New-York tribune., 1919-12-23

have forgotten this lesson taught by tn
Pilgrims, Lenine and Trotzky mus
have had 1t in mind when they pro
vided for the naturalization Of women
They foresaw that as long as the in
stitution Of the home was recognize,
and its integrity protected, men wouls
| not be content with common ownership
of property. And so. with ruthless logic
they sought to destroy the home.
"Any form Of society in which che
individual shall not be rewarded ir
proportion to his merits retards
progress, produces discomfort and ulti-
mately must fail. This presents one
of the problems which organized labor
has yet to solve. Some plan must be
worked out in which the superior
workman shall have larger reward
than the Stacker on the job.
Pilgrims Independent
perhaps the distinguishing quality
colonial days was their capacity to set
up local clf-government and make it
work. They did not expect help from
the English crown. They were at all
times prepared to take care Of them
selves.
"Most of tho New England colonies
never admitted any but half-hearted
allegiance to England's king. Indeed,
Plymouth College never acknowledged
any tie binding it to the English
throne. Under such circumstances,
they had no one to look to hut them
selves. Wherever new settlement
WAS made, government was evolved as
naturally as the sparks from their
camp-fires flew upward.
Still Cherish Lessons
"And New England has recently
pacity for self-government Massa-
chusetts and Governor Coolidge have
proved to the world that they still
cherish the lessons which the Pilgrim
Fathers taught. Though deserted by
their sworn protectors, the people Of
Massachusetts under the inspiring
leadership Of Coolidge demonstrated
their ability, and therefore their right,
to rule themselves.
whenever town permits the due
and orderly processes Of government
TO be interrupted by a mob, that town
is no longer an asset, but becomes a
that town by a sufficient number, and
you have situation in which only
the army can rule. And no self
governing country was ever yet ruled
succc ssfully by force of arms. The
primary duty Of every political d.
vision, no matter how small, is to keep
it own house in order.
The trend is now toward the abb
sorption by the state Of the functions
Of the municipality, and the absorp-
ton by the general government of the
proper functions Of the state. This
trend toward Capitalization Of all
In \;
strikes at the very foundation of our
4 country Of the extent
OF ours possibly may be governed in
all its details RS an empire from a
central capital, but not as a republic"
Favors Deportatiors
Governor John J. Cornwell, Of West
Virginia., said that the work the Pill
grim Fathers wrought and the founda-
tions they helped lay for the present
republic of the United States are be-
ing seriously menaced by "undigested,
lndlgestlhle political, social and eco
nomlc theories" propa gated by radical
labor leaders and foreign agitators.
He declared that both Of these infiu-
ances must be vigorously suppressed
and that all aliens seeking to under
mine the government should be de-
ported. Hhe charged that certain la
Dor union leaders, exemplificd in the
coal and steel strikes, were seeking to
set up labor autocracy in this coun-
try and said the people will deal with
this autocracy &c they have dealt with
the power set Up by the corporations
some years ago He said the corpo-
rations are no longer in control of the
country. 49,
Labor nutocracy," said Governor
Cornwell, can no more be tolerated
n this country than corporation au-
.ocracy or German autocracy, to blot
9ut which thousands of patriotic Young
Americans yielded up their stainless
ives"