The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-06

with III is. should We cancel his en-
gagrmcnl--hav We the legal anu NOR
Al right 10 do it-withOut learning
from our lecture course subscribers
that they do not want Mr.. La Toilette
to fill his engagement. Personally, J
do not want Mr.. La Toilette TO come
In fact. to-day | teleSTaphea NM DISK
ing him if his duties ut Washington
would not keep him there, anu nope
that they will. If you want TO go on
record as disappearing OF his STAND III
our crisis, shall vote with >Eou' Dut
| ask YOU to tell me. how can | cancer
his engagement. as you want me to DO,
without consulting our three hundred
lecture course subscribers All ASK
of you is that you show Us the way out
OF this difficulty
Mr.. Brady Replies.
There can be no doubt OF me Sehli.
mrnt OF the people OF Wheeling.
Chairman J. G. Brady replied, "as 10
Mr.. La FullclleS coming here. Those
who called him 10 fill Il place on lee
turp course could not then i0reSee
what would happen: but think you
can see, Rabbi, that the sentiment OIL
Wheeling is against his speaking
here"
Frank A. OBrien, the next speaker
had this 10 say: e.,o
.,rhrrc is Il certain distinct Difference
du,. ihis committee Of the B'nni Birth
rnd il is proper That they have been IN
yi,cd to attend this meeting; There Is
a moral right in Canc"lllnR lhiS eHE"hc-
mrnt. If Mr. LuF'ollrttc, rs we heli"N'
him 10 be (und dislike To honor MN
with even the title Of Mr.l, traitor u"
his nag and his country. That certainty
Is Sufficient Ground
for cancrling thc "nSuEchirh'' 49,
Il think there is Il definite course titht
can he taken I" s"iN" I'M an
Rabbi Silver shows us. Cannot mat
committees see if the 500 patrons OF Inc
lecture course are not also HhWIIihs
to have LaFollcttc speak mere: EIGly
man here, regardless OF creed. Is true
rcd-bloudcd American citizen ana tnoSr
NJ th,, three hundred patrons ought Il"
be, too I-aFulfcttc can Ne notified ny
telegraph tonight that his engagement ~
cancelled for all time, ana turthcr INA"
that. he can he notified that II thcrt -
anything due him. by reason 81 cancer
ing the engagement the nl"n'S IL M r'Ir,,
lax for him We can raise 1t right mere
in This crowd. I think you nave liillt
enough To cancel the engagement. ar-
range for IN event full Of American pa
triotiSm and secure Il speaker "h" Is d
true American. worthy Of speaking III
this crisis"
.iuJrr james w. Ewing. after cnd"rS-
ing every word that had been said re-
garding the senators WI" LOOK ihelt
stand In defeat the vii! or IN" maJ"!it'
GA tn" armed neutrality measure. SHlH'
II do not believe that the committee
would he Justified in cancclling MI. LII
Solcttes engagement on any "ihcE
ground than for the reason we can SHOW
Them here. | believe that senator ia
Toilette will not come, but II they can l.
cancel the engagement, they can lri La
Toilette come and -" IL 3rh W hrcilhE
citizens are willing 1" sill at his icet an u !.
listen ia him for entertainment or Ior
any other purpose.
Under other Conditions. =.
"It was under conditions otherwise
than those existing now. y. '" faul'
said. that the lecture course commit
tee bouncd Mr.. La Toilette Tor u lecture.
S,innnsc in the meantime he had been
convicted of u serious crime ne GER
tainly would be cancelled. suppose Tor
the sake "f argument. n" MAD bech con-
ViCird uf treason. certainly MS u",c
would be cancelled. He hasn't been con-
vIctcd 10y II court or court martial. PUT
in some uf our minds. nj least. ne mas
been. belong TO an opposite rari
from Mr. La Toilette. and in that pLrt!
We have y burden who is tnua ~ AS DAG
Senator VIM. j. Stone. who showed ms
uuwurthincSS Of the trust rcpuScu III
him by our PRESIDENT.
II was at this point that Senator j. Il.
Sonmcrvillr introduced he res"i9t
denounclng Senator La Toilette and his
associates and the resolution was ADOPT
ed hy Il rising vote amid the shouts OF
almost every man'of the ono huhdred
present Its adoption was moved by AT
tnrncy T.. y. D'Rricn. and the SECONDS
were numbered by the dozens
Hon. George !. MathiSon suggested
the drafting of u second resolution call
ing upon lecture course ticket holders 70
signify their unwilingness 10 have Lid
Toilette speak here, and the second res
nlltion, for the relief nj the lecture
course committees difficulty, drafted
by Rabbi Silver himself. was anoptco
unanimously.
Judge Ronecrer.
Perhaps the brirt-St. but n"NcrthcicSS
unpatri"iic motives and unnrrparedneS
propaganda. WAS delivered ny Judge
Zen :. Iionrckcr IN commenting upOE
tn" Snmmrrviil" resolution.
Il desire" Judge li"ncckcr SAID, l.
add nv small voice 10 the sentiment o
this assembly. standing as IL docs; no
back Of inc p"m"cratic president OF on
United States. hut back Of the American
President Of Tn" United States.
III has Cpmr~--thc time has como.
tell yurl---whcn "" must SHOW our uhre
serted loyalty la our country by rcS0iri,
ton. by voice. and n necessary by deed
and indicate tn the hyDh"ns that we ar
American citizens and stand Tor AnIr:
lea
Too long have W" stood hy and look
Of our government. Too long have w
. listened without raising UP our voice
: 10 Su-calicd pacitiStS spreading theI
! propaganda of unrr"rIrrtin"ss
: IVY" m,tS! SHOW our diSaprrnral o,
! such unIuyaliy, and dcnnInce such opci
: acts of tr,urhrry /" our .presidrnt th'
. majority "f rur senate and /" our | nitct
States tiSrli.
/ "lu brief. IT, call f.aFollrttr Il compan