The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-17

IN respect the neutrality OIL Bei2iuih'
,,h,c, 40 course was grossly and dis
honorably violated-all this. I saN's'a'
dies and geutlemen.af the LnYen so.
.eierv- all this >ls.Jssitie the point- Q,
morals Since. as have shown, all
war is wrong. tIieTase.may be 'simpli-
fieil ;as- follows Al ,arais E,"raliy
wrong ouod<.-eras --demonsfrandum
Germany invaded Belgium. INVASION
is war. -Gexinany. therefore, did ma 10Y !.
WRONG. Upon tlls lsgsf side-ls ss e g,
stiSin n upt. lltfei.ss.ss Ell ie
The srefchslsg ne violation. s'f,9 iaw'
Therefore daernfsi,ry: shst lied M
ssfi,,. 81, tier MOI ga'::
~ i,,ft :sya. .hefhss.n,Sraily-au'a iiesai's
.,srins siif5f Ell Ladies and gentlemen
of the I.umen society. | await the
REPUTATION of my opponent
Her opponent appeared to be having
enough trouble with his legs. witbou'
taking any added cares upon hiinseil
in the way of refutations. But me
marvellous Dora had calculated the
length of her statement with such
nicely that the chairman announced
-Four minutes" almost upon the m
slant Of her final syllable; and all
faces turned once more to the uphold
Or of the affirmative .Refutation and
conclusion by the affirmative, said the
chairman. MIR. r. Milholland. Two
minutes"
Herewith. Ramsey coughed as long
as he could cough. and when he feit
that no more should he done in this
way. he wiped his face--again an act
of necessIty-amd quaverngly began:
'Gentlemen and ladies'. or-iadies and
gentlemen. in making the REPUTATION
Of my opponent feel that feel that
hardly anything more ought 10 he
said"
He paused. looked helpIessly ut his
uncomfortable legs. and resumed; Il
am supposed to make the reputable
refutation of my opponent. and ! feel
that ought To say quite dea more
In the first place. feel that the inva-
sion has taken. place. | am supposed
anyhow I got Il postal card that
am supposed To he here tonight. Well.
in talking over this matter with a cou-
pie of seniors they told me was sup
posed To claim this invasion. was morly
and legally all right. Well" Here.
by some chance. the recollection 1f a
word NJ Dora's fiickeretl into his cha
otto mind. and he had brighter mo
ment. My opponent said she proved
all war is wrong-or something like
that. ANYHOW. She said she proved IL
was wrong to fight no matter what
Well. If she wasn't a girl. anybod,
that wanted to get her To fight could
prob'ly do it," He did not add that he
would be, the person tn make the ex-
pertinent if Dora weren't Il GRID. nor
did the thought enter his mind until an
hour or so. later. well" he added. ~
suppose there is little more t" he
said"
He was 81 right. in regard to his own
performance at least. that, thereupon
drying up utterly. he proceeded TO
stand. speechless figure in the midst
of multitudinous silence. for an eter.
nity lasting forty-five seconds He made
a racking effort. and at the end Of this
epoch found words again. I'm making
my argument in this debate, would
state that"
1.-Two minutes said the chairman
"RefWaTion by the negative. Miss ID
Yocum. Two minutes
Il waive them" said Dora. rrimly
II submit that the affirmative has not
refuted the argument of the negative
VERY we'll" With his gavel the
chairman sharply tapped the desk be
fore him. The question is now be-
fore the house. Resolved. that Ger
many is both morally and legally JUST
fed in her invasion of Belgium All
those in favor of the"
But here there was an interruption
OF kind never before witnessed dur
ing any proceedings of the Lumen so
ciety. II came from neither of the de
baters, who still remained standing at
their desks until the vote settling their
comparative merits in argument
should be taken. The interruption
was from the rear row OF seats along
the wall, where sat new members of
the society, freshmen not upon the
program of the evening A loud nasal
voice was heard from this quarter, a
loud but nasal voice, shrill as well as
nasal, and full of strange hot pas
sion. "Mr Chairman :" il cried. Look
a-here. Mr.. Chairman! Mr. Chairman
| demand TO be heard You gotta GIN
me my say. Mr.. Chairman, I'm a.
gunna have my say, You look-a-here
Mr.. Chairman"
Shocked by such a breach of. order
and by the unseemly violence of the
speaker, not only the chairman bui
everyone else looked there. A short
strong figure was on its feet. gesticu
lating fiercely: and the head belonging
TO il was large one with too much
curly black hair. fiat swarthy face
shiny and not immediately shaver
there was an impression Of ill-choseu
clothes, too much fat red lip. too much
tooth. too much eyeball. Fred Mitchell
recognized this violent interrupter as
one Linski. a fellow freshman. who sal
next him in one of his classes Whats
that cus> up to:'' Fred wondered. and
SO did others Linski showed them
He pressed forward, showing himself
through the two rows in front of him
till lie emerged upon the green carpet
OF the open space. and as he came. he
was cyclonic with words.
You don't put mo- such stun as this
over. | tell you,' he shouted in his
hot, nasal voice. This here's fres
country, and you call yourself de
Dating society, do you: Lemme tell
you belong To debating society in
Chicago. where come from. and them
h.ar. II.