Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-14


Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook. follows
In part:
we arc met here today in the
common bonds OF a precious heritage
TO testify again TO our faith in Amer
lea a nd her institutions. In tn" quiet
seclusion of this noble memorial to
The great deeds Of an earlier day we
may draw apart from the confusion
and clamor Of the affairs of life and
lake counsel of the past and plan for
he future. In that course we Shal!
he strengthened by the memory OF
the solemn commitme nts which gave
new meaning TO this hallowed cham
her in the chancelleries of the world.
During the last few years our or
Eanization has been through soul
~tirring period of patriotic endeaNor-
ns tremendous material expansion.
Nc are now in period OF hnahclai
adjustment requiring great wisdom
10 establish economy without sacritlc-
ing our natural growth and the lar
sion of the future To he heia
" orthv of great reSpOns q ItieS is u
uriccless privilege. Daug htcrS OF the
american Revolution, yod are en-
Gagged in great work tor ihe Spou
Of your country. They are !oohinG 70
YOU to accomplish the labors you nave
set yourselves, and they must not look
in vain.
Must Renew Old Faiths.
AT this particular moment in cur
national life when we are beSct with
assaults upon our trust in public Off
,.,a1s il IS we'll for us TO renew our
beliefs at the deep wells of ola
faiths 1t may be that our natlonai
destiny requires an appraiSai o. gu
jntee-ity-a searching reckoning with
national conscience.
IF We are TO be so examined, We Shdli
nor shame the pure courage THAT eS
tablished our record in the merry cruCl
HE of war Nor shall we elevate the
flesh above the spirit. for II is the
spirit that has always persisted be
,ond the endurance of the fieSh. Ihe
nrdeal of Valley Forge broke the
bodies of men; it did not break the
uuconquerable spirit that put conSe
,ration to service or Iou anu CouHiS
above all else.
THAT spirit has burned brightly to
light our way along dark paths INTO
The unknown. That spirit gLo"eu
truly in Hale's immortal WORDS IL
was with the men in blue ana III
c-rav. il went with Peary to the pole
il lifted Chicago and san Franclsco
from their ashes. it f1ared above the
deadly pail of gas al Chatedu me- 80.
THAT shirt has sustained us IN every
national trial Il is with us now ana
it will not fail US in any neeo.
LAWS for Benefit of All.
And how far have we come TOWARD
securing liberty and justice! Ihers Is
no government in all the world TO-DAY
that rises to such. hisn con 6.
civilization as the United states, IN
translating and applying our Ideals
NJ civilization we have required laws
tor the benefit of the pubic. nee
laws are based on human experience,
and are only more or less InpeIie0
81 eternal laws.
IF we are to enjoy security OF our
personS and our properly. we mus
submit to authority. with IT'S aorIue
ment of our freedom OF actlon' - IL
unthinkable that any American woulu /
Exchange the restraint OF law Tor the
freedom of anarchy. In the "oruS ol
Secretary Hughes, The great uut!
of the hour is not TO make ia"' ~, ~
enforce law, to establish the tunda
rentaIs of the security or HE anu
property and TO maintain by enforce
mcnt respect for law in our great
cities ,.s.;,r
mora than fifty years, the eighteenth
amendment to the federal Conslltu
ton was ratified because a ma3oeIIt.y
Of the people in this country SO WHY MI
never be repealed. Loyal respect lor
that amendment is the duty OF every
citizen.
Danger of Relaxation
.s,5or can any law be flouted with
ont serious consequences to the CIT
ION and TO the state If lawlessness
is on the increase in this country II
j. because we have relaxed our re-
spect for the law. To point 70 tne
dangers of that relaxation ana 10 ala
in law enforcement, representatives
of the most powerful womens ma /
tional organizations in this country
only last week were IN convention
nTbe security Of our citizenship
rests on law enforcement; Nowhere |
in the world has law had greater
From colonial times, through the
winning Of the west, and the found
ing of the inland empire. Americans
have respected justice and aoloed Dy
law Law kept pace with the plo-
neers and orde cred the lives of God
fearing men and women who wrested
our national domain from the wilder
ness. The law of the ian ths AZ
our national Iexcont The law must
not be Knocked in this day by the
willful selhshness of the few. The
law is the sovereign will or the peo-
ple. and it shall prevail
DESPITE the obvious multiplicity OF
government boards, bureaus and com
missions, with their powers or ON,
cial surveillance OF the citizen and
his activities, we seem to be living
in a carnival of unrestrained freedom
and of seditious whispering.
Against Mob influence.
rs our liberty to be that of the
mob? Are the fundamentals of our
Constitution to be Scrapped? Shall we
continue to see our state legislatures
and the Congress OF the United States
swayed by leagues. blocs, special
pleadtngs and propaganda? Are we
to receive our principles from the
ominence of a soap box? Are the
guarantees of free speech and of a
free press TO deliver us to malicious
Islander? Is liberty to become license?
Is democracy to be unfettered by the
law? No, q thousand times no! When
law and order perish, then will
OF the earth!
america is not failing in her great
purpose to prove democracy to all
the world, but it is true that the
tests of public office have sometimes
disclosed grave breaches of trust.
The hue and cry now raised at re-
ported irregularities of public sery
ants suggest how little accustomed
we are rs nation to condoning any
betrayal Of trust. The American peo-
pie have never failed to believe that
government is trust, that public
officials are trustees and that both
the trust and the trustees are for
the benefit of the people. In that
belief the people have required ac-
countings to assure the security of
time of judgment. Let us not fear
10 be just.
Need of Patriotism.
In my appeal for law enforcement
and faith in our government l have
touched briefly on some of the out j
ward manifestations of patriotism, |
but j wonder if we ever make ade- |
quate appraisal of the quality itself. |
Patriotism has been a factor so
in, 30 iut1 81 hn