Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — Page 2

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ANENT DICTATORS

A perpetual source of wonder and astonishment to the peoples of the Old World is the immense power in the hands of the President of the United States. The central powers endeavor to use it as an argument against the sincerity of our declarations as to the objects of this country, in the world struggle. They point out that our President is more of a dictator than any Hohenzollern or Hapshurg. Even our friends, the British, seem unable to reconcile his great powers with our proud boast of personal liberty. Viewed from an Old World point of'wiew we must confess the problem is a knotty one. From the viewpoint of democracy, however, the solution is very simple. And the one great outstanding principle that governs the situation is that of human volition. Kingly powers are matters of inheritance. Not one of the millions of the kaiser's subjects had the least voice in clothing him with the power he wields over them. Those powers were conferred first by might on his remote ancestors and passed on by might to their present possessors. The question of fitness to exercise those powers has never entered , into the situation. His power for evil is as absolute and unlimited as his power for good. Neither does the question of ability count, as witness the pitiful spectacle of imbecile rulers who have in the past dominated many of the old countries. As a matter of fact, mediocrity of intellect and aj paucity of moral fibre has character-! ized the majority of European nil-! ers as far back as history records. True, among them a really great |

character has developed occasionally, which is the one fact that has in any sense tended to mitigate the evils of the system. Widely different from this is the condition in this country. Here the principle of human volition and individual freedom of choice has full and free expression. Every President of this country has been in the fullest sense of the word the choice of the people. Primarily, he has not one iota of power not enjoyed by the humblest citizen of the republic. His power is a delegated power, and that only for a season and an emergency. At the end of that season or emergency, his power is stripped from him, and he resumes his place as merely one of the millions. t In the matter of personal fitness, too, the Presidents of the United States have in every instance measured up to the highest standard. Not one has ever proven recreant to the high trust imposed in him. All, without exception, have been men of probity and high ideals. As a matter of fact, the manner of their choosing guarantees this unless the people themselves were decadent. From all of which it can be seen that European distatorships are one man dictatorships, while the American brand —if it can be so called, is a dictatorship of the masses—in fact, one hundred million strong.

“SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY’’

Just at this time the world is anxiously inquiring the inward meaning of President Wilson’s immortal phrase, “safe for democracy.’’ Just what is “safe,’’ and just what is “democracy?’’ In the first place, safety, while it must contain the element of freedom, must NOT grant license. Safety means security—of the individual, the group, the community-,-the state, the nation, the world—security from the FORCEFUL encroachment of others. It MUST carry with it exemption from violence. Likewise democracy means free-dom—-of the individual, the group, the community, the state, the nation, the world —freedom in the i enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But freedom, made absolute, would nullify SAFETY and result in anarchy. Therefore freedom must be bounded by equity. The divine principle of RIGHT decrees that noiM shall climb to success on the downfall of another. Your brother’s unmerited loss must not be your gain. And this must apply not only to individuals, but to voluntary groups, communities, states, nations. It must be worldwide. Given a world-wide recognition of this principle, we have the very essence of democracy. When all individuals and groups shall recognize the RIGHTS of other individuals and groups, and concede them, then will the world be “safe for democracy.” If any are inclined to paraphrase Pilate and ask, “What is Right?’’ we would answer, an equitable allotment of the opportunities of earth and of life.

DO WITHOUT-AND DO

By WILBUR D. NESBIT.

A great many- millions of people in other lands have been thinking about us for the past three years. They have thought that we were a spineless nation, that we could be slapped in the face and kicked for good measure. They have thought that we were so •aiTiHd of trotiblVthat we would st-a-wi-for anything rather than tackle it if it came our way. Today they are changing their minds, We are giving the world a demonstration of what,,tile underlying principles of this country are. We are showing the world that wo have never had the slightest Idea of spelling “American” with any other than a capital A. Doing this costs money. It is easy enough to wave a flag and cheer the soldiers; it Is easy enough to orate patriotic things and praise the names of Washington and Lincoln. But the acid test of war is sifting citizenship. It is making us realize that we cannot have national strength without something to back it up. That’S why the second Liberty loan Is announced, We might as well get used to supporting Liberty loans. You can’t “do your bit” by wearing a button for one bond. We’ve got to pay for that Americanism of which we have been so- proud, if we expect to keep on being proud of it. It means sacrifices. It means each of us has got to do the biggest things he can do for his country.

