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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

There is a sybolic appropriateness in
that plan of the ct OF NewporI ~ ptsseEt sS ~
a lions cub, to thfrince OF Wae pr;t;aS Jt 10
not the prirdre hinf'f cub OF ING 'isu
lionl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Now that thr of the great raiiroad
brotherhoods haysentered the American
Federation of I.at, that organization is
the strongest labo&ody eyeT created any !
whero. -. !. = 81 y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

But where no violence is done, or even
contemplated, the bill opens the way for
the punishment by twenty years in prison
of reputable citizens and the editors and
owners of reputable newspapers engaged
in their patriotic duty of protesting
against grave abuses in government. 1t
defines as sedition any act (which tends
to incite or encourage any person or per-
sons to commit any overt act with view
to bringing the government of this state
or of the United States into hatred or
contempt"
This is something new in America.
Who shall say when man is deliberately
seeking to bring the government of this
state into contempt or when his course,
undertaken with most hgh-minded mo-
tives, does actually bring it into con-
tempt? What is the government of the
state? Is it the Governor and the men,
bers of the Legislature or is it the repre-
sentative republican institutions with
their headquarters in Harrisburg?
We have had a Governor in recent
years who would have used such law
as this anti-sedition monstrosity in order
to bring about the punishment of his
critics. Whether the courts would have
found the men he accused guilty of its
violation would have depended on
whether they were in sympathy with his
| theories. But it is certain that scores of
men exercising the right of free speech
would have been compelled to defend in
court the exercise of that right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
We Lose Our Temper

"Peace Council Waiting on Berlin says
q headline in New York paper that ought
to know better.
We get very weary OF that use Oh wait
on where wait for is meant Inc only
Uorson who waits "on'' anybody is waiter.
The Peace Council may be waiting for Berlin.
# is certainly not>waiting on. Berlin, or on
ANYTHING German whatsoever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

l. declared Governor Plypacker in his
Autohiopranhy. "is an athronism which
has become harmful. and time has come
when it ought to be discari alike from con-
stitutions and laws"
1t was with this purpoln view, lntensl-
fed by his egoistic sensitihess to newspaper
criticism and cartoons at ne chlmed IN
with the nolitical GanpfniQuitous scheme
to throttle. exposure of imethods.
With unioue unanim every journal in
pbiladelphia resented high handed out
rage. their opposition aching climax in
thn nublic hearing on tjmeasure held in the
Harrisburg House Representatives on
April 81, 1908. Qu9g George Nox NC.
Cain, the Governor dfessed that he. faced
"the most imnosinrl tray OF journalistic
talent and ability tt any governor ever
greeted
Charles Emory 18TH was the delegated
snokesman for this semblage. In ringing
sentences he denoutd the pernicious gag,
tbe annlication of itch was so utterly and
insuItinplv superhrts, in view of the ex
istence already ofEn admirably protective
and sound law otibel. The new 'safe
pnard, was sbowto be either futilely su
nererogatorv or Be wickedly tyrannous.
Time has bappilvtoved it to be the former,
since its operatinfunctions have been sub
jectcd to intermf.
The self -satisf autobiographical Cover
NOR subsequent, ,blumed himself upon trip
ming Mr.. smith bon childish technicality,
and in the singhr volume of "reminiscences
scoffed at the dtorial argument. But the
defense Of freebeech was confined neither
r. of;c;aI renrentatives nor to limited cir
clos II wasEidespread throughout the
stoto The Pnic Ledger described the bill
, os .sconceved sin and brought forth in
| ;n;ouitv babnd dangerous in whole and
| N part. M
| What banned when the measure, Off
| ci,IIv of least Jecame law was an indulgence
in nrecisely d sort of fearless frankness
| whi,h the seine had been designed to re-
buke CuttinI cartoons, acidulous comment
| anim,ted in Nv profusion the public press.
| The f,miliar iitorial forecast that the net
| effect a the ID would be the stimulation Of
| exsctlv he th ts it was intended to suppress
was dranatic3y verified. The only feature
| of it whrh et was operative was the one
| compellin, newspapers to publish their
| ownership, ,
| Otherwise tt act became as dead as the
poltical caieeiof Samuel w. Pennypacker,
ardent cousin md irrepressible eulogizer of
Matthew St1nty Quay. In his personal
narrative the Governor admitted in homely
expressive phas tht the newspapers made
"snoots' at alb. With the characteristic
candor fused ,i6n hs egoism, which lends a
piuuant and shimical fascination to his
Autobiography, the Governor recalls the
dulcet days jug pryious to. the passage OF
the hill when ''he nwspapers began to make
suggestions thatI Yuld be the next Repub
lican candidate orb presidency Ihi'
aituation," he c,nkses, 'lasted, however
for very short the. Narraton OF th'
Salus- Grady bill spbde signincantiy ioiloWs
The recoii wa profoundly emphatic
Legislative boome1gs have way oi &c
quiring such inten$
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

