The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-24
ASKS FORGIVENESS
FOR WILSON VOTE
The Rev. Dr. Eaton >urgcs
CoIoncl's Election in Talk
Scorning P~acifism.
Uncle SAM WORLD LAMB

"suppose Mr.. Wilson were to say
stop fghting' to the b%elligerent nations!
VIVA, would the reply be? They'd say
Oh. hell. -
This statement was contained in an
address by the Rev. DIR. Charles A.
Eaton. pastor Of the Madison Avenue
BAPTIST church. in an address before the
Madison Avenue League In East Thirty
frs, street last night. The pastor said
also:
81 voted for Woodrow Wilson. I
hone the Lord will forgive me. Never
again 60
pr. Eaton advocated the election Of
Theodore Roosevelt as President. In his
ADDRESS ne said
We should prepare, and prepare so
that when we backed a proposition
along international ines we would be
listened TO with respect-so that u
words would have sone effect. II you
frs, shake you fist at a fellow and
then shake your finger you are likely
10 wind up by winking the left eye and
looking might sheepish.
Uncle Sam should not play the part
C' Inc bltdNin ~" ~ NV
tional menagerie. 1t Is time for him to
no able to take a stand and back II up
II necessary.
What happened when Theodore. your
,ext PRESIDENT almost forgot TO mem
ton that. / took II for g~ranted-told
lspan and Russia TO quit fghting7why
,hey both said Yes, of course: GER
,ainIv. We had only been waiting for
YOU to tell us when TO knock on And
there was peace.
says Ford Acted Like Fool.
.'pacihsm has gone to sea. II IL di-
vlded between Ford and Bryan princi-
rslly. Mr.. Ford. for many things he
has done. deserves great credit, but he
acted like a blankety. plan fool in
starting out in the old Oscar II. with
that load Of cranks. II was the shadow
cas-, across his virtues,
When war carne 10 the world-the
creates, war OF all time--it found lie
vrircins our hands with a lot Of pac.-
fists doing "A lot of singing and srivell-
ing. I Didn't Raise My BOY to BE a
soldier
II am sorry TO say that we have beer
letting our youth get too much of this
sissy stun. II ! had a boy who showed
any symptoms of becoming like hat
would ,ake him to the woodshed and
with a hickory switch teach him n les.
ron in %roughing II.
What are We going to do? We an
refer the matter to n Kaiser be ,ause
thank God. We haven't, one. nor to q
Prime Minister. We want a leader whit
will lead. As George Harvey says. II
President Wilson would take his frost
bitten ear from the ground and lead ths
peopla would follow him,
Against PaciAsn,.
- am against this pacifsm. an
against m,litarisin with all my SOU
But | think the best thing in the WORT,
IS a good fight. \ man that can't tgh
when a good cause presents itself ough
to go home and change clothes with hi
wife.
'Df course war is hell. That's the
hest thing about it, and that is Just th'
thing that will keep us from engagins
II any but righteous war.
But look at our course in Mexico
II Is one Of the ~sorrlest spec'acles II
history. We ought to back up our citi
sens engaged in lecitimste business any
where ON earth with every man Of GU
Hundred millions and every cent We owu
Otherwise our citizenship becomes worth
les. Wilson is simply lodging bricks.
WAS our flag ever saluted at Yer;
CRUZ All. but Mr.. Bryan got a bril-
i'ant idea about Mexico. lie told all on
people to get out OF the country. Tho,
did when they could find a British or
G,rman flag TO wrs,o around them. 7,
be- near the American flag meant dealt
(9r fhppo'