Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-20
''WILFUL MEN,
SPEAK AT Big
TOWNLEY MEET
Senator Borah Takes up the
War Tax Measure-Says
it is Unjust.
Grenna Talks About Hoover
LANCER Takes Rap at.
F. B. Kellogg.
(By Tom Parker Junkin.)

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 2O.-The Ma
tional Conference of Producers ant
consumers meeting last evening wa
the largest of the week, the presence
If Senators Gronna and Borah on tn
speakers program being the drawing
card that brought to the st. Paul audi
torium hundreds of local people GU
al curiosity to see some of the viii
full ones who have been so persisten
in their opposition to the policies o
President Wilson.
The true scope, purpose and
intent of the conference of pro-
ducers and consumers lemon
strnted in the latest revision of
the program for Friday night,
when Senator La Toilette, Mayor
Thomas Van Lear of Minneapolis,
and President A. G. Townley will
hold the platform. Here will be
assembled the arch-pacif1st of the
Nation, the enemy of CONSUMPTION,
and of every endeavor of Presi-
dent Wilson to carry the war
preparations to a hasty and ef-
fcient basis; then the radical So
Gialist who was elected mayor of
Minneapolis on a Socialist flukc
and who has been anti-war to the
limit of safety, and to top off is
Gear Townley, who needs no in
PRODUCTION II the readers of The I.
Herald, and whose stand OF the
matters pertaining to patriotism
and loyalty arc too well known to
need REPETITION. 1t might be men. Z.
toned In passing however, as a
reminder and to give a proper
view of the loyalty professions
of the past few days to recall hat
Gar Townley caused the words
loyalty and patriotism" to be
stricken from the constitution of
North Dakota in the well ren.e1n-
bered House bill. A. That should
be enough. 4
Senator Borah conferred his argu,
ment on the war tax bill which hi
declared was unjust repeating most o.
the statements he made on the flool
of the senate during the debate. H,
also went to the free speech argumen
with hot words, but in the next breath
qualified the statement in setting fortl
those who had the right to free speech
In times of a nations crisis. He sale
in part:
.H- NuuoG SCINC 0OSCTlIHleuI. .
Loyalty in times like these is no
negative but affirmative. 1t is not suf
ficient that we refrain from embarras
sing the government; it is essentia
that we, to the limit of our ability
both IN thought and action, serve thu
government. The government is en-
titled to U best thought and our mos
unsel6shp service. There, can benz
such thing as divided allegiance. MFfe1
the republic is in peril, those who ar,
not for the republic, are against it
those who are not for America tonigh
are untrue to tradition, unworthy o
her history, and untitled to Nstant
among this noble people. And thi
rule obtains regardless of where the,
come rom. Test a man, not by hi
birth place, Or his race, but by his de
Eotlon to u country. In this fear
U situation the final sacrifice O
winch no man can %foresee, whateve
we say or whatever we do, let's kee,
our eye on the flag and be sure tina
our hearts beat in unison with tn,
great underlying principles for. which
tie fathers fought.
Only One Per Cent Are DisIoyal.
There has been some criticism, O
this Gathering an intimation indeed
that it is a faint, of ~disloyalty for tn
people to meet in times Of war an,
discuss vital questions. j do not thin
so.G The citizen owes loyalty to- tn
government and the government w
confidence and candor to the people
N1nety-nine per CEN of the people o
the United States are patriotic and TIL
patriotic citizen not only has the RICH,
but he is moral coward il he doe
not exercise the right of candid an,
sincere interchange OF views as to tn
best interests Of the government.
Situation Should Be Discussed.
f"There never was, and there neye
Will be a government upon the face Q
Gods footstool worthy of a single hu
man life one hour after the devote
men ndNwomen who bear it's burden.
and fight its battles are denied tn
right to meet and discuss the erea
problems of its destiny. In fact with