The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
BAKER ST|RS Up
A REAL TEMPEST
Patriotic Societies Claim He
Libeled Continental
Soldiers
DEMAND MADE FOR
HIS RESIGNATION
Quote from Speech Which He Has AL
ready Denied as False - President
Called Upon to Repudiate War Sec
retary's Statement.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Oficers of |
the District of Columbia Society of the I
Daughters of the American Revolution |
and other patriotic organizations Of |
women here, have adopted resolutions
IN which they demand the immediate
resignation of Newton d. Baker as sec
rotary of war; on the ground that he
was guilty of " Iibelous and false state
ments' and of ignorance of American
history in his alleged Characterization
OF Washington S soldiers at Valley
Forge as similar to Villa 5 bandits. The
resolutions also call on President Will
son to repudiate his secretary of war S
alleged utterances comparing the men
of the Revolutionary army with Vii
listas. Copies of the resolutions are to
be sent to every patriotic organization
i'll the United States.
Mr.. Baker has denied that he said the
things attributed to him. The women
whose names are attached to the reso-
lutions assert that he did say them, and
that they can prove it from steno-
graphic notes. They say that he used
the language which they condemn in
/ At l.
include in the resolutions a transcript
OF it which they allege was taken down
stenographically
| Some of the women who signed the
resolutions are Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood.
| founder and chaplain general of the
| Daughters of the American Revolutions
! Miss Grace NJ. Pierce, vice president of
! the Children of the American Revolu-
/ ton; Mrs. Francis St. Clair, state presi-
dent of the Daughters of the Founders
and Patriots; Mrs. Noble y. Potts.
state recording secretary, United States
! Daughters Of 1872; Mrs. Ada H. Weiss,
! president, Legion of LOYAL Women
/ Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, national sen
Tor vice president, Woman s Relief
Corps; Mrs. John A. Logan, honorary
/ president, Danes Of the LOYAL Legion
Mrs. Allyn w. Capron, national presi-
/ dent, National Lineal Society of the
Spanish War; Mrs. Colynda Werner
Ford, past national councillor, Ladies
Union Veteran Legion; Mrs Mary Lo-
gan Tucker, vice president, Society of
the Army of the Tennessee. The resolu-
tions follow:
Whereas, Newton ID. Baker, secre
tary OF war in the cabinet of President
Wilson, in making a political speech il
defense of the Mexican policy of the
administration at Jersey City, on the
night of Oct. l6, 1916, made the follow
ing comparison between the Mexican
bandits supporting the various leaders
in that country and the soldiers whC
fought the war for American indepcn
dence in 1916, as follows:
. Some people say they cannot I'm
dcrstand the President s Mexican pol
icy, and | want to tell YOU why They
have forgotten our own history and TIL,
Declaration of Independence, and thu
President has not forgotten either. Why
are we inpatient at the Mexicans? w
say they do not respect the lives an,
property of our people. Perhaps the,
don t. We say they do not pay thci
honest debts. They don t. We sa,
they are a ragamuffin lot. We say thci
money is not any good. That s true. l
4 is only worth >. or ) cents on the dollar
= We say they do not respect church prop
erty. That is also true.
The amazing thing is that peop
never respect these things in revolu
tion. We had a revolution, and from
the beginning to the end of that, tn
conditions in this country were so lila