We have an idea that maybe Willie Hohen
zollern will find Old Home Week not nearly
what he expected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Signature to be wrung from Germans, say
a merry headline. Exactly, since Doctor Bel
is to sign for the enemy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
KNIGHTS of the Round Table

"It is not felt that he is figure around
which the reactionaries and monarchists
would gather enthusiastically, says the
A. p. of the Crown Prince.
But if they gather at all they will have
to gather around, quite literally. For that
figure is cipher.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
They Died
in Time

contemporaries were fearless Critics OF gov
ernment and governmental officers, and that
is why they were able to contribute so
greatly to the might and glory of the re
public. Under Governor Sprouts gag law
each of these patriots would have beenlliable
Mt one time or another to a twenty year
jail sentence perhaps imposed by a judge
whose only qualification for his Office was
the friendship of adroit politicians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Evening Up

Mr. Burleson, in an in
Evening Up terviow with Federation
of Labor officials, "stout-
ly opposed" the employment OF telegraphers
who recently went on strike. Tle strikers,
it may be said, stoutly resent the employ
ment of Mr.. Burleson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
NEW GAG LAW TURNS LEGAL
PRINCIPLES BOTTOM SIDE UP
Anti. Sediton" Bill MuzzIing Free Men
Makes Crime Where There Us
No Criminal Intent

IF THE men who drafted the "anti-sedi-
ton" bill, signed today by Governor
Sproul, had deliberately sought to frame
a law which would result in the perver-
sion of justice they could not have done a
more perfect piece of work.
The measure is avowedly directed
against terrorists. We are told that
there is no purpose to interfere with the
freedom of speech either in the news
papers or in public assemblies. In order
to make the purpose clear the Legislature
was asked to change the phraseology of
the bill so that certain actions entered
upon with intent to produce certain re-
suits should be defined as seditious and
punishable by fine or imprisonment. But
it persisted in retaining the phrase
(which tends to-" phrase so broad that
it will include acts and utterances of
patriotic citizens who have no desire to
incitc to murder or to bomb throwing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
Eating Them

as in Berlin, for few month. at least. And
some of the round robiners, when they sit
down to ruin their digestion, doubtless VII
swallow their words as the rest of the coun,
try took them, with a grain of salt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

No man can fogctell the effects which
his words will have upon an Unbalanced
brain.
When Senator Conk,ing fought Presi-
dent Garfield over the appointment OF
collector for the port of New York he
was engaged in a perfectly legitimate
political struggle over the distribution
of patronage.
The President had promised to consult
the New York senator's, Roscoe Conkllng
and Thomas C. Platt. before making any
appointment in their state. He broke his
promise and appointed a collector often
sive to them. They protested and re-
signed their seats to seek Vlndlcatlon
through reelection and thus to rebuke
the President. Their conduct melted
Guiteau to nurse his grievance, which
arose from his inability to get an ap-
pointment which he had been seeking, and
his crazy brain conceived the idea of as
sassinating the President.
The conduct of Conkling and Platt
"tended" to bring about the killing of
Garfield. And if we had had federal
statute as loosely drawn as the one which
has just been foisted upon this common
wealth it is morally certain that the
political enemies of the two New York
senator's would have demanded that they
be indicted under it and hailed into court
on the charge of committing acts which
tended" to bring about the murder of
the President and faced sentences of
twenty years in prison
Governor Sproul erred in signing the
bill.
The possibility of miscarriage of JUS
tice where actual violence is done is so
certain that the bill in its present form
should have been vetoed without mo-
ment's hesitation. 1t makes a crime where
there is no intent and reverses all legal
principles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

