Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-30

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France, Italy and Russia.
Nine thousand million dollars tax
ed out of us-was virtually given
away to Europe.
For Right to Strike
(13) / favor the workman's
right to strike, to use his own money
when he needs it; the right to hold
peaceable meetings during strike; to
the repeal of the atrocious Lever law
also the immediate grant of indie
pendence to the Philippines.
(14) | am in favor of giving this
country what it wants, namely
peace and withdrawal from all Eu-
ropean entanglements.
Who made US responsible for Eu-
rope or Asia or Africa?
Who made us the accomplice of
Great Britain's crimes, and of the
imperial atrocities of Japan and Po-
land and of France?
Who had the authority to make for
eign contracts, in secrecy which vio-
late our supreme law, and vet bind
our national honor?"
How can a president, sworn SER
want OF this government go abroad
and legally make a new government
for this and other countries?
It's all bosh!
The people have not been consulted
anywhere.
They have been ignored; their nat
ural boundaries cut and slashed; their
racial rivalries, creeds and hatreds
fn
the map.
If our president can leave the
country and create a new govern
ment one time, his successors can
keep on going abroad and making
new governments.
If President Wilson can choose
1000 professors, professorreses, ex-
perts, expertesses, historians, his
torianesses, astronomers, astronomer
esses, including George Creel and
Mrs. Creel, why. it stands to reason
that President Cox will find some
defect in Wilson's amateurish work,
and will leave us-to be gone a year
or so-for the purpose of making
lovely speeches concerning heaven
and another League of San Domin-
go, Liberia, Hedjaz, and He'll.
l regret that in 1920 Senator Smith
voted against the resolution declar-
ing that war against Germany was at
an end, although President Wilson
had told Congress that the war ended
in November, 1918.
Two years have passed, and yet
there is no peace; as an offset, how
ever, we still have Senator Smith.
The high cost of living, which is
the blight of the land, is due to the
fact that immense duties have to be
paid at our custom houses, before for
e1gn food, clothing, hats, shoes and
other necessities can be sold in our
markets.
II these necessaries of life should
be placed on the free list, the prices
will fall before foreign competition
will introduce such a bill and do
my best to pass it.
Q5) The people created the
government of the state; the states
created the federal government; the
fathers who framed the constitution
of the United States were careful
enough to say that the federal gov
eminent should guarantee to every
state "a Republican form of govern
ment."
The fathers were careful enough
to write into our supreme law that
all powers not delegated 20 the fed
eral government, and not denied to
the states, remained in The people.
From what source does Senator
Smith derive his authority to vote
away our Republican form of gov
eminent?
What did his oath mean to him,
when he swore to defend, protect
and preserve the constitution raade
by our fathers?
Who vested him with power, not
given him by the instrument he swore
to defend and preserve?
How can reservations be made by
sworn preservers?
What is there to hinder another
congress, or supreme council of the
league, from multiplying those 1eserva-
tons?
Nothing at all.
There are many honest people who
sincerely believe that the League of
Nations means peace.
The evidence is on the other side: