Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-28
LA TOILETTE IS INDICTED.
BY COLONEL ROOSEVELT
~ Wish We Could Give Him
to the KaiSer,"
He Says

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-'The Hun with
in our gate" "the most sinister foe of
democracy at this moment" and "a
cause for shame and humiliation of ev-
cry worthy American" were only a few
Of the indictments hurled at Senator La
Toilette by Theodore Roosevelt in a
speech before $4,000 persons at the stock
yards pavilion here.
The colonel sektched picture of the
sinking of the Lusitania.
Senator La Toilette condones the &C
ton of the brutes guilty of that muir
DER" he shouted. 81 wish we could
make him a gift to the kaiser"
Bishop Samuel Fallows, who won
brigadiership in. the Civil war; leaoins
men from La Follette's state. presented
resolutions prepared by the Nauohal oe-
curity league, under whose auspices the
meeting was held. demanding La Fol-
lette's expulsion from the senate. They
were adopted without a dissenting voice
1--WE are to stand behind them against
the Hun outside our country, SAID the
colonel, after paying tribute to the ma
tional army, land against the Hun IN
eide our borders We are to stand
against men of the stamp or senator
LaFollette who, in recent speech III
Minneapolis, actually, by implication
condoned the brutal German murders
of our men and women on the high seas
and tried to distract attention from the
wrongs inflicted upon US by creating
dissension at home.
I'VE had his type in the Civil war.
Then they called them coperheads
These men used all the fine words and
the same arguments as LaFollette,
certain congressman and editors and
sham philanthropists make now.
The colonel brought this phase OF his
address, which was comparatively
short, to a conclusion by expressing
regret that it was impossible to send
the object of his criticism to the Ger
man lines.
81 wish we could make him a gift to
the kaiser for use in his reichstag. In
the seante he is a cause for shame and
humiliation to every worthy Amerl-
can"
Referring to the divided allegiance
of certain foreign-born Americans, the
colonel maintained that I'VE have the
right to demand that every German
American stand shoulder to shoulder
with hfs fellow Americans against the
bloody tyranny of the Prussianized au-
tocratcy of Germany.
"In this country the events of the
last three years will teach us much II
we have the wit to read the lessons
Alright. There must be in the United
States one flag, and only one flag; one
allegiance, and only one language
that of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. of washington's farewell adj
dress, of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
and President Wilson's message to con-
gress.
'I would give anything in the world
to be going over with you," he said, ad-
dressing his remarks to soldiers in the
audience eff 1t had not been such
very exclusive war / would have gone.
greet you as comrades, you with the
white faces and you with the black
faces. And I want to say this, in the
home state of Abraham Lincoln, if a
man does his duty, black or white.
stand by him. We cannot afford to
take any other ground in our own
country under the penalty of being
counted as hypocrites when we fight
for the rights of humanity abroad"
The resolution denouncing Senator
LaFollette dealt chiefly with his re-
cent speech at st. Paul before the nom
partisan league.
"His utterances have been most
agreeable and helpful to Germany"
the resolution declared
He ."untruthfully stated that our
grievance was that the German govern
ment had interfered with our rights to
travel the high seas as passengers on
the munition ships of Great Britain"
1t continued.
"He denounced the lawful action of
congress in passing financial measures
for the support of the war and con-
demned the administration for approx
ing them. When his attack upon this
measure evolved the response shame
on congress- he replied. Yes. and on
the administration that approved it
This speech of Senator La Toilette
was intended to make those who heard
and those who read 1t less loyal, less
disposed to perform their full duty
as citizens and more inclined to en-
barrass and defeat the successful
prosecution of the war.
Therefore, this assemblage Of loyal
citizens of the United States, repre-
senting every element in the great
melting pot of American citizenship
and patriotism, condemns Senator La
Toilette for his public utterances
against the government and the vigor-
Gus prosecution of this war and as an
unfaithful and disloyal official, I'M
worthy longer to represent the loyal and
devoted citizens of America"