At THE time of its pass sixteen years
"A ago it appeared detesly formidable,
and so in truth it would habecome had its
extravagant provisions beeprmitted TO be
operative. Recognizing the lger, the press
of Philadelphia was a unit iDndemning the
mueller.
The furore passed beyontate frontiers.
The whole nation was amazand aghast at
the spectacle of an atavistic,vernor delib-
cratcly falling back into mrvalism. The
hitherto excellent reputation Samuel w.
pcnnypacker-thato odd comInd of eccen
tricity, pcdantry, probity, bstinacy and
vanity-was smirched and dredited by his
pcrvcrse sponsorship of an t of egregious
tyranny. Europe was first frankly
puzzled at the news. Whent Sealized how
far along the road of repressia pennsylvania
was planning to retreat, fcen comment
went beyond perplexity and bme sconde-
sccnding.
The quotation which beginthis article
cmanates from no American joual nor from
any in Britain. France or Ital! 1t first ap-
peared in Berlin newspaper May 16,
1903, and it refers directly the Grady
Salus libel bill passed by a servient state
Legislature and signed by fantankerous
Governor. The contrast keen Junker,
imperialistic, militarstic, bSing Berlin S
opinion of the law and Sanl w. Penny =
packers estimate is at tn moment more
striking than ever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

One of these days it will have to be de-
o;ded which one of the various ladies ex-
nloited by the magazines really was Russia
Joan of Arc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
A FREE-SPEH GAG WHICH
PROV A BOOMERANG
The ReeolI Of tTyrannous Grady
salus Libel L Which Penny
packer Fatht, Acquires New
Signiflee Today o..
0TIIE measure lily fit for Russia and

not for free Area
The subject of thbservation was law
passed by the Legiure of Pennsylvania
and signed by the Grnor in April, 1903.
1t was a gag law, dangerously super
t1uous nature of whiovtes significant as
sociation with the Icky "anti sedition'
bill now before Cove Sproul. Pennsyl-
vanians haven't forgn its name nor the
justifiably indignant IN Of protest which
it raised.
The Grady Salus libill. which Cover
nor Pennypacker pasately fathored I'm
the hope of escaping,m the inescapable
cartoons" an. whiche Gang railroaded
through "in the hope nuzzling the oppo-
sition to jobs" evokeSely memories ex-
clusivcfy in connectionth its initial leap
into notoricty. The gs of peril in this
legislation have become .cly comic through
desuetudc.
The law still stands the statute books.
Like the pathetic lady Viola's sad little
chronicle, however, its seQucnt history is
"a blank" Free speech the free express
sion Of opinion in Pcnivania have pre-
vailed. At this moment, en- these institu-
tions of enlightened and died freedom are
icOpardizcd by the hystel Flynn anti
scdtion' bill, the tale ote now moribund
Grady Salus law has perncy.
would play havoc with thrinciples of lib
erty for which governme in America is
supposed to stand. That,vernor Penny
packers pet bill failed to ak this damage
is due to no virtue in tktatute, but to
public common sense, whhas rejected it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The best thing we have seen anent the
var;ous Russian heroines and grandmothers
Of the revolution who have toured about this
country was the headline of a Chicago paper
rhich ran something like this: Russian Joan
of Are Swings Around the Circle.
which seems particularly natural thing
for an arc to do
The trouble with Joan Barleycorn was
that she became common skoal.
The visions of the parlous bolshevik are
mere soap-bubbles, complains contem-
porary. g..
the soap-box.
We nearly spoiled Bill Sykes's vacation for
him Yesterday when we told him that he had
been elected member of the American Press
Humorists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

