Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-07
GOV. SHAN'S hot SHOT
San Francisco Labor Leader is
Warmly Rebuked by the Iowa
Chief Executive.
He Defends the Character and Be.
havior Of the States Sol.
der Boys.
Movement to Have the Fifty-frst
Regiment Mustered Out In
the State.

the American Federation of Labor. 1t
is signed Ed Rosenberg, corresponding
secretary. 1t is filled with absurd argu-
ments against mastering out the re-
turning volunteers at San Francisco.
1t attributes the Administrations inten-
ton to muster out the soldiers at San
Francisco to be due to desire to stab
the worlSingman by flooding the labor
market at that place to compel the sol-
diers to re-enlist after their money has
prevent them from returning to their
homes to tell the truth about the Phil
ippine war.
1t says boys will be boys" and San
Francisco has Irresistible attractions"
for all such; that they will be sure tod
go broke" in short time and will
then try to beat their way home on
the trains, and that their attempt will
be frustrated by the remarkable vigil
lance of western trainmen, who will
throw them off into the great western
desert, where they will surely perish.
1T closes with an appeal to governors,
to the wives, mothers and sweethearts
of the soldiers to exert their influence
to prevail upon the administration to
desist from it's nefarious purpose.
To this letter the governor wrote
hurried reply, from which the follow
Ing are the principal extracts:
Mr.. Ed Rosenberg, 1853 Mission
street, San Francisco, Calmly Dear
Sir: Your circular letter of July % is
received and carefully noted. but the
sentiments therein expressed are in no
degree endorsed. 1t is possible that
| you speak for the local labor council of
San Francisco, but it will be difficult to
convince the people of my state that
| your utterances will be approved by the
American Federation of Labor, with
which you claim to be affiliated. or by
the council for which you profess to
/ speak, anticipate that the men of the
1 Fifty-first Iowa will be easily beguiled
4 by what you are pleased to call lire
sistible attractions" you must have
1failed to have come In contact with this
regiment when in camp at your city.
The four regiments We're enlisted from
the best young men of our state, each
able to furnish a certificate of good
character, and they are prepared to sus-
1 tain themselves and their good name.
1 They will not become soldier tramps,"
nor will they attempt to beat the
| trains" nor will they be put off on
mountains and in deserts and there
rniserably perish" On the contrary,
| they will return self-respectful and re-
spected citizen soldiers, with record
of which they will be so justly proud as
| to furnish a good measure of protection
against what might perhaps overcome
weaker men with no reputation to
maintain.
| There will be no check placed upon
the utterances of these men concerning
| the cause In which they have been en-
| gagged. If they see fit TO discredit it, it
| will be their privilege so to do; but
| many of their fathers in a former gen
GRAFTON likewise returned from 81 serv-
| ice which was here and there de-
nounced, but, as l remember it,it was
never safe to denounce that service in
the presence of returned soldiers. One
1 of my predecessors once said in a public
/ speech :Q"If you hear any one utter any
4 syllable against the government OF the
/ United States, or against the president
thereof, or against the cause for which
our boys are fighting, or do aught in
disrespect to the flag that waves over
Il them, shoot him where he stands. They
may arrest you, they may try you, they
may convict you, but they shall never
thang you. I'm governor Of Iowa" That
u spirit of patriotism. sown broadcast by
! the heroic Kirkwood. is not dead on
Iowa soil; and while heroic measures
will not be necessary now, am free tic
say that no returning Iowa soldier need
( fear to resent, in any dignified and
manly way, any disrespectful utter
ances concerning him or the cause for
which he has voluntarily and heroically
risked his life. L fear, my dear sir
u you have not kept much in touch with
the thought and sentiment of your
! country; certainly you have not caught
the spirit of the Iowa people or of the
Iowa troops. 1 am sir, yours very sim
cerely, LESLIE Nj. SHAW.
1t is now proposed to have a meet.
ing of the representatives of the towns
having companies in the F'ifty-tirst reg
iment of Iowa volunteers. The meeting
will take place in this city Aug. IL
Robert Kossick of Oskaloosa is in cor
respondence with each of the towns
and asking an opinion as to whether il
would not be advisable to have meet.
ing here for that purpose.
II Inc peGltlOn OIL NSkaIOOSa CltlZenS mas
met with a hearty approval and en-
dorsement from every town represent
ed in the Fifty-first Iowa They all be
J lieve that nothing is too good for this
boys who have fought SO valiantly fol-
the honor of the state and in defense OF
the flag of the country. Various plans
have been suggested as to the means t.
secure consent of the state authorities
to see their way clear to making the
order and at the same time issue war.
rants upon the state treasury for the
expense of the same The most feasible
! plan suggested so far is to have thu
governor begin a correspondence with
the war department and ask it's con.
sent that the regiment be mustered ou
! in the state of Iowa and that travel ra.
tions be allowed the men from Sar
Francisco to Des Moines. the state
agreeing to pay the actual transporta.
, ton bill. 1t is argued that the member.
of the regiment would still be soldier:
and under the direction of the United
States government, that the governor
and the adjutant general could still b.
within the scope of the law and compl,
with its direction in issuing the neces
sary order and warrants.
Already there are a number Of citi