The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-24
DIR. Charles A. Eaton Urges
Election of Roosevelt.
Saws He Voted for Wilson and
Begs Forgiveness.
PART OF BLEATING LAMB
Has Been Played Long Enough
by Uncle SAM
Time to Take Stand and
Back 1t Up.

New York. May Eft voted for
Woodrow Wilson. 1 hope the Lord
will forgive me. Never again"
This statement was made by the
Rev. DR. Charles A. Eaton, pastor of
the Madison Avenue Baptist church
in the course of a speech advocating
the election of Theodore Roosevelt as
president.
The speech was delivered before
the Madison Avenue league. Doctor
Eaton said:
We should prepare and prepare so
that when we backed proposition
along International lines we would be
listened to with respect-so that our
words would have some effect If
you first shake your fist at fellow
ard then shake your finger you are
likely to wind up by winking the LEFT
eye ard looking mighty sheepish.
Uncle Sam should not play the
part of the bleating lamb in the IN
ternational menagerie. 1t is time Tor
him to be able to take stand and
back it up if necessary.
What happened when Theodore,
your next president almost forgot
TO mention that; I took it for granted
told Japan and Russia to quit fight
course, certainly. We had only been
waiting for you to tell US when to
knock off And there was peace.
Suppose Mr.. Wilson were to say,
Stop fighting to the belligerent ma
tions; what would be the reply? They
would say, oh, -!
when war came to the world it
found US wringing our hands with
lot of pacifists singing and snivelling,
I didn't raise my boy to be soldier
Too Much Sissy Stuff.
II am sorry to say we have been let
ting our youth get too much of this
sissy stuff. If had a boy who
showed any symptoms of becoming
like that, 1 would take him to the
woodshed and with a hickory switch
teach him a lesson in roughing it.
"a man that can't fight when a
good cause presents itself ought to go
home and change clothes with his
wife
"Of course, war is hell. That's the
best thing about it and that is just the
thing that will keep us from engaging
in any but righteous war.
But look at our course in Mexico.
1t is one of the sorriest spectacles in
history. We ought to back up our
citizens engaged in legitimate business
anywhere on earth with every man of
our hundred millions and every cent
we own. Otherwise our citizenship
becomes worthless. Wilson is simply
lodging bricks.
Was our flag ever saluted at Vera
Cruz? Ali But Mr.. Bryan got
brilliant idea about Mexico. He told
all our people to get out of the coun-
try. They did when they could find a
British or a German flag to wrap
around them. To be near the Ameri-
can flag meant death for them.
Too Many Proms.
THE American man is as fine a
man as God ever created, but our col
leges and schools have been making
him soft. There are too many after
noon teas and too many proms-what
ever 'proms are. If that should keep
up, in time the few men with hair on
their chests would have it all their
own way and the rest of us would
have to stand in the background with
the sissies.
I'VE have too good a sense of
humor for that. We would laugh the
strutting gold braid militant off the
streets in two days
American women ought to be as
safe anywhere in the world as if they
were on the throne of God and should
know that 100,000,000 of our people
stand behind them to the last drop of
blood and the last ounce of treasure.
Il am strong for the training of
every boy in America We are a world
power. Let us accept the responsible
ity and have the morality to back it
up. Our boys are the ones that would
volunteer. The buns and nuts don t
enlist until CONSUMPTION comes Let us
train them to bear their share of duty
as we'll in war as in peace.