Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-07-15
COVE COMMENTS

came buZZlng around my head,and
| said Mr.. Wasp 90 away, you We
got a sting and you are apt to
lose your life because you carry a
weapon, and is it not the same
with man who habitually carries
a gun, he is apt to lose his life be
cause he carries weapon. And
there is no knowing when he may
use it. SO in ease Of some quarrel
or unpleasantncss the other fel-
low, on the salty first principle,
may be quicker on the trigger.
Politics are and will be till the
final decision in November i'll ev-
erybody's thoughts,and seconding
the sentiments as contained in
our local papers editorial, it is
certain that neither of the old
parties platforms contain any
thing calculated to allay popular
unrest. The average citizen was
filled with hopes that the result OF
winning this war was to usher in
profound and vital changes in not
only the economic conditions of
this country, but Of the world in
general. Whereas the powers
that be instead of adopting the
obvious and wise policy Of giving
the people some measure Of re-
form looking to the suppression
Of sundry abuses of power by the
business interests actually, IN
stead, entered into a campaign of
repression making free speech a
hazardous venture and well-nigh
abolishing the individual freedom
guaranteed by the constitution of
the United States. To give voice
TO any liberal sentiments was and
is still to be branded Bolshevic.
And by the same token the word
BolShevic means simply majority
so really the majority as repre-
scented by the two old parties are
Bolshevic and the liberal minority
are monshevic.
President Wilson gave utter
ance to many beautiful sentiments
and phrases which famed the
flame of hope strongly III the
heart of the world and at one
time he had the fate of the world
in the hollow Of his hand for good
or evil, such as no man since the
creation has had. Which path did
he choose? Let the world unrest
answer. And now as regards our
country we have the choice of two
Of a kind, either Of which will
give us continuation of the
present condition, needless to
state them they are evident to
any but the blind and dumb.
But hope is not extinct, there
is third party in formation and
Judging by many people Of all
Nations | have met there is an
evident desire and intention to
support such party in the hope
of getting the much to be desired
change from the present worrying
conditions.
Who are the men this third
may nominate is of course not yet
known. 1t may be Hiram John
son or Senator LaFollette or Gov
ernor Frasier of North Dakota,
but whoever it may be we may be
sure that he will get no help from
the average big daily press Of the
| q. S. A. An illustration of what
may happen in this respect, take
the case of Senator LaFollette in
1912. The Senator was running
for president and stood Il good
chance Of securing the nomination
when speech he made at din
ner given by the Periodical Pub
fishers Association in Philadel-
phia was distorted so as to make
him appear as raging irrespOn-
sible red. Gle would have been
called BoIshevic had the term
been known them Again during
the war in a speech delivered at
st. Paul he said we had griev-
ance against Germany. The As
ISOLATED Press inserted the word
NO making it appear that we had
no grievances, which of course.
made the whole country sore
against LaFollette, and the Unit
led States Senate ordered him
placed on trial, but when it came
to a show down the Associated
Press had to admit that they had
misQuotcd him and made pub
lie apology. But not till after the
election when the people of his
state returned him to the senate
by majority Of 80 Psi. And so in
view Of these facts may it not be
untrue that Hiram johnson is
quoted as supporting Harding,