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Vol. 8 No. 42
SIGNS OF THE TIME
We judge t hat Governor Strong
has reason to doubt the likeli
hood of his re-appointment. We
base without prejudice our con
clusions on his more recent ap
pointments. all of which he filled
■with Republicans or Wickersham
men.
It would be highly improbable
that he would adapt this course
were he not satisfied that the Dem
ocratic party has nothing more
for him, for it may be assumed
that the Republicans have not a
monopoly in line for any position
which the Democrats could not
fill as well.
It is a pity in a way that the
governor has seen lit to pursue
tins course for it rather endorses
everything those who have been
after his scalp have been charg
ing right along; to wit, that he
was not a Democrat at heart and
therefore was not entitled to hold
office as a Democrat.
In any event, however, in this
instance the govoner has taken
something like square jawed ac
tion and those who have been
charging him with being a
g^»>viiriat.o'i.i-». ir.oiiycoduie raigut
change their uiinds when they
observe with wlyd apparent deft
ness, firmness and love for the
work lie can till position after
position in his power to bestow,
with Republicans or Wicker
shamites. In this he is follow
ing his own bent. In the per
functory fulfillment of his office
as governor appointed by a Dora
ocratic administration he is Dem
cratic enough, in the appoint
rnenls where he consults none
but himself he is Republican or
Wickersharaitc: As of tiie Doug
las he may say,
Mv castle is wv king's along
From turret to foundation stone—
The hand of Douglas is his own 1
We judge that Governor
Strong rightly or wrongly sur
mises thaj another will occupy
Juneau’s gubernatorial castle
and his hand is getting busy in
appointments before it is stilled
again into civil life.—-Nome In
dustrial Worker
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AS WALT SEES IT
Although we’d cstu that kaiser .skate
and beef the kron prinx chap, we chant no
bitter hymn of hate as we go forth to scrap.
When we have polished off the Hun, no
vengeance we’ll demand; we’ll calmly put
away the gun in our umbrella stand. Some
nations, worn by pain and toil, may pos
sibly remark that William should l>o boiled
in oil, Ins son fed to a shark. But there’s
no hatred in our heart, we’re sane and cir
cumspect ; when we've upset Bill's apple
cart, harsh measures we’ll reject. We’ll
put old Kai.->cr Bill away where he can do
no harm, and set the kron priiu pitching
hay on some sequestered farm. For Iiin
denberg a lonely rock, an island bleak and
WHAT WE’LL GET FROM WAR
traitor and every near traitor in the United States is inquir
I mfl ing, “What are we going to get out of this war?”
Well, among other things, we are' going to ge$ a better grade of
patriotism than we have been having.
We are going to put an end to building up foreign colonies in the
United States as breeding places of treason.
We are going to quit making the foreigner believe he is the only
creature on earth worth while.
We are going to love every foreigner who really becomes an American,
and all others we are going to ship back home.
We are going to stop hiring men in banks and public offices simply be
cause they speak foreign languages.
In this way, we expect to encourage tfta speaking of the English lan
guage. We are going to have consultations with the I. W. W., to ascer
tain whether or not they have a real grievance or any just cause for their
treasonable mouthings and threats. If they have any just cause, we are
going to remove it; then we are going to shut their mouths for good and
all.
We are not going to let men come into the United States, without some
kind of a bond, guaranteeing that they are not going to engage in burning
property or in carrying on secret work on behalf of the country they came
from.
Out of this war, we iy;e going to get a new United States. We are
going to hate nobody, but we are going to be prepared to fight whenever
necessary.
We are going to have the freest country in the world, but we are not
goiug to alluw any traitorous highbrows to set their own standards of free
dom by which to convert freedom into treason.
There are a good many other things “we are going to get out of this I
war.” When the soldier boys come home, we are going to have two mil
lion of patriots who, having fought for the flag, will make good citizens
and thorough patriots.
The people of the United States are going to get more out of this war
than will be returned to any country in the world. —Des Moines Capital.
