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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1923)
lan G ro w s B igger an d Better •ry — b i t P io v U n m w- K, KLETIINU <<NOTFO|t SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS** A M E R IC A sN O W FA C IN G A CRISIS. TI m first official nut of CnhriR Oootidgd ("Cnutioiu C*l”). Acting President of the United States, aside from formal orders concerning the use of the. White House and minor affairs of state, was to fill his fountain pea from the ink-well of Tumulty and writs a message of fulsome praise to the black-robed Knights of Colum bus, who were assembled in annual convention, Monday, August ♦, at Montreal. Quebec. This message, which Cool idge sent in behalf of all the people of the United States, hailed the Knights of Columbia»—militant sol diers of the Black Pope—as “A patriotic order, steadfastly de voted to American principles and ideals.” __This disgusting and amreiti sop to the cohorts of political Ro- m.Tiiim was sent the minute this little m sa wss settled in hi* chair, before he bad <kmned,his official slippers. He was reassur ing hjs masters, who twjce elected him as Governor of Massachus etts, that he still was a good little fugleman and could be depended upon fee do the right thing for them. * .J-. Coolidge is a fine patriotic American, and so in the Pop* of jubilant “Kaseys" a t their intenfstional convention this week at Montreal. The message wee presented formally by William C. Prout, K. of C., state department of Massachusetts. One must be altogether satisfactory to the Roman hierarchy, in order to be elected once as Governor of Massachusetts, and Cool idge was elected twice. Boston; the hub of Romanism, rules the State, politically, and the papal adherents rule Boston. Why, they recently chased an eminent Mbson. Mr. Angus Acree, out of Boston during the national convention of the Masonic Clubs, because he had dared to hand out sample copies of “The Fellowship Forum.” the great and famous Masonic newspaper, published at Washing ton, D. C., and esteemed by all true Americans. Mr. Acree was mauled around publicly by the Roman Mayor’s thugs, treated worse than any civilized person would trea t a vagrant dog, hustled ]to the train like a convict and brutally banished from the city. Mr. Acree is an honored Mason, a first-class American of an old and prominent family of patriots, and a member of several hon orable orders. While this was going on, the autocratic “Kaseys” were swarm ing in the Masonic convention, making themselves conspicuous on the floor, while the official alternates of the Masonic delegates were compelled to occupy seats in the peanut gallery. Yes! We have no bananas! Let’s ail unite in singing, with a vengeance. But, we have to- matrtoea, and po-tat-toea, and pickles and beans! Plenty of beans— the kind so loved by the blue-bellied, bean-stuffing, tight-lipped Yankees of Boston, whose memories and whose future lie in the past. The puritanical, narrow-minded, unyielding spirit of autoc racy is at last ascendant, for just a little while—the same spirit, somewhat refined, that set the red fires for the “witches” of Salem. The revival of the inquisition may be expected, in more refined but none the less effective farms. How the papal hierarchy must rtjoice! The horse laugh is resounding! How Governor A1 Smith of New York must rage in disappointment, for Coolidge on the job is the Roman favorite. No chance for Al(cohol) Smith this time. Behold the papal line-up in Massachusetts: Senator Walsh, member of the Supreme Council of the K. of C.; Governor Cox, a faithful henchman; ea-Goveraor Russell, K. C.; Gillette, speaker of the House, favorite of the K. C .; Stearns, the Jewish merchant of Bouton, the personal guide and confidante of "Cautious Cal” ; Sen ator Lodge, now in his dotage, who does not amount to anything, and every employe in his office is a faithful K. C., and many others, too numerous to mention—a fine outfit, indeed! AH Amer ican and patriotic, “true to the highest American ideals, all stead fastly devoted to American principles.” Thank God, Albeit B. Fall is out of the official picture. Fail represented the hierarchy of Old Mexico for fourteen years in the Senate. He was the late President Harding’s closest friend and was elevated to a position