The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-12


ceremonies in tulsa follows In part:
"AMERICANiSM"
By WILLIAM ASHLEY SUNDAY
We have passed through the most
mcmentouB epoch IN tho history pf
tho human race, Tho vocabulary
Of our applause contains no wordH
with which VIC can fttiurly express
our appreciation for tho deods of
hravorcY by our brave boys who
faced shot aud shell ana gus 10 up-
hold tho principles 0f liberty and
Freedom. They are tho worthy OF
spring ~ our noble ErlndHlrcR, who
taught our eagle. stil unflcdgcd 10
match hi8 tniuuH against tho claws
OF the British lion.
The people Of Germany today
planes the Kaiser ana his military
machine for all their woes. lie
hnd his military juuker-ghnm of
weasol-eycd. hog iowclcd. God-for.
aaken. in in.auitous. blood thirsty bunch
OF human hyoulH. has bocn bound,
gagged md h1udOutfcd, and this
thousand footed. thousand -fanged,
Thousand. horned. thuusand-nrmed
pinate or tho air. ASSASSIN OF the
eoa, dorpoilcr OF tho earth will ter
rorlzo humanity no moro. -
Tho issue of who In who" in
America must bc fought to "A finish,
tion. You cannot sdo-atcp gum
shoe or pussy foot. this country is
going TO De- run by Americana, cost
what Il may IT'S going To be run
on thu basis OF Royorument. under
,the constitution, under the stars and
strips. and not by brood OF foreign
vultures. with the smell Of tho steor-
pgo on thcir carcascr. believe
fhe lowest down sCoundrol on earth
.s tho one who fights against his
fiag. No flag can bo greater than
the people who live under that flag
The conservative men In the ranks
OF labor are finding thomaolves al
most helpless to restrain the radical
leaders who are out to get every
H1ing they can, roRnrdlcsa OF the
rights OF business or the public n
seems to he the 'whoop- boys"
20 pordition- with-the law or public
leaders, who seem to get the fol-
lowing Such men arc domestlo
enomiea
Labor Is Loyal.
Many OF the strikes arc n result
OF n wlde-sproadlng campaign head
cd by a skillfully organized body OF
revolutionary radical leaders, whose
solo object seems TO be overthrow
tho present system OF government.
Tho great bulk OF labor class are one
hundred per cent Loyal The man
who is always kicking and stirring
up trouble is n public enemy. As
rule. strikes do not originate IN
the rank and file. hut with the cen
temptihlo walking delegates who
are seemingly out to put something
over to hold their job. lin Gods
name. lots stop our strife. Factor
les, business, mines and railroads
arc nothing. II the men who run
thom cease to DO men. Commerce
ll0u NlhTn saeh
other.
Ne need 60 be taught the old
fashioned honesty, no matter by
which end OF our anatomy Il enters
our heart Lot us get back TO the
days when We were taught TO write
In our copy books,
Industry and frugnflty lead 20
wealth."
. ''who by the pillow would thrive,
Must either hold or drive"
You cannot ride blind baggage
ON the public train.
This is getting TO bo ''soma"
United States; every cause has an
crator except the American cause;
every flag defender except the
American flag; every ism n promo
Ter, except Americaniam. We arc
now In tho throes OF an Anu.Ameri-
can pRroxysn. IL so happens that
America Is placed IN position
whore tho fate OF the world de-
ponds largely on her conduct. II
We lose our heads, down goes civill-
Estion. America Is strl the corn
crib OF the world. the whcat-bin OF
the hemisphere, tho wordrobo OF
nations, and tho purcyyor OF mnat
90 tho whole universe, but ! have
no fear Tor the outcome. for Amcri-
Conlgm will triumph!
| am an optlmist An nptirist is
tho brass band IN tho procossion.--
hos the stripes on the barber pole,--
he's the gasoline iu the tank he's
the air In your timo,---tho powder Ia
your gun, An opiimist turna the
calendar ahead from January to
June
America needs IA tidal wave Of
the oldtime religion. Tho big prob
lem In the worlds reconstruction is
not alone finance, or tho league OF
nations, but ira rcligion. The ma
ton without religion Is a dismal
swamp OF vice, | am opposed 10
Bolshevism, whether Il dresses itself
Ia rags or broad cloth, whether Il
climbs from tho filth and slime OF
the sewer or shows Itself In the
form OF somo suhsidised professor
either OF theology or economical
The sources Of the Bolsheviki at.
lacks ON the integrity OF American
government are immaterial TO me
I'leNh W llhHl Nntil III nlkl
places and low. aud wherever they
poke their slimy, scaley head. "This
country is no international boarding.
house. or anarchistic cafe" rs l1N-
Vice President Marshall said, "Irs
the land OF the free and tho home
OF the brave"
World Faces Crisis,
No red-handud propaganda can
stand before the wave OF American
righteousness and patriotism that
VIII sweep our country from coast
TO coast. Bolshovism, |. w Wism,
socialism, radicalism, syndioalism
are trying TO drive out religion and
destroy the churches. II they did.
iQwn would so civilization and
women would be turned into brood
animals.
Tho religious and moral forces OF
the world face the most serious cri-
sis In their history. The question is
whether bolshevism and unbollof
shall sweep the world. II Il does.
IL means corresponding Increase
in crime, anarchy and barbarism,