The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-26
WATCH OUT FOR THE SERPENT.

A piano player at camp meeting
was interrupted by some. one in the
crowd calling him a I'D. fool
The person stopped the proceedings
and demanded to know who had used
such an expression in the house of
worship. Finally an elderly man rose
back in the hall and said: "Parson,
the issue is not so much who called
the piano player a id fool as it is
who called the id fool a piano
player"
We read the other day of bunch
of radicals who had interferred with
the war, who had melted public dis
content, who had created class hatred,
who had lent assistance to the /. W.
W., to the Red Socialists and to eve
ry other element that is tearing at
the foundations of American govern
ment, calling themselves american
citizens" BY what authority? Mostly
by reason of naturalization.
Legally citizens, yes, but from every
-other standard the worst enemies of
Americanism. Can man who is OPP
posed to this country really be cit
izen? There must be an answer some
where to this query Surely such dam
gerous activities are not to be per-
mitted ON the technical ground of
naturalization or, for that matter, be-
cause of citizenship acquired in any
manner. Men sent to prison are de-
prived OF. their citizenship. These men
not sent to prison are infinitely more|
dangerous to government.
Many suggestions have been made,
such as revocation of citizenship pa
pers and even deportation, but even
that might not solve the great prob
lem. 1t occurs to us that the real an
swer lies in the attitude of those who
are good citizens and who, if they
have the same courage in dealing with |
enemies at home as they had in deal
ing with enemies abroad, will take |
such action in their respective COM
munities as to plainly denote that an
archy nor near anarchy is not to be
permitted there to raise it's ugly. head.
Our great trouble is that citizens
real citizens--are too tolerant of the
first set of agitators putting in an ap-l
pearance, and who are tactful enough
not to disclose their real purposes I'M
til they have gained some following.
The time to scotch snake is any
time that it is seen squirming around.
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You cannot combat lawlessness :
with mob action" is the title of an :
editorial in The Spokesman Review. Z
We beg to differ. Fight the devil +
With fire." has long been the admitted n
y best method of combating that noted !,
Individual. "Ambushing Indians1 !,
vas the method of the successful Ind 6
an fighters, and hanging I. w. w. o
eaders has done more to suppress +
. w. W.ism where it has been tried, u
han any other method. The lynching .,
Little, at Butte, and the I. w. w. r.
eader at Centralia did more to ter =,
orize the brutes than the courts y
Duld do in decade
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With the coal strike still on and
abroad strike threatened for next
onday, the American people are not 10
cry well prepared to face what 81
romises to be a rigorous winter. But, ri
100000 people are willing to e.
lffer because 100000 want them
Z, they ought to suffer and if they do y
ffer they will deserve no pity. st
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University of Idaho students are TAX
g deep interest in the athletic ma
ork of the big school. The students no
e power and when turned in the
,ht direction will do great work. 80
ey are determined that Idaho shall 10
to second to no school it's size in the
rthwest. we
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Moscow is peculiar town. 1t fell an
vn hard on it's Red Cross member SCI
p renewal campaign but it is al WI
VS. ready and willing to give liberal arr
to an outside cause, if a live hustler !
charge of the work of raising the pei
ney. tne
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.atah post, of the American Legion, the