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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
POOR POLITICS

Blunders in party tactics are no new thing. Yer,
often sound party advantage has been thrown away b,
acts Of boneheadedness on the part of men who should
have known better. Neither are party blunders confined
to one party. The jinx seems to exert its malevolent
influence impartially in the ranks of both of the grea,
American political parties. Last fall, for instance, there
was a great opportunity for the Democrats to deprive
tho Republicans of party advantage prior to the election
BY refraining from introducing the party element into
the contest. The Republicans might or might not have
gained control Of house and senate, but the amazing and
il-considered partisan appeal made by the president had
and could have had. but one effect, namely, that OF
crystallizing party opposition to the president. It. was a
blunder of stupendous proportions. That the president
was the victim of bad advice is probable. But a grea,
party leader would not have followed that advice.
The Republicans, having benefited gratuitously from
the inexpertness of the opposition. have used up mos
of the time during the winter and spring in fritterina
away the advantage so freely given them. Instead Of
placing the party where they could easily have placed
it by conducting their discussions Of the great world
issue in a manner free from the suspicion of parttsanship
many of their prominent men. from whom better thing,
might have been expected, have fused, and fumed, and
tiddled with the issues in the manner which has broueh,
ward politics into disrepute.
And now, in the organization of the senate. the
Democrats have spilled more of the beans by an attitude
whose logical and necessary result was to drive the two
main factions of the Republican party closer together
instead of leaving the division between the two spanned
only by frail and temporary bridges.
Checker players are familiar with a variation OF
their game known as "give-away." in which the player,
instead of seeking to capture his opponents pieces. tries
to give away as many as possible of his own. : The two
great parties seem now to be. engaged in a game OF
political give-away, and 1t is not clear which side is
making the best score.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
SELF DETERMINATION

Any principle which will not work under the con-
dittons which exist is a wrong principle, no matter
whether it is included among President wilson's four
teen points or is enunciat ted in some other form. A
great deal of breath has been wasted in discussion of
the bearing which the presidents declarations concern
ing the rights of the smaller nations and the right of
sen-deterrntnataon have on the future Of this or that little
tribe or people. Statements made to enunciate some
general principle have been twisted out of their-true
proportions, and an Interpretation Numerically opposed
to the plain rules OF common sense has been forced
upon them. ="
Every American school child is familiar with the
statements that all men are born free and equal: that
among their inalienable, rights are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; and that governments derive their
just powers from the consent Of the governed; all of
which have been incorporated for several generations
in the public documents Of this nation, II the same
rules of Interpretation were to be applied to these state
ments that are frequently applied to other declarations
which have been made during the course Of this war we
should find that the United States is violating every one
of these great principles, flasrantly and habitually. We
say that all men are born equal. but we limit the appli-
cation Of the doctrine to political equality, and we deny
to some persons the right to vote or hold Office. By
executing men or combining them in prison we deprive
them OF life and deny them their liberty and the oppor-
tunlty TO pursue the courses in which they find their
happiness. When the people Of eleven states tried to
withdraw from this union and set up a government of
their own, more to their liking, we prevented them by
force of arms, and compelled them to remain under the
rule of the United States, decidedly against their will.
And most of us today look with marked disfavor on. the
preaching of the doctrine Of revolution which has be-
come 80 popular in certain quarters.
Yet all Of those declarations, read in the spirit in
which they were uttered. are sound. The use of a little
common sense in their application is necessary. So we
need some measure Of common sense when we undertake
to apply the principle of self~-determinamon, or anything
resembling it. In one Of the fourteen points it is de-
cared that in the disposition Of territory equal wetxht
must be given to the interests of its inha bitant. a. to
the claims of the nataon whose authority 10 to be deter
mined. In the same connection it IL declared that peo-
pies may not be Transferred from one national 3urisdic-
ton to another merely to sratify ambitions. Nothing
could be palmer or simpler. Peoples have rights-hu-
man rights. In some cases their right to set I'm indie
pendent governments Of their own must be recognized.
And in all cases. where it becomes necessary to dispose
Of their future. whatever action is taken must be with
due regard to their interssts. 81
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nection with that strike and with the atrocious felonies
on this side Of the line two phases Of the same move
nent, embodying exactly the same principle. The dir-
ference between the two DIS one Of degree, and not Of
kind. and the transition from the one to tho other il
simple and easy.
The individuals who a rev weeks ago sent bombs
through the mails to persons who had incurred their
displeasure, and those who were engaged in the more
recent dastardly attempts, ara not known. at least to the
general public; hence their history cannot be given nor
their opinions literally quoted. But their acts are Of
one piece with other manifestations with which our
people nave of late become too familiar, the animatng
spirit behind which is clearly understood. In this class
are the acts of murder, arson and general destructiveness
committed by an organized gang Of thugs of which one
Of the Mcnamara brothers was the head and of which
the other Mcnamara was the arrive agent. In the same
class is the bomb murder ip San Francisco. And men
who were so interested in splitting hairs over forms Of
legal procedure in these cases that they forgot to de-
nounce or even to criticise the criminal acts themselves
branded themselves indehbly as criminals in purpose, if
not in fact. The recent crimes are linked up with those
earlier ones, and we will be told now, as we have been
told before, that these things are necessary in order to
right wrongs and redress grievances.
Organized murder and destruction have thus Ear
been absent from the Winnipeg strike. but the spirit of
lawlessness is there, and it has made itself manifest. The
public affairs of Winnipeg are administered under author
fly of laws enacted by dominion, provincial and munici-
pal authorities. Regular methods of procedure are pro-
vided, and all persons are at liberty to make their wishes
known in a peaceful and orderly way. Yet mobs gath
cred up on the streets have forcibly invaded the places
where public business was being transacted, and have
undertaken to terrorize public officials into acquiencence
in their demands. Anarchy has been making itself
manifest in the United States in the sending of bombs
through the mails and in the dynamiting of buildings.
1t is anarchy and nothing more or less that has sought
to accomplish dts objects in Winnipeg by a demonstration
of physical force and the threat that this force would
be used in unnamed ways of destruction.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
STRUGGLING FOR TOE H0LD

