Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-28
La TOILETTE A
Hun, SAYS I. R.
IN WISCONSIN
Roosevelt Applauded BY Eel
low Citizens Of Badger
Senator.
No Time for Fifty-ifty Loy-
atty, He Says-Urges
Strict Dealing.

Racine. Wis, Sept. 28.-Colonel
Roosevelt entered Senator LaFollette's
home state last night and two big
meetings applauded his criticisms Of
the senator's attitude toward the par
ticipation Of America in the war.
The colonel first addressed the
league of Wisconsin Municipalities in
the auditorium and an overflow meet
ing at Danish Brotherhood hall. Both
structures were filed hours before his
arrival while throngs unable to get
into either meeting filled adjacent
streets until he returned to the train
which was to take him to Minneapolis.
Governor Phillip in introducing the
colonel said that he was going to ex-
plain a few things about the state in
order to set the colonel right in view
of Misrepresentation "in other circles"
The governor briefly sketched the
rush of Wisconsin volunteers to the
colors when the first call came, its
prompt response to the draft and it's
over-subscription of it's share in the
Liberty Loan.
Admires Wisconsin's Loyalty.
Colonel Roosevelt said tina he fully
appreciated the loyalty of Wisconsin
and scored those who discriminate
against a man because Of his birth as
un-American themselves. There was
the closest attention when the speaker
compared Senator La Toilette to the
c~opperheads Of the Civil war.
Il read a newspaper account of Sem
ator La Follette's st. Paul speech in
which his words condoned the sinking
of the Lusitania with its LOO souls
on board" said he. "Of those lost
fifty were women with infants under
n year of age, and another fifty were
under two years. And I remember
reading the Queenstown dispatches
| fa1lin0 how EfhnCn nonfhnrc Uynro 1oi1
out at the morgue with their babies
still in their arms as they had tried
to shield and save them, and a senator
Of the United States tries to condone
this infamy."
a Hun No One.
There were cries Of Shame, shame"
from all over the hall. When the
colonel spoke Of Huns within our
gates, being the most sinister Of our
enemies" and numbered Mr.. La Fol-
lette among them, there was loud .
plause and cries Of That's right"
IT condemn him as I would have
condemned Robespierre when he
plunged France into an abyss Of hor-
ror from which she was rescued by the
d]espotism Of Napoleon" the colonel
concluded on this point.
Colonel Roosevelt advocated the
prohibition during the war of papers
printed in the language of Germany
and her allies, saying h a In this re-
spect Germany vas setting an excel
lent example by prohibiting newspa-
pers in the language of any of her
enemies. He included in his category
Of "I-uns within our gates" rich men
who organize peace at any price socie-
ties, I. w. W. agitators who oppose all
government" n rich men who OUT
fit peace ships to bring about a peace
to the advantage Of the most brutal
monarchy in history"
The League of Wisconsin Municipal
tiles adopted resolutions similar to
those adopted at the National Security
league meeting at Chicago Wednesday
night when Colonel Roosevelt spoke,
calling for the expulsion Of Senator
La Toilette from h senate.
"The time has come" declared
Colonel Roosevelt, when we should
insist that any man in this country
other ~natonalism except straight out
unadulterated Americanism, is a foe
of America and should be bundled
straight out Of the country to n 9TH,
er country that is willing to receive
him. There isn't room any longer
here for a $3.50 allegiance"
Describing the Hun within our
have the most to fear for he is the
tool and ally of the Hun without"
Colonel Roosevelt asserted:
Some Bad Editors.
"Of these Huns within our gates
those who do most mischief are the
men who hold Office and the men who
edit newspapers. These n~eo-copper-
heads stand toward the loyal Ameri-
cans of today exactly as the old cop
perheads owe half a century ago,
stood toward Abraham Lincoln.
Men like Senators La Toilette and
Stone, and Congressman MacLemore
occupy substantially the position
which vallandigham occupied in
1868. They denounce this war as
Vallandigham aided the cause of seces-
sion. They use the same ~highsound-
ing words hat Vallandigham used.
They demand peace as he demanded
1t. They now slur over or defend the
! hideous iniquity Of Germany as he in
, his day slurred owe or defended the
iniquity Of slavery. They try to excite
class hatred exactly as Vallandigham,
and his fellows reused the New York
mob against the draft.
D~isloyalists Should Go to Kaiser.
Abraham Lincoln sent Vallandig-
ham into the hostile lines. I wish that
we could send to Germany the neo-
copperheads of today, and especially
those congressional and editorial cop-
perheads who have taken the lead In
directly OF indirectly preaching dis
loyalty to our country's cause while at
war, and giving aid and comfort in
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