The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-11
THE FARCE CONTINUES.

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The passage of oil land leasing bill
has again been blocked by obstruc-
ton led by Senator La Toilette, which
prevented the bill getting before the
senate after it had been overwhelm-
ingly passed by the house and its
passage in the senate asked by Pres.
Wilson.
La Toilette, the father of the sea-
mans act which places the American
ship owner at the mercy OF every
competing nation, has been success
full in temporarily blocking the oil
land leasing bill which would have
been allowed the expenditure of mil
lions for development of western oil
lands.
He does it under the guise of con-
servation and as a play to the CALLER
les in an effort to regain popular
favor.
After nine years of consideration
of this subject which resulted IN
measure being drawn which reconcil-
ed the differences of opinion between
the oil operators and the government
and which was acceptable to the
presidents one man can get up and
talk foolishness for three hours and
half to prevent measure being
passed before congress adjourned,
which would have meant untold de-
yelopment in the west and employ
ment for thousands of men.
Think of it. The senate was ready
to pass the measure. Clifford Pm
chot and his ring of obstructionists
had been sidetracked, when dis
credited politician gets up and by ex-
ercising his privilege of talking him
self to death, was able to take up so
much time in the closing hours of the
session, that it was a question OF
dropping the leasing measure in or
der to get time to pass the Victory
loan measure which had to go
through.
The west will long remember La
Toilette, the killer of it's shipping
and oil expansion prospects.-The
Manufacturer portland, Ore.).
y BOLSHEvIST'S BOLD PLAN.
The Russian Bolshevists are hold
ing Roger C. Treadwell, American
consul at Tashkent, Turkistan, as a
prisoner. The Bolshevists offer to
release him if the American govern
ment will release either Eugene v.
Debbs, convicted socialist leader, SEN
fenced to serve 10 years for viola
ton of the espionage act, or Charles
Mooney, the San Francisco murderer,
convicted of killing 10 people by the
explosion of bomb during the pre-
paredness day parade. This propo-
sition, coming from the source 1t
does, should condemn both of these
men in the mind of every honest man
and woman.
What more is needed to show that
the Bolshevists are working in the
United States When government
as far away as Russia arrests Amerl-
can consuls and holds them prisoner
and demands that in exchange for
their release the United States open
its iail doors and release its worst
criminals (and Mooney is the worst
criminal of the century for he muir
dered innocent women and children)
isn't it about time that the American
people ceased fighting over imagin-
ary differences between political par
ties and united to put down these an
archists who are seeking to destroy
our government? The schemes OF
The Bolshevists, socialists, anarchists
and /. w. w. is just as menacing to
the people of the United States, and
10 all the governments of the world,
IS was the kaiser's victorious army
when it marched through Belgium
md France, doing to those countries
what the Bolshevists and their as
,ociate organizations plan to do here.
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TWO STRIKES THAT FAILED.
There is Striking similarity if
me may be permitted the expression,
,etween the strike at Seattle, engin- :
cred by the I. w. w. and the Boil +
heyiki of the vests and the strike in v
he United States senate. The results
f the two will also be "strikingly' a
imilar.