The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
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GIVEN PLAYING

Thu address Of DR.. Robert McNutt
| NcElroy. Of Princeton University, here
this morning at commencement hall,
70 the graduating class OF West virginia
University was q scathlng oeiu''cl"t.ei
OF tho principles or BolSacViSH. uiio
ncrfrc, demonstration Of the follics OF
D. Holshcyiki widely advertised plan or
communism. Ii was a striking COM
narisuu between the wild and lmpraC-
tirabIc dreams Of the Russian ranatlcS
who have disrupted almost all OF Eu-
rope, and the sane and WorKanle plai
| that our forcfathers worked out IN our
Constitution TO guide America through
| the ages
The Constitution and Industrial De
| rnocracy" was the theme OF lT. MOL
| rows address. his was woven arouha
| tho central idea that industrial detnoc-
! racy is the problem of the day. FROM
| this naturally developed tn" considcra-
! tipn Of BulshevisIn and AL lts ways
| and works" That Communism ls lai-
| urc" came in logical sequence ana hi,'A'
, comparison of the constitution or the
| Russian Bolsheviki and the American
| Prostitution brought out the main idea
! OF the speaker that "Bolshcvism cannot
| appcal to America
| Quoting from some or the BolSheFik
| theorists. Or. McElroy made clear their
| admission that communism might Dc
| aonct hing good for today. nut NhShl DC
| poison for the generation or tori"rro"'
| The righteousness Of this rneory'
| hrnupht DIT. McElroy to show that poi
son is poison. NO matter when IN use
md that II II is dangerous tomorrow II
; is equally dangerous Mt this Time
| Going far back into history ne pro
| duccd the cvidcnC" that despite nuIhcr-
! ous. attempts TO hold land and the prod
! nc.s OF labor. in common. had al"n!S
failed and that the i"a of Communism
| was unSound. and that it cannot he sue
= ccssruI. He showed how nearly the
| cunmunistir idea IN the early American
nnics. which had nol' succeeded until
! they had thrown such ideas aside ana
! had gone back to tho sound idea OF IN
| diyidual ownership. "'FhoSc who cream
: today" said Or. McElroy. who dream
today Of an eternal plenty without the
| hard struggle for production. are simply
dreaming. When tho awakening comes
We shall see, the lazy. the unframed.
and the incompetent must still hold
! their ancient humble place at the foot
| of the ladder. while those with energy.
| habits Of thrift. trained minds and cour-
! aCcous hearts will still climb aloft-
and occupy the high places. God made
the world so, and no laws which can he
made BY man can alter il. Work is the
symbol Of worth citizenship in free
state in a free world. The future Will
have little patience with the merely
ornamental element in society. those
! who feel that the curse Of Cain has
been so lifted as 20 leave them free
| from the obligation TO add to the world
| means OF subsistence.
In considering the question Of indus
trial democracy, he showed that this
was the most important problem OF to-
day, more important. even. than the po-
lltical questions which como oefore us
| constantly. Ho showed that there could
no more be q government OF a lower or
middle class alone than there could be
of an autocracy in real democracy.
He showed that Bolshcvism looked
| backward, not forward, and thought
ONLY in terms Of classes, dreams OF class
domination, and autocratic control of
i minnriticS.
I'VE, in America, do not fear Bolshcv-
ISM" said Dr.. McElroy, FOR We know
that revolutions never go backward. Our
people are not mad and, when they UNI
dcrStand- they will not permit 50 rcac-
tionary movement, even when labeled
| progressive to ind n permanent lodS-
mcnt among as. Tho ten millions who
own their own homes will say no. The
ten million policy holders will say no.
The fifteen millions who have bought
Liberty bonds will say no. The millions
who havo their little capital. tho legiti-
mate offspring Of labor and thrift. in
vested in safe securities which protect
| their future, win say no. The fathers
and mothers who look with pride upon
thetr-y,rgin daughters and sons trained
to respect tho sanctity Of holy wcdlock
win say no. They have watched tho
Nh
they will remember. They know that
there is in America no proletariat. no
fixed 7aboring class no rigid class call
ed capitalist"
Pursuing his trcnd>o thought to show
that the future of this republic lies in
sound education Dr.. MCElroy said: I'm
the affairs of true republics there is a
fixed and settled order which the mind
Of men cannot reverse First let the
people know, and then tho representa-
tivcs of the people will understand.
No nore@explicft' outline OF what cduca-
ton is and can do could be given than
these few words To show the Amer
lean people more OF what Russia is to-
day and what tho Bolshcviki want tho
world to be. no asked to have this cdu
cation continued TO enable the people
to compare the Russian and American
thorough discussion and careful con-
sideration of that question by the people
lies the refutation, Of Of Bolshevism in
America
Tho Russian constitution provides
for an all-powerful government able to
do whatever it wishes Tho American
constitution provides for q government
of strictly limited powers, the limit be-
ing set blythe just principles which the
people have.laid down. said Mr.. Nc
| Elr0y.
Proceeding IN his discourse, he showed
that the Russian constitution in every
detail was antagonistic to the principles
Of the American constitution and 90 tho
ideas OF our forcfathcrs, which have
truly made America land Of tho free
He showed that tho Russian idea Of a
powerful government had neither prom
isc OF safety for self. family or property.
that It offered mono Of what W" consider
our inalienable rights Of free speech
a free press, frecdo mot assembly and
the many other things that Americans
have so long felt as part Of Themselves.
that they no longer consider them as