The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-10-06
UN.aMERICAN METHODS
Two thousand years ago boca,

UN-AMERICAN METHODS
Two thousand years ago because
q Man refused to condone intrench-
ed greed. hypocricy and graft, the
4 rabble yelled "crucify him"
But the old order changeth. Yes
terday at the county fair grounds
Guy q. Emery OF Portland, who is
accepted by society as disciple Of
the Man of Galilee because he has
been ordained u minister of the
Christian faith, took emphatic issue
with his professed master.
The knocker, said the preacher
organizer-orator, in effect, is pest
who must be gotten rid of. II he
becomes too pestiferous take him
to the railroad station and float him
out Of town. Telegraph his record
ahead and have citizens committee
await him at the next stop and give
him firmly to understand that their
community has no place for one Of
nus hnOchiHs prUcuVitioe.
Whatever may be argued for its
effectiveness. this seems truly an un-
orthodox method Of establishing the
Knockers worthiness to have II said
Of him as II was said of the one of
old: The beasts OF the fields have
holes and the birds Of the air have
nests. but the Son Of Man had no
place in which to lay his head.
At the risk OF being classed with
the eligibles for rail trip-steam or
fence-the Herald records its en-
phatic disagreement with the doc
trine enunciated by the reverend doc
tor.
And the Herald condemns the
man, be he priest or layman, inter-
national financier or I. w. W.. who
shows such brazen disregard for
the principles OF the constitution and
the established processes OF the law
not to mention the teachings of the
Christianity he professes by his title
10 defend. -sr -
II your neighbor disagrees with
you. run him out Of town. That is the
principle on which the Ku-Flux Khan
10 founded.
Garry II TO its logical conclusion
and you get the Ku Klux result
whippings, Earrings. burnings. slay-
ings. an orgy Of violence. flouting
the freedom that thousands have
died for since Runnymede.
Be booster. advises Dr.. Emery.
Los Angeles has a 100 per cent
boosting population. Look at Los
Angeles grow. Go. every other
community. exile your knockers. and
become even as Los Angeles.
Most reverend sir, you see but the
outside Of the platter. Peer Into the |
inside of the cup and you find It
produces the ilk of Arbuckie. unless
the newspapers lie when they tell us
that several unmentionable orgies In
Los Angeles preceded the tragedy in
San Francisco. Fy.
A few good knockers on that par
ticular Job might have. prevented a
blot that all the wealth of a commun-
ity. by which We assume the reverend !
gentleman measures the difference
between Los Angeles and less favor
cd places. can never wipe out. The
may say. for he seems
gifted In plausibly setting at naught
the code OF the centuries. that the
crime OF an individual cannot be
against a community.
We answer that still the old law
stands and We are each our brothers
keeper.
Boosting is all right within its
limits. Every good citizen will sup
port those things that are right and
work for progress.
But when boosting Is defined as
being opposed to any criticism of the
or mmonweaith. provid-
ng the criticism violates neither law
" ethics, It becomes opposed to the
machinery and processes
u the law and is Q menace to the
Amsrican idea Of government.
Railrosding man out OF town
'eesuse he does not agree with any
whether minority or major
". 70 tantamount TO advocating
narchy and the abolition Of trial
y jury.
No matter how rounded the per-
Ids, how perfect the oratarical poise.
18th which the sentiment Is deliver
q. 1t is dangerous, undemocratic and
n-American doctrine and the man
ho utters II needs reasoning with.
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