The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-30
Refers 10 selfsaerlhee In Making
This Plea; Thinks lmmlora.
ton Should be Stopped
for Time
NOT GOING TO TRY
CARRY WHOLE WORLD
Says Made Effort Garry Indiana
Last Fall and Failed; Says
Great Men shrlvei
When Meet 'en.

4 plea for return 10 the war.
time spirit OF self.sacrIfice. service
aud conservation by the American
people to solve the peace time prob
lens was made by Thomas X. Mar.
shall, former vlce.prcaldent Of the
United States, In his lecture laat
night. In the Oklahoma College for
Women auditorium. Some Govern.
ing Principles" was the subject OF
the lecture.
The. former yice.presidcnt touched
upon the immigration question. say
ing that the doors OF America
should be closed to immigration for
a time. Placing OF foreigners on
farms whore they may associate
with Americans and learn American
principals and ideals was the plan
recommended for the AmcrlcanIzing
Of the newcomers.
Mr.. Marshalls Hoosier humor bub-
bled forth most frequently in sallies
upon his life. experiences and poll
ties.
"rhe finest trait OF the American
people, he said In answer to the
vigorous applause that greeted him.
lis that they consider nothing too
good for the dead
"Mr. Austin has described me as a
distinguished man. He should have
said 'extlnguished' man.
I'm not the least depressed by the
results of last November. early
made up my mind not to attempt TO
carry the world on my shoulders liko
Atlas. The nearest | came to II was
last fall when | tried to carry In
diana. | do not regret getting away
from the city of Fashington. At the
end of eight years in office, the best
thing that can happen is for the
American people to seize the office
holders by the scruff of the neck
and the seat of the trousers and
throw them into citizenship. One be-
comes ossified and mumified up
there.
81 met all the socalled great men
in America during the past eight
years. | have no right to Judge tho
motives of mankind. have no right
to say anyone is disloyal, unpatriotic
or dishonest because they disagree
with me. | also met all the so-called
great men of the old world who
came to America. | found out that
somehow when you get up close to
a great man he shrivels. He Is not
half as big as you thought he was.
The greatest man | met was not
man, but woman, Evangeline
Boothg head of the salvation army in
America.
Americas moment of transfigura-
ton was in the great war. 1t was a
real manifestation of real democracy.
There was manifestation Of the
spirit of sacrifice never before seen.
We are back again in the low levels
OF life. During that time we thought
everything was being made safe.
81 am not discouraged about GER
tain conditions in America. / am in
terested in whether the conservation
that marked people during the war
can be brought down to the present
day to solve the great problems. We
said the doughboys from Oklahoma
with the aelp Of few from Indiana
fought to make the world safe for de-
Imocracy. We thought so, and | still
think so, | am going around saying,
what's the use and asking whether it
has been made safe for democracy
/ or snobocracy. We can't have a
democracy filled with snobs when a
mans social status is fixed by the
kind of work he does.
There was time in this country
when there wasl reason for classes.
But all the old distinctions ara
thrown down. We can't tell by what
a man does whether he's a profess
sional or a profiteer. This is a de-
mocracy and we should KEEP 1t
democracy, and recognize a man not
by what he does but how he does it.
and take our hats off to him when
he renders service to his community.
81 have one apology to make for
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