Whatever other opinion may be entertained Of A,
c. Townley. it must be conceded that he has vigor and
resourcefulness. Had he not possessed those qualities
the Socialist movement which he has promoted would
have gone to smash long ago, as each Of his former en-
terprises has gone to smash in turn. The manner in
which his vigor is displayed, and the variety of WAYS In
which his resourcefulness expresses itself are different
matters, but the qualities are there, nevertheless.
Through them Mr.. Townley has been able to retain his
footing on ground which was really very slippery and un-
etable.
The tactical defect in the method of a man who
makes a business of playing on public confidence is that
it is necessary for him always to be on the alert. The
man with a good cause can rely safely on the merits Of
the cause itself. But If a bad cause is to be supported
there must be endless and unremitting vigilance.
Just now Mr.. Townley is experiencing more serious
troubles than he has yet encountered. Many thousands
Of the farmers to whom his former appeals havesbeen ad-
dressed, and who have listened to those appeals, have
come to. see in this alleged apostle Of democracy merely
a cheap demaSogue and an ambitious political boss. They
recognize in the plans which were lauded Is the acme
OF economic wisdom the application of socialistic prin-
ciples Of the rankest type. They resent the dictationn Of
tlas one man. and their resentment is finding expression.
Accordingly Mr.. Townley is engaged in a desperate
struggle to retain toe-hold. and the ground beneath him
u slipping. This accounts Tor the frantic campaign
which Mr.. Townley is conducting through the state, and
for the characteristic manifestations OF anger and petu-
lance which mark his public appearances. He finds II
impossible aIways to maintain the appearance OF spon-
taneons applauss by the familiar devise Of planting
clacausrs through his audiences. ana the pointed CUES.
tons Of plain people who want to know cannot always
p suppressed by the carefully pre-arransed inquiries 81
htrsd men whose questions ~ well - the answers there
y ase painstakfnsly progressed. x4.
rowniey knows that he = losing ground. Taas
knewisdss makes MIN bitter and abusive, ana accounts
for many q the exhsbtttons which the bos Is making al
htnselk. s1@sg SXs%S sz88 9a. 4Ms
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
NO COMPROMISE WITH ANARCHY

