The Tomahawk., 1919-01-16

property should not be tolerated undef
the guise Of freedom Of speech or lib.
erty of the press. A law should, there
. fore, be enacted which will prevent
/ the display of the red flag in parade
or otherwise, on any street or highway
or in any public place, or from any
! building or premises, or in any other
maner in public within the State If
, Minnesota, and which will more clear
| ly define the law as to illegal assem-
| blies and prevent the holding of any
| meetings advocating revolutionary de-
struction of our governmental agen-
cies through force. #
The recent red flag demonstrations,
| where threatened destruction of life
| made it necessary to call out members
of the Home Guard and Motor Corps,
but especially the services OF these
men at the time Of tho Tyler tornado
and the forest fires of, northern Min
nesota, have taught us the necessity
for the permanent maintenance OF.
these organizations. It Is impossible
to know when catastrophes Of the
kind above named, or of other kinds,
may occur, or when further red flag
demonstrations, riots or disorder may
be attempted. These voluntary or
CARNATIONS, consisting OF mature,
level-headed and patriotic men. who
have no other purpose in view than to
see order and justice prevail, should
be authorized by the state.
| DistoyaIty.
| As a whole, our people. during the
past two years, have shown remark
able self-sacrifice and patriotism. The
loyalty of laboring men, farmers, b,Ssi-
ness men and Of all classes of citizens
cannot be too highly commended. Tho
amount of patriotic work that they
: have done and the enthusiasm with
which it was done have been marvel
GUS. We have all been amazed at
what our people have shown they can
accomplish when they set their minds
to the performance OF particular
task, but the attitude pursued by some
shows that there is need OF law
defining more CLEARLY the meaning OF
sedition and dtsloyalty and providing q
moro adequata punishment therefor.
No one disloyal to this government
should be permitted to hold property
or any office within eur state. The re-
cent decision of our 9spreme Court,
holding that the present laws are In
sufficient to permit the removal of a
judicial officer who Is in sympathy
with the warning enemies Of this coun-
| try, should at once be corrected ~
th'a legislature so as to make 1t I'M
possible for such o situation to exist
hereafter.
Proper Educational Training.
| It Is to our schools that we must
mostly look for the future planting
and propagation of those ideas which
will result in q greater appreciation
of our country and better under
standing of It's ideals. Through them.
all of our citizens of tomorrow should
be taught to willingly serve the state
and the nation. They must be made
to realize more fully that they cannot
expect the state or the nation to do
| everything for them and that they do
nothing in return. To secure tho best
results. the regular instruction in pub
lie and private schools should be CIV
on in our own language and IN no
other. Foreign languages should be
permitted Us cultural studies, but not
otherwise. Section 279e of Minnesota
Statutes of 1913. our present law up
on this subject, should Re modified and
80 extended as to be made to apply
not only to public schools. but also to
all educational institutions within the
state.
School Aid Deficit.
The Legislature should pass laws
granting generous aid 10 the schools
for the money so appropriated Will DO
distributed in proper. fair, and just
manner. Because fch that the
school aid was not distributed on q
prOper basis, vetoed the item or
81 WO. 900 of the more than $6,eoO,O 900
appropriation for school aid made by
the last legislature. u was my belief
at the time of the vets and as held
b1 the Attorney General that the
| s1.070 900 school aid doAcit could be
paid out of the more than $5,OoO,OOO
! approDriation available in August,
1917. which, not withsaaading my veto.
/ was nearly a million and n baH more
than was ever before appropriated for
a like period. AS a majority OF the
! Supreme Court reversed the Attorney
General I recommend that this Legis-
hture make an appropriation for the
payment Of the said dsAcat.
Larger Salaries for School Teachers.
One feature to be recognized In the
giving of state aid is tho fact that the
salaries of school teachers OF our state.
although larger than In many states,
are entirely too low. Men and women
who have spent large portion OF
their lives in order to become ef-
ficient teachers get preportionately
much smaller pay than those In
other lines Of work. Some are paid
such irfdiculously low salaries that
they are continually worrying about
their living so that they ore unable to
give to the state the service that they
could otherwise give. Tho salaries OF
an those in the teaching profession
should be put on such q basis that the
teachers can give to the STATE and ma
ton the best that thess Is IN them.
| Conclusion.
Thus let us together cndeavor. In
harmony and in good will, to build up
| IN this state. future eitisenry that
shall be typically American. May we
so educate our chiidrea that all future
Minnesotans shall be heart and soul
| o.. Tho American RanUh8c: that they