in the Cabinet—Secretary of the Interior. Fall is a multi-millionaire, a fourth degree Knight of Columbus, and a member of the Supreme Council. This wad the first time in the history of America that a Roman Catholic ever sat in the President’s Cabinet—the first time in the history of America th a t the secrets o f state were available to Rome, possibly through the service of a Cabinet member. Such tremendous Pj-otestant pres sure was brought to bear upon the Republican administration that Fall finally resigned, and now he is out of the official family. Let us hope for the best. The times are sadly out of joint, m a lw a y a r e v r e A m e ric a b y r a i s i n g i p a g r o a t le a d e r at the right time. He la going to appear in the next few months. At this time It took* like WiHtoto Gibbs McAtfeo. His ability iß unquestioned. He is a tried and true America*. He hM the cour age to tackle and the brains to solve the prowing problems of the nation. He also will follow George Washington^ advice and “Put none bet Asn ricana on guard,” The talk of Henry Ford in publicity piffle. The American people are not so insanely foolish as to piek a man of his small caH- bro for the epoch-marking crisis now looming before the eountry. The next President must b» a first-class statesman and business man, a tireless worker, of infinit» capacity, an American patriot, heart and soul, with courage and genius for any emergency. Mr. McAdoo at this tjrae seems to ho the well prepared M— of Destiny. He is twenty times bigger in every way than any mas so fa r men tioned for nomination, and he has had priceless experience. He is a groat statoenva n. of the type and calibre of Thomas Jefferson, combined with th# ability and oournge of A lm nrier Hamilton. The country will be safe, with MeAdoo in the White House, our problems will be solved, and a brighter are o f panes and will dawn for the whole world. - -*Arr G REA T CHANGES A RE Every true heart feels a profound sympathy for Mrs. Wanran G. Harding, widow of the President, and th» departed Chtof Ex ecutive will be remembered in the Waal for hia pants lit;' and warm human sympathy. His character and iimaunalHy smhmllail every thing that could be desired ip a neighbor and frtonf. As President, Mr. Harding was the unwilling victim of unfavorable conditions which he could not overmme, but, evsrything considered, he did well. His pasaing at this time Is lessen table, b a t *1Qod move» in a mysterious way His wonders »» perform.” Mr. Harding would have been renominated, and as surely de feated, unless sudden w ar had changed the situation. He was spared providentially, perhaps, the unhappy exparience of party disaster in 1924, of which his successor 1» fa r mat» deserving. The campaign next year ia going to ha btttau gpd spectacular, beyond all precedent in American history. Out of It, pleue God, ssay coma the «tow birth of freedom and reeonaeeigtion to Ameri can ideals now long overdue, without which our nation may enter a period of trouble without parallel in history. The Acting President starts with the beet wishes of all good citizens, but fsw will believe that he can accomplish much. His administration is but a pasaing phase in the gwjft evolution of odern democracy. Tremendous changes are due. The people are filled with discontent and wrath. Thu masses who feel this way include the farmers, the Industrial toilers, and the vast group of skilled artisans and brain workers, who understand imperfectly the causes of poverty, the lack of progress, the prevalence of wrong, and the domination of mammon In the temples of liberty. The danger ia, as Herbert Spencer said, that the people eo masse may suddenly realize the ghastly truth of the situates. The money kings will trim their sails and get busy with t u if g p i w i , if they possess brains enough as s group to oomprehand Ike terrible signs of the CooMdge has a grand opportunity, but Is not expected to un derstand it. i f he were’ a great man, be ooitfd have the problem of establishing justice for the farmers well under way by the time of the Republican convention. This ia the basic, vital need. “You can burn down our cities snd build them up again,” said Bryan at Chicago in 189», “but if you destroy the farms, the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the land.” The