The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-27
TEN MILLION
SOLDIERS READY
Governor Fielder Would havs Each
State Ready TO Furnish
Quarter Million Men.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 27.-Governor
James F. Fielder Of Now Jersey,
speaking to the governors OF many
states here today, told them that
every state in the union should be
prepared at all times 10 furnish the
government with 25O,000 trained and
equipped citizen soldiers.
This question Of national defense.
said Governor Fielder, has reached
the point where It has divided the
nation into two parties one advccat-
ing greater preparedness, the other
poo-pooing. / take my stand with
those who believe most sincerely in
peace, but who feel that the United
States should make Some reasonable
preparation against the happening OF
the unexpected.
THE burden Of preparing does, or
should, rest to large extent en- the
state. Personally do not believe In
"a great standing army, but most
heartily believe that there should be
a force Of men in this country who
would be called on In emergency, who
would know how to handle q rife.
Every state could through proper
legislation and propaganda train and
equip 100000 men.
1.-THE great trouble with the militia
or national guard In this country to-
day is labor's attitude toward it.
Labor claims the militia Is controlled
by the employers and manufacturers
and in some unions. members are for
hidden to Join.
This could be eliminated by remov-
ing from the militfa's duties strike or
vi ~ ~, fv,n1
and civil authorities to whom It right
ly belongs. Most business men be-
lieve in insurance. Then why not In
sure this country against the unex-
tpected?"
Governor Walsh OF Massachusetts,
In spirited address took issue with
Ex-Governor Cole Blease OF South
Carolina, whose speech yesterday de-
Tended the spirit of southern lynching
mobs.
II had not intended to speak today"
said Governor Walsh, ''but fear that
my silence, in view OF what has been
said here, may be taken by the people
OF Massachusetts as signifying my
acquiescence. It was said here yes
terday that when there are no more
mobs, liberty shall be dead want
to object most strenuously to that
statement.
Liberty does not mean that. There
can be no liberty without obedience
to the law, to the courts and conf
dence in the courts and jurfes. The
courts, especially, are the conscience
OF the community and the conscience
Of community cannot be represent
ed by . mob"
Governor Ernest Lister Of Wash
ington, urged the governors to greater
conservation OF our natural resources.
There are but few, II any questions
before the public now that are SO Inn
portant, he said.
Governor Lister went at length into
the work in his own state.
THE people Of the west" said Gov.
ernor Lister, have come to have a
keen realization of the true meaning
OF conservation; that theirs Is not the
desire to ruthlessly and wantonly de-
stroy but rather to do that which will
make possible the use Of our natural
resources to the fullest degree by the
present generation, ever keeping in
mind that It Is our duty NOT only to
conserve these resources but also to
develop them in a manner that will
make it possible for us to turn them
over to future generations"