Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-17
SENATOR KENYON -
R0uSlNe PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
CHASE LIBERTY LOAN BONDS AND HELP THE BOYS
WHO ARE FIGHTING pRUss1AN AUTOCRACY

| legislation, but did you ever stop tC
| think in extenuation Of that fact that
congress is now composed of about
five hundred men and one woman, and
how do you suppose that five hundred
men and one woman can agree very
| quickly on anything? You men know
from your own experience that it is
a pretty hard thing for you sometimes
to agree with the one woman who
runs your household and runs you
whether you will admit it or not, but
it is so fashionable to pound poor old
congress. / used to like to do that.
You know about the boy in the Sun
day school class who was asked
where the wicked finally 60. The lit
tie boy raised his hand and said, Il
know and the teacher asked,
"Where" The little boy said, "they
practice law for while and then 60
to congress-" Now, when you stop to
think, this congress had to take hold
of nation devoted to peace and turn
that nation into great war nation.
Mr. Balfour, when he was in this
country said that the work Of con-
gress was greater salong those lines
than any legislative body had ever &C
complished in the whole history of
this world. We have attempted to
martial all the forces of our nation to
help in winning this war-made 1t
possible for the president to take over
all the railroads, take over the great
businesses of this country We have
increased our navy until it is at least
double the size it was when we en-
tered this war. We have built up a
great army from 100000 men to over
a million; passed conscription law
it took England two years to do that
and Canada that long; a law in Can
ada just goes into effect today, think,
the 18th of October, so this has been
pretty good work, and above 1t all,
there has been a spirit OF non-par-
tisanship that appeals to those who
really love their country. With a
very few exceptions we have forgot
ten that we are republicans or that
we are democrats in this great emer-
gency. We have arisen to be Ameri-
cans and nothing else, and that Is
what we ought all to be now too.
Now, my friends, I am going to
talk to you frankly, openly, about this
war. / do not want to hurt anybody's
feelings, but / am going to tell you
Just the situation that we are In in
this country. It is pretty hard to
realize when you get out home here,
coming from country where they
are talking war all the time, breath
ing war, sleeping war, thinking about
it every moment, trying to solve Its
great questions, travelling through
thic mapnificant heautiful state OF
Iowa, to see these happy farmers, to
see the little citizens and townspeople
going along and attending to their
business pursuits the same as ever.
1t is hard for you to believe that
this nation of ours is really engaged
in a contest for it's very life. This is
the most tremendous task we have
undertaken, that has ever been un-
dertaken, by any nation in the history
of the world. We are transported
across the seas infested with devilish
submarines and armies. We must pro-
vide that army; we must furnish
them with ammunition; besides all Of
that stupendous task we are COM
PEELED in a large measure to assist IN
financing the allies. That is a tremen-
dous task. ..... .,
Now. my friends, men had right
to differ as to the wisdom of enter
ing this war. They had right TO
discuss ito protest against it. Mem
bers of congress had the right TO
vote against it, to talk against 1t; it
is frightful thing to vote, to plunge
nation into war. Oh, we wished,