Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-22

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News Item-William Allen White,
Emporia, Kansas, publisher, faces
trial for stopping trains on the Sante
Fe." White expressed sympathy with
the striking shopmen in violation OF
Kansas industrial law.
The test of free speech and the right
Of a state or federal authority to pro-
hibu free speech is to be tested in
Kansas. In our opinion White Will
win out. He will carry his case to the
United States Supreme court if nee
essary.
For the past five years free speech
has been more or less in danger in the
limited States. Self-cOnstituted au-
thOrities defined what people might or
might not talk about in clear viola
ton of their constitutional guarantees.
Believing that our cause Ill the
World war was a just case we could
never see the need of REFRESHING OPP
posing opinion on the subject. II
thing is right discussion will
strengthen it. If it is wrong discus
sion will kill it.
Now we have a famous man, known
throughout the civilized world for MS
brains, conservatism and high stand
ing facing his state court because ne
dared to be human and say what he
thought about vital matter. Let us
see whether or not Free Speech will
win. We think it will.
Dob
News Item-Judge Page Morris of
the United States district court at
Minneapolis has filled the jails with
bottIeggers and liquor law ViOlators
of all kinds He refuses to let men
off on account of their large lam
lilies" saying that it is remarkable the
number of large families there are IN
his district. When the local jails are
full he will find further accomoda-
tons.
Illicit traffic in poisonous liquor
will never be stopped in this state
until the present namby-pamby legis-
Iation is stiffened and has bulldog
teeth in it, Mild fines of 500 up do
nothing to curb the evil. A long term
in prison will.
incidentally, where are the empty
jails promised by prohibitionists?
More brutal crime, moral laxity and
drunkenness than ever
-OOO-
News Item-Mayor John F. Hyland
OF New York, in Chicago for a day,
says that old party lines are effaced
an6 that a new party will be in the
field in 1924. He adds that if the re-
publicans nominate man like Hiram
Johnson or the democrats a man like
William Randolph Hearst the chance
of third party will be lessened.
There is strong chance that a
third party will be in the field two
years hence but Mayor Hylan's favor
lite Hearst, Will not be in the running
Neither viii Hiram Johnson. The re-
Publican party has lost it's hold On
the middle and northwest where local
leaders have more power than Hard
ing If Pinchot makes a good record
as governor Of Pennsylvania he may
lead the republicans. Or possibly
hughes. In any event the next repub
lean candidate will not be a stand
patttr.
News Item-President Lenin of the
Il shrug saying that the Latin coUn-
try going over to the Fascist, or ma
tionalist party, shows it's reactionary
and backward condition. He implies
plainly that the Italians are living in
vain glorious hopes with imperial
dreams to make their country what
Rome was once.
Another news item-The far east
ern or Chita, republic, has joined the
soviets saying it can no longer act as
a buffer between Japanese imperial
ism and Russian syndicalism.
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Draw your conclusion from these
two significant news items if you are
interested in world affairs. Whether
or not one is interested does not de-
tract from their being vitality affected.
Every man, woman and child in the
United States was affected by the
World war We will be affected sim
ilarly iii the future by other world
movements.
In our opinion Russia will win out.
The process OF determination Of the
Intelligencia or upper classes carried
off thousands and starvatious and dis
ease have taken millions. There are
millions left and a nigh birth rate to
replenish the missing ones.
The condition in Russo for the past
four years has been the most brutal,
appalling and devastating known for
hundreds of years. Without a doubt
it is of greater magnitude than the
losres Of the World war. NeTerthe-
less, Russia is making progress, has
crops is slowly rehabilitating her in
dustry and stabilizing her finance.
Children are being educated now
where before the revolution such a
thing would not have been thought of.
The day, vet young, is dawning for
the Musc0vite adult OF 1910