systematic and wholesale robbery of the farmers is going to cause soon a.mighty upheaval. They ere feeding and clothing everybody—millions of parasites—and they have decided upon a Groat Change. It is coming swiftly, God knows how o r when it may begin. A new system of banking and transportation is the fundamental need and demand—a system for publle service only, all profits going into the people’s funds for the redaction of tax ation. Coming then, and not until then, will be a great change in land ownership and community settlement, service institutions and publicutilities. Trie great men who will lead the aroused masses in this unex ampled progress are preparing for their tasks, tome without know ing it, others realizing the looming opportunity, amblttoua to con quer o r die- Some of these men are new in politics, and ethers, perhaps the greatest, are living in obscurity and poverty. The Constitutional Convention which will mark 4he grand cli max, proving again the glory of the Founders of the Republic, will be composed of stern and unyielding AMERICANS, who will dic tate the changes and who will tolerate no jokers and no com promise. Mr. Coolidge is the James Buchanan of this critical period. Study the portentous events of today in the light of history, and you will realize the meaning of this comment. Ip the meantime, through it aD, come what may, the Klsnsmen of A f r i c a will prove their utter devotion to the highest ideals of the American People, strong in the faith of their patriot fore fathers, determined to die en masse, if need be, in defease of their rights and those of all true American citizens. A man died and went ♦*» **••• t l . de,^i u liA n > al tsfoa* re «*4 the place and the newcomer marveled at the fine pavfd streets and the big garages, all full of Fords. “Gee, Nick,” *i<| he, “how coma these splendid streets and nothing but Fords?” “Aw, that’s the hell of it,” was Satan's reply. Count Boni de Castellane is in the movies. Hte wife of other days, nee Anna Gould, is now the wife of Boni’a cousin, Prince Hellie de Sagan. Boni declares he still loves Anna. (Like Hell» i0“ -) ' * THREE ALL-IMPORTANT FACTS. * •* * All men have, in differing degrri. according to In» lllgeoce. th« percep tion of a u ra l good and evil independently of all physical welfare or snffer- inf. All men believe In superior belggs who can sxarcU« as Influasoe upon tb«ir destiny; and all men believe In th« continuance of ttiatr existence after this life. These three facta a r t true of all the many races sad groups which cost pose the great kingdom #f th# human species This magha that all mee ar«, to sows degree, moral and religious; aad only to Uw «Bleat that they develop thee« two superior faculties gre they different Rom the tower antmgl*. All human activities, all the complex phiaom m a’O f morality aad religion, which establish customs and Institutions, snd dBReiop the great crept* which sway the destiny of pattern, era derived fran> that« all-im portant facta. CM ML UD OfCjWilll KLANITORIAL ■y y. a. a i P A i m a BAIN Ute M M a t the hue reme up in A WHh sentiments such ng B«'h*e, he et Ike to the South cannot help being a Klaaemaa. P rofound Sym pathy F slt by IHET speak of ra o * « tita s* be! Emspysn» fo r M i, a s d gad Im pertías«! imminent In T « A Bteh Is deavortag' te cuttle N by erttietam. |t M rs. H sury U h l . unorganised rubble. If remlads me of a boilermaker telling pat la «barge of the g Jeweler how le B l I watch, it's there will be riotoace. wer. hut M _____ TPM , uri I * » « *M. rea al something they de act hgow anything ate he mob violane« N wtH ht B» is* «re. «rere »»ti» ri shout sud something they will nevgr ganlaed res Is tane« against an parare »*»f 9» «»• N s * * » » ti know nnythlng about until they have The beet etti seas wIB put (hat sNy Salarday «venta» A«SU** 4 lived IB th# South IBP mgay yuan pad at ton command of u duly have gamed the MBtiriB a»«le of lander and toe warfare will he «arriad 1*4 si sftrel I Botasti SB s rere» M tij a r tr i reto»?»* wM» N o r e re» to* proposition. 