Evening star., 1924-05-19

| table and expensive host, yet al
| every session of Congress it is pro-
posed to add to the already swollen
| functions of the government further
activities. to create more bureaus,
and to increase the already stu
pendous array of civilians on the
federal pay roll.
Among the evils following in the
/ train of war has come about a GER
tain disregard for the law of the
land amounting to what might be
termed rebellion against the law
in general There is even an or
ganized defiance against some of the
most sacred guarantees Of the Con-
stltutfon. such as trial by jury, pro-
lection of the home, freedom of
reHgious worship and the protection
OF property. These fundamental
warranties of liberty must neces-
sarlly fail when an unrestrained mob
directs the affairs of men instead of
eVen-h handed justice proceeding from
courts of law
1t is the plain and unmistakable
duty OF every decent citizen to
throw the weight of his disapproval
against Migrant violators of the law,
In whatever garb they may be found.
faVor the reaiiirming of the Demo-
cratic platform of 1856, which pro-
nounced against the -Nothings
or that era-and the Ku klux Khan
Is the Know Nothing Klan Of today
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We are just recovering from the
shock of a tragedy the pathos of
which moved the world. A Presi-
dent succumbed to the rigorous ex-
actions of his office, striving with
an exemplary patience and heroic
consciousness of duty to crowd into
his short four years of office a host
of herculean labors. Had he been
allotted a large space of time, he
might have spared his strength and
conserved his powers to their full
fillment An election to the presi-
dency means the sacrifice of per-
haps half the term to party demands,
which cannot be ignored or thrust
aside so long as party loyalty exists
or party ties exert a binding force.
1t is not a mere personal ambition
that dominates the President If he
with those abstract principles of gov
ernment for which his party stands,
he must more or less recognize his
obligations to see them made per-
manent and abiding for the good of
his country. This means that those
study which should be devoted to his
high office must be given up TO questions
of party expedicncY and political poll
tics - so-called - that the opposite
party may not steal a march and
plant itself within the breastworkS
of the Capitol at the next election.
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Relieve the newly elected Presi-
dent of his eligibility to another
term and he will cease to be the
center of political maneuver. Free
your Executive from this intolerable
yoke about his neck and you will
leave him free TO devote all his pow
er and energies to the great masses
Of the people.
The unsettlement of business every
four years is entirely too frequent
a disturbance of our affairs of trade
and traffic The dangers of a third
term are too remote to worry about
The people are too firmly intrenched
in their opposition TO the thought
of it. AS for our foreign policy-that
is already hewn out by an inexorable
logic of events Our destiny hence
forth is unalterably interviewer with
the destinies of our sister nations
over the seas
TOmorrow-Senator MAgnus johnson.
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