Community life, whether the community be that
of a great nation or a little village, is necessarily a thing
of compromises. At the basis of it all lie the principles
of liberty and justice, but in the application Of methods
groups and individuals are unable at all times to get
exactly what they would like to have. Hence there must
be conferences and discussions, the moderation Of ex-
IRENE demands, and agreement. expressed or implied, to
split the difference" and accept compromise measures
This method of determining courses of action is OBJ
served in all civilized communities. 1t lies at the very
foundation of Anglo Saxon institutions. And because it
is inherent i'll all organized government, it leads some
times to the federation of that which is intolerable, and
which must be destroyed If human society is to endure
We may compromise on methods when the founda-
tions of society are not endangered: but there can be
no compromise with anarchy, which is the irreconcia-
bic enemy of humanity. That principle we often over
look. So accustomed are we to compromising on meth
DDS which have for their object the well being of society
that we sometimes make the mistake Of attempting to
compromise with. that which seeks only the destruction
of society. That mistake is a fatal one.
There is nothing halfway about anarchy, nor can
there be anything halfway about our dealings with it.
If the world is to be a fit place for human beings to in
habit 1t must be governed by law based on right. We
may differ as to the best way to proceed. We may per-
ce:ve defects in things as they are. But there can be
no recognition, even in the smallest measure, Of efforts
to bring about changes except in an orderly way.
Wherever lawlessness shows its ugly head it must
be crushed. Talk of compromise and Cancellation is
idle. To yield a little today is to be compelled to yield
more tomorrow. And, II we are approaching a state of
affairs in. which there must be waged a warfare to the
death, with the forces of law and order and progress on
one side and those of destruction on the other, the
sooner the issue is understood and accepted, the better.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
Emf OF A QUARREL.

Representative Reavis VI Nep " ~
was talking about his "TRIP 10 n
front. az tha
front" he said, between two youne
chaniains Of different denominations:
The senior chaplain got the better OF
'"s Lets bury the Ratchet, my
brother he said. After all, we arc
both doing the Lords work, are We
not?'
1--WE certainly are said t~he~juniof
chaplain, quite disarmed.
"'Let us, therefore, said the senl1f
suavely, do it to the best OF our anh'
ity, you in your way and L in HIS. -
Raleigh Times. q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
UP DOGS.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. June 4.--Wolf
and coyote roundups in this section
have given place to dog roundups'
Farmers in the Blooming Valley dis.
trict inaugurated the new form OF
sport recently, when it was found that
a large number Of sheep n young
cattle had been killed. indications
pointed to several dogs, which no one
seemed to own; and apparently had
nothing better to do than raid sheep
and calf herds. The roundup was a
complete success. = e
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Noel nodded and at last proceeded

