The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-09-19

other side Of the water they are about
10 forget what they went through.
venture TO say that there are thou
sands Of parents. fathers, mothers
wives. sisters and sweethearts who
are not going to forget what they went
through. Thousands Of our gallant
youth lie buried in France Buried
! for what? For the protection Of Amer
| icat America was not directly at-
everywhere and not alone for the sal
walton Of America.
II appeared once in the presence
Of - little handful OF inen whom |
revere, who fought in the civil war,
aud II seems to me that they fought
for the greatest principle Of their day,
and now with what reverence We look
upon those men who fought for The
safety of the nation. say this al
7 though | was born below the Mason
and Dixon line. We are not going 10
deny those sentiments to the boys
/ who were in this war. Don't yon think
that when they are old men II halo
I will seem 10 be about them because
they were crusaders for the liberty
Of the civilized worldt One of the
hardest things for me To do among the
many men of this country Was merely
10 advise and direct and not take a
gun and 20 myself
The Fundamental Principle
THE fundamental feature of this
trenty sand fundamental feature
never before acknowledgement prin-
ciple thar had IL birth and growth in
this cointry-~that the countries Of the
world belong 10 the people who live
IN them. (Applamse). And they have
Il right To determine their own affairs.
their own form Of government heir
own policy. and that no body of states
men sitting anywhere in The world
should have the right to assign TO any
people any advantage
This j. The great treaty which Is TO
be debated This Is the treaty which
* 10 he examined with u microscope.
u
about aud suggestions made az TO
changes therein My friends. are Won
going to be narrow-minded enough and
near-sighted enough to allow them 10
weight that great charter of human
liberty In that way That Is mposs-
PIE Then you can never have any
treaty because you cannot get together
again the elements which lnnde If IN.
You cannot get together again the
representatives of the separate govern
inehts. You cannot bring the circ,lm-
stances upon which II rests of various
kinds. II was y laborous work of
many. many months Of hardest kind.
u has very, very few compromises in
1t and II il mostly laid down In Strict
lines according to American specitico-
tions. Applause,.
What lone Hand Mears.
Now the chance Is here tn accent
this treaty or play u Tone hand. What
does that mean? To play u lone hand
now means TINT we mus. ALWAYS be
ready 10 play by ourselves II means
that we must always be armed: that
we must always be- ready ~ mobijize
The man strength and thu manufoctu..
Ing resources OF The country. thar
means that we mus, continue ta live
under not diminishing tlt, ;ncreosino
taxes aud strong enouy, - heat any
nation ~ ne world and absolutely con.
trary To The high ,,iea', az the Amer.
lean history. " YOU ara go,n. +, nlnv
II lone hairl, the hand You play .p,st
he upon the handle Of the sword you
cannot play II lone hand and 10 ,,;vi
business With the ether hand. The
zone hanu must have n weapon IN y
anu Tue weapon must he the youuu men
nf~fhe country trained Ia arms and Tho
business of the country must he nr,
pared Tor making armament and arms
Tor TIE men. And do YOU Suppnse my
teltuW citizens, thar any milton l.
s"'hs ~ stahd For thata We are moi
the only people who are seeking to
end the war and we are nor the on,,
people that must devote our lin. RI
the Justice AMI right of this but there
are Others, We want peace better than
we do war. We. want ordered peoce
calm peace, settled peace before other
business. We have 10 re.re-ulnte
everything. mean thar We hnx. IN
reconstruct the measure of clviliza.
u"n use the word deliberately we
nave To reconstruct the measure ,f
civilization. The fact that The world
- IN state Of unsettled unrest i not
due 10 the extreme conditions arising
our OF the war and the extraor,lin.,,
circumstances, II Is due In the nm.
usuai effect of The conditions nnder
which men live and labor which nov
exist That Is the condition nh ov.r
the world, There is no u.s.. IN t,l1.
ing about political democracy nn,ess
We also have an industrial democracy
Chaotic Russia.
There can he no Democracy with
me control of few NJ whateyer kind
or class. there can be no damocr,,,.,