George Washington. Ben
jamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, Abraham Lin =
coin and all of tha;r grao +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Words, it seems, will
be a Fashionable diet
in Washington as wall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
Desk Notices

Uneasy lies the head that wears a frown
DOVE DULCET.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The trouble with Joan Barleycorn was
that she became a common skoal.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
GOES TO WHEELER FIRE;
CASH REGISTER ROBBED

Thursday afternoon, while H. c.
Averill, Of the Western Reserve
Garage, was at the Wheeler fire,
some one entered the garage office,
opened the cash register, and took
all the bills amounting to $38--and
hurriedly left.
The young men working about the
place say they saw no one enter, and
no one lettering around. 1t was
some 10 or Is minutes after Mr..
Averill had driven to the fire that one
Of the boys, going to the register to
deposit money received in gasoline
sale, noticed the register money draw
er open.
Only the bills We're taken. with
some SO in change lying right in sight
untouched, showing to the satisfaction
of Mr.. Averill that the thief was in
hurry to get away before detected.
There is no clew to the thief; Mr.
Averill says he in no way suspects
any of his employees. He thinks, how
ever, that the thief was some person
who knows his habits and was IA
miliar with the ease in which such
robbery could be perpetrated. About
SIS had been paid on bills Thursday
forenoon, otherwise the loss would
have been greater. 49,
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
8 MEMBERS TO ELECT AT
ANNUAL FAIR MEETING

The annual meeting of the Fair
board Of the Medina organization
will be held Saturday, Nov. 20, at
which time there will be held an
election for members of the board Of
directors. Son after-not later than
Jan. 14-the directors will meet and
choose officers for the ensuing year.
1t has been customary to elect a
member of the board from each of
the townships, then the remaining
members from the several munich
palities in the county. There are II
townships and % board members. Me-
dina has in the past been allotted two
members from the municipality.
There is a vacancy in Lodi village,
Way Knapp, deceased. Other mem
<bers whose term expires, ,and district
represented, are as follows: Abe
Rohrer, Guilford; John 7. Mayer
Liverpool; w. D. Briggs, Sharon; G.
w. Hintz, Spencer; H. G. Hulburt
Westford; H.. N. Patterson, Leroy;
Sidney Cady, Hinckley.
Each individual living in Medina
county,, who purchased membership
or season ticket for the recent Fair
is entitled to vote at this election
The new members hold Office for three
years Any Medina citizen who die
not buy a membership ticket at FAN
time can still do so in time to take
part in this election. The Lodi va
cancy has two years yet of unexpireo
term.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
AVIATOR BROWN, KILLED,
MADE FLIGHTS HERE

Clarence Brown, aviator killed at
Lorain last week in a flight when his
engine went bad, is the same aviator
who assisted "Buck" Weaver in the
flights at the Medina Fair this year.
He was resident of Akron, and the
published account says he lost control
of his machine.
Brown was an expert air scout, he
had been flying for three years, and
but for physical disabilities would
have been sent to France when he
volunteered. Brown and passenger
were both dead when they struck the
ground, but the gas took fire and
burned their bodies to cinder.
Local people who made short all
journey when the aviators were here
attending the Fair are now congrat-
ulating themselves that no trouble Of
any kind developed when they were
on their journey through the air.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
STEAL FARMERS DOG;
RETURN FOR CHICKENS

