The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-18
awHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS"

served.
sWHERE IGNORANCE is BLISS
The Star-Mirror was severely crit
icised by some of the partizans OF
certain candidates on the city ticket
for its publication of the statement
Yesterday that Judge Nelson, of the
probate court had issued an order to
Clerk Strong to print the names of
the Independent candidates IN the
official ballot. This criticism comes,
as does most criticism, from ignor-
ance of the facts. The critics had
not read the order and the Star-Mir-
ror writer had, which, naturally, gave
the latter some advantage in know
ing what the order contained. For
the instruction of those who are
prone to criticise and condemn with
out knowing the facts we herewith
publish the order, emitting the non
essential parts, setting forth why the
order is issued. The order, as issued
by Judge Nelson, follows:
'You are, therefore, hereby order
ed, Immediately upon the receipt of
this order, and the copy of the affi-
davit h~ereunto annexed, to cause the
following additional matter and
names to appear on the said official
ballot or ticket to be voted upon in
the said city election:
Independent Ticket.
mayor, j. G. Gibson.
"City clerk and ex-officio police
judge, j. R. Strong.
"Councilmen, first ward, H b.
Mickey, Geo. E. Horton.
"Councilmen, second ward, George
Stewart, Ed Collins.
"Councilmen, third ward, -,
Carl Anderson.
COR that you show aus before
this court, at the courtroom thereof
in the court house in the city of Mos
cow, Idaho, on the 18th day of April,
1919, at 2 o'clock p. M, why you have
not done So"
This is a verbatim copy of the or
der issued by Judge Nelson. 1t COM
mands the printing of the names on
the official ballot and provides a pen
atty for failure to obey the order of
the court. Unless the order is obeyed
or good and sufficient reason shown
for d%isobeying it, the court can pun
ish for contempt. The alternative at
the close of the order does not invali-
date the order. The report published
in The Star-Mirror was absolutely
as the critics would have dis
covered had they read the order.
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WILL GERMANY SUBMIT TO
TERMS?
While Paris sends out predictions
that the Germans will accept the
terms of peace within two weeks at
ter they are presented by the allies,
Czech delegates report that Germany
is secretly drilling a new army and
arms and secret stores in
preparation for a renewal of the war.
German political leaders of the last
kind say that they will never
give up the Saar valley, will never
yield the Rhine province as a neutral
zone and will never pay the indem-
nifty which they expect the allies to
exact. They openly threaten Europe
with a flood of bolshevism if they
should be driven to extremities, and
of them talk of fatty rejecting
the pease terms and defying the al
lies to do their worst.
We all know that German mill
tarists are liars and not skillful bluff
fers, therefore we may discount what
they say and what they say they
nave done, very literally. Even then
he facts look ugly enough. The CEN
raj government maintains it's author
in the heart of the country by
martial law, is shaky in the coast
titles and is utterly powerless in Ba-
aria. If it should accept the terms,
t may not be able to execute them
n all the states. If it should decide
either to accept nor reject them, it
1ay use a fresh outbreak of bolshev- (
as an explanation of inability to
ecide. If it should reject them fatty !
may rely on the new army which
[indenburg is drilling and on the ac-
witty of bolshevist agents in the al
ed countries to make its defiance +
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