The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-17
Barometer Of
Public Opinion



Eiitor word | hand you mere
with comment upon recent euI'
10 iAl ~ your paper and also reter,
ring to certain letter conthlhou
therein Of the same date:
Subject. ~ Lewis and Mchen-
Ae Barometer Of Public opinion.
As private citizens .t becomes the
dufy Of each ana every one TO crit
Cl1,, condemn and correct Jnlsfr rpre-
npulAt0nA whether made by news
paper or hy a private citizen. IL mas
become evident 10 the readers OF
some newspapers that they nave
long since ceased 10 answer tho pur
pose Tor wbicn they were Originally
Intended. thh' IN. to correctly ana
imptruaiy inform the public OF tho
true meaning 4 public questions ana
To- put an impartial construction on
public acts ~ AS 20 correctly state
public questions and impnrtiaily con.
atTuo lhe purposes and intentions OF
such questions
quote excerpts from the Tulsa
World OF date OF October rs. lsls.
on The aAiiotia. page thereof headed
In bold type. MI Lewis and Nc.
Kenzie." In which a com parAon Of
.ho two different people are gwen 20
the public I'm a highly colorcd lEht
In re- one ana IN cnndem na'ory
fpse light aA 10 suth~r Atten-
ton Ia called to the words Of mo
Worlds editorial An follows,
"lut IL is only stating "A pslpnhiS
and denonstrahle fact 10 assert
that he was far from convincing
ur even Instructive. .. We re-
spcctfully submit that one dose OF
Mckenzie loRic should prove an
adequate hnt.dote for any num-
Ter uf doses OF LAWS sophbify.
Private Mckenzie has passed
through the mill and knows
whereof he spckn,
submit tho above quotation To the
Judgment OF your impartial readers
TO determine for themselves whelh
or or no you had In your possession
data To make comparl-
son OF the t"o persons referred 10
The editor seems 10 be OF tho opinion
that In order TO render one compe-
tent 10 discuss this ma,tr h must
tent IN this matter he must have had
his hitch In The army and have oeen
on tho front In the trenches where
he was able 20 determine all OF inc
politics or the world first hand or, To
uae his own words. passed through
The mills and knows whereof he
speaks" II such logic Is sound then
in that event I am eminonuy quail
fled to answer both the. editorial and
the letter OF my brother soldier, Mr..
| leonard Mckenzie; having gone into
the army on tho 22d day of May A.
d., 1917. and served until the 9Th day
OF July, 1919. the greater part OF the
time In France
Now TO further refer the readers OF
your paper TO the source OF your in
formation, and from which the
comparison Il evidently made.
quote Mr. Leonard McKenzie's letter
as set forth in Tho World under date
OF October 26. 1919. as follows:
Lots or people are being led to
believe that the British Wilson
league OF nations will prevent fu-
ilrc wars .. when In truth and
in fact the adoption OF this pro-
posed league of nations means
that free government OF tho
United states no longer cS.
ists and that the seat or
government AT Washington will
have boon removed to Geneva,
Switzerland, where few auto
cratic men, selected without any
voice or vo.e OF the people Will
assemble with The kings and en-
perors and czars OF the world and
dictate tho destinies Of tho world.
| have not heard Of any OF
the fathers and mothers, brothers
and sisters Of the thousands OF
dead American soldiers that sleep
on foreign battleflelds writing any
letters or making any speeches In
favor of this Infamous doc
trine.
As your readers study this letter l
fear that they Will be bitterly disap-
pointed, and more especially so II
they adhere To your doctrine for
nowhere is 20 be found substantial
fact ~ anything that would bear In
Vosligation 1t In To be supposed
that IN Erasping for a reason for
their opposition that some men are
willing 10 grasp the last straw and
make unfbunded statemGnls in the
hope that their followinGs VIII be
increased before their voices cease
los reason OF the defeat OF the prop
ositlou which they support chnl-
lruge any one TO find either In the
editorial above quoted from. or the
above letter quoted from and rec
t'.l w w Nlih y RH''H FA'NAsAlAA hN'H
hy fact or reason why We should not
Jointly with all other nations agree
to submit our differences to arbi-
tratiun and why. II We submit these
question to arbitration should we not
then he ho' nd by the decision Of
the arhitrR'urs.
our writer under barometer %
Public opinion advises against ems
fuuKlinr alliances and in order to
VaJtke his position stronger and more
tcnahle quotes Washington, Jcffer-
son. Madison. Monroe. Lincoln,
Roosevelt. etc. II seems 10 me that
the nature Of cntansling alliances is
so patent on It's face that It would
not be necessary 70 quote authority
so eminent 20 suhstIutiate the fact
that We should not enter into such
alliances am ot the opinion that
every man, woman and child over
the age of seven years In every civt-
izcl country believes the same thing
I,t us examine and determine what