New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
State Sons of American
Revolution to Try Case
of the Rev. Mr.. Hall
SPEECH UNPATRIOTIC,
MEMBERS DECLARE
Threaten to Resign Unless
He Is Expelled by
Organization

When the members Of the Empire
State Society Of the Sons Of the Amer
lean Revolution gather at the Hotel
Martinique tonight they will be asked
to decide the case of Tubbs VS.. Hall.
The Rev. Frank Oliver Hall, chaplain
of the society, is a pacifist. This TACT
he stated eloquently, to the amazement
of his fellow members, at a speciai
service of the society Sunday in the
Church of the Divine Paternity OF
which DR.. Hall is pastor.
Other members of the organization
headed by Clarence Brown Tubbs, an
insurance man, who had expected Dr.
Hall 10 deliver a militant address,
threaten to resign unless he resigns or
is expelled They say the society must
repudiate DR.. Halls utterances, ana II
is planned 70 introduce a resolution
condemning them.
DR.. Hall had not made up his MIND
last night whether he would attend To-
nights meeting, but he said that he
would have copies of his address PRINT
ed and distributed at the meeting to
guard against being misquoted.
May Not BE Renominated
Announcement of the society's nomi-
nations of officers for the ensuing year
will be made tonight, and, according
to James de la Montanye, treasurer OF
the society, DR.. Hall will not De renom-
mated for chaplain because OF his pael-
fistic address. He has held the once
several years.
Mr.. Tubbs said last night that he was
endeavoring 10 get some prominent
member of the society TO act as spokes-
man for the faction seeking TO Dust the
chaplain. 800,
theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root.
job Hedges and several other men OF
that calibre are members of our socl-
ETY." said Mr.. Tubbs last night, "and l
am endeavoring 10 get one OF them 10
present our case for US. The expulsion
of Mr.. Hall from the society would
have 10 be acted upon at later meet
inP of the managers of the organlza,
ton, but the society can and should
ropudate Mr.. Halls contemplate opin-
ions. Bryan himself couldn't have done
better. Many members were so indig-
nant that they walked out while Mr.
Hall vas speaking" ms
Among the statements in DR.. Hairs
speech which aroused the ire OF the
patriotic Sons were the following:
81 am By temper, by training and by
profession that pitiful object upon
which lust now is being hurled such
contempt. a 'pacifist.' | rather coVet
such contemptuous nickname, because
80 many similar ones have proved later
to be titles of the highest honor. The
word Christian was originally con-
temptuous epithet.
"ff America is to be involved in war
will take my share and do my part
all the time hating il with all my heart.
In the meantime | am going to do what
can to postpone the evil to the last
minute. If any one wants to SEND me
a white feather on that account shall
be proud to receive it,
Say Speech Was Pro-German
DR.. Halls opponents declare his adj
dress was not only pacifstic, but pro-
German, although his subject was PRO
Americanism" Supporting this conten-
ton, they point to part of his speech
likening Germany to mad dog set
upon by a dozen policemen, and ex-
pressing sympathy for the animal sur
rounded by men seeking its life. -.
"Mr Tubbs says my speech was full
of Bryanism," said DR.. Hall yesterday.
"The only Organism in it was that |
advocated putting a declaration of war
to referendum vote. and Bryan has
no patent on that idea. | think if a
man is going to support his country he
has a right to know what the real senti-
ment of the country is.
for US both in the Empire State So
ciety? If that is true, then not only
Mr.. Tubbs and l, but everybody in it
who holds democratic opinions, ought TO
get out"
ats not enough simply to rebukc
Mr.. Hall by refusing to reflect him
chaplain" said Mr.. Tubbs. ale was
speaking as the official representative
of this society, and his utterances must
be repudiated or | and a lot of other
loyal members will get out"