1 r «long «Neotri« Ito««. »sw« by » henry f r a s i r itr a e hy M a e e e At mahnst*! to# homo of toe iront Bps m oti a few W rit* MW »be wheats eat negro school la the world, there Is Governor Brio don « trqe pen of thp ef the track para ti» »*«r Ws bedj. 4 violent objection to the United Stete« reti Busto, afoctglljr i m p «« toa t i n s reamares d wmwhg placing negro officers in United »tote« government t|a t It wt)| rats«ri4 tic risarei. ■vary «Wert was s u r i hy got dp to put negroes ta «barge At 1 n hnapltal fat Tuakegee He known tke (ocal cepdt- rarer**" t« «nt« to« tosti ufo »ad At Brat blank. II that thin would he the «cry ttoas- But will thay Uste« le him? far a Utos, urtar a ¿ritenta «f sesto»«, Wilt they foment me« trouble, which fes seemed la hass a rim ase a l rapar, to be done—that the white I« come in sentaci wHh the has never peep ««latent to Twhngna, e rj, Ria vitality wgs la sd e fe ari t i r But thus«-It n principle tor by Unori ag tod wnratof of tfee man tM Qsal arista, The dear Urite fri- than the mere Wishes of the who knows toe sttaMto» beat? If not to mix tee intimately there to (renbft R wfU he sa the MM of P résidât Hard teg. ' -T « e e an- to a might pa writ a principle tor which itlttory • h B«to new, Os rollan, or a day and tern ver. U knows, eoi lettor of cuatoam to knows the a egro, that the The (Tatted the Ktaa to eharch in America, or name top Pope aa Imperial Wtaard ea to rip to. make M-Oeath sabato te the U aaNsm of a msd rises me noetheraev < question. « a a Let the Booth handle It« Among the negrpaa. (They welcome It. ttoa; tot the Paride Const deni with toy they Uke to see their negroes Iahen Ite yellow peril i tot Tenes deal with fri llttto children le i ti tos cefo of. The Shatherner Is aotestoas the Mexican situation a« U asea fit. •tot fcrtM Ititi reti tir ri for hu care of « • 'rigger* Uul be- The people of the perticala« section flf know tent tod scritta« of J does not want, along «Uh U, » com plete upsetting of his system of gosl ing with the n**To sag the complete demanding that too white man la Ute mnetor and too negro his servant. pnBERB am* to* the' South X Prespe rich In thalr own names, than, perhaps, saywheye else to America, I myself know any number of them. Bat they know their and they keep them- They know as «mil es yob or I that they never he the «orini equal* of the whites, that there can be no social competition between the whltee and And they a n happy to their own society, with which the white people do not interfere, e e e The northern system of brotherhood h e Southern negro He it far awhile, heeenae It to new;' but It soon disgusts him and soon be te npesd top r i t o mea who wUI »agóstate with him ea terms of ty as “poar whits trash.“ a term men tenant him by Ms father grand lather aad one which «arri«« with It the most ságreme con S*# IT IS 8I0NIFICANT THAT THX ONLY VIOLENCE O r R B O O R D MTNB OFFERED BOOKER T WASH INGTON WAS IN NNW YORK AND MOT IN TUB HNART OP THE SOUTH WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AND RESPECTED. UB ■ egre is make a greet mi ra tio« over the feet that n young ■egro tram the north came to Tusk- egee to take a position in the hospital which khd been oeeapled by a young white tody, toft wtthta n few hours after he arrived, after oeeing the Ku Klux demonstratio«. He probably waa the wisest sagre to America, aad he ed hia wiedom betaking tke first northbound train. e e a Southern people are pesce-tovlag sad they will do anything, gl- T trouble to Alabama, « am toe drill triad te separi toe » » ftoksd tra dì white s epremacy. « P •• q W B i Knights of the Ka Ktaa Ktoa have •X ha vi lust come through one heart- Pranking Internal dissentine sad ar# Joined now tighter then ever. The trvemy has abandoned hope IN THAT QUARTER and Is seaktog tarlile fields elsewhere aad 1« FINDIJIO THEM. The cancer already Is spread ing. % r*»e ¡tassato» gdBerqMy wop’« kapw ths lira of |hspe Words. |u t the Offi cers, especially ’t i e Titans snd Dra gons as well as seme few Cyclops. That cancer that baa been worrying yon Is Inspired by Rome. AND I KNOW 1 7 , At Ihe B rasar time Lw*H prove It. e « e LL I care to say la. “Watch your L «tap. and go slowly. Dea l ink« anything for granted. If anything puxslee you refer It Immediately to the proper eft leer Dr. Bruns Is yquare. Of that I am positive. * S S , Ths ritusitou is serious, Rlausmen, «nd it behooves all of you to w atrh closely. It yep do BO« PAfC to com- munlcats -with Atlanta, cetamualeste p ith the editor of thlg newspaper, whe Will communicate with me. What you |tave may not