If a million, or two million, men can stand behind its and the hell that was made of Belgium and northern France then we can stand back of those men and pay for the guns and Ammunition and clothing and food they have to have. Suppose you did buy one Libert\ bond. Suppose you bought a thousand dollars’ worth, or a hundred thousand dollars’ worth. Buy another. Double your Investment. Can’t afford it? We have to afford it—this tinrn, and the next, and the next, and every time until the war is won. We’ll have to do without something, if that is the only way we can do something for our country. If you have to do without a dress, or an overcoat, to buy a Liberty bond do without. You’d rather have peaces and a bond paying you 4 per cent, than a dress or on overcoat, and war costing you your home, and your sons, and your brothers. wouldn’t you? If we can’t put (his second Liberty loan over except by doing without something then let’s do without. For, if we can’t make a loan to Liberty, then one of these days we will see Liberty in pawn.

LIBERTY BONDS AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

The sale of the second Liberty loan bond issue at this time has been hailed in many quarters as being particularly tlmeiy . This applies especially to people who are anxious to make Christmas gifts of unusual value, because they will be able, by making small payments from time to time, to acquire Liberty bonds before the arrival of the holiday season. Brokers in New York are calling the attention of their clients to this opportunity. Many of their customers annually buy stocks or bonds for relatives, and this year all will be urged to buy Liberty bonds of the later Issue. By subscribing now they will be aiding the government to make a quick and splendid success of the loan. Most hanks are willing to receive small deposits weekly In order to enable buyers of the bonds to pay for them in full by Christmas. • '• . ■ ■ - ° ' • ' ■ . . • ■ ■

Does America Know? (Ruth - Wright Kauffman, special correspondent of The Vigilantes, sends the following appeal from Paris:) DOES AMERICA KNOW— That there is a WAR going on in Europe? That the WASTAGE on the British front alone is 2,000 MEN A DAY? That a present of 100,000 AIRSHIPS to the allies will do no good unless the ENGINES are of the sort THAT CAN BE USED at the front? Thpt when America pends MEN to France, the men must be FED and CLOTHED and given GUNS? That the MAINTENANCE of an army at the front is the maintenance of a city as big as Chicago suddenly dumped in the middle of a desert? ’lhat England has had to build her own DOCKS in northern France to receive her transports? That it’s like offering A LIVE ELEPHANT to a baby to offer to France American troops without maintenance? THAT EVERY DAY THERE ARE FEWER MEN LIVING IN THAT THIN HUMAN WALL WHICH DIVIDES GERMANY FROM NEW YORK? That there REALLY are such things as SHELLS and BOMBS and POISONOUS GAS and LIQUID flame, and that when these things strike you, they HURT 7 That either: \ IT’S UP TO AMERICA TO STRAIN NERVE OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND FINISH THIS WAR PROPERLY. Or: . ' • ' IT’S UP TO EVERY WORKINGMAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAND OVER SO MUCH PER WEEK OUT OF HIS WAGE FOR THE REST OF HIS NATURAL EXISTENCE INTO GERMANY’S POCKETBOOK, AND PAY FOR THIS WAR PROPERLY. MUST WAR PUT ITS IRON FINGERS ON THE THROAT OF EACH SMALL TOWN OF , THE UNITED STATES BEFORE AMERICA RUBS ITS EYES AND YAWNS AND TRIES—TOO LATE -TO JUMP OUT OF BED?

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

AMERICAN WOMEN WILL BUY BONDS

By MARTHA KIMBALL WOOD,

Member Women’s Liberty Loin Committee. Never T> efore Tn history, save Id the mind of Pinto in his ideal republic, has the economic or financial aid of women been sought by the government of a nation. Since Susan B. Anthony sounded'the, reveille of equal suffrage, women tjie world over have been clamoring for their rights. And now that the government asks our aid, in no way will women gain suffrage more surely than through responding to every call the government makes upon them. Washington has asked us to conserve foodstuffs and other necessities of life; to support the lied Cross; to register women for war service; to protect tlie interest of women and children in. industry; to relieve the suffering of our allies in this great entente; yet at the same time to curtail in no' way our aid to home charities. These requests prove that while in some states suffrage is withheld, the government feels that we are entirely capable of doing any work asked of us; and now the supreme test, from a man's standpoint, is placed in our hands to he of financial aid to the government of the United States. These thoughts have been in the mind of every thinking woman and are reasons why every woman should support the Liberty Loan. However, Ido not believe them to be the supreme reasons why they will support the loan.

