The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-12-16

W SeaHu ny when IL comes TO seeing
the thing through. However, we ap-
precaite any words of encourage
ment or criticism.
Over in Ruby Valley, in Elko
county, a news report says about
twenty citizens did not vote at the
general election. Their reason was
that they had purposely failed to
register in the belief that by SO
doing they would be relieved from
the duty of jury service. What
do you think of that?
Somehow there seems to be an at
titude of indifference on the part
of large number of people. de-
veloped during recent years, per-
haps since prohibition was supposed
to start prohibiting. concerning their
duty as citizens, and the Ruby Val
ley folk are but a general example
of the tendency. Why or how this
was brought about is beside the
question, because the attitude of in
difference is a fact, and the en-
deavor should be to handle facts
as we find them rather than to sub
stitute high-sounding theory.
Rather than picking out the peo-
pie of Ruby Valley for censure we
would say the correct method of
remedying such a condition, which
exists everywhere and cannot be
for the general good, would be to
go to the source of the trouble, and
we believe that will be found in
the lack of a campaign of educa-
ton to promote sentiment for law
enforcement and personal observ-
ance Of the accepted ideals of
good citizenship, extending to the
remedying of abuses of courts and
laws which have led to an equal
disrespect for. the courts.
We believe that where there is a
will there is way and that teeth
can be put into any law that will
insure enforcement, and if it is then
obnoxious it can readily be repealed.
This is one way in which respect
can be secured for laws, the courts
and the requirements of good citi-
zenship.
The name of the "Soap Box
Column" has been changed to "The
Public Forum" This was done
because people who like to write,
for publication, on subjects in which
they are interested, do not like to
be put in the class of the soap-box
orator. And we don't blame them.
Use The Public Forum column
it's there for you-and you can't
tell what good may come of your
expression of opinion. 1t does not
, have to be a deep subject, nor one
involving great powers of express
sion. nor a large vocabulary, mostly
borrowed from the synonyms Of
the dictionary. In fact, the tend
ency of the highest paid writers is
to simple expression, and the more
understandable the better the
writer. Come on, lend hand
use The Public Forum column.
The proceedings against Attorney
General Dougherty at Washington
lead to thoughts separate and apart
from those that have come through
regular channels. Dougherty, il
must be remembered, has brought
suits against large number of wal
,rofiteers who stole from the gov.
,rnment many millions of dollars
md he has insisted upon a return
IF some of this money to the peo-
ole's treasury. It would not be the
first time that a man. imbued with
his idea of service to the people
has been the victim of persecution
.amoufiaged to appear as coming
from friends of the huge mass il
he form of prosecution. An under
wing fact that may be uncovered
~ thought is that with Daughert!
tut of the way some of those sam,
war thieves would be relieved of tn,
thought that they might have t,
give up some of their ill-gottel
gains or the thought that they nigh
4 go to Jail.
| The same line Of reasoning nigh
be applied to matters more local
ized in nature, as for instance tn
interference of a newspaper edito
who might stand in the way of mel
DESTROYS of dipping into the publ
treasury to an unwarranted extent
Such things furnish food 70
thought, anyway.
"(Y) Our War Debts" furnishe
thought for a cartoon that has bee
effective. You bet it's your wa
, debt and you're going to keep pay
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