The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-19
The Extravagant Ta1ker.

Ii is humiliating to the patriotic peo-
ple of Kenosha to know that one citi-
zen Of the city has been detained by
secret service officials for disloyal talk
against his own country. 1t is equally
humiliating that others in the city have
been warned that their conversation is
such as to make them persona-non-gra-
la in a nation under whose government
these rnen nave earned their livelihood
and found place to raise and educate
their children.
Like the trumpeter who melted 9th
srs to battle, these fellows have been
going about the streets, melting others
to disloyalty. For the most part they
are men who have never given any
thing to their country or for the de-
velopment Of their home town. Their
opinions are valueless among men of
affairs and their insistent batting is a
menace only on account OF the fact
that it tends to create distrust In the
administration of the government and
distaste in the mouths of patriotic peo-
pie These people are as valuable to
the city as a carbuncle on the back of
q man Is neck and almost as annoying.
These men are crying out against en-
listment in the army and the navy;
they are bitterly criticising the admin
istration at Washington and filing all
the positions which were so ably filed
with the distinguished Copperheads -
who escaped lynching during the Civil
War time. To hear these men talk one
Might believe that as government eff
sent agents they would work wonders
and got not one of them has even been
nglCd out by his fellow citizens to fill
tdc place Of alderman of the ward he
iiycs ill., These fellows are taking
tbomYclyes very seriously. They be-
iieve that they can make others believe
That they are really worthy of consid-
Grafton. The limit of their exertions
Is to bring disgrace into the city.
II these fellows do not want to ioin
the army, no one is forcing them and
Is CONSUMPTION comes they will prob
ably be the first to hire substitute to
$. We their white livers from actual de-
tense of the nation. If they do not
want to offer their sons to serve in the
national defense, let them keep them
tied to the apron strings of their moth
er and thank their lucky stars that
there are other and more patriotic peo-
pie. But when they do this, let them
do it with their mouths shut.
Kenosha is loyal to the nation and
loyal to the men who administer the
laws OF. the nation. Kenosha people as
a whole hate disloyalty as they hate
the snake in the grass. Disloyal talk
ers are not all guilty of sedition and
treason, but they are all guilty of the
crime of disgracing their fellowmen.
II these men are not satisfied with
this country, let them get out. The
room that they would leave by their
departure would be quickly filled by
men who would rally to the support of
the nation in its time of need. These
men are not wanted in Kenosha. Their
presence is an insult to the men who
believe in defending the nation and
who believe that the nation is worth
defending.
The losspof-every one of these men
and women by Kenosha would be a
bIesslngsand an undisguised one. These
fellows who have been nurtured by a
government and who like snarling
cur snap at the hand that feeds them
should be ostracized by all patriotic
people. This ostracism should be i'm
mediate and complete. Let them un-
derstand that the people of Kenosha
have no sympathy with the defamers
pr the nation. Let them know that
people believe that the Stars and
Stripes stand for something and that
any effort on the part of these fellows
to compromise or heckle the authori-
Ties in the administration of the gov
eminent and the defense of our homes
and our honor meets with nothing but
contempt.
An aroused public sentiment found
1T easy to dispose of the Copperheads
when the Civil War ragged and an
aroused sentiment will find it Just as
easy to dispose of these pests when the
nation is menaced by foreign foe.