The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-01
Roosevelt Routes "Huns Within
Our Gates" in Twin City
Speeches.
RECEIVES BIG OVATION
Colonel Flags La Toilette as "Most
Sinister Enemy Within Nations
Bcrders"-Gronna and Lun-
deem Also Scored.

Minneapolis, Oct. l. - Theodore
Roosevelt trained his heavy guns on
Huns within our gates" and put them
TO rout In his Twin City speeches.
From the time he arrived at noon
and until he left, the former president,
apostle of preparedness, kept up his
Are. With the thousands upon thou
sands who heard him in Minneapolis
and st. Paul he was stamping out
all traces of disloyalty left by La
Toilette.
Lesser Microbes" Denounced.
while the men in khaki are war
ring against the Huns without our
gates, let us war against the Huns
within our gates" he said. And it
was that purpose that guided him
every minute of the time that he spent
In the Twin Cities.
La Toilette was called "the most
sinister enemy of the United States
within It's borders" Senator Gronna
Of North Dakota, Ernie" Lundeen and
others of their kind were dubbed less
The Nonpartisan league and Its
leaders, A. C. Townley and Congress-
man John NJ Baer, were not spared.
They came in for the most scathing
aenunciations for their utterances.
Man-handes la Follettism. =
Mr.. Roosevelt paid his respects TO
the conscientious objector. He would
deprive him of vote. He mainland
ed La Follettism and the "neo-copper-
heads" who advocated IL. He wanted
TO see La Toilette and the kaiser in
slose companionship because he wish
ed i'll to both" He said America must
become great industrial democracy
and he advocated compulsory, univer-
sal military service as the great re-
luisite to make America really in
dependent among the nations.
His hearers applauded him at every
step. He drew the greatest demonstra-
hon. however, with little personal
reference out Of the current OF his
speech:
Il am an old man." he said. 1T Is
4 matter of bitter regret to me not to
be allowed to go abroad to serve In
the army OF the United States. ! have
made other sacrifices that were bigger.
Tor have sent my four sons.
House 10 One With Speaker.
The house was on its feet in an In.
stant. cheering and clapping and wav
Ing hats and handkerchiefs. II was
pne with the speaker.
mo father or mother here in my
position, who understands, but would
10 anything honorable to avoid war,
ae continued. III am not for war when
war can be honorably avoided | was
president seven years and in all that
time there wasn't shot fired by us oi
An American citizen killed by for
eign power
1--WE have heard much of the con
,cientious objectors to military serv
ice, the outcry having been loudes
among those objectors who are no
conscientious at all, but who are thu
paid or unpaid agents Of the German
government
'It Is certain that only a small
traction of the men who call them
selves conscientious objectors In thi
matter are actuated in any way b!
conscience. The bulk are slackers
pure and simple, or else traitoroul
pro-Germans. Some are actuated b!
lazy desire to avoid any duty that in
kerferes with their ease and enjoy
ment, some by the evil desire to dam
age the United States and help Ger
many, some by sheer, simple, physica
timidity. In the aggregate, the mel
Of this type constitute the great ma
jority of the men who claim to b.
conscientious objectors, and this fac
must be remembered in endeavorinl
10 deal with the class.
in some Of our big cities, since tn
war began, men have formed vegets
nan societies, claiming to be exemp
trom service on the ground that the
object to killing not merely men. bu
Dlackers. Others among the leadin
apostles of applied pacificism are no
limid men: on the contrary they ar
brutal. violent mon, who are perfectl
willing to fight, but only for them
selves and not for the nation. Thes
rough-neck pacifists have always bee
the potent allies of the parlor or mill
and-water pacifists, although the
stand at the opposite end OF the d.
velopmental scale
Like Conscientious Polyosmists.
''The peace people of the directl
opposite type include the men VIII
conscientiously object to all particips
ton in any war. however brutal tn
opponents, and however vital trump
may be to us and to mankind. Thes
persons are entitled to precisely tn
respect we give any other person