The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-04-16

Jlle man 5 argument because u was
right, and you will make three Boil
sheviki instead of one.
One man, who is not a socialist
Charles Evan Hughes, candidate fol-
President of the United States at the
last election, said when the New York
legislature refused seats to the five
elected socialist members, it was moth.
ing but a national calamity. 1t is a
calamity for this reason: that it is a
~ropudiation of democracy in democra.
tic America. And if we use these
methods we are not going to stop the
spirit of B~olshevism. Another reason
is that that it is undemocratic and I'M
American. 1t Is like the old regime
in Russia, and it is directly due to
that policy that we have the Bolshe-
Wiki revolution.
There are two kinds of radicals.
One is a man who wants to change
things through violence and through
bombs. That man is a criminal. The
other is a man of the rank and file,
the thinking men, the business mar
and the good Christian man, who be-
lieve that a radical change in our
social order is not only desirable but
necessary for the preservation of our
democracy. Some of the finest men
and women l know have these opin-
ions; and if the theory of u demo-
cratic government is sound they
should be permitted to hold those
opinions-so long as they try to gain
their ends with ballots instead of
bombs; and personally, if should be
permitted all my rights under the
Constitution could claim NV Y,'a1f
TO be either a socialist or a Bolshe-
visit. And l claim that as a right for
any man, so long as he abides by the
Constitution. He may be wrong, but
if he is wrong | am going to try to
reason against him, not try to drag
him down. And the integrity of our
American government depends on
maintaining that principle.
Now, DR.. Scudder does not believe
in Bolshevism. He says he doesn't,
SO he is not one; but he has a right
to be a Bolshevist II he wants to be.
We have legal methods by which the
entire government of the United
States can be changed. So very short
ly we are going to, have an amend
ment to the Constitution giving the
vote to women, and that is a funda-
mental change in the social and poll
tical status of women in America.
And there are other changes doubtless
coming; they may not be in the direc-
ton of B~olshevism; but anyone who
wants to change the government of
the Unite" aes in this way is with
j. rights of a good citizen.
The key to the Bolshevist situation
is that the masses of the people feel
they have a grievance. When Wood
row Wilson declared he was fighting
for democracy, the great masses of
the people throughout the whole world
were filled with hope; but now that
the var is over we find that nothing
has come out of it but the same old
dominant selfiShness; and now it
seems to the people of the world that
the only organized and strong move
ment that gives to them the hope of
lettering their condition is Bolshev-
ism; and if Bolshevism works in Rus
STA it is going to be established in
the rest of the world, that is unless
the governments of the world get
pretty busy in making their govern
ments SO much better for the people
that they will have confidence in
them.
There are two classes of people in
the world: the HAYES and the Have
nots. Naturally the people getting on
well at present are pretty well salts
fled with conditions as they are and
do not wish to change them; and
naturally there are those who feel
they are not getting on well who
want a change. The man who has
succeeded under the present system Of
things may say that the nan who is
discontinued is to blame because he
has not been intelligent or industrious
and in many cases it is true. On the
other hand the man who has not
succeeded may point to the other mar
who has and say he is dishonest and
corrupt; and in a great many cases he
is right.
In conclusion, if any of you think
! have not done justice to this subject,
let me hear from you and | will talk
to you about it again.