be much within Itself, hut pieced with what J hare from ether parts of the country, H will make s wonderful story. OUR SENTÌ MENTA massa » p who worked at the eelf-eems “U ri md tell yep t l phaals, he nourished a fl tilgen ..... - w veneri- ■ Don’t talk to me of year hour « d'ini open your meato Of your oommunlst or your snsrrhmt; insreM at: don’t mention the b olshevik 1 For I’ve had enough of this foreign stnQ; I’m rick ss a msa eta be, Of this speech of hpterOBd I’m t«Utif MR tonfob«* tori tots la rteSjik M fcr ? If you want to brag. Just take that Rag an’ boast ot Its field of blu» An’ graie* the dead an’ the blood (S ri •toted top tid g rew r i the tikes s‘ ran 1*11 bear no more.” and be waved ones more hie wrench In n forceful wny. ~0‘ the canning greed o’ come Russia« breed. I stand for tha U. 0. A. I I’m done with pour M bs and pea wfl»- ayed tods, don’t nourish your flag o’ rad Where I can eee, o r-a t night there'll he t«H candle* around your bad. 8o Up your hat to a Hag Ilka to sti Thank (tad (or Ita stripes ami . stars! Thanh tied you’re here where tho are clear, away from yogr 7 hinge and esarg. 1 can’t say what I feel today, for I’m not a talking man, But first and tost I’m Handing fast for all that's American. 8o don't you apeak of the bolshevls, It’s «lek of that stuff I am, One Ood. one flag. Is the oread I brag; I'm boosting for Usci« Bsmt” ■* —Edgar G uest yiGHT CATHOLIC PERIL THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Ths Western American. Portland. Ore.—After a heroic struggle Ibis gov ernment wss founded upon Uve prin ciples of Civil cod raiigtous liberty, hut the republic Is In deadly peril Of baring these blood-bought principles get aside by the Rom an. hierarchy Which, from the Pope Sown,' has A man may be slow lo move whs» «vowed Its purpose to “make America opportunity knocks, but he Isn’t whoa Catholic.” This would mean that It would put the church above the etatej etati the neighbors do I t a n d Im n o se I ts r e l l r i o n n n n n «ti tv ..I P » . . - . ........... .............................. " Ul would set up In the United led Stette HSRS'« BILLING POWKR. you, there wlH never be tpel polit - .onto, where either or b o tT o f" two Attention Is called to toe sew HUM* a r . allowed to «slat leal system that has cursed .vary n a - ( T; .... , Uon In which It has obtained a foot- Business gnd Professional Direc O n. ta the supremacy of toe negy» *old „ „ , hl, gM dlr p .,,, t0 tory that has Its first appearance \ : - h*PV ,Dtl f°J™ OT i can liberty and civilisation th at The In this Issue of The Western •“ •***• dtaoonrtesy : Western American and other patriotic American. The Directory, which or Intimattaa of disrespect shown « papers era fighting. will be found each week on white woman by a negro, or a whit# We demand absolute separation of pase ,7. Is a classification of all woman mad# t* suffer ter Urn benefit ! church and state. That no one (lu ll the small ads carried la The of a negro. j he Interfered with In worshiping ac Western American on time con f e e * cording to the dictates of Individual tract. HARLES Edward Proskavats, s 1 conscience. That the public school The space around the larger native Rneslan, soldier of for- 1 he fostered and perpetuated as the ads thus has been cleared, so that tunc, and holder of probably mors Bulwark of American liberty. That all other ads carried will have Masonic degrees than say other for, ' freedom of the press and speech be choice positions near live read Signer |n the country, says bg !■ now •■’•served Inviolate, ing matter, and the feeder’s at getting the highest degrees gay mag We want Jo see the compulsory tention will be attracted In a pa» take—that of American cltlsen- school bill passed In every state In the way that will have pleasing re Ship. Proskevetx Is so Intensely Amer, Union; compulsory attendance of every sults tor the advertisers. We |ca« tin t B* get awe because he poul« 1 child in tbs publle school*. This we niska ear ad* aftoctlva. Thalr pot be a Klansman and Hid he waf «re going to bar#. Iq Oregon this •riling power Is' enormous. We going to form himself n “hunky” BID he* been passed, now let the other accept no "donation” patronage « re fro**»»*# to « kimhms . ririrefeijow. 1 ,4 f- ef any kind. though not s member of the Order. New York City. C 1