New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 27-Specihc
demands to day that Robert NJ. La FOL
lette be expelled from the Senate as an
en.my Of the country found such en-
thusi,stic Endorsement by members OF
the American Bankers Association that
all business was suspended temporarily
while fnanciers clambered on chairs,
cheered. stamped their feet and called
for action.
The demand, voiced by DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler. president Of Columbia
University. came "a a climax to vlg-
orous denunciation of "cvil minded Sc
dition, conspiracy, cowardice and trea-
son" at home. Twice the bankers. VINO
were assembled for the first full ses-
sion of the present annual convention,
rose Ia their feet and shouted their APP
proval as the educator intimated thas
La Toilette was the target Of his de-
nunciation.
IL was not until DR.. Butler named
his hands and called uponthe two Sen
ators from New Jersey, his birthplace,
and the Senators from New York, his
home. to purge the Senate of that OBJ
ject," that bedam really broke loose.
For more than five minutes the cheer.
ing continued. punctuated by shouts OF
GIVE it to him." We'll get him yet
Action Expected To-day
There is an almost unanimous opln-
ion among the bankers assembled mere
that the sentiment aroused to-day VIII
net as a SPUR that will force the mem
bers of the Senate TO act. The specihc
demand upon the four Senator'S from
New York and New Jersey, they argue,
cannot be ignored. Whether the bank
ers' organization will adopt resolutions
indorsing the demand for the expulsion
of the Wisconsin Senator has not been
decided, but il is considered highly
probable that some action will be called
for tomorrow because of the remarka-
BILE demonstration of this afternoon.
DR.. Butler plunged into his subject
after a few sentences Of preamble. lie
told of the duty of the American SOL
der, who, at the risk of his life, must
face the foe upon foreign soil. but
an equally important duty, he said. was
TO be faced BY those who remained at
home and faced the enemy within our
gates.
1--WE are fighting this war in two
places" he said. eve are repelline
attack upon the American people and
American institutions OF two kinds.
We are hghting it across The sea. and
we are fighting il here where evil
minded sedition, conspiracy, cowardice
and treason exist. Our soldiers can
fight a soldiers enemy. but you and ]
have got TO fight sedition and cow
srdice.
"IIave the American people lost their
capacity Cor corporate Indignation
There is a provision in the Constitution
OF the United States that either House
Of Congress may, by two-thirds vote,
expel a member. What, sir, are they
about, these honorable, pa
triotic men, to sit there and be con-
taminated by having Robert NJ. La Fol,
lette breathe the same air with them
Have we 10 courage? Are we 80 mealy-
that we are afraid TO make
trouble with an object like that?
Believe rue. gentlemen, this Is
serious matter. 1t is the most solemn
The other day Charles Edward Russell.
n distinguished Socialist. who went by
of the President Of the
United States on the recent mission TO
Russia, stated in a public place that the
Russian downfall was in no small part
due 10 the reading by those poor, ig- !
norant Russian soldiers of this mans
speeches In the Senate and on the hust- !
inps as evidence that the United States I,
was not united and sincere in this war. !
Why, you might just as we'll put poison |
in the food of every boy that goes TO
his transport as 10 permit that man 10
talk as he does in the Senate.
Calls on Senate to Act
81 am a native son of New Jersey, [
which has two patriotic Senator'S IN the
Senate, and call upon them to take
heed. ! am a citizen OF New YORK, |
which has two patriotic Senators IN !
the Senate. and ! call upon them to !
take I'd this matter No single act
would 60 so far TO shorten this war as
that. Hundreds of millions Of dollars
and tens of thousands of precious lives
are being lost and will be lost because
We stand supine.
81 feel stirred from the very depths
Of my heart when | think that there
are among our people those in high
public place who have been trusted by
confiding constituencies who will, with
their eyes wide open, betray the gov
eminent of the United States in the
war. And do you see the significance OF
these cooings about peace which come
from Berlin? Do you recognize their sig
nifcance? They are intended TO weaken
your effort and mine, in the hope that
We may stay our hand before the new
world Of which we are in search was
been discovered and organized Any