Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-08
TREATY WILL BE PUT
THROUGH IF DEMOCRATS
WIN, NOMINEE STATES
CONTINUED From Page Five.)

should be enforced. even at the
point of the bayonet. ] speak
knowingly. have passed through
many serious industrial troubles. l
Know something of their psychol-
ogy, the stages through which they
pass and the dangerous attempts
that are sometimes made to end
them. Disputes between labor and
eapital are inevitable. The dispo-
,sition to gain the best bargain pos
sible characterizes the wide field
of exchange, whether it be product
for product or labor for money. If
strikes are prolonged public opin-
ion always settles them. Public
opinion should determine results
In America. Public opinion is the
most interesting characteristic of
a democracy, and it is the real
safety valve to the institutions of
u free government. 1t may, at
times, be necessary for govern
ment to inquire into the facts of Il
tie-up, but facts and not conclu-
Sions should be submitted. The
determining form of unprecedented
thought will do the rest. During
this process, governmental agencies
must give a vigilant eye to the
protection of life and property, and
maintain firmness but absolute
impartiality. This is always the
real test, but if official conduct
combines courage and fairness. our
governmental institutions come out
of these affairs untarnished by dis
trust. This is not an academic OBJ
servation. 1t is the mere recital
of experience. Unrest has been re-
inforced in no small degree by the
great mass of unassimilated aliens.
Attracted by an unprecedented de-
mand for labor, they have come to
our shores by the thousands. AS
they have become acquainted with
the customs and opportunities of
American life. thousands of them
have become citizens and are
owners of their own homes. How
ever, the work of assimilation too
long was merely automatic, One
million six hundred thousand for
eigners born in this country cannot
read or write our language. Our
interest in them in the main has
been simply as laborers, assembled
in the great trade centers, to meet
the demand of the hour. Without
home or community ties, many
have been more or less nomadic,
creating the problem of excessive
turnover, which has perpleXed
manufacturing plants. But this has
not been the worst phase of the
situation. Unfamiliar with law,
having no understanding of the
principles of our government they
have fallen an easy prey to unpa-
triotic and designing persons. Pub
lie opinion has had no influence
upon them. because they have been
isolated from the currents Of opin-
ion, all due to their not being able
to read or write our language. 1t
is the duty of the federal govern
ment to stimulate the work of
AmericaniZation on the part of the
church, school, community agen-
cies. state governments and indus
try itself. In the past many IN
dustries that have suffered from
chronic restlessness have been the
chief contributor to their own
troubles The foreigner with Euro
pean standards of living was well
coined, but too often no attempt
was made to educate him to do
mestic ideals, for the simple reason
that it adversely affected the led
ger. 1t has been my observation
that the man who learns our Ian
guage, yields to q controlling pub
lie opinion and respects our laws
besides, in proportion as his devo-
ton to American life develops, ms
interest in the impulsive processes
OF revolution diminiShes. We must
be patient in the work of assimil-
alton and studiously avoid oppres-
sive measures in the face of mere
evidence of misunderstanding. we
have a composite nation, The AL
mighty doubtless intended it to be
such. We will not, however, de-
velop patriotism unless we demon
strate the difference between de-
potism and democracy. The ne
cessity for the drastic laws of war
days is not present now, and we
should return at the earliest OPP
portunity, to the statutory provi-
sions passed in time of peace for
the general welfare. There is no
condition now that warrants any
infringement on the right or free
speech and assembly nor on the
liberty of the press. The greatest
measure of individual freedom
consistent with the safety of our
institutions should be given. Ex-
cessive regulation causes manifesto
tons that compel restraint The
police power, therefore. is called
to action because the legislative
authority acted unwisely.
A forbearing policy is not the
proper one for the deliberate enemy
of our institutions. He is of the
kind that knows conditions abroad
and here. The difference between
autocracy and democracy is well
marked in his mind. He is OPP
posed to government in any form,
and he hates ours because II APP
peals to those whom he would con-
vert to his creed. Any policy of
terrorism is fuel to his flame of
anarchy. Those whom he seeks
to arouse, in time, realize the diff
ference between his and their men
tai attitude, so that when the law
lays hand upon his wilful menace
to government, the purpose of 1t
becomes plain to them. Official
contempt for the law is a harmful
exhibition to our people. 1t Is diff
ficult to follow the reasoning of
anyone who would seek to make
an issue of the question of law
enforcement. The executive obli-
cation, both national and state, on
assuming the oath of office is to
sspreserve, protect and defend the
constitution of the United States"
The constitution. on Its essence. is
the license and limitation given to
and placed upon the making
body. The legislative branch of
government is subjected to the rule
of the majority. The public offic-
ial who fails TO enforce the law, is
an enemy both to the constitution
and to the American principle of
majority rule. 1t would seem quite
unnecessary for any candidate for
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