The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-13
PROGRESSIVES IN MASSACHU-
SETTS

SETTS
1t has generally been thought tina
the far eastern states are conserya
tive, politically speaking, to fault
but the bill of fare which is beini
dished out to the voters of Massachus
etts would seem to dispel this idea
In fact it is sufficiently progressive
one would imagine, to satisfy the vot
ers of Oregon, where real progress
iveism first took root in the west
When the ballot goes to the Massa
chusetts people it will carry sever
referendum measures, which cover
the following matters:
The proposed censorship of motion
pictures, the establishment of a
greater consistency between the pro-
hibition laws of the state and the
federal prohibition laws. Another
wants the voters to decide whether or
not voluntary associations shall have
the right to sue, and whether they
may be sued, in the courts.
The other four questions deal with
the following problems:
Shall there be a new state depart
ment of finance?
Shall the membership of the state
industrial accident board be increas-
ed from six to seven?
Shall district attorneys be selected
only from among members of the bar?
Shall there be a change in the con-
off lof
calls in the legislature?
All these questions indicate that the
electorate in Massachusetts has "a
desire to take matters into it's own
hands and is rapidly leaving the
beaten paths of legislation.
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THE LAND OF REAL FREEDOM
Those ex-service men who threaten
to return to France to live on account
of the general belief that more per-
sonal freedom is possible there-and
the number is considerable-will, or
should, take cognizance of the fact
that so famous a character as M. |
BRAND, several times Frances pre-
mier, and with a face that one can !
never forget, was arrested and de- |
tanned last week. as a vagabond be-
cause he had forgotten or misplaced
his identification papers. And this
occurred almost in the shadow of
Paris. There is not a more mistaken
idea prevailing than that there is
greater personal freedom in France,
or in any other continental country
than in the United States. Perhaps
there is more liberality in society's
appraisement of customs and habits
immunity from censure for
individual acts that are frowned upon
in this country-but any person who
lives or travels upon the continent is
subjected to a police surveillance
that is more rigid than has ever been
of in this country That is
not only true of the foreigner in
France, but of the native, There is
more freedom on the streets of Amer
lea, or in the heart of the rural sec
tons of any state, than there is on
The streets of any European city or
IN the bosom of European peasaDtry
Lewiston Tribune.
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In his Labor Day address, Mr..
1ompers said that he went to Phila-
1elphia to deliver a message of hope
o men who believe in freedom, JUS
ice and democracy" But we did not
zee anything in the address that Of
'ers any hope to men who believe in
reedom to work, or who believe in
Justice under law, or who believe in
democracy that recognizes the right
# one man to take a job that another
nan has quit
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Cotton is said to be 40 per cent
igher than it was at this Tina last
ear, and this is certain to result in
great forward movement industrial
z in the south which will have its
fleet upon the entire nation. One
sction of the country cannot pros
err without the entire nation feeling
lie effect
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Missing AZ Years, Returns, Rich.
Allentown, Pa.-Charles Hressley