Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-19
CONGRESSMAN GOOD DELIVERS
CHIEF ADDRESS At PICNIC
OF COUNTY SOCIETY.
"ouR NATIONAL DEFENSE"
IS coNGREssMAN's THEME
e. N. Farber Welcomes Old Settlers
and r. e. Sears Rssponds-other
Old Settlers Speak Briefly - Hun
dreds Attend and Weather Is Perfect
Goods Address.


hundred, perhaps 1000, gathered at
Riverview park this afternoon in the
annual reunion of the Marshall County
Old Settlers Association. A much
smaller number was at the park in the
forenoon to participate in the prelimi-
nary program and to enjoy picnic
(, dinner.
The events for the day were short
program this forenoon that included
the address of welcome by E. N. Far
Der, the response by r. e. Sears and
a program this afternoon. The adj
dress Of the day, and the feature OF
the afternoon program, was the
speech by Congressman James W..
Good, Of Cedar Rapids.
President Lewis Presides.
\ Probably 200 or 300 were seated and
standing about the improvised plat
form that had been built for the oc-
casion when George H. Lewis. presi-
dent Of the association, called the
gathering to order at II o'clock. Rev.
Frank NJ. Wheeler gave the invoca-
ton.
In his address of welcome e. N.
Farber paid tribute to the pioneers
by their hardwood and bravery, had
overcome adversely and hardships and
made Of a prairie wilderness COM
monwealth. To the younger genera
ton he suggested that it too had con-
quests to make, Of other kinds. but no
less important, that would preserve
the commonwealth their sires had es-
tablished.
! r. e. Sears responded and in his
pa per ran back thru the earlier his
tory Of Marshall county to recall hap
openings Of long ago. and especially
"reminiscences Of the bar. (Mr. Sears
response will be found on the editorial
page Of this issue.)
Old Settlers Speak.
The Bethel band, which had opened
the day by playing in the court house
square, and had given a prelude to the
forenoon program, furnished the mu-
sic also in the afternoon A company
of little girls sang THE Star Spangled
Banner" and the audience Joined in
lsinging america"
! President Lewis called upon L. c.
abbot, J. L. Carney, c. H. VanLaw,
William Battin, and W. H. Calhoun,
the latter of Santa Ana, Cal. who
lspoke briefly They We're followed by
Congressman Good.
Good on "Nationai Defense"
Congressman Good was introduced
for the closing address of the after
noon on Our National Defense" a
most timely topic. Mr.. Good wanted
to disabuse the minds of the public
th:>. this country was entirely unpre-
pared for defense against warning
enemy, as some writer's of the day
wish to have it appear. He also went
on record as being opposed to an i'm
mense standing army, but made II
plain that he was not an extremist in
the question Of national defense. He
did not think the citizen who talked
peace was altogether right; neither
did he think the one who wanted tc
be prepared for war correct in his
views. Mr.. Good argued for middle
ground in the question:; to be prepared
for emergencies within reason, and YET
not to go to extremes in the expendi-
ture Of money for defense and pre-
paredness.
Two Radically Different Views.
Mr.. Good said he believed there were
two radically different views held by
the people Of the United States. The
advocate of peace is Just as thorough
I L
advocate of large standing army Il
confident that his plan is the only COR
rect one for the government to follow
The peace advocate believes that 9
few meaning men, seated around
table, advocating the principles Of
peace, can agree on those principles
that will practically settle all Of the
controversies between nations, and
therefore make war unnecessary. Or
the other hand advocates Of a large
standing army are equally sincere and
confident tina. the only true solution
Of international disputes must be
settled by the sword. The extreme
peace advocate would abolish armiei
and navies, and stop all appropriation.
for the nations defense. The advo.
Gates Of large standing army and {
large navy would make the appropria.
tons Of the peoples money sufficient
to produce an army and navy equal, Il
not superior, to the army and navy o.
any other power.
! Both Contentious Wrong.
Both OF these contentious are WRONG
the speaker said. We can not, q
much as we would like, shut our eye
to actual conditions. We live IN {
world Of cruel facts. While our coun
try was dedicated to a cause OF peace
and our people are reace-lcy!2s citi
| gems, yet In less than 40 years Of ma
tional existence state Of war has ex'
listed In this country for more thai
twenty-one years. While we all, in on
sober moments, agree that all interna'
tional disputes ought to be settled b,
| arbitration, until nations Of the worlt
agree that ouch disputes shall be .,
settled, It IL necessary for US to main
tain a reasonable army and navy
without such defense we would b.
open to unreasonable attacks and UNI
lust extortions.
Are Not Unprsparsd.
There has recently grown up In thu
country belief that we are not at al
prepared for our own defense. We ar,
told we have practically no army; tina
our navy IL fourth rate affair. tina
our guns are antiquated, and our am
munit,on supply not worth considering
|On garbled statements OF this kin,
many high-minded men have becom'
apprehensivs regarding our nationa
defense This situation has led me b
||investigate somewhat the actual con
ditions surrounding our army and nav!
and coast fortifcations. This investi