( R. F. Beasley. THE MONROE JOURNAL trast- Anl l!le5r unconsciously as- -iP.;o.n! q ri"" pSuoiojd Saoi ; sumed that such a man must be a able. The public, whose servtcu Founded In 1S?4 by the present counterpart of Wilson, only a little both the roads and the men are. could owners and put.her, G. M. and Wot if nnssihle. and nossessinsr the nitf rnnl pmnl.ifi ml treat an iniuw- ; Wilson qualities more conspicuously. ' tice w ith any degree of equinimity. jThis a a most pronounced, if un- It Las a right to p otest. The que- cunsptcuous tnouie w air. uson. tor . uoa is. now tar u.es tnis right go rublUhtrd IjicH Tuesday "d Friday. ' tn,ir subconscious minds never for a ' and what Is the natural tendency ; moment contemplated the mistake of Us assertion. If there is an a?ree- putting up a contrast. i ment whereby both sides may do tl:e j No-, their trouble was that anions face saving stunt by reason of the all the active leaders of that party President' interference, and no strike there was 1.0 man who. came within ( results, well and i; od. But a-uppntse a mile of the standard as there was t'at. moral j-u'sim t''.:it he Is able to ' not another oae in the Demociatie tXen fails aud t.e determination to UIUIUIIIITTTTTTTTTI I I 111! 11 HfTTtIlflltllii.il 1 11 ill 1L F. UKALEY, Editor U.OO per Ver. Telephone No. 19. The Journal Building, corner Jettersou and Beasley Streets. I KIPAY. AI M ST IH. lflltt. lr to Claim'. The Kaiser has said that while he docs rot consider himself to blame for t'.l U::r he does not doubt that foiiii' blame attache to lam, as, he thinks. ;i .ia pen. on attaches to ev ery ih !; .! mail i t Kurope, and he does Hi I liv.del'la:;.! why nelltlal peo ples r. L.iril I, mi the chief oifcnd er. We do not k:;,iw whether he niad' these remark .; not. but it doesn't matter. For the purpn.-e ol this argu ment, it n..! tii- ailmi't, a that he is no more to I.!, i.io- than others in re- Fpon.-iMo positioijs. Tlii- treat mas.-s of men are to blame only in so far us they itnerantly permit themselves to be deceived by the arguments of their rulers. At preseut the element of war exists in every country that has the power to make war. The fuel is all asMitehlcd, the kindling in place, and most any accidental oc- . currence may strike the (lame. Kv ery country preaches the doctrine that it must have force to defend its . rights and everyone holds that it is the sole judge of its own rights. When j two s' lhborn neighbors fall out over a bound.' ry line, neither can enforce his i ii:h!-. except by appealing to a ! third !; i-i y a disinterested jury, j Neitlu i.- ;ae absolute judge of what his rights .ire, and if one disregards j the l.'v, i nd undertakes to enforce! his iil'ii; by shot gun methods, the: law then steps in and takes hold of' him oii its own accord. j But v. hen two rulers fall out each is the judge df his own ri;;hts and each demands that the other must surrender in into what he regards us his rights. When the argument gets pretty heated the stronger one is.-.ues an ultimatum, and the other in. backs down unless lie feels strong enough to resist himself or hy :i., uid of his friends. Austria is.-ued an ultimatum to Servia. Germany is sued an ultimatum to Russia. This country is supposed to bo a peaceful one, yet h candidate for t ho chief of fice Is waltzing all over the land preaching the identical doctrine which brought on the European war. He wants the country to :isert its rights, that is, he wants it to be in a position to nuike the others aban don what they conceive to he their rights whenever h" chooses to tell them that they must. In so far as he is able lie is deceiving the Ameri can people just as (ho Kuropean lead eis docoiwd their pioplo ini'i adopt ing the doctrine that makes war In evitable. Mr. Wilson has prevent d; ar VllU Germany by persuading, Germany to give tip .the contentions, for the things that she regarded as her rights., lie has pn vented war with Mexico hv refusing to adopt a ... i policy ol murder upon a helpless peo ple struggling: in their own light for rejuvenation. Mr. Hughes is thun dering against hint for having done this. "If 1 nm President," says Mr. Hughes, "I will make them respect -our right:" That is, he would issue aa "ultimatum against a weaker na tion, and provoke a stronger one to Issue an ultimatum against us. And millions of Americans who ought to have more sense ate falling for this rotten and worn out doctrine. Mr. Hughes is reviving in America the idea that was old in the time of Greece and other ancient nations, namely, that every people not under our flag is an enemy If not a barba rian. Our word barbarian is taken bodily from the Greek work which meant a foreigner. It is past under standing to us that a man of Mr. Hughes' character and standing can permit himself to make the kind of arguments he does. His old gags on the outworn tariff question and his incitement of the Ignorant hostility to other nations, seem to us like in tellectual stuliflcatlon In a man of in telligence In this day and time. party. But there was Mr. Hughes. He did not talk, and nobody knew what he beleivcj or really what kind of a man he was. Having air-. un created the Wilson prototype for their candidate, they assumed that Mr. Hughes vus It. and this myth grew and grew. The less Mr. Hugh.es said, and he said nothing, the more did the fancy grow that he was the man cast large in the mold of statesmanship made popular and understandable by ' Mr. Wilson. It followed the well ' known principle that the man who says nothing and looks wise gradually attains the reputation of wi.