Show IT IS EASY to understand why other nations have been more ready than the united states to ratify vie the peace treaty none ot of the others was called upon to make a supreme sacrifice ACTUATED ONLY by upright and patriotic considerations moved neither by passion nor selfishness the government will continue its watchful care over the rights and property y of at american citizens william mckinley mckenley AT A RECENT public meeting in washington attorney general palmer was introduced as aa a pos possible tible president of the united states the introducer is a bad judge ol of the american people no man is a 9 possible president ot of the united states who must be goaded into enforcing the laws and who calls certain men criminals and then compromises with them in order to induce them to obey the law COMMON sense must be used in regards to the epidemic of influenza yet people must not become panic stricken state health officer beattie says there is no cause tor for alarm and he knows and his judgment should be given proper weight cars care must be exercised however and public 1 places kept sanitary f fear ear banished and regular dat dally routine followed as close as possible keep cool and do not permit unnecessary excitement cit ement to stand you on your head as it were OUR RECENT red guests landed at hango breathing out angs and slaughter against a country which had the effrontery to object to plots against its own integrity indeed one ot of them did worse vorie than that emma goldman declared that she loved america and would not permanently forsake it ft but would return to save it against itsell itself that was we must say pretty near the linit this ladas hatred nd a endure with equanimity but her love is indeed 2 mufeh much what haap we ever done to deserve suh an infliction harveys weekly REFERRING to the summary suspension of the new york socialist dr nicholas murray butler says the legality of an act is by no means the only test of its propriety we must consider how the act will strike the public in this particular case the cause of 0 americanism was weakened because the issue was confused in the public mind to the benefit 0 of the socialists tile the action was of such a character as to enable the socialist members to assert that fundamental american principles of representative govern merit ment were being violated so that hundreds and thousands ol of non soca allots spring sprang to thew their defense it men were elected to public office who are bound by solemn pledge to obey or take orders from some extra governmental or extra constitution al authority they cannot honestly take the oath of office to support the constitution of the nation or state it if they hold office and are bent upon measures which it carried into effect would over the american torm form of government they simply perjure themselves when they take the prescribed oath it would be the ills height of tolly folly to stretch the basic principle of tree free speech and of representative government to cover such cases as these common sense puts a limit on such doctrines and indicates the point at which liberty passes into very dangerous license SENATOR CAPPER ot of kansas points out that just when lien the american people appear to be forgetting the alio costly error ot at omission committed by the government in failing to make inake provision tor for an adequate sugar supply the el clap ap another cent or two on the retail price and lie he whole miserable fia fiasco 0 is again brought before the public public attention tle tile governments refusal to purchase the cuban crop when it was available at a reasonable price and thus provide against a sugar shortage and prices in the un united ted states will III cost the people of this this coubry about in the I 1 opinion of senator capper but that is ia not all of 0 senator cappers complaint ho he insists that there la Is plen pien ty of sugar to be had at high prices W which aich is prima facie evidence that tile the boarders hoar ders have the situation in hand tor for their own E especial benefit he says although our exports of j sugar to great britain alone have jumped per cent and we have in r recent months shipped more than pounds dounda of it to the united kingdom there are fairly N well ell authenticated reports of v vast ast hoards of sugar in new york and new jersey sugar at 11 ll cents the war price is tremendously scarce in these localities but sugar L at 22 and 23 cents Is as plentiful as eyer ever t |