Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-06-26


about freedom of sna,o. p. WHO shou
and say If in.these DAVIS ~ %o o, LAX
congress Of The Unitcd sra,s --iys. as
president should make '9 and IL
nouhcement. America ,a.I. f'e
conservative would Else ~ '4' I'D
against any such law. W. fetes
our freedom Of though, . s.4Qss Ct
action. OF course. 04 .i..+ 's(1 al1
VINO criminally advoca:a, 1., que asa
ana we do ii for the same ~s @'''Sa-ss
we arrest the man Who >a,,. dal
sidewalk. II is TO conser.a ' ~. vi 's
weiare' the common good Of r5e ' WI.
majority Who do moi ba,,ort -i'e sfe',
fence and disorder. What woni IA 'le
pen to our Red" a.itato,, Jap
We're IN Russia today instead a. q 3. 'a+5
united States, and ventured "a "a Log
disagreement with the bolsba,,., s'lisIs
gram, either in policy or , ''n M
This constitutional provision ' !,
mufler on free speech, it is co.. '
What freedom can tb.7a t
country in which opinion is sSss.' -
How can a nation make proqro ..',.'
cept by the conflict and fr1o,.1 Il
opinion? In the United ST.
rienee has taught US that The r., ~
Is generally right, than tba rnasr3
be trusted. We have mt ,cto ---
tice the idea that many heads o,l pas a
ter than one. The bolshqyjk oor.,..
ton launches the policy thar visS.-
can only come from q few minds
fewer, the better. This ie -bo u,.s
they adopted to socialize fraad.,. -.
thought, freedom of speech r. me-,
a communism of ideas. but 2 vory H.,
tied communism. In fact -linItsa :.
the Holy Seventeen" and tba o,.oa
dictator. The people are oDtsida =.
circumference Of this communism I.
their zone communism comms,I,
obedience and silence. The bnmss
race has fought many a fine 6ab, 70
take the letters from the minds a.
men, and no fight was ever made fra
more essential liberty. When Ia
mind of man is not free. what frqe3am
can there be? The failing Of the bodr
serious as it is, is only small n.
reference with mans liberty eom-
pared with the imprisonment Of bis
mind.
This constitutional clamp muzzls,
the press. Notwithstanding an ts
criticism which may he Justly made
against the press, the fact remains
that the newspapers of the world hays
been a great force for good a great
power in securing freedom. We see
the world through the ewes Of the
newspapers it is our source Of iDfor-
nation; we depend upon il for tie
facts upon which We base our opia-
ions. Notwithstanding the bitter pat.
iisan character of the press, few pa.
pers know party lines or party rre.a-
dice when the public interest is men.
aced. The press has thrown the
searchlight of terrible publicity on tie
ratholes and driven out the political
rats The freedom Of the press is il.
dispensable to free government
Lenine's Change Of Heart.
Lenine, before he came into power.
was the loudest voice in Russia. cry.
ing for free speech His pen had
been most bitter against interference
with the freedom Of the press. 10 lis
pamphlet, Lessons Of Revolution, he
wrote:
THE printing establishments Of The
labor press are raided. The bo.sheN@
are arrested, not infrequently without
accusation, or on the pretex. o.
charges which are simply calumn'oas
ut may be argued that tie Troseea'
ton of the bolsheviks is hv uO meaas
a violation of free speech. since oa3
certain persons or specific charges
are thus prosecuted. But such aFs2'
ments bear the earmarks Of premed'
tated untruth. For why should prA'.@s
offices be raided, newspapers SUI
pressed. for the crimes Of indi7iaua'S
even if these crimes are proven aa'
sustained by law? 1t wcE.a be @'.r
gether different if the government oe'
clared criminal the entire po9-t''A
party, its ideas and views. but e'7'!,
one knows chat the gore-nmea. %
free Russia never could, ha .l-ts'
never attempted to DO anything q '4'
kind"
Lenine coming into power "'.s
into the constitution ii ne" crime
declared All opposition to he '..,'5
vik program a crime. On u'' 1
moral ground he struck d""o .'s. l
Of thought. freedom O., Speech ~.
dom of opinion and fre.l1 Cd
press. .4-t
In the language Of Il great T'...7.
the time will come when '"s
of the people Of Russia via
rov,arf,,l thaD the voice. ,aror.e- .
the holsheyik gag today ....,
tCopyrieht. 1890 Western News
Message, for Today. s
Nv far the greater part at i5 -