The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-09

gressmsn W.. Frank James was the
principal speaker. The Ironwood pa
pers report his speech in full. He spoke
of the disappearance Of the hyphen
when applied to Americans, and Of its
application to all the people Of European
extraction. Further in discussing the
preparedness foR trouble should 1t be
forced upon us, he said:
1--WE had peace-at-any-price men in
|1776, the Tories and II they had
their way, we would still be a province
tof Great Britain.
1--WE had .peace-at-any-price men in
1912, and 1t was not their fault that
the war was not a failure.
1--WE had peace-at-any-price men in
1861, but they were not called Friends
Of peace" in those days. They called
themselves knights Of the Golden
Circle, /" but they were known more
generally as ''Copper-beads." Had they
succeeded with their treason there
would today be no United States.
"Then we have another so-called
patriotic (God save the mark) organ
| ization with us called the Anti Enlist
ment League. Listen to the pledge Of
this reasonable gang Of high-binders:
4, being over 18 years Of age, hereby
pledge myself against enlistment as q
volunteer for any military or naval
service in international war. and
against giving my approval to such
enlistment on the part Of others.' A
man who would take such an oath is
either a traitor or q fool beyond all
redemption.
'In good plain English. the oath
might well be interpreted as follows,
I. being oyer Is years of age, and
traitor to my country, in order to show
my hatred for my country. willingly
pledge myself to be disloyal to my
country, that will not aid or defend
her in any manner, and neither will
allow my fellow-citizens to protect the
honor Of my country If it is in my
power to prevent That 10 really what
the oath means. In case Of war, should
the signers of these pledges refuse tc
enlist, they should be shot at sunrise
a. traitors to their country. ! do not
want this country engaged in war, and
hope tho time will never come when
we shall engage in a war of aggression
nor conquest.
"And those women who sing, i did
not raise my boy to be soldier.
should turn back the pages Of history,
and read what the mothers Of '76, 1915
and 81 said to their sons, and these
mothers were NOT advocates Of war,
either.
'.Of course, mothers do not raise
their sens to be soldiers, but neither
does any true mother raise her son Il
be coward, sissy, or mollycoddle'
A good mother prays-for the time that
her son will be . man. No woman
wishes to have . son who will not de-
fend her with his life II necessary."
He also said. in discussing the loyalty
Of our citizens of foreign birth:
I'm addition. every new either
should be asked this question, In case
Of war between this country and the
land that you sre now renouncing, d.
you promise to- bear arms for your
adopted country I understand that II
Kewesnaw county. the other day, they
were asked this question.
| President Wilson is . Democrat
but today hs IL not = Democratic pres
ident, but the president Of the entire
American people. ! believe, he ID striv
ing manfully TO keep us out Of war.
am : Republican, but today ! am moi
only ! Republiesn congressman but .
representative Of all loyal Americans
1t II the duty today of every congress
man. Democratic or Republican, to sus
tain the president in his effort to up
bold the rikhts and the honor Of thil
republic. National honor and prspsr
ednsss for national defense are not
and should not be-psxty political y
sues. =