The sun., 1917-09-27
7. R. .LAMBASTES
LA TOILETTE AS
I. $4,000 CHEER
Chicagoans Demand Expul-
sion From Senate Of''Hun
Within Our Gate"
DEMOCRACY'S WORST FOE
ColOnel's Melting Pot Speech
Hasn't a Mealy Mouthed
Word in 1t.
DEMOCRACY's WORST FOE
Special Despoich to The suS.

ccpcciAiy tno great STOCK yuTuS uis-
trict. up to the fever heat tonight with
his melting pot speech at the great
pavilion. All natlonalities were repre-
sented In the enthusiastic audience.
The applause was terrific, when the
Colonel alighted upon La Toilette. the
pacinsts. conscientious objectors. l.. w.
WIS and the entire yellow crew with
both feet, hard and often. He was In
ngthins trim and was true to advance
notices that he would mot be mealy
mouthed" in handling his subject. BY
no stretch Of the imagination was he
mealy mouthed and the crowd was with
him all the way.
Twelve thousand persons. crowded
into the pavilion, tore loose when
Roosevelt stalked in.. For half an hour
the crowd had been exercising its lungs
and testing out It's polyglot voice. Out
side In the rain some additional
thousands were lined up around the
doors and windows. while In the brick
paved yards troops and organizations
had been forming for the entry into the
hall.
G. A. n. Veterans Cheer~d.
As . delegation Of Grand Army vet
Grams came in. the crowd let out its
first good yell. Groups Of Red Cross
members. Boy Scouts. Daughters Of the
American Revolution, the Four Minute
Men and other patriotic organizations
were greeted with salvos. Spanish war
veterans came In just ahead Of the
jackies. who were headed by the Grant
Park Camp Band from the lake front
A yell which shook the girders was
sent up as Col. Roosevelt appeared
on the platform T. r. responded with
tions. The cheering lasted three min
utes. As " subsided H. H. Merrick
called the rally to order and introduced
H. NJ Byllesby as permanent chair
man. America" was sung in full
lunged chorus. Rev. Major e. J. Vatt-
man. who was an army chaplain In
the Philippines. pronounced the invoca-
| ton. and a chorus OF "amens" responded
. through the hall as he concluded.
John Browns Body" the great
marching song. was sung with verve. the
| Colonel standing In front and biting
| out the words. Gov. Lowden. detained
at Springfield. sent his sentiments in
a telegram which made a decided hit
after which Col. Roosevelt opened his
assortment of fireworks.
1t had been a day OF whirlwind activ.
ity on the part Of Col. Roosevelt,
who. after he arrived here last night
went to Camp Grant, Rockford. ILL.,. In
spected the army cantonment there
now ouartered there. rushed back tt
town and filled his engagement as CHIEF
| speaker at the mass meeting.
| A resolution condemninR United States
| Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin as ar
unfaithful and disloyal Official. unworthy
to represent the loyal citizens Of Amer
lea. was adopted at the meeting.
Hits Pacfasts Between the Eyes.
The Colonel tore loose against ths
pacifsts and propagandists with naked
phrases. He ripped out an indictment
of Senator La Toilette which had roar,
Of appreciation for punctuation points.
Expulsion Of La Toilette from thu
United states Senate was demanded II
resolutions adopted with tremendou'
roar by the audience.
The resolutions were prepared by Ma
tional Security League officials and wer'
presented by Bishop Samuel Fallows
who fought In the civil war as a mem
ber Of the Siren Brigade from Wiscon
sin,' La Follette's State.
1.-THE English in America Tough
America when England became our foe,
said the Colonel early in his remarks
"and now every one Of German descen
should stand shoulder to shoulder TO
this country and against the blood
tyranny OF tho Prussianized autocracy.
| "The Hun inside our gate. Senator l.
| Toilette" was the opener of the Colonel
onslaught upon the Wisconsin Senator
''The most sinister foe of democracy q
this moment is Senator La Toilette" wa
| another gloveless blow the Colont
landed. "In the Senate" said the Colone
La Toilette IL a cause for shame an
humiliation to every worthy American
I wish We could make him gift to tn
Kaiser"
The Colonel sketched q picture of III
women and children lost on the LUIS
tania. He raised his voice. Senator L
Folletts." he said. "condones the actio
Of the human brutes guilty Of that mui
der"
The Colonel aimed shafts Of criticisl
for lack Of adequate equipment for Il
military forces.
III IAN eminent statesman spoke of
million men sprnging to arms" I
said. Bryan" yelled a dozen men. ''o
Doc Bryant
"They are still springins." went q
the Colonel.
II Now Have an Airplane.
"At Rockford are 5000 rifles and 10,
men to a rife. and the latter are Kras
At the other camps they are drilliI
with broomsticks. The things we q
doing now would have been admirab
II we had done them three years az
III We can do them now only becauee pr
tected by the British and French feel
We have been eight months at war al
have an airplane-one. OF big fie
| guns we have none and we are getti,
the French to build some for U.S."
Col. Roosevelt was introduced by OF
C. Butx. an American Of German Q
traction. who Is organizing League
Friends Of q German Republic, +
band played tho Star Spangled Ba
ner." After a. period of yelling. I
crowd settled down to hear the Colon
The Cononel began by saying !
speech on the melting pot was syl
bolised by the preceding speake
~ Continued on strtk Pogo.