The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-23

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]. Stanley Webster and Compulsory
Military Training
Editor Examiner. | wish to call
the attention of voters Especially
the mothers of Stevens county, to
the attitude of J. Stanley Webster
on the question of compulsory mill
tary training. When this bill was
pending in congress, | wrote him
letter of protest, telling him did
not believe the people wanted this
bill passed, and he replied by in
forming me that he intended to vote
for and support such bill, and said:
"If my position in this matter is
counter to the sentiment of the dis
trict | will suffer the consequences
We should now take him at his
word, and retire him, as his use
fulness as a representative of the
people is past.
| understand Mr.. Webster has no
son to lose in the next war;" and
while many parents in Stevens coun-s
ty were suffering agony of mind over
the loss of their sons "over there"
Mr. Webster and his militarist col
leagues in congress were planning
system of compulsory military train
ing (Which the boys died to Destroy
in our own country. | have recent
ly written Chas. A. Fleming, Mr..
Webster's opponent, as to how he
stands on this matter, and he in
forms me that he is against such
bill, and would vote against it if
elected to congress. / am a republi-
can, but have arrived at the state of
mind that it makes little difference
to me whether Republican" or "dem-
ocrat" is tackled to a candidates
name, so long as he stands for the
right principles, and shall vote for
Mr.. Fleming.
This bill will probably be passed
with the assistance of Mr. Web
ster) at the December session of
congress but if we elect the right
kind of men who truly represent the
people, it can be promptly repealed.
| am against military training in
any school, college, training camp
or any other place, and | would like
to see the mothers and wives or
ganize and defeat the militarists of
congress, just as they organized for
suffrage and prohibition. Don't
wait until your boys are forced to
prepare for the next war;" but do
your part now in helping to defeat
the bill by voting against J. Stan.
ley Webster. We have the demo-
Gratis to thank that this bill is not
now a law.-Mrs. A. E. Wood,
Bossburg, Wash.
Every great step in human pro-
gress has met with opposition.
Washington faced it, Lincoln faced
it, Wilson faces it.
When the constitution of the United
States was under consideration, it
was violently opposed in many quar-
tiers on the ground that, if adopted,
the boys of North Carolina might be
sent to help quell disorders in Maine
When the Monroe Doctrine was
under consideration, the same kind
of people had visions of Americas
young men dying on the battle fields
of South America to maintain this
doctrine.
Now we have the League OF Ma
tions issue with the same reaction
aries stating that our boys will be
sent overseas to help settle European
quarrels.
Without League of Nations two
million of our boys were sent over
seas and two million others We're
ready to go overseas. With League
of Nations future wars will be we'll
nigh impossible and America will
never again see four million of its
men under arms.
Governor Cox has declared that ne
will present the League of Nations
to congress as soon as he can do SO.
Senator Harding has pledged HIM
self to "scrap the measure"
The covenant of the League of Ma
tions is in the hands of the president.
His action is necessary to bring it
before congress. Governor Cox
promises to do this. Senator Hard
ing says that the. League is dead.
The issue is clear-cut. 1t is either