The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-10
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES.
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ing on the front porch Watching tne
pouring rain. IL wanted to take ride
tonight. Uncle Ted promised us one,
too"
We'll, 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.
It'll be too muddy"
Come right in here out of the rain"
called their mother. "You coildren
we're up early this morning and late
last night and you must go to bed
right away"
"Ah, mother" replied Jack, Let us
stay up JUST LITTLE while longer
please mother" Joined in Ruth.
Hi, there, kiddies." called Uncle
Ted. "Why complain about going into
a nice sole bed this kind of night
Mind your mother just once anyway
and I'll come up and tell you story
This promise helped the kiddied In
their struggle against retiring, and
soon they were slowly preparing for
the sandman.
There are several things | could
tell you about, but I'm going TO talk
about n recent speech President Hard
ing made. on his first trip to home
town of Marion, Ohio, since he be-
came President That speech contains
| many importan things which should
be studied by every country loving cit
izen. Just now we have seen what
strikes mean to our country. The ma
tons coal supply is threatened, and
| even worse, the food supply through
the possible stopping of trains.
through the striking of the railroad
shopmen. Although President Hard
ing in his address, which was the cli-
max OF the Fourth of July celebration
at Marion. did not mention these
strikes by name, he made it ute plain
that he was aiming at them when he
spoke.
1.-The foremost thought in the Con-
stitution is the right to freedom and
the pursuit of happiness. Men must
be free to live and achieve. Liberty is
gone in America when any man is de-
niged by anybody the right to work
and live by that work. 1t does not
matter who Denies
you see. Riddles, the Railroad La
Dor Board set the reduction in wages
which these men have refused to rec
ognize. 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 n small way, are contributing
to a contempt for the law, and the
President made quite clear his his
views on this in the same speech. Nc
matter what any citizen may think OF
the fairness of law or of portion Of
the Constitution, he must obey or else
he is contributing to contempt fol
all law, whuch soner or later would
undermine our entire system Of gov
eminent On this the President said
"'The Constitution and the laws
sponsored by the majority must bC
enforced. 1t does not matter who op
poses
I'm this, Riddles, you see he spoke
as he did regarding the right of mer
to work and live that it does moi
matter who denied men their right t.
work and live - the Constitution mus
be upheld in that as in all things. The
President continued:
"'If an opposing minority has &
just objection, the rising tide of pub
lie opinion will change the law. There
is no abiding liberty under any other
plan. / mean to sound no note o.
pessimism; this republis is secure
Menaces do arise, but public opinion
will efface them. Manwhile govern.
ment must repress them. The eigh.
teenth amendment denies to minor.
ity fancied sense of personal liberty
but tn amendment is the will of Amer,
lea and must be sustained by the gov.
eminent and public opinion, ELSE
lCoNTEMPT FOR THE LAW WILL
| UNDERMINE OUR VERY FOUNDA
TIONS.'
II like to think over what Mr.. Hard
ing had to say about the relations o.
our great country today with the Other
nations of the world. During the pas
few years those relations from time Il
time have not been of the best. w,
have had trouble with Mexico, wa
with Germany, war with Austria, near
trouble with Japan and after the wa
was over our diplomatic relations
were far from the best. The grea
loans to foreign countries have beef
4 bone Of contention and many thing
have led some to believe that our in
ternational relations were for from
? perfect. But not so, for as Presiden
Harding said at Marion:
"IN OUR INTERNATIONAL RE
a LATIIONS AS WELL. THEY ARE Sc
y lCURER TO-DAY, WITH MORE AS
q SURFING PROSPECTS OF PEACl
THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE HIS
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