiei German
held by the Russians lust another
example OF the German spirit of un-
fairness and selfishness that brought
: upon the Empire the war that will II
p ith" end bring about its dismrmbcr-
: mrnt Nothing good can be- seen o
: the German Government, and bad
things cant last forever
Wa this week read Of the patriot
j" remarks Of u prominent either
, il connection with the conduct nf IN.
war that sounded lik" he was rrall,
coming back" but until h. has con
'inn"d In the same vein for som" ~
r Il" time more. We shall carefully +"
frain from mentioning his name" II,
Is on probation now with III" Amrri
can people. We hope H. will max,
: good he has it in him
We hear that there are fiftrcr