The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-29

in the German reichstaE. but a man
who thinks and speaks that way
ought not to be admitted to congress.
IF this is not the time to make
Americanism an issue there Is no
time.
Colonel Roosevelt turned his at
tention also to the Nonpartisan
league. He said that when IL was
first organized he had real sympathy
with its aims and some or its
methods. But now, he added, 1t was
a real grief to him to find that some
of its members cheered the senti-
ments of La Toilette and that its
methods seemed to be working to-
ward the erection OF a machine.
! The Colonel congratulated the big
crowd on the enthusiastic loyalty 1t
showed. But do not let 1t evapor-
ate, he said. 1T Is fine to march
and cheer and carry flags, but you
must back your words with deeds.
This Is an exclusive war so far as
am concerned, but / have four sons
in it. / must speak because am
not given the privilege of acting.
We must back the government in
it's prosecution of the war and spur
1t on to greater activities. We must
help the Red Cross and kindred or
CARNATIONS.
I'VE must buy Liberty bonds. They
are the safest investment unless we
should all burst and in that case nc
one would care about his money.
Minneapolis, Sept. 29.-RoPert NJ
La Toilette. styled a ''neo-copper-
head, and Senator A. ]. Gronna
Congressman Ernest Lundeen OF
Minneapolis and others classed as
lesser microbes" were excoriated by
Theodore Roosevelt in his address
late yesterday at the Elks club lunch
con for giving aid and comfort to
the enemy.
Senator La Toilette and his asso-
ciates belong properly in the German
reichstag", said Colonel Roosevelt
and 1 wish to. heaven they were
there.
Wild cheering greeted the Roose-
veltian onslaught. Five hundred, all
who could pack into the club DINING
rooms, heard him. and thousands
more waited in the street below for
glimpse as he passed out.
"DisIoyaIty Day..
Colonel Roosevelt referred to the
Nonpartisan league conference in st
Paul last week as a "disloyalty day,
and said he was glad to take part IN
loyalty day" on the same ground
Il am among you this time, he
said, mot to plead for any one cause.
or for any one man, but on behalf of
the American people and the Amert-
can nation. Last week there were
some gentlemen in the twin cities,
mostly from outside, / believe. and
they had 'disloyalty day. Now we
are going to have a loyalty day.
Differences Of opinion are neces-
sary over political questions, but
there are certain questions that
should be beyond argument, When
a man attempts to argue with you a
question of right, ] only can say
watch the spoons. The question OF
loyalty to the nation is not arguable.
The man who takes the wrong side
of this question has no business to
be in this nation at all.
Il was particularly pleased in &C.
cepting this invitation because 1t
comes from Labor's Loyal Legion,
from the workingmen. who in a pc
culiar sense assume this country IS
theirs. ANY right minded statesman
will attend especially to the welfare
of the men who toll, whether in the
SIlOpS VI OIl tic AoA AAAs AAG "SA4o~A
Of such men is the most vital ques-
ton in this land. Theirs is the cause
of democracy, in the present and the
future. l believe in political democ-
racy, industrial democracy and
military democracy. / believe we
should be particularly jealous to
watch against the enemies Of de-
mocracy, and at this moment the
most sinister enemy Of democracy is
Senator La Toilette.
The French revolution was an
absolute necessity to overthrow the
special privilege of aristocracy, but
1t fell under the guidance of men like
Robespierre and Danton, who used
the most high sounding phrases as a
cloak for commission OF the basest
crimes. In the name Of liberty they
committed outrages on liberty.
Civil War Paeifism.
I'm our own civil war, as the men
who took part will remember, there
were those who called for peace,
peace, when there was no peace. In
1864 they denounced Lincoln as a
tyrant, and denounced you men in
blue as Lincoln's hirelings'. They
said he had no business to send you
outside your own states to fight for
the union. Thew shouted for peace,
and started draft riots in New York