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--- l-nfl.T.iia.-i-.imift-'-.W-'M ~ .
bar.-, it here gulls around his head will flock
and lay eggs in his hair. We wish to set'
the German state once more a happy land,
and we shall whoop no hymn of hate when
old lied Bill is canned. But she must still
he pounded down till Bill no more shall
own his ermine, scepter, sword and crown,
his scrofula and throne. The kron prinz
must be in a crate, Pop Hindenberg in
jail, or (though we sing no hymn of hate)
our work will not avail.—Walt Mason.
OUTLINE OF NEW
SLAVIC KINGDOM
Corfu.—The premier and min
ister of foreign affairs of Serbia,
rhe venerable Nikola Pachitch,
today summed up for the Associ
a ted Press the main features of
the proposed new nation of the
southern Slavs, which is to unite
under one flag and one Icing a
self-governing population of 14,
000,000 persons.*
This effect is the appearance of
a new state in the sisterhood of
nations. It is the work of all the
political leaders of the various
Slav nations,and has the support
of the entente allies. M. Pach
itch had before him the formal1
pronouncement of this state a
sort of new declaration of inde
pendence.
M. Pachitch first took a large
map of the Balkans and pointed
out the sweep of the territory in
cluded in this new Slav kingdom.
“It. embraces,” he said, ‘‘the
territory over which the Serbs,
Croats and Slovens are distrib
uted through the western Bal
kans. They are aH essentially
one race, with one language,
which has been kept broken into
small groups by the political pol
icy of Austro Hungary. We now
propose to bring these scattered
groups together again, and give
them a democratic government
based on the noble principles de
fined by the United States.”
It would be a great sea power
as well, and the premier pointed
with satisfaction to the long sea
front on the Adriatic, giving ac
cess then to the Mediterranean,
the Atlantic, and the commerce
of the world. This is the coun
try which Austria has long split
into little rival communities,
trusting that their internal dis
cords would keep them from
u niting
All titles of nobility — baron,
conut, etc. —will be abolished.
The ancient form of a monarchy
is retained in reference to tradi
tion, and in recognition of the
eminent service of the Rare
georgevitch dynasty, which will
be at the head of the new state.
i
Complete freedom of religion]
will be guaranteed, Greek Ortho
dox, Roman Catholic and Mussel
man alike. Where there will be
one flag and one king for the
united nation, each state, Croa
tia, Serbia, Dalmatia, etc., will be |
autonomous and self governing j
on local affairs, much as the
states of the United States.
German Watchword
The German finance minister tells
the Wurtemburg chamber that Ger
many’s watchword after the war must
be '‘export much and import little.”
He also said that Germany had expend
ed $23,500,000,000 on the war and that
interest and war pensions would con
sume $1,750,000’000 a year.
—--*
Blarney
Bridget was foud of waiting at the
door of the church and complimenting
the priest on his sermon. One day the
priest remarked after an unusually
strong “bit o’ blarney.”
“Now, Bridget, you know that your
compliments fall off me like water off a
duck’s back.”
Nothing abashed, Bridget replied:
“Yes, father, but—the ducks like it.”
—Boston Transcript.
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la in the Tolstoi country this week
iooking after his mining interests.
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Did Teddy Do it? j
The kaiser and t tie crown prince were
sipping a cordial. I
“Father, who started the war?" j
quoth the crown prince, pulling at his!
cigarette.
“Why, we’ve proved it on England, 1
France and Belgium, to say nothing of j
Russia,” sharply answered the kaiser. !
“Yes, I know,” said the prince, “but j
who was really responsible?”
“Well,” his father answered, “if you
must know, it was like this: You re-:
member when Roosevelt came back
from Africa? I gave him a good time. ]
I showed him all around and I took him j
out and together we reviewed my army, j
When we got back to the palace, Teddy
clapped me on the hack and said: ‘Bill,
you can lick the world!’and, like a
damned fool, I believed him.”— Every- '
body’s Magazine.
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