-doni. It was not the fault of Mr. Hughes that the boosters made him a super-Wilson, but that very thing gave him the nomination. A super ' Wilson was what was needed ana popular imagination created the myth that Mr. Hughes was such. Now we are finding out that he is not. He is an ordinary political campaigner who makes mountains out of mote hills and skips all the mountains while searching for mole hills. He. is paramounting the old tariff (skeleton and shaking gory fingers at the foreigners. And the Hughes myth i has exploded. A Straw. When President Wilson volunteered to see both sides to the controversy which threatened to plunge this country into a great disaster by ty ing up all railroad traffiic, it was not i!: rough any mere sentiment which deplores controversy between t!i- corporations and the men who work for them, but it was as of right for the chief executive to so intercede in ftehalf of neither side, but i:i b h;'!f (f the American people. Mi. Wilson said so much. The tlisastet that would ensue from such a strike strike is not abandoned, what then? It may not rapptn this time, for Vuhlie s-n;imci. travels slowly, but it certainly will happen ere long, that the public will a.--u:ne the rijht t pnvent a strike eveu to the extent of operating the roads itself in case their managers or iio-n will not. And then how far will thin be from gov-t-rntmnt ownership? One" strike on the scale of that contemplated would do more to force public ownership than all the diseu'on and argument of a c ntury. As all railroad employees become better and better organized, the or ganizations will dictate the policy of the roads. In case of controversy.if the government by force protects the companies in the operations of trains by other men than those of the or ganizations, it will be tantamount to taking sides with the roads against i the men, for without the power to strike the men are helpless. The power to strike effectively rests upon the power to prevent other workers I from taking the place of the strik ers. In Industrial strikes all the bloodshed Is caused by the introduc tion of armies or militia to protect the new men that come in. That works, however unjustly, when the less skilled and less intelligent bodies of men are the strikes, but obviously. It will not work where the whole field of intelligent labor of the coun try is involved. Then what? Are the railroads to be forced to give way to the demands of the men? This again wotUd be a one-sided affair. These situations point in one direc tion and one only to government ownership of public utilities. Includ ing the railroads, the greatest and most important of nil. We are not ' arguing for or against, because there is no need to. Events will themselves be the argument, and that is the way ! we interpret events. a X IS COMING (mm Wed. and Ihurs. AUGUST 23rd and 21th. That Silent Suffragette j A SILENT suffragette was once walking nlon? a quiet road when she was met by a committee. Said the committee: 'Vte wish you to speuk tonight In the town hall." Come and see these woolens in the full piece and be measured by The GLOBE EXPERT ORDERS TAKEN for Immediate or Future Delivery JOS. P. ALLEN REPRESENTING the GLOBE TAILORING CO. CINCINNATI Globe Expert In Charge. W. H. BELK & BRO. DEPARTMENT STORE Ira lir lIIIlIIIlIITIITITITITIIIIIIIIIHTttTTTTTTtTttTTTTTllH,,,tT tllH.I, She shook her head silently nnd passed on. friend. Soon she was met by "I wnnt you to spend Hie nftertioon In my house nnd talk to some people who are doubtful about the place that woman should occupy In uie hi iu a Hiimrs. Again she shook her head and passed on. P. S.-Thls story is not continued, because, according to the most advanced school of fiction writlmr. every story at the very start should impress the reader ns something that might possibly happen. Maybe we shall succeed better next time. Thank you. Xow York Sun. AAVWAAVVVWWVVVV tWWWVWWVWWVWt V see Sv-nr?e See Grace Cunard ll See Un Swift Iff Gripping Action See the Thrilling Events Weekly When We Set t p a Myth In tho Adventurer cf The world has often bowed before a myth, and It keeps on bow-ins. The public Is prone to make myths to Fuit its fancy. The latest example of myth worship is very striking. The reality of Mr. Hushes as a candidate is a sharp and painful contrast to the Myth which the public, and especially )the Republican party, bad erected and fancied it was the real Mr. Hughes. It I another case of finding that the feet of the Idol are made of clay. Confronted by the astonishing ca reer of Mr. Wilson as President, and knowing that the country would not well take to a smaller man of any party, the Republicans spent months In looking for "tome good man" who might be pittled against Mr. Wilson without suffering too much by con- teGOTHERnwr U r Iwt of wi'l vntrancint Dhotoolar action if lW. ,I.1UI,i V A II yoM r r hm of wu t entrancing photopUr action if yoa Uka delight In tna alMflrbiag portrayal ot a tm to-life romanca of lova and adVantura particularly mat ot laKtnatini circus lile, aaa To Adrenturca of Pea O The km?" everv wf.-k for I & o,a,.kt ML. c l c i I wc vunaro. premier "creen .tar. who hare delighted nUlnm of peo. pmm nnm arnai pictures. ini will be charmed, enter. umta. iaKina:ed ny the kaleMtoecoDic art.on. ml. rhwli Mm wn.a f-n a 1 'T- - A , . n ' ..... ,. - - - - wum ,n n nsrvniiinfl or r i ne mi it s tne wonder eenal and truly the ereateat eann. ae u una wee see U every week. nsotpeo. 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