The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-02

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OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICANS TOLL
MY LEGION HEAu@UsE BALLOT
IlR SAYS, FOn CURE OF NATIONAL
Ills.
ley LEMUEL BOI.LEs.)
Editors Note.--Lemuel Bolles, ma
tional adjutant Of the American i.eg. on,
the shoulder. The following should
give food for sober reflection to a., al.
American citizens who desire 10 see 10 o its
civic and political life. He handles the
grave questions that. face our nation
without soXTesi . TN" as Is possible for
any man regardless of his opportunities
or abilities.
If America tthe United States), eve,
goes crumbling away to political ana
economic ruin the fault will lie not
zens within. not guilty of crime com
mission but guilty Of as grave fault.
omission Of the very duty that gave
them their freedom.
If all the blood and tears. all the
great effort and unselfish love and de-
votion that has gone into the erection
q the Tn w f IL i the to ao be % of
and your ncighbor and history IN the
centuries to come will point q pitiless
nger at You ana yEars ana ia Hman
government the world ever knew was
lest because you and yours failed 10
do ye ennu d"t IT, iox m and mat matter Of
untold pride.
America today stands In the path Of
a destructive force. Not a whlriWnd
insidious. relentless ferce that attacks
the very heart of your country, drains
the strength and power and hopes ana
pause in it's blight until YOU and yours
have been aroused.
Today In the United States, where
hi ER%saF de Svfient large portion
Of our citizens have abandoned the
effort to exercise any of their polttf-
the Urgent need exists for bringing
home to every Individual his own re-
sponsibility fer sclf-assertion in po-
litical life
TO take arms in defense of his coun.
try becomes nbhorrent in the eyes OF
lake hs ars It sSsh Is not sseat
er than the obligations Of peace in the
life Of any good citizen. II. the nee
in the " diseharge Of his civic duties.
But this is not true of all. Every
country has it's Bergdoll and every age
viable place in public opinion: their
children will live to blush at mention
CT their names.
But with the political slackers-
We find them in every community:
the business man who Is too busy to
register: the working york. man aa, who e, WI Wiat
his ballot; the housewife who thinks
that woman's place Is In the home:
the society w. woman WIG o can n not be
in the. welfare. of their communities to
Is The nHsTs Of h1 81 % 'es snd
adult. citizenry who have a right tc
our official dest MES but do not.
There is not an i'll In American life
today which cannot be cured and cured
promptly. If each voter will inform
at his immediate. disposal. There is
not a weakness in our social struc-
tyre which eannot be n2lstsrsd W IN
TO discharge the obligations and ex-
ercise the privileges granted US by
graft are impossible in the coinmuni-
~ where the. citizens are awake to
their responsibilities: wher they mea-
sehere is that element. always in the
minority but bound together by selfish
the very existence Of which is a ma
tons In iSe lowest ef
ciety there is dangerous criminal
element, ever. crouched to spring at
faen FROM the sesnts Of riot
turmoil and destruction.
Well oreanized go COVER 9snts are are
ments. They have but, little hope OF
peass Driven to &c cover ana cewsd 10 70
work TO bring about their ends BY
r.
ballots rSey s' are o never s tce A bus. s"e to
sts wso will best tor ss
the rewards are Being d!.tr!SateS: "ea
does not howeveS, C cease .s With the
casting Of his ballot. Nor does II be-
gin there: Il hesins arst il develop.
public institutions and toward our
In the United states have borne such
SemSardment that d us ssm Sst'i impose
ss to set the e ssat n f.
Ssisn. tSSssS se9eea 70 a:siasee eaa
xsi too Sy
himself, for public office must 30 IN.
nesitant to Withstand. misrepreaenta.
stion: &C. have his motives questioned:
to have the most intimate details Of
his personal and private life striped
and distorted to satisfy the passton Of
mat breed OF politician to whom meth.
Al individvals We can force whole.
some condttions In American life BY
9TH pesc sss II Il WHICH sssS
damnab'y debased tactics are counte-