Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-03-30

ment of so large a territory under
such an ultra-radical form of gov
eminent would alone be a matter of
grave concern for other nations. In
this instance the gravity becomes
Threatening because of the openly
avowed intention Of those at the head
OF the Russian soviet government to
extend by every means in their power
the soviet form of government to
every other nation in the world. The
Russian bolshevists have proved
themselves to be past masters in the
art OF propaganda, and when peace
is established in their country and
they are free to devote themselves
to the conversion of the rest of the
world to their way of thinking, the
threat of their existance becomes a
menace to the very existence of our
institutions and form of government.
This is one reason why we should
prepare in time, but it is not the
ony one. The menace is not only
from without. Observe the case Of
of the election of Victor Berger to
congress recently from the state Of
Wisconsin. After his record had been
examined by congressional commit
tee he was held on vote of the house
to be unfit to occupy a seat in that
body, by reason of his disloyalty to
the government of his country. A
new election was ordered, and his
American constituents thereupon once
more returned him as their choice
for congressman. Futher, observe
that one Of the political parties of
this country, party which at the
last general election polled over a
half million votes for its candidate
for president, has endorsed as it's
presidential choice at the next cleo
ton a man who is now under a ten
year sentence for disloyalty to this
government. Observe further that
at a convention of this political party
held in Chicago in October last, the
delegates to that convention, pre-
sumably American citizens, by ris-
ing vote and with enthusiasm en-
dorsed and approved the soviet gov
ernment of Russia. Observe also
the Plumb railroad bill introduced
INTO congress not long since, by the
terms OF which the people at large
We're TO be taxed to purchase the
railroads of the country. these then
to be turned over to the railroad
workers and the public as Joint
shareholders, but the workers to con-
troll and manage their operation. OBJ
serve the happenings with reference
to the Cummins railroad bill recently
enacted into law by congress. This
bill, when it left the senate, had in
1T clause providing for compulsory
arbitration of labor disputes and de-
claring unlawful strikes of railroad
employees, this being based on the
broad ground of public policy and
welfare. However, under the vigor-
Gus protests of the railway brother
hoods who, it was stated, control |
some 100000 votes, this clause was
stricken from the bill as passed.
These are cold facts and speak for |
themselves. Is it time for those who |
believe in the maintenance of our
institutions to bestir themselves Is
there a real threat of any real
necessity for those who believe in
our form of government to come to
a realization of the direction in which
we are moving? The hand writing
in on the wall and now before It is /
too late, is the time to take advant
age of the warning! Now is the
time for every person who is loval
to our constitution and who is de-
termined that it shall endure, to unite
IN one organization, regardless of all |
political differences, and oppose the
further progress of communism and 1
bolshevism in this country. We pro
pose through the means of this or
gamzation only to use peaceful and
methods to oppose the
propaganda of the American -bolshe-
vlkl and their foreign confederates,
but we do propose that the RIGHTS
for which we have fought shall NOT Il
be surrendered without a STRUGGLE.
and we further propose that the
property which we as individuals
have earned with the sweat of our
brows shall not be taken from us
to be distributed among the idle nj Il