The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-05


lated In Missoula yesterday received
the thorough condemnation of the
working men of the city. TO whom ii
WAS addressed. at the Liberty ma
meeting held in the Missoula theater
last night. Here are the words in which
II. b. Cain. president of the Missoula
County Central Trades and Labor
council denounced it:
Il am proud to say that /. as the
head of organized labor in Missoua,
can call the author of this contempt
ihle sheet unworthy to be termed an
American citizen. The legal organized
labor of this country is sauafely be-
hind the president i'll this war
The statement met with loud APP
plause from all parts OF the crowded
theater.
The same prepa ganda was con-
demned in as vigorous terms and to as
much applause by the speaker OF the
evening, Attorney W. l.. Murphy.
Taking up one OF the mimeographed
sheets he said: 4 now hold in my hands
the most reasonable and scurriouS
paper it has ever been my misfortune
to hold. | am told that one who walks
erect has written and distributed this
sheet among the people who have sub
scrbea to the Declaration of indie
pendenee. He then read the paper and
vigorously answered its argument
against war on the grounds that it
merely was murder, pillage and the
breaking of mothers and fathers
hearts by saying that the war was to
stop the murder and atrocities being
committed by the Germans in France
and Belgium.
SoIemnity Of Meeting.
In other parts of his address, Mr..
Murphy dealt with the solemnity OF
the purpose of the meeting and of Reg
istration day and urged the subscrip
ton of Liberty bonds. Mrs. Tylar +.
Thompson, u member of the State
Council of Defense, preceded him with
Il talk giving the woman's view of the
war She told of the gerat sacrifice the
draft meant for the mothers and sweet
hearts and declared that the women
would bear their burdens bravely and
contribute their all to the country.
Other speakers We're business and fl
nancial men of the city who explained
the Liberty loan bonds and the neces-
sity for their immediate subscription.
pose" declared Mr.. Murphy, ITO say
good bye to the flower of our youth,
perhaps for a long time, perhaps for
ever. And we are come, too, those of
us who have passed the meridian of
our physical power, to consider how
best we may serve the country. We.
here ~ the tablelands of the Rockies.
may feel safe from all harm, but the
crisis which we face now is the crisis
Of the world, the greatest any democ
racy has ever faced.
For Democracy's Sake.
Il am not here to discuss the cause
nor the reasons for this war. 1t is suf-
ficient for any patriotic American to
know that we are al war with the i'm
perial government of Germany He is Il
poor American who is not prepared to
make any sacrifice that democracy
may not perish from the earth" CAP
plause.)
Here Mr.. Murphy read portions of
President Wilson's recent call for all
the citizens TO do their part toward the
prosecution Of the war. Continuing, he
declared the issue Of the war had been
made between that of democracy
against autocracy. that the world could
no longer continue half autocratic and
half democratic.
In closing Mr.. Murphy said that it
MAS the principle of equality of op-
portunIty and equality Of reward which
had made America great. He hoped to
ste the American flag on the SCARED
plains Of France and in bleeding Bel
slnm, and he met with great applause
when he added that he wanted to see
II carried down Wilhelmstrasse by the
soldiers of the United States.
lie then made a plea for subscrip-
tons 10 the Liberty Loan, citing the
story told of the reply of a German Of
ficcr To Herbert flowers threat of
American interference in the war. The
German said that his nation had no
fear of America, whose citizens cared
only for the profits they could make
from The war.
Can We free American citizens al
low Il German with an upturned NOUS
taChe 10 So insult u.s." exclaimed Mr..
Murphy. w eve rot to subscribe for