Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-04
NATIONAL DEFENSE In WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Branch of the National Sc
curity League Now In Work
ing Order.
BY Ellis b. Usher.

tional Security League which orga-
nized some months ago, has recently
been getting itself into active work
ing order, and has opened headquar-
tiers on the ground floor at No. 428
Milwaukee street this city, and is
prosecuting the work of securing
members vigorously. The officers of
the Wisconsin branch are August H.
Vogel, president; Willett NJ. SpOoner,
secretary; Robert Camp, treasurer,
and James c. Wall, executive secre-
tary. Nationally, Joseph II. Choate,
formerly American ambassador to the
court of st. James, and Alton b. Par
ker, former Democratic candidate for
president, are the honorary presi-
dents of the organization, and other
men of equal prominence are includ-
ed. Politics have no part in the work
The Wisconsin list of vice presidents
and members of the executive COM
mittee includes many prominent men
of both political parties. The pur-
pose of the league is to organize pub
lie sentiment in favor of better naval
and military preparedness for the pro-
lection of the United States from for
eign invasion, and for the stiffening
up, at home and abroad, of respect
for American efficiency in case of
war. Gov. Philip has appointed
committee of Wisconsin mayors,
without political distinction, and
both Pres. ChOate and the governor,
have laid aside politics and called
upon the people to back up President
Wilson in his efforts to prepare this
nation for defense. That is the spir-
it that animates the people of the
United States and it will respond to
a patriotic call of such far-reaching
Importance. To-day there is a large
meeting of the members of the Ma
tional Security League of the mid
die west, in Chicago, and this eve
ming large public meeting will be
held. A delegation from Wisconsin
is among those in attendance. Eve
ry patriotic American can heartily
approve of and work for owes it to
his country to make his approval
plain and in no uncertain manner.
COMMENDs SENATOR HUsTING.
United States Senator Paul O. Hust-
ing delivered an address to his own
townspeople, of Mayville, recently,
that is to be commended for its Anne
rican sentiments and for its patriotic
support of the president and govern
ment of the United States. 1t is all
the more to be commended because
of the courage manifested in address
sing an audience which was composed
largely of people of German blood
the members of the local Gesangve-
rein Teutonia of Mayville, who were
celebrating the siXty-third anniVersa-
~ of the founding of their society.
Referring to the unity of the German
people the senator drew lesson that
it deserved the emulation of Ameri-
cans and concluded with the words:
"Our country should be our first, our
our second. and our last considera-
ton" In but one respect would |
question the senator's position. When
he refers to this country as still in its
swaddlng clothes he forgets our his
tory. The fact that our national con-
stitution is 12S years old does not
measure the age or the spirit of this
nation. The Declaration of indie
pendence is over 1879 years old, and
that was only the written declaration
of set of principles that had then
| been 1855 years in coming to maturity.
Five years hence there will be cele-
| brated the 30Oth anniversary of the
Landing of the Pilgrims, and the
compact made onthe Mayflower con
tanned the essential elements that
came to fruition in the Declaration
and the Constitution of the United
| States. More than that the stars and
stripes emblaZon the oldest national
banner in the universe. Even in it's
present official shape the American
flag is QS years Old, having been or
dained by Congress in 1918. The pre-
sent rational flag of England does
not ante date this flag but two or
three years. No country now en-
gagged in the great war over seas has
banner that is as old as ours and
that means that the present organi-
cation of all their governments has
been made since our constitution was
adopted. The United States are not
so Youthful that they need defer to
other countries on that account. Our
"swaddling clothes" are mans size.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
The recent death of Booker T. Wa
shington has been recognized every
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