The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-07-19
CHICAGO. MAYOR
HIsL0YAL--[AND|s
MEMBERS or BIG CLUB CHEER
VERBAL sHRAPNEL BY JUDGE.
NAMES CONGRESSMAN MASON
Jurist Declares He Has Greater Re,
speet for the Foe in the Trenches
Than for the Man Who
breaches Pacificism.

breaches Paeificism.
Chicago, July 16.-Branding Mayor
Thompson as. "disloyal," including
Congressman Mason In the same cate
CORY and hurting verbal shrapnel at all
pacifists, Federal Judge Lands
brought members and guests Of the
hamilton club to their feet In a shout
ing, cheering outburst.
The judge was the principal speak
er at luncheon of the war service
committee of the club. He was In
troduced by. Orrin n. Carter, chief
Justice of the. Illinois supreme court,
and lost no time In expressing his
feelings about persons who preach
pacificism.
Separates Good From Bad.
"We have In this state and town
the same kind of people that are in
every great state and town." he said.
"Some are good aud some are bad.
BY good / mean those who are for the
United States and the American flag.
and by bad mean those who arc
not.
II have greater respect for the
enemy In the trenches, the man who
aims the anti-aircraft gun, the man
Who losses the hand grenade or who,
fires the mine than !. have for the
man who breaches pacificism.
"They call themselves pacifists and
say they have conscientious objec-
tons. Some of them are in Office and
some Of them want to get into Office.
'"They figure that on election day In
1918 1t will be handy thing for n
candidate to be In with the treason
able element of Illinois and they are
playing to that element. 8
Calls Mayor "DisIoyal."
II say to you that the humblest
private soldier in the army of the
United States is greater man than
the disloyal mayor of the greatest
city on EARTH"
For several minutes the judge could
not make himself heard. Men and
women we're on their feet, waving
handkerchiefs and napkins, shouting
and cheering. Shouts Of Good"
You're right" go to it," and That's
the stuff, that's the stuff" echoed
through the room.
"And that goes for the most vocifer-
Gus congressman at large in the Unit
ed States" continued Judge Lands,
when the audience finally let him pro-
coed. The congressman who has got
it In his soul-if he has One-when this
country Is in its extremity and its
soldiers are going to France to make
1t safe for him to keep on talking here,
to say let us debate the constitution
atty of this matter
This war must go on. There must
be no peace until the kaiser and the
sultan follow the king and the car.
Then power will have been trans
ferred to where 1t belongs and the
world will have a guarantee that
there cannot' be o repetition of the
cataclysm which has drenched the
world In blood for three years. 1,
''The kaiser is responsible. Not a
bhoNC- Nuo ullllI SIsbCu llIS
warrant. & Since his action 100000
men have been killed. Take that
power away from him. Put it where
it belongs and we will have no more
of this.
Il can't go to war. wish could.
I'll do what can. I'll spend my time
fighting the man who is fighting the
soldier.
Another Rap at Paeifists.
|.Pacifists who want to get into Of
fee in 1918 are banking on the disloy-
atty of COMMUNICATIONS. There are
some disloyal fellows called German
Americans, but my judgment is they
are all would-be leaders of German
organizations. The German butcher,
the baker, the>street sweeper is loyal,
/ believe.
There are some men printing news
papers in German which scatter trea-
son, / believe they speak for a small
constituency. 1t is my opinion they
have gotten retainers from the kai-
ser. If they haven't they have re-
fused them. Il would rather believe
they had been bribed by dirty Ho-
henzollern money than believe they
are simply disloyal."