The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-09
TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH. 1890
SOWING PROPAGANDA

Literally defined, litJally trans.
lated-for a definition in this in.
stance and translation arc closely
related--literally translated, then. pro-
p1eauda in its widest sense may be
said to mean something un.Amcrican,
so.ncthing dsloyal to the Stars and
Stripes, something antagonistic to this
government, to its constitution and
governing rules Of action.
This somewhat broad assertion is
made because there is not another
country uron the face of the earth
which permits as much propaganda
calculated basicly, to react against
The institutions of the government.
as does this country.
After the United States had enter
cd the world war and the men and
women Of the secret service got
lrsy, hundreds Cf thousands Of nests
of disoyalists were unearthcd. In
the workshops Of the cities, upon the
fields OF the farms, in an classes of
society among the people Of all
racial extraction and descent, were
found hives of these dsloyalists
sowing seeds OF .issenuou, scatter
ing propaganda against the govern
mont which was protecting them,
housing them, feeding them
Men were found who had come
90 this country taken out their
naturalization papers, sworn alloGi.
aace to the flag and to the consdtu'
uon, who were plotting and plan
ming and surreputiously working TO
encompass the overthrow OF the gov
c.mnent, whose laws they had sworn
to respect, whose flag they had
sworn to protect.
and, with that clemcncy which has
ever marked the courts Of this land,
in most instances those guilty were
permitted to depart, after II light
scourging of the law, and after be-
ing admonlshed TO so their way and
sin no more.
Tho months, the hattle.torn months
which followed the beginning OF the
end after ia, United States had en-
tered the conflict. brought 10 light
many Of the plots and plans utter
cr to the welfare of the nation,
aud landed some cf the chief con
spirators behind the bars, or led to
heir deportation.
a year and q half has passed since
me signing of the armisticc. The
eacc terms have been signed by
practically every nation which was
ongaged in the war the United
.tatcs being the most marked eN-
., ption, ana the fellows who crawled
ITO their holes and sought to dodge
he ferrcting fingers Of the law, are
.,eginning again to como forth into
.e open, to SHOW the ruthless hand,
- Uneheath the talons Of disrepute
I'd Gisloyalty.
Members OF both branches Of the
aiionol legislature. particularly Of
.se senate, are playing ducks and
Jakes with the provisions OF the
ace pact haranguing against the
option of the different articles in
,,e covenant of the league Of nations,
laying peanut politics and forget
Ing, seemingly. that the same un'
}osirable element so much in evi'
Gnce in this country just before
llnorica entered the war, is still
Lore, growing bo!der with each days
vrlngllng in congress, snickerlnG
80 their sleeves, patting the irou
'o making lawmakers on the backs
or grasping their own cumpatriots
hv the hand while they eXult that
% anti.American propaganda which
senate and the house are help
ns, inadvertently, maybe, to spreaC
gradually working up q see;hins
,d bubbling with the masses, ever
g.; cake Of yeast works up anC
Uses to seethe and bubble a bow
cd with batter.
Would it not, this being the case
TIE good idea for the members o
caTess, especially the Lodges an
l,ccds and Cores of the senate, t
l'get for the time the war the
alo waging upon the "sickman o
the White House" and do something
81 the peace treaty matter, somethin
which will show both the nation
a-ioss the Atlantic, Us well as til
,atl-American clement here ut home
i.ut they were elected 10 their pres
high offices as representative
the greatest people. to represen
interests OF the greatest natlo
The world?
!, oud ii not be q good idea fo
Lodges and the Reeds and th
.ies to call halt for a time upC
peanut politics they are no
ying, and lend hand in supper