Evening star., 1922-11-22
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

ONCE. speaks noble words OF wisdom.
L do not think women realize the
true dignity of their position in the
world. Motherhood is next to divine
love. Home is the source of all hap
pihess and national prosperity. Its
oiehlly must be protected, and that is
woman's task. 1t is for this that they
should use the ballot"
T., no wonder they speak of her down
IN Heorgia. as the Grand Old Woman
oL Georgia" She is eighty-seven
years old: and If she can teach such
sem @se,,iinehts as those to America, she
VIII De greater than senator
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The arrival of Gov Parker of Louis
lana IN Washington for the purpose
OF appealing to the federal govern
ment to take over the control of the
state OF which he is chief executive.
SO as to wrest it from the power ob
the ku klux klan, is one of the most
startling circumstances that has
transplred for several decades of
federal history. II discloses a new
; secession of a sovereign state. and
under the Constitution, the federal
government is obligated 10 assume
.. control. even by military force II
necessary, in the maintenance of its
authority. for the Constitution guar
antees to every state in the Union
republican form of government. The
usurpation of power by secret or
fanization cannot be tolerated. yej
Gov Parker has been made helpless
by the powerful. secret Ku Klux Kla.i.
which includes in it's secret member
snip even state officials of high rank
Gov Parker is not man to be
easily coWed, and the fact that he
has appealed to the national govern
inent for help indicates the serious
ness of the situation. 1t is no less
serious in Texas and several other
states, especially in the south. The
time has come for Congress and the
executive to face the situation square.
.ly. There cannot he two recognizedA
and functioning governments in the
country. There is no justification
whatever for tolerating rebellion
against due process of law, and
ku kluXism must be fought to
finish wherever it shows itself.
ku kluxisni is un-American andi
intoierable. 1t is cowardly rufflanisrn'
1t seeks to array religious sects
against each other, and one class OF
Americans against other classes. It
must be crushed and since local au-
thority is successfully def1ed. there
is nothing left but for the govern
mcnt. which Lincoln saved. to declare.
as did Lincoln. This country cannot
though today it would be changed to
express present conditions: This
country cannot remain half free and
half bullied." A mob that is secret is
still mob. A secret mob is coward
and traitor to free. lawful institu-
tionS.
The ship subsidy bill will be voted
on November o9-the day before
Thanksgiving. That is the same day
that they will stick the pig that
President Harding will give thanks
over
Washington is happy in the fact
that the United Daughters OF thea
Confederacy have decided to hold
their next convention here. The north
wants to know the southerners bet
ter, and be known better by them.
for the two regions have much In
common. and have often suffered by
aloofness and misunderstanding
growing out of lack of a mutual
knowledge. A most hearty welcome
and substantial results will mark the
meeting. Some of the misunderstand-
ings of the past and even of the pres
ent are astonishing, unjuStified and
Srotesoue. Get together! The recent
convention of the American Legion In
New Orleans demonstrated how easy
1t is to wipe out every trace Of sec
tlonalism and be just Americans all.
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italian statesmen are protesting
against the inequity of our immigra-
tion law, which admits into America
only a certain quota of each ma
tionality, based on the number Of that
same nationality already here. ac-
cording to the census of 1912 With
out discussing the details of Italy's
protest, surely we must agree with
that and all other protests against
the policy of arbitrary exclusion Of
immigration. We do not want un-
desirable immigrants at all. but we
certainly do need all the immigra-
ton of the right kind that we can
get. We have too many millions of
acres untitled: too many jobs for both
skilled and unskilled untitled. for us
to shut out willing and competent
hands.
What is wealth? What makes a
nation strong? 1t is human labor.
There is no wealth but that which
measures the human labor that has
gone into its production. Gold itself
is not wealth: if a mountain of pure{
gold were discovered. the world would
not be materially wealthier, beyond
what labor would be required to
carry 1t to human reach and convert
it to human use. Labor alone is
wealth. Hence to shut out from
America law-abiding laborers is to
rob America of so much wealth.
Selfish classes may deny that axiom,
but that is only because of the pos
sible transient disturbance of class
equilibrium. Speaking in terms of
the whole nation, every decent,
healthy. law-respecting producer that
is shut out of America is a loss to
the nation. The immigration laws
should be revised SO as to sift-not
destroy-immigratio