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; Vol. 28 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 4, 1917 No. 5
' I An Independent Paper Published Under
:: the Management of T. L. Holman ::
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,' A Terrifying Prospect
ffci 'HE I. W. W. have become a positive menace
C to the nation and threaten to institute a gen-
' ta ora rojgn 0f terror throughout the land un-
; less the ring leaders are immediately apprehended
' and punished to the full extent of the law. The
' time has come when no man's property is safe and
even life itself is held cheap, so long as these
arch criminals against society are permitted to
run at large. The anarchists are well organized
and are out for blood. Their admitted plan is to
fan the smoldering fires of class hatred into a
, mighty flame that will sweep across the country
in an overwhelming conflagration. America is
, deeply concerned with her preparations to with
stand her foes from without; she has far more to
fear of her foes from within.
I It is time for the authorities to act. No com
munity can longer afford to harbor a nest of the
traitors. Local authorities have been sadly dere
lict In their duties. The constitutional guarantee
of free speech and of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, does not convey to any individual
the right to damn the government or to design its
? overthrow. We believe in the due process of law,
of course, but the miscreant who deliberately
chooses to become an outlaw thereby forfeits
the protection that good citizens enjoy under the
law. And so, in view of the vicious threats mado
by these syndicalists, the peace officers should
proceed at once to make a sweeping search for the
outlaws and jail every one found within the com-
! munity.
5 It will not do to simply drive them out of the
I city. That plan has failed. Wherever they lodge
they are a contamination, and so to pass them
along to some other community is just about as
sensible as to scatter a contagion to the winds.
We cannot afford to commit such a crime against
our neighbors. The responsibility is our's and we
should assume it. A state to the south is at pres
ent over-run by the outlaws. Another to the north
has already resorted to lynch law and is now fac4
ing civil war. Utah will soon be in the center of
k the turmoil unless she makes every minute count
I ' from now on. Those charged with the duty of
I preserving peace and order must move at once.
, I The law's delay is no longer to bo countenanced.
' The seditious outfit belong behind the bars. There
are men in the penitentiary who, compared with
these undesirable citizens, are patriots of a high
order.
t It is an outrage that in this great country, the
. asylum for the oppressed of every clime, the na-
' tion that is now buckling on its armor to strike a
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mighty blow in defense of civilization and for the
uplift of humanity, there should be allowed to roam
at large a lawless element seeking to overthrow
the social institutions that guarantee them the
very liberties they abuse. No government can
countenance such a violent propaganda within its
domain and long endure. Unless the authorities
take the matter in hand, vigilance committees will
spring up from the ranks of the citizens and then
a reign of terror will set in that will shake the
country from ocean to ocean.
At the outbreak of the war, Prance had a sim
ilar situation to meet. Inside of a week some 300
men from the Midi were stood up against the wall
and shot for trying to persuade Frenchmen not
GODSPEED, SAMMY
(ZfjfO long, Sammy. Gee! 1 wish that I
XS were you
A-hiking in my khaki with a thousand
comrades true,
So long, Sammy. Gee! I wish I had your
chance
If it wasn't for the kiddies I'd be off with
you to France.
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Bye-bye, Sammy, all the world is watching
you,
A-wondering and a-wonderlng just what you
are going to do.
Bye-bye, Sammy, keep your chin a-polntlng
high,
And don't you mind the teardrop that's
a-glistening in my eye.
So long, Sammy. Gee! I wish that I were
you,
A-fightin' . my khaki for the Red and
White and Blue.
So long, Sammy; you're the boy they've
picked to win,
Be sure to write and tell us when you
get to old Berlin.
S. P. Bulletin.
to fight. These men were syndicalists, corres
ponding to the I. W. W. of this country. In every
Instance a postcard was sent to their families or
friends with" the following words printed thereon
in largo typo: 'Your was shot this morn
ing for cowardice." That ended the uprising in
France. It may yet become necessary to resort
to similar means in America. We hope such
drastic measures will not be required. The trait
ors have had fair warning, however, and we re
peat that it is time for the authorities to move.
Dictates And Desire.8 H
'HERE is in human nature a strong disposl- fM
K-X tion to bo refractory. To be told one MUST H
NOT immediately causes the bristles to rise and H
one's complacency to vanish. The feeling quite 9
naturally comes that liberty of action has been 1H
curtailed. The latent centrifugal forces in man- IH
kind which cause us to fly off the circle of good BH
citizenship and to follow our own designs, in tie- H
pendent of the rights of others, is so strong that
it is most difficult to control at times. Particular- ,H
ly is this true if pecuniary interests are involved H
or that which we regard as an especial pleasure H
is interdicted. ,1
If the interests of society demand that one of ;
our pet predilections be placed under the ban, wo H
feel that we have been unjustly discriminated H
against and we fly the track, breathing threaten- yH
ings and slaughter. Yet we soon return, recon- l.J
ciled to the new order of things and glad to re- (iH
surae our seat by the wayside. We then confess M
that there are worse places than tills old world M
and, although we have been called upon to sur- M
render many of our so-called Inherent rights in H
order that the social structure may afford protec- H
tion to lis and ours, we still feel that we have H
made a mighty good bargain. And then wo con- HH
gratulate ourselves that we got into line without !H
getting the swift kick that was coming to us. H
Then, when we reflect that the silent power we H
call the LAW has enabled us to build and occupy H
our homes in peace and safety, and to feel secure H
in our business investments; and that its unseen H
hand guards us by day and by night on our own H
shores and in distant lands; we are seized with M
an impulse to gaze upon the colors that float from IH
many a flagstaff and say to ourselves: "Well, I. do IH
like a little snifter of whiskey, now and then, but H
if the LAW says 'don't,' I suppose I had bettor H
forego the pleasure." This is not servility; it is H
loyalty and what is more, it is good common H
sense. For the observance of such a duty has its H
compensations. H
Rhymes Of The Rookies I
BLTHOUGH the Muse seems to bo marching H
shoulder to shoulder with Mars it cannot bo M
said that her inspirations have resulted in any IH
notable contributions to classic literature to date. IH
It still remains for the gifted pen of some undis- H
covered genius to set to verse a graphic descrip- (I
tion of the stirring events of the times such as H
Avill go thundering down the ages as the great IH
epic of the period. And while we await the touch H
of a master hand we must, perforce, content our- H
solves to scan the great mass of miscellaneous and . H
mediocre verse that is now choking the columns H
of the current periodicals. I'M
Most refreshing of all' are the jingling rhymes M
that are coming from the training camps. As a M
rule they are simple and unpretentious parodies M
on the old favorites and there is nothing original IH
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