The Glenwood post., 1922-07-20
Uncle Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events For the ChilAEsa
and 0rown-uJs, Tee
THE WILL OF THE
MAJORITY MUST STAND


"Oh, Gee!" exclaimed Ruth, stand
ing on the front porch watching the
pouring rain. "I wanted to take a
ride tonight. Uncle Ted promised us
one, too."
"Well, you know Uncle Ted and his
car when it rains," said Jack. "And
anyway he just washed it this after
noon, and you can bet he won't take it
out tonight even if it stops raining.
TIN be too muddy.
"Come right in here out of the
rain,'' called their mother. "You
children were up early this morning
and late last night and you must 60
to bed right away"
"Ah, mother" replied Jack, "Let
us stay up JUST LITTLE while
longer.'
'Please, mother,' joined in Ruth.
eli, there, liddies,' called Uncle
Ted. "Why complain about going into
. nice soft bed this kind of a night
Mind your mother just once anyway
and II come up and tell you a story"
This promise helped the hddies in
their struggle against retiring, and
soon they were slowly preparing for
the sand man.
"There are several things I could
tell you about, but 1 IN going to talk
shout a recent speech President Hard
ing made on his first trip to his home
town of Marion, Ohio, since he became
president. That speech contains many
important things which should be
studied by every country loving citizen.
Just now we have seen what strikes
mean to our country. The nation g
coal supply is threatened, and even
worse, the food supply, through the
possible stopping of trains, through the
striking of the railroad shopmen. AL
though President Harding, in his ad
dress, which was the climax of the
Fourth of July celebration at Marion,
did not mention these strikers by name,
he made it quite plain that he was
aiming at them when he spoke.
I" "'The foremost thought in the
Constitution is the right to free
dom and the pursuit of happiness
Men must be free to live and
achieve. Liberty is gone in Amer
ica when any man is denied by
anybody the right to work and
live by that work. 1t does not
matter who denies.
"You see, kiddies, the Railroad La
Dor board set the reduction in wages
which these men refused to recognize.
In this they are striking against the
government. The coal strike reached
a climax in Illinois when men who
were there to work the mines were
cruelty shot down because they did not
belong to the union. Men who violate
the eighteenth amendment, even in a
small way, are contributing to a con-
tempt for the law, and the president
made quite clear his views on this in
the same speech. No matter what any
til,&cn may think of the fairness of a
law or of portion of the Constitution,
he must obey or else he is contributing
to contempt for all laws, which soon
ei or later would undermine our entire
system of government. On this the
president said:
"' The Constitution and the
laws sponsored by the majority
must be enforced. 1t does not mat
ter who opposes
"In this, kiddies, you see he spoke
as he did regarding the right of men
to work and live-that it does not
matter who denieo men their right to
work and live-the Constitution must
be upheld in that as III all things. The
president continued:
If any opposing minority has
just objection, the rising tide Of
public opinion will change the law.
There is no abiding liberty under
any other plan. 1 mean to sound
no note of pessisism; this republic
is secure Menaces do arise, but
public opinion will efface them.
Meanwhile government must re-
press them. The eighteenth
amendment denies to n minority