The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-05
IDAHO SPRINGS colo. FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1920

the principal thought set forth
was that, all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalien-
able Rights. that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit OF
Happiness.
That to secure these rights,
! Governments are instituted among
Men deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed
That is the whole principle in a
few words, upon which our govern
ment is founded. That is, that
the government shall be run only
| by men who obtain their power
from the people who are being
governed We do that by elect
ing our President, our Senators,
our Representatives in Congress
and all our local officers of local
government, such as the Mayor of
our city and SO on. No small
group of men can select certain
man and say, 'He will be your Presi-
dent or King and you must obey
Nor can any group Of men decide
what we shall and shall not do. 1t
is that principle of justice and
liberty, liberty in the true sense Of
the word. liberty that is gained
through law and order and the
respect for laws, made by the peo-
pie themselves through the men
they elect to represent them, that
our Stars and Stripes represents.
Today in Russia a few men
with selfish interests are trying to
run the country under flag that
has betpne color Thatfco.or is
red That red stands for blood
shed and all the horrible things
that 90 with Il government that is
run by dictators and those who
must have their way. Ii any stand
in their way they are killed. That
group of men and women call
themselves by various names.
They are bolshevists and soviets
but it is enough for us to know
them simply as Reds These
Reds are now trying in every way
possible to wreck our government
that has stood SO strongly all these
years, tear down the Stars and
Stripes, the Red, White and Blue,
and put in its place a government
of bloodshed represented by a flag
with but one color, RED. For
that reason we should think more
about what our flag stands for and
demand that there shall be a man
at the head of our Nation, Pres
dent who will make these Reds
understand that so long as they
attempt to pat up the Red flag in
the place of the Stars and Stripes
there is no room for them in any
part of the conntry. There is
protection for them all under our
flag if they are willing to join us as
American citizens and act with the
true sense of justice bnt there is
no room for them so long as they
try to wreck our government.
Il am not going to say who l
think would be the best man to han
die this situation at the head of our
nation but | am going to tell you
the slogan or what we might call
battle cry of one man who is an
aspirant for the Presidential nom-
ination on the Republican ticket
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash
ington, has fought the reds at
every point ever since they showed
signs Of activity in this country.
He is still lighting them and al
ways will His campaign button
which contains the colors of our
flag contains these words, NO
RED WITHOUT THE WHITE
AND BLUE There is the whole
story. The RED is all right kid
dies. so long as it has with it the
WHITE and the BLUE. Com
bined, those colors represent
} America, the land of the free, but