Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
EXCORIATD In AN
ADDRESS BY COL. ROOSEVELT:
BAER AND GRONNA ATTACKED
Calls Wisconsin Senator Hun and Gronna His Shadow
Hun-Had Hoped Great Things Of the Nonpartsan
League, Although He Saw Political Machine Building.

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Minneapolis. Sept. 29.-Theodore
delivered his message Of
patriotism to three huge mass meet
ings in the Twin Cities yesterday and
last night under the auspices Of La
Loyal Legion and was loudly applaud
boris Loyal Legion and was loudly
applauded when he assailed pacifists
and "other friends of the kaiser" de-
objectors" and pleaded for universal
military obligation.
Huns within our own gates" were
put to rout when Col. Roosevelt, 100
per cent American, trained his heavy
artillery in their direction.
From the time he arrived at noon
and until he left late last night, the
former president. apostle Of prepared
ness. kept upihis fire. With the cheers
heard him in Minneapolis and st.
Paul, he was stamping out all traces
OF ~disloyalty left by LaFollette and
the Townley echoes last week.
Where LaFollette Spoke.
On the same platform Of the ST.
Paul auditorium where Senator La
toilette last week decried Americas
entry into the war on what he termed
g violation of technical rights"
Colonel Roosevelt, classing the Wis
consin senator among the Huns with
IN ur gates" yesterday declared
he would like to send LaFollette and
his Shadow Huns to Germany as
free gifts to the kaiser" Among
n Shadow Huns" the colonel in
cluded Senator Gronna Of North Da-
kota NJ Representative Lundeen of
Minnesota He paid considerable at
tention to A. G. Townley, Congress
man JohnsBaer and others connected
with the LaFollette affair.
Roosevelt Was Shocked.
Il wish to state the real grief i,
was to me to be forced to realize.
most reluctantly, the. kind Of doc
trine for which hat so-called Nom
partisan league was willing to stand,
as It showed by the way it cheered
the sentiments and utterances Of Sem
ator LaFollette I had at the time of
the inception of the league, felt a
great sympathy for its purposes and
for some Of its methods-for most of
It's purposes and some of its methods.
'Ihere were some Of its methods
which l could not approve because ]
felt 1t was building up q boss system,
q machine as bad as the worst OF
those Of the old parties where they
nave been, worst. and as bad as the
socialist party machine in Its ordinary
developments-and that's pretty bad.
(Applause.)
But, as I say, I had felt a real
sympathy for most Of it's purposes
and for some of its methods, and it
was a matter of genuine disappoint-
ment to me and it excited my grave
concern, as we'll as of course my
%scornful reputation, when 1t acted al
1t ! the other day.
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Bitterly Scored Townley.
Since then I have received infor.
nation that the gentleman, who, or
behalf of the Nonpartisan league, In
troduced Mr.. LaFollette as not afraid
Of anything in heaven or hell-s
correct-(Laughter). I Q that he
had been credited in the press with
saying about the men whose SOM
went to war that he knew hat there
were amen whos would sell their. SON
for profit .ss55z 7&sss .s4E
1.-The didn't make any such state.
nent. he ought to have already sued
the man who said he made it; and. II
Ihe did,make any such statement, he Il
drunk man. GApplause and cheers)
Americanism the Issue.
II see it reported in the p%apersthai
the candidate Of that league. the sue
cessful North Dakota candidate for
congress on June 9th, made this
statement: 1T is no time to make
Amerfcanisrns ar ISSUE That would
be all correct as a statement OF a sue.
cessfM Candidate for the German
reichstag..sa But the man who car
make such d statement hasn't any
right to be admitted to the American
congress. (Applause). II American
ism is not now an Issue then it new.
er can be and never will be an issue
admit that it is an issue and doesn't
take the right view OF the issue
hasn't any business to live here in the
United States.
The Huns Within Own Gates.
"While the men in khaki are war
ring against the Huns without our
gates, let us war against the Hun.
within our gates" he said, and 1t was
that purpose that guided him every
minute of the time that he spent In
the Twin Cities.
LaFollette was called '"rhe mos
sinister enemy Of the United states
Of North Dakota, Ernie" Lundeer
and others of their ilk were dubbed
lesser microbes" and shadow
Huns"
The Nonpartisan league and IT.
leaders, A. 9. sTownley and Congress
man John M. Baer, came in for the
most scathing denunciations.
At one time Colonel Roosevelt dub
bed Senator Gronna as LaFollette's
"Me too,'' and said John M. Baer'f
utterances sounded like those of q
man Just elected to the German reich
stag.
stamp Out LaFollette sedition.
Last week they held disloyalt.
meeting here, now we'll hold a loyal
ty meeting" said Colonel Roosevelt
| Andtsit was that idea that prevailed
during his various speeches. He wa.
lpreaching a loyalty that was design
| ed purposely to stamp out all traces
of the disloyalty preached by thu
Townley conference!
II was the colonel's intention Y
preach patriotism without III" ant
lioyalty without butts" That was jus
THE sort Of loyalty that he did preach
and a kind that was absent Q tn
~Iconference last week.
Tribute to Knute Nelson.
Colonel Roosevelt turned from hi
tset speech long enough to pay tribute
to Senator5K nute Nelson and "foreigI
lborn men Of his type" whom he char
acterized as Americans and nothinl
else. ii
aYet we have other national figures
such as Senator La Toilette. who wa.
Iborn on this side Of the water. "Ant
lheayen onIy knows what La Toilette
iJo IS 70 said The $~tho1isanda wh(