Every real woman is potentially a mother. In our new National Army there are 687,000 “first call” men; and this means nearly a million mothers anxious that the war should cease before their sons are called upon to face the sacrifice required of the boys of other nations. And there are countless other mothers, without sons to offer, but knowing that unless our troops are successful and the war speedily closed, their daughters may have to bear the shame under which the girls of invaded Europe tire crushed. Will these mothers feel that they can refuse t©' support this second Liberty Loan? No real woman with mother instinct, who has read of the flower of European' youth—clean and sweet and strong —enduring the filth of the trenches; facing malignant ruthlessness of the enemy’s onslaughts; returning maimed, blinded, and eaten with disease —no woman picturing even faintly the sickening horror which brutal lust has wrought upon the girls of France, Belgium and Serbia —will hesitate for one moment in doing anything to cut short the duration of tills war. For the protection of their sons and daughters, Amoiicuu women will buy Liberty bonds.

MUST OVERWHELM THE KAISER

By RUTH LAW,

Famous Aviatrix. The government litis asked us for another great Liberty Loan. Thousands of American men and women are wondering what they can do to help bring peace to the distracted world. The word war is beginning to bring horror to our hearts, as it has brought horror to the hearts of men and women of Europe ever since 1914. Our boys are now in that dreadful cauldron of death and suffering, the battlefield of France. Many a mother lias sent her only son away to the land she has never seen to fight for the cause of Liberty and Freedom.

MONEY TO LOAN On Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Crops or Farm Implements WALLACE & BAUGH,

Other mothers have given several son* for this noble cause. This is the moment of opportunity. Grasp- it before it is too late. Subscribe to the new Liberty Loan, the loan that is $o help bring back our sons, brothers and fathers from a war that was forced upon us by the German kaiser. We must show the enemy of democracy and liberty that every last American is standing back of Uncle Sam with every penny that we possess. Let us show the Germans that the great masses of the American people are individually working for peace by subscribing to the new Liberty Loan. Particularly, men and women ot small means, this is your opportunity to do yqur bit for Uncle Sam. We will overwhelm the kaiser’s forces with money, men and airplanes and drive them’ forever from the fields of BUY YOUR BOND FOR LIBERTY TODAY.

BRYAN BOOSTS LIBERTY SALE.

Every American’s paramount duty is to stand behind the president and congress and support “anything and everything our government does in this war,” William .Tennings Bryan told members of the New York Advertising club. „ “The furnishing of money, said Mr. Bryan, “is one of the most important ways of supporting the government. Before we entered the war it was a matter of opinion and discussion but it is no longer a question of opinion. It is time for action now." He declared he would make no complaint against high taxes as long as there are men giving their lives for the country. I shall not put the dollar above the man nor property above blood,” h* said.

WHO GETS THE MONEY?

When an Englishman, or a Frenchman, or a subject of any of the other allied countries, buys a government bond, he knows that a large portion of his money will he spent outside his native land. When an American buys a government bond, he knows that every cent of his money will be spent right here at home. It will be spent on the navy, the army, in cantonments, in shipyards — in a myriad ways and places —but none of it will be spent abroad. Thus, when a man buys a SIOO Liberty bond of the second issue—or a SI,OOO bond, or a bond of any other denomination that may suit his ‘pocketbook —he may possess the comfortable feeling that he is contributing directly to the prosperity Pf America. Nearly $80,000,000 is now being spent in navy yards, training stations, 'submarines and aviation bases, warehouses for supplies and munitions, shops, foundries, shipways, drydocks. The shipyards of America are now taxed to the utmost in building destrovers and submarine chasers, and contracts have been made for 32,000ton battleships, five battle cruisers of 35,000 tons each, six scout cruisers and many auxiliary craft. The navy has patrolled the American coast since the day we declared war on Germany; and for this purpose w*e have requisitioned yachts, fishing vessels, motorboats and other minor craft. ■ These are but a few of the ways in which the Liberty bondholders’ money la spent; but they are enough to answer the question which heads this editorial. And the answer to that question is: “We get the money, of course.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERB Mayor Charles G. Spltler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer........ Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Mar5ha1............ Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborn* Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councllmen Ist Ward.... Ray Wood 2nd Ward... Frank Tobias 3rd Ward Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge.-Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERB Clerk Jesse Nichole Sheriff B. D. McCoUy Auditor. J. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott Surveyor E. D. Nesbitt Coroner..... .. .Dr. C. BS. Johnson County Assessor. .G. L. Thornton County Agent. .Stewart Learning Health Oilicer. .Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd Distrist D. S. Makeever 3rd District....... .Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdett Porter Carpenter James Stevens.... Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John Kolhoff.. Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchi1d.......... Keener Harvey . Wood. jr.... Marlon George FouJks Mllroy John Rush Newton George Hammerton Union Joseph Salrin.. .....Walker Albert S Keene Wheatfleld M. L. Sterret't, Co. Supt. Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, Rensselaer

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