Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-27

THE deduction which some author
may make. In studying the history
of our own country. 1t Is laudable
and just that we magnify to some ex-
tent our virtue in order that the
children may have proper regard
for the institutions of government
under which they live. AS we study
the lives of our great men. we leave
out while teaching the young the In
cidents We attribute to human ma
ture and set UP only the higher
ideals of the great men and women
whose names we revere. Eventually,
these children will grow to know
that they are merely human beings
and color their lives with emotions.
desires. mistakes and inaccuracies
such as all Of us have. but child life
is filled with idealisms. In teaching.
| therefore, the history of our country,
we should not minimize its virtues.
A Bright Outlook Ahead
with all our turmoil, misgivings
and fears, 4 still believe there is a
| bright outlook ahead. We are more
critical today than we have ever
been OF social and political matters.
| We are also. more exacting. Crime
| Is easier to commit, easier to escape
| and more confusing than in the more
| simple days. We blame our courts
! for being slow but it is necessary
| that they follow q deliberate pro-
cedure in order to protect innocent
men. I have great respect for our
courts today. They will adjust
| themselves to the necessities of the
| times. We shall get control of the
situation and check violence. 1t may
take ten years or a generation but
| believe we are capable of handling
| the problem. One Of the great dam
| gers of today is the man who. feel
| ing that certain laws are obnoxious
| to him, will take matters into his
| own hands and attempt violence to
| overcome them. We have an order
| ly fashion of remedying our govern
mental ills by the forum of the ballot
/ and any man who takes the law into
his own hands and does violence to
1t is enthusiastically disposed.
Struggle for Harmony Of Nations
There is a great struggle on to-
day to bring the nations of the world
| into harmonious relations and place
them upon an understanding basis
so that they may settle their diff
ficulties by arbitration and upon the
basis of justice. International
Rotary, International Kiwanis. the
great allied churches movements and
the world formation of education
are all tending toward an upward
plane, getting the people acquainted
with each other and presenting the
| best side of human relations. The
extremist may be necessary to bring
out the best thought of the great
| middle classes of thinkers. We are
beset by extremists on every side on
every occasion. We have them to-
day. We have the hard-boiled mill
tarist who constantly puts up a
bogeyman in order to induce the
people to support huge contributions
or appropriations for military pur-
poses. On the other hand. we have
the half baked pacifist who would
throw down arms in the face of arm
ed foes. Let us reason together; let
US accept a just, reasonable. econ
omic and sound basic of prepared
ness and cut out our competitive
ornaments and huge standing
armies. the expense of which weighs
US down for generations to come.
| Ninety-three dollars out of every
hundred spent by the United States
last year went for war or the con-
tingencies of war and yet the aver
age family in the United States Is
eking cut mere existence and not
| laying by competence for future
years. A nation cannot be called
| PtoSpeiouS WILL HlaJorlty OF IT'S
citizens are prosperous. or are not
only making q living but laying by
for the future"
Commissioner Thomas said: 81
am glad to be a native son of the
/ State of Illinois, in which the i'm
mortal Lincoln began his great
career. l am also glad to be an
adopted son of the State of Maine
which furnished the granite with
enduring qualities for the monument
on Oak Hill which commentaries
the enduring qualities and virtues of
Abraham Lincoln"