Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-10-04
Roosevelt Routes "Huns Within
Our Gates" in Twin City
Speeches.
RECEIVES BIG OVATION
Colonel Flags La Toilette as "Most
Sinister Enemy Within Nations
Rorders"-Gronna and Lun-
deem Also Scored.

Minneapolis, Oct. /. - 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
fire. 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 u
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 its borders" Senator Gronna
of North Dakota, Ernie" Lundeen and
others of their kind were dubbed less
er microbes" and "shadow-Huns."
The Nonpartisan league and it's
leaders, A. G. Townley and Congress
man John M. Baer, we're not spared.
They came in for the most scathing
denunciations for their utterances.
M~an-handIes La FoIIettism.
Mr.. Roosevelt paid his respects to
the conscientious objector. He would
eeprive him of a vote. He mainland
led La Follettism and the "neo-copper-
heads" who advocated it. He wanted
to see La Toilette and the kaiser in
close companionship because he wish
ed i'll to BOTH" He said America must
become a great industrial democracy
and he advocated compulsory, univer-
sal military service as the great re-
quisite to make America really in
dependent among the nations.
His hearers applauded him at every
step. He drew the greatest demonstra-
ton, however, with a little personal
reference out Of the current of his
speech:
81 am an old man." he said. "It is
q matter of bitter regret to me not to
be allowed to go abroad to serve in
the army of the United States. l have
made other sacrifices hat were bigger,
for l have sent my four sons"
House