The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
RITTER,S PUNGENTS
Interestingly Important
Features of Day.
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With a Chilean as president of the |
assembly and six presidents, rep |
resenting England, France, Portugal, |
Sweden, Spain. and Jugo-Slavia, the |
League of Nations Is fairly living up
to It's name.
The third degree" methods of tor
ture in eXtorting evidence or con-
fession from criminals by the police
should be forever prohibited by the
new organic supreme law of Missouri
(the new constitution.
The best that can be said of any
man is that he was a, good man,
good husband, a good father, a good
citizen, he did his duty and tried to
improve the laws Of his country.
The tariff is not partisan question,
advocates of free trade and the advo-
Gates Of protection. 1t is i'm short, an
issue between the advocates OF mo-
nopoly and the opponents Of monopo-
ly, 1t is an issue in which the many
must bear the burden and the favored
few gather in the spoils. 1t is a moral
issue. And the Democratic party has
the privilege of taking the side of the
many against the few. 1t has the
opportunity again of buckling on the
sword of a just cause.
1 firmly believe that there is a
remedy for every i'll that human
flesh is heir to" If we only knew what
it was and where to find it. There is
time and a place for everything;
time and place for education and-for
religious instruction.
The school is no place to teach the
Bible or religion; the pulpit is no
place to teach geography or politics.
Leave education to the school, re-
introduce religious training to the
home, give the church chance to do
its work and the schools opportunity
for theirs, and we will all be better
off, better educated and more honest
when associate Justice Clarke Of
the supreme court quit he gave out
statement that he was tired Of hold
ing his tongue and aimed to talk some
Judge Clarke, filed a dissenting opin-
ion when the supreme court declared
the Volstead act constitutional.
Among other things. he is a League
Of Nations man.
If the G. O. p. shows any interest
in the full dinner pail now, it's merely
in the Volsteadian sense.
have often wondered if the United
States had been attacked by half a
dozen nations and had said, MY back
Is to the wall. I am fighting for life,
come and help me-" how soon do you
think England, France or anybody
else in Europe would have sent three
million men and ten thousand million !
dollars across to help us. But be this !
as it may, the United States did it for |
Europe during the war, and because
in Europe, Germany's ruthlessness.
arrogance and lust for world con-
quest would soon involve US in war
with Germany and we would have to
fight with our "back to the wall"
fight for life and in self-defense to
protect our own hide and American
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to win the war before it was too late.
We knew that if the United States did
not win this war In Europe, Germany
would. We said: God help us If that
should come to pass" We then said,
1T will never come to pass" and that
we would rather cease to exist than
live to see the American flag go down
in defeat. The war is now ended, and
it behooves US to now take "our place
in the SUM-"
The anthracite coal strike will cost
$4,000, 100000. The cost Of the hard
and soft coal strikes will be paid by
100000 Americans, less the num-
ber Of men engaged in digging coal
or in operating the mines.
The Democrats are going to win in
Missouri in the coming senatorial cleo
tion. In other words Senator James
A. Reed will be elected to the United
States senate once more.
Take care of your eyes or vision
and inward seeing"
GEORGE A. RITTER.
st. Louis, Mo.