The Taney County republican., 1919-10-16
Tho Best Argument for
The League Of Nations

which puts a mortgage on the hoer'y
Of every American liberty. It is
noise and rotten eggs. When Sen
ator Reed went 10 ArdmoVe some
one cut the light wires and then
some earnest believers in the meth
DDS OF kaiserism threw rotten eggs in
the dark. When the lights we're switch
ed on the rowdies yelled the speaker
down. We would pass this incident
without notice as the work oi gang
Of thugs but for the fact that the gov
ernor oI the state Of Oklahoma has
come out in a published statement ap-
proving the act, and the further TACT
that the mayor and council oil Oklahoma
City passed resolution regretting that
the United States Constitution guar
anteeing free speech prevented their
prohibiting Senators Reed aud Johnson
from speaking against the Wilson sur
render Of our liberty. The supporters
Of Woodrow Wilson are progressing rap
idly. Soon We may expect the cry
"The king can do no wrong, long live
the king. II free speech is to be
denied. the liberty OF Americas doomed
and We fought the kaiser to no purpose.
When the officials Of great state and
the largest city in great state
openly avow themselves against free
speech it is time for believers in real
Americapism 10 take action. We are
perfectly willing 10 admit that the only
argument we can see in favor Of the
Wilson League with its promise to send
our boys to the frozen wastes OF Siberia
aud the desolate deserts OF Asia at tho
beck Of world autocrat and its seem
ing surrender Of our liberty into the
hands Of a world kaiser appointed by
horse trading methods, is rotten eggs
and noise. When prominent support
ers Of it approve such arguments it is
tacit admission that the league has
failed utterly in its appeal TO the COM
mon sense oil the country. From Mr.
Wilson himself there comes no disap'
proval Of rowdyism. Such we're the
convincing arguments oil the Spanish
Inquisition only little more emphatic,
they INDUCED in fire, According to
one set Of Wilson Leaguers the world is
one great brotherhood reformed by his
swectened speech. Wolves and sheep
will in the future live happily in the
same fold and hawks and chickens roosi
quietly on the same perch, and we may
safely give a mortgage on our liberty TO
the nations Of the world because they
are so sweetly religious that they will
guard this liberty for US better than we
can ourselves. According to the other
and apparently larger element support
ing this league We must adopt it be-
cause--oh, why bother 10 think and
ague. It is troublesome and somehow
arguments can not be found, just use
rotten eggs and club.
Let US make a little contrast. Right
here in Taney county in recent elec,
tion a democrat for whom this pa
per has most profound respect happen
ed to be out oi his precinct on cleo
tIon day on necessary business. A few
Of the leading republicans discussed
the matter and decided they did moi
wish TO see a citizen lose his vote nc
matter il he did happen to be oi the
opposite party. By a gentlemen's agree.
ment this man was permitted to vote
where be happened 10 be. The Re
publican approves Of this action. We
have no desire 10 cram our ideas down
any mans throat. We believe passion
stely in the principles for which We
stand but We think not one whit less Ct
the man who honestly differs with u.
We would like 10 convince him we are
right, we are open to conviction our
yes,-but not BY the rotten egg ant
noise method approved by the governor
Of Oklahoma. II the people Of Taney
county wish to approve Of Mr.. Wilson's
League and agree to send their boys IL
battle at the order OF a world kaiser ap'