3 Nal ->AA>N ~-A - Last nrnraeded
- ,,.h+ nTsu o;a. anu "a q. ,nn%eg smdden-
- ,.si ~ S.ea rae.t hored The
~ h.nHna sst $50, ~ ..ars CONCERN.
INV 49, NJ S,srein he cher
,sS a. -. ..sr. - ~ n-rince.s ~ the
iitt1a ~ snAese " ene p,rnsnt IF it's
very existence. had developed jealous
sensitiyeness almost morbid upon that
subject. Noel did not like to hear
Constance's name handled with cou-
sinly offhandedness; the name he
himself never spoke aloud. He had
found out what he wanted to know
about Corey Bruce; now he wished to
ABANDON h subject. At least 1oI
the present! He had not the slightest
intention Of taking Bruce across the
threshold OF his mind. He was even
Mi',ans 10 take eianora.e
sI.a i ssm ia tlus,on IT, e. m,is'
sS ny va stlrreo WI ms nrs. aa LIE
Inc = eht1ats. az ;nxn 4ha solid
fasrss e =. s.xA oseanl .n.o s"e u."n,-
an ct'S ~ oa c ne tor man anu "a, prwce's
~. me Constence evokea oy blucv .
naed az W." u nc pnantom. pue an aa. aoiIai
nsH "o"~'' perhaps W.
SENIOR Ferraz Will be mere, inns
evening, bringing more Of those re-
poits upon which you and Valdez are
tW;u0rsNsins. ne remarked, laying ms eA A.
maen ~ s.e.et a an " tha Cor
men. ~ ~" a., secre. sens1s u tne this
mstt 80 Liz couI..S: ~ a,ean ~
- xyalaa. not 20 pe SPOKEN o. 81 49,
~. ,ansss "e =" :. ta .a,,n ~
verv Sew - oe'"e 'aAe"' 10 A'o"" "
se.s lev"
6Fuce hardly heard the caution;
ms nm a been. actively employed
lor n last IN egotistlcal
nunaan tashion with his own analrs.
no went on, not with a reply to Noefs
speecn, U with a continuation OF
hls own curing the interval.
Then that was why you came to
Rio Nabuco after me! That is why
you took me from the prison and
brought me here! You recognized my
name as one you knew"
Noers black hrows knotted. his
eyes narrowed to flashes Of very light
grey in his dark face.
II thought that had told Won VIII
I brought YOU here to work for me-
he retorted. was not once enough.
MI. Bruce?'
Bruce shook his head. rising IN his
excitement and resolve 40 that he
looked down at the manri the chair.
He could not. Of course. know. how he
intruded in forbidden places.
"No ca,..., NJ, ~. r
"a ~ h.I,ene Noe 1ou see, -.
na, : W. uese snae a. all why, :. -
w., asn easonap'e WY snouio
~ = n. ans Ions1c5 lrom MO NaouGe
w, 49, :, Ens..sa VIII you: i,
sno u WEI aho III sarhes. at al! Wnen o
n ~" ~oou, my goss!plhs, why, you
- So.a;I nau"h .!efe was hG.nihs
= V yss auoTL 1ou SPEAK pet.el
~ .iim 49, w. no"; ~ ~ eser you
co,,id - ,nso tne "rons k!no' yo9
sSar ausn ~ vi Ano no one woulo
49, ne noun.
s,e,, d;;a w.. eeoveleu nl1nsell. ~
svC wv Snoooe 70 use euCn a ma ior
s siea sesson, WY shouio o orlng
traa+ h hi1 Svur house as d suest anu
S; 49, n.., Win tne MOST dellcate
A'nuness: lts-lts. con-
ill., ~ 4Un ! no not knoW why you
,Me :" me your kinanes ana n
,'an 4usfs1 as lnoinerent. NJ
~ AZ ailaiu ! would expect the I'M
Po ssaM aao ASK you 10 urn me loose.
S,ls.! MOI oi course. but 90 wish
~ woulu yen II I'm not rlgnt n
sue = snat you LOOK me from no
. Ma ecaus you kno" some OF
my .an.l.y. II I'M Wrong, II you on
'Ta1a' n.e mere 70 use me a you
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had made natural to him as

had made natural to MN as
Latin. r.. wronk
he c a1u without reserve. Il miA
nav y been more frank with you'll
shnu,d have been! Yet :yor must 4
nasnber that I knew nothing 81 ~
%narsonally. before I met y4u ct u
Eahuco. You might have Peen, Il
Lind of man best left IN pFisonl 4
hest returned to 1t. There " no 81
son why you should not HnoW Ed
sour o name caught my eye inA
u had Investigations made, end owe
Won N we're an American nsihn ra,
had the minutes Of your taal pto N1it
to me. and read them ovsr Will n,a III "
VALDEZ. Your trial did ,ot sesM 4, Y
me to have been conduste1 wi' M
nreiudice. neither did it e MO. Ai.H
I Knew Rio Nabuco and vnat !, ~.
mean to a white man: / snoula LA s )
investigated the case, had you 0e'h :
stranger in every way.
Continued in tomero" ~
Evening Hefan.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
THE SANE PRINCIPLE

s%s While the Wtnnipsg strike 49, satsstss upon I more
aeste stare than ~ eharactertssd II = no pAst, an
aHdhists a StAs Uaitsl 1tatas vsfs rspsat.s IL srtrasea
11sssh thsy86r thsir kiad Nd eoaaaStts4 mt ~ weeks
saqf1ier. q nah1ns nuslsrous attseks " mSans Of ex-
11Sttys bonbe sa@pubis sffssals 1ho were 1sins their
- fn the pSssecution 81 lav-brsaksfa. ana on other
4ayiduas wheaAaA shenns thsirS disapprovA 81 murder
92S9ASeehsf fsrms q vtelspss ri : neans u rshtins
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04

