The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
COOK COUNTY PUBLIC
SAFETY ASSN. ORGANIZED
Patriotic Meeting Held at the School
Auditorium Monday Evening.
Many Present.

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school house June 4th for the pur-
pose of organizing the Cook County
Public Safety Association. The meet
ing was presided over by Mr. C. j.
Johnson who opened the meeting by
requesting the audience to sing "a
merica." The people of the county
were fortunate to have Senator Cul-
kin who gave very able talk on the
present war. He spoke of the five
wars that the United States had
been engaged in. One war gave US
freedom on the seas in 1912; another
sanctity Of frontier lines in 1916.
Liberty for races and nations other
than our own in 1861; the rights of
little lands like Cuba in 1898. The
Senator also mentioned the fact that
the u. S. had won all these wars and
was loudly applauded when he said:
"We are going to win this war;" DR..
Hicks was then called upon to ex-
plain the purpose of the association
The doctor proved himself to be a
master in this line Of work and pre-
sented the aims of the association in
mastery fashion, He left no
doubts in the minds of his hearers
as to the purpose Of the Public Safe
ty Association.
Mr.. Monker was then called upon
for an address. Mr.. Monker is al
ways interesting and to the point, he
proved very conclusively that the
German people had been made to be-
lieve by their government that they
were fighting a defensive war. Mr..
Monker was applauded when he said
that the German government had de-
ceived the German people and that
we were not fighting the German peo-
pie, but that we were fighting that
system of militarism which is a men,
ace to the nations. Rev. Ripon then
gave some we'll chosen remarks. A.
mong other things, he said, that this
war was war of principle. In this
terrible war autocracy and democ-
racy are in death grapple; he said
as a minister of the gospel he was a
teacher of the doctrine Of peace; he
believed in the school house and not
the fort; in the bible and not the
bombshell. But when the burglar
breaks into your house and points a
pistol, it is useless to recite text,
beginning: "Blessed are the peace
makers" You cannot argue with a
drunken man, nor preach to the lion,
nor persuade murderous brigand
who is determined to loot every
house and store and factory. Rev.
Ripon was loudly applauded when he
said: 'Looking forward to league
of peace we will include the German
when we have destroyed his autocra-
cy and militarism and freed the Ger
man people,"
The association was then formally
organized by the adoption of con-
stitution and bylaws as formulated
by the State Commission. Officers
were elected as follows:
President, c. j. Johnson; Vice
president, DR.. F. B. Hicks; Secre-
tary, Rev. VIM. Ripon; Treasurer,
Jas. G. Scott.
One director from each town were
chosen as follows:
Schroeder VIM. c. Smith; Tofte-
M. H. Gregg; Lutsen-T. F. Thomas;
Grand Marais- John Marshal; Rose
bush-Chris Murphy; Grand Marais
Village-L. H. Lien; Maple Hill-Wm.
Clinch; Colvill-J. A. Scott, Jr.; How
land-N. J. Bray; Unorganized-M.
D. Archiquette.
The meeting was closed by the
singing of the "Star JSpangled Ban