Farmer Michaels, who lives west of
Seville, has a story Of new system
of purloining chickens which makes
it possible, even when a farmer owns
conscientious dog, to pilfer his hen
roost. Here's the story:
Early last week some person visited
his place at night and stole his dog.
A search was made for the animal
but not finding him he was forgotten.
Two night later thieves, supposedly
the same individuals, visited his
chicken house and stole practically all
his chickens, some 80 in number.
Then, the next night, the dog was
brought back and turned loose in his
home yard.
The chickens were valued at $100.
Mr.. Michaels is now satisfied that the
Incidents are all connected, and that
the party or parties made a careful
study of conditions about his place be-
fore starting to pull the stunt.
Sentinel readers will remember that
but few short weeks ago three par
ties were arrested for stealing
chickens in this same locality, and
We're bound over to court by Justice
Cannon. Before court convened
these parties were permitted to plead
guilty to petit larceny and were turned
loose. There are people uncharitable
enough to point out that undue
leniency in the former case has some
connection with the audacity shown
in this new outrage. Squire Cannon
feels that had the first men charged
with burglary in his court been given
stiff sentence it would have had
it's admonitary effect in keeping the
latter thieves in their place and away
from temptation.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
MRS. BENSINGER DEAD
AT AGE OF 68 YEARS


Mrs. M. j. Bensinger died at
o'clock Thursday morning at the fam
lily home at 446 E. Washington street,
at the age of 68 years. Funeral will
be held from the home at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bensinger was born in Hinck-
ley township and'ha lived for many
years in Medina. Recently she under
went an operation for cancer at
the hospital in Elyria from where she
was brought home last week Thurs
day. She gradually grew worse and
died Thursday.
Deceased leaves to mourn her loss,
husband, w. ]. Bensinger and two
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Schafer and
Mrs. M. Bradley, also four grandchil-
dren.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
DRYS PLANNING QUIET
CAMPAIGN; AIM, VICTORY

The Medina county dry forces held
get-together meeting in the par
1ors of the M. E. church Tuesday even
ing, with banquet following the
business session. Rev. John Rutledge,
of Cleveland,' superintendent of the
work in northeastern Ohio, was the
speaker of the evening. Mr.. Hamilton
Of Wadsworth, chairman Of the dry
committee in Medina county, presided.
There were upwards of a hundred
present, and every township in the
county was represented.
Plans We're perfected for systematic
work in the campaign now on. The
drys do not contemplate any noisy
demonstration this year, having
learned from the futility of such eff
forts by the opposition, that few votes
are made in that way.
There will be two big meetings this
fall, with national speakers. The first
will be the visit Of VIM. J. Bryan on
next Wednesday, and shortly before
the election day second will be
staged.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
MEDINA HIGH SCHOOL
FOOT BALL SCHEnIvI Y

The Medina High school foot ball
team has about completed its schedule
of games for the present season. An
effort is being made to arrange for
a game Friday of this week-today-
and it is hoped to add a gamc at
home for Thanksgiving day. Other
wise the schedule to be played is as
follows:
Oct. 14-Wadsworth at Wadsworth,
POSTPONED from this week Wednesd2y.
Oct. 17.--Cleveland Heights at
Cleveland Heights.
Nov. 1--Barberton at Barberton.
Nov. Wooster at Medina.
Nov. 15-Wellington at Wellington.
Nov. 19-Wadsworth here.
Nov. 22-Amhefst at Amherst.
1t is felt among the Medina boys
that they are receiving proper COACH
pjisasagdthat the team will ealle TO-
give good account ofitself.
One of the local boys who seems to
be we'll conversant in the game says
that the Wellington boys had not
been properly coached and that the
accident here last Saturday was dua
to inability on the part Of the Well
ington players to care for their per-
sons. Gs
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-10
BARN is WELL ABLAZE; ...
MEDINA LADS SAVE II

Fire was discovered in a stack of
straw, leaning against the barn on
the James Wheeler farm, late Thurs
day afternoon and an alarm sent to
the Medina tiremen. There was a
ready response at the engine house,
but it was found the fire was outside
the city limits. Despite this fact the
chemical at once made the run, while
the engine was held until permission
was secured to take the machine
from the city to help.
Water was thrown on the stack
from a cistern near by and in 20
minutes the fire laddies had the
flames extinguished. But for this aid
the barn would in all likelihood have
been consumed.
When the blaze was put under con-
tron the farm hands tore the stack
down and spread the straw on the
ground some distance from the barn
The loss was but $100; it would have
been quite heavy but for the aid rem
dered as the blaze was making great
headway when the boys arrived.