Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-24

result was reaction on vital organs
that left permanent affliction. Now
the fever, under restraint, is per-
mitted to run its course and what was
once regarded as a very serious all
ment IS little r'ore than a ,mple
malady.
Threat of Extremes.
I'VE must protect ourselves
against extremes in America. The
horrors and tragedies of revolution
can be charged to them If govern
ment is assailed, it's policy must not
become vengeful. Our fathers, in
specifying what human freedom was
and providing guarantees for it's pre-
servation, recognized that among the
necessary precautions was the pro-
lection of individual right against
governmental abuses.
''If the alien, ignorant of our laws
and customs, cows in fear of our
government, he is very apt to be-
lieve that things are much the same
the world over, and he may become
an easy convert to the doctrine of
resistance. The skies will clear, but
meanwhile, government must be firm
yet judicial, uninfuenced by the
emotionalism that breeds extremes
The less government we have, con-
sistent with safety to life and nrop-
erty, the better for both happiness
and morals. A policeman on every
corner would be a bad index to the
citizenship of the community, for it
would reflect a foolish concept of
conditions by the municipal officers.
"In this, l merely seek to give point
to the necessity, now that the war is
over, of junking most of our institu-
tions devoted to war, and scaling
governmental machinery down to the
| very point of necessity and efficiency
at is idle to talk of reducing gov
ernmental expense if the nation has
to be armed to the teeth, and vast
armies and navies will be necessary
if the concerted plan of international
peace fails. The guaranty against war
is a credit against which debit
charge must be made, and after all
this is the very crux of the contro-
versy over the League of Nations
There can be no result worth while
unless the nations of the earth as
sumo a definite obligation. The mere
promise of this country to place its
responsibility ON the shifting sands
of congressional caprice is travesty
of human intelligence. We are seek
/ ing 10 shake ourselves free from the
cost of war and yet tie task of read
! justment along the line of construct
i've economy is faced at the very out
set with the question of what our
military and naval policy shall be-"
Having in mind the fact that the
average voter is in the habit of judg-
ing the future promises of candi-
date by his regard of past achieve
ments, I hunted up one of the gov
ernor's closest business and political
/ friends and asked him to tell me
something about his record cover
/ ing his six years as Ohio's chief, ex-
/ ecutive His reply follows:
"Cox was first elected governor as
result of advocacy of a new pro-
( gressive constitution, which was
adopted. He changed the old order
of things in Ohio, making govern
ment responsive and effectual as well
as orderly and efficient. Well-plan-
ned laws and aggressive administra-
tlon removed most OF Jhe causes OF
conflict between employers and en-
ployes; doubt and distrust each of
the other were eliminated; and di-
rectly through his agency these ele-
ments were brought together in COM
mon understanding, and for common
effort. He has the entire conf
dence of the business interests, and
I the genuine affection of the working
people. He possesses the particular
ability needed at this time for bring
ing together the representative of
, capital who furnish employment and
those who will be employed to keep
the wheels of industry moving. The
great domestic problem of the next
/ four years is to re-establish conf
dence between capital and labor
throughout the country. The solu-
ton of this problem is demonstrated
now in Ohio under the six-year lead
arehin of Governor Cox