THE NURSE.
She hides her care beneath q tender smile;
She tolls long hours ~ tho ugh 1t were q 10y.
No greater art than this can man employ
To make d work Of Beauty well worth vh0e
And hide. meath lovely ton chest def end true,
All signs Of anxious. weary toll from view.
shs wafss omsas :. -ens .vhs has not slept
To smooth die pillow Of her pattents bed;
Her voice conosals her sscret thoughts Of drNad:
She only knows thG vdg11 sAs has kept.
f Grim duty ~ her art ID ROB "a In grace @ si
And something lovely docks the comnonplacA N
She'd csant5 II failure should her patient cues
That she - worried. overtired and faint
Or hear from her, one whisper o6 complaint.
The true nurse must not show hAr own distreR.
In kindly Ways ana lovely she 10ncoGh
She tolls ~ one VINO Aoss not tei Tor hue,
Does ugly service In q queenly way,
AZ one who asks but gratitude for nay. n
She Keeps her post but never seems 70 tire.
She loves her work yet such the Art thernof
M makes " = q GleItou6 wefk u Iowa
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p v1.-(Conanued.)

Bruce watched the other spring up
the broad white stairs and pause at
the foot of the exquisite blue Chinese
rug that hung from the upper
balustrade, to wave. an airy adieu to
the man below, When Valdez was
gone, he turned aside into the library.
He meant to pass the hour Of waiting
by getting out some Of the detail
maps from their cases and locating
the Noel Mines. OF course he had
heard Of them vaguely, but he had
rot realized their importance any
North American realizes the vast ex-
tent. and wealth of South America
and its people.
The maps showed him other things
than the mines. He could race the
railroads, for instance, Of which Val
deg had spoken, the steamboat lines
that climbed the rivers of hat district
and the highways built across them.
There were notes here and there upon
the margin OF the maps, some In q
fnei meticulously perfect writing that
he learned was Noel's. some in q
wide open scrawl Of Authorizations
and references which proved to be
Milo Valdez's conception Of writing.
At that time, Bruce exactly reversed
in his mind the authorship of these
notes: a%ttributing the delicately exact
work to the secretary.
The notes gave him a new view OF
David NoeFs action in returning the
diamond mines to the state. Whether
the gifts was made in generosity or
foresight, certainly Noel must gain al
large an income from the related en-.
terprises in which he had . share az
the full ownership of the mines could
have yielded him. Judging from the
Undertaking was carried on in, that
part Of the country in which Noel had
not some share:
And yet he had turned aside to
pick insignificant Corey Bruce but Of
an obscure prison. How had he ever
noticed the ruined engineers ex-
istence, amid all the varied affairs
which engaged him? The explana-
ton given or the balcony that first
night did not satisfy him. Bruce alb
sently twisted his fingers in his hair.
as he stared unseeingly at the maps.
%tangling his locks as his thoughts
were tangled.
So much pity for an utter stranger
seemed Unreasonable. He did not be-
lieve that Noel had aced from self
I SpIOA~AA0u lAAAA00A1 AL
his first doubts as for a meanness.
Freed from clogging suspicion, his
gratitude exapnded unhampered; also
his curiosity. Compassion might have
urged Noel to rescue the prisoner
from his misery, but could compass
sion alone have made Noel to bring
him to this house as an .honored
guest, to trust him so far, to prepare
Milo Valdez to meet him with SO
much kindness? IT,
Well, perhaps! All Bruce's specu-
lation, however far ranging, returned
to the thought Of Noels one undoubt.
ed kindness that he knew: he could
not forget that Noel had sent twenty
FIVE miles for the prisoners speetacles.
He wanted to see Noel again. II all
were az It appeared to be. he wanted
to recognize the fun debt he owed hia
escuer. There was q Scotch ansu-
larity of conscience In Corey Bruce.
He wanted to face a debt, even
though he might never be able TO pay
1t. But there was also in him an ele-
ment of Scotch caution. He must be
sure. After that /