Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-09
Ear Forced by Irate Citizens Of Grand
Forks to Make Retraction Of Brutal
andllnsulting Language on Platform
Governor Frazier Participated With
ToWnley in Meeting Bordering on
Sedition.

OF the Invitation COMMITTEES" he has
tened to the Auditorium. He was
much chASrihed to discover he was
too late to pay his personal respects
to Townley.
When he was apprissd Of what had
occurred, Mr.. Bacon was deeply at
ffected by the aspsrsions cast upon his
known that there 10 no man in the
city or the state whose high sense Of
obligation to the cause Of his country
and his nag 10 moro sincere than that
Of Jerry" Bacon.
Mr.. Bacon'e Type Of Loyalty.
It 10 readily recalled that he sub
scribed for $1,000 Of Liberty Bonds a.
soon as the committee called on him
ana had told the committee he would
gladly subscribe for moro II. nscos-
sary, and that he was willing to 1ivs
every dollar Of his money ana his
property to aid the nation and II Il
seemed necessary and fair and right
for men in his position he would so to
war as we'll and give his life and his
all for his country. Mr.. Bacon has
been heard to express this sentiment
OF" sacrtfico time and aSAin. He had
added: $3.50
II now have ono son training
for the front, and when It IL nee.
eseafy my only other boy, noW TOO
young 70 be eligible, Will 20 to the
: front Az. Ny boy % anxious to
go and offer himaelf to his coun.
try and I would blush for shame
II ho did not have that kind OF
patriotic blood In his vedns.M
It was recalled by some Of Mr.. b.
cons friends that. he had expressed
his personal feelings about the war.
the Liberty Loan and patriotism on
tho public platform only last Tuesday
when rs one. Of the. speakers Of the
great Patriotic Day denomination he
had said:
Proud. to He . Farmer,
"Citt:sns Of the greatest republic
on earth. I am proud to bear the title
Of farmer, Al in this day and age IL
seems to be an enviabls one; but there
10 n title more enviabls, and that
is the title Of soldier.
,o. II am - more ore than sna pleased to see such
I am overwhelmed by this great ,sx-
preston Of loyalty and devotion. Such
patriotism reminds me Of the tomb Of
William Lloyd 0arretson: MY coun.
try IL the whole country; my coun.
trymen all mankind. I will not fall
ter. I Will not equivocate, I will not
retrest . single inch. but I will bs
Il have done some good in the
cause IL I can make you see that We
should realise that. while Uncle Sam
is calling for the best blood, the most
rugged. the best intelligence and
power Of any continent, and while the
millions of me are registering
We younger and we older men have
home and ask ourselves what there 10
to do. We should zee this duty and
We should perform 1t. It is up to
every n Of US to be heard and We
should stamp out everything that has
a semblAnce of dibsension and never
allow for q moment the socialism, the
anarchism and the I. ". w.-ism such
as We have been reading about in
all the papers Of late.
Thank God for Patriotism.
II thank God that I live in q coun-
try whore non are loyal and patriotic,
whore men fought to preserve the flag
even before I was born. And I thank
God for those boys in khaki, and those
boys who are liable to be called to
hazard their lives. I want them to
know that I admire them. that I stand
ready to help them in any way I can,
and that whenever necessity demands
It I will be willing to give up my
property and Join them in the service
myself.
Deep patriotism fills me whom I
see the boys in khaki. when I behold
the Red Cross, ana a deeper feeling
OF loyalty. comes over me whenever T
see the old soldiers. who made It
possible for us to spend the last fifty
years in peace and prosperity. And I
want every one Of them to know that
while my memory serves mo, I shall
not forget the loyal service they per.
fofmed&in protecting the .grand0st flag
on earth. :,
my EARNEST prayer IL that the
blessing Of Heaven may rest upon ev-
cry man who enters the service and
that Almighty God will see that each
is returned safely t. his friends and
his loved ones. I pray that they may
live to enjoy the world peace We are
all struggling for"
And this 10 the type Of man this So
cialtst, this I. w. W. agitator.s Town
ley, who seeks to rend North Dakota
asunder in q class against class strife.
has denounced .as q traitor because
he could not and would not stand for
the naenAce of Townleyism, and for
the Townley ~disloyalty he had tried to
foist upon the farmers of the state.