The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories

irving their just powers form the CON
sent Of the governed. That is the
whole principle in a few words, upon
which our government is founded
That is, that the government shall be
run only by men who obtain their pow
er from the peoble who are being
governed. We do that by electing our
President, our Senator'S, our Repre-
sentatives 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 i'll be your
President or King and you must
obey. Nor can any group of men
declde 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 people
themselves through the men they elect
to represent them, that our StaSs and
Strips represents.
To-day in Russia few men with
selfish interests are trying to run the
country under flag that has but one
color. That color is red. That red
stands for bloodshed and all the hor-
rible things that go with a government
that is run by dictators and those who
must have their way If 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 government of bloodshed rep-
resented by flag with but one color,
Red. For that reason we should think
more about our Flag Stands For and
demand that there shall be man at
the head of our nation a President
who will make these Reds under
stand that so long as they at
tempt to put up the Red flag in the
place of the Stars and Stripes there
is no room for them in any part of the
country. 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 but
there is no room for them so long as
they try to wreck our government.
81 am not going to say who I think
would be the best man to handle 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 aspirant for the Pres
idential nomination on the Republican
ticket. Senator Miles Poindexter, of
Washington, has fought the red at
every point ever since they showed
signs of activity in this country. He
is still fighting them and always will
His campaign button which contains
the colors of our flag contains these
ords. No Red Without the White and
Blue. There is the whole story. The
Red is all right, kiddies, so long as it
has it'll it the White and Blue. Com.
bined, those colors represent America,
the land Of the free, but the Red alone
is thing of danger, bloodshed and
horror and thing which must be
wiped from every section of our coun-
try. just remember" No Red without
the White and Blue" that those colors,
combined mean government by law"
three words which also appear upon
Senator Poindexter's presidential
button. The Red alone means govern
ment by disorder wrecks, bombs, fight
ing and all the horrors of war"
"If can help it," said Jack" "there
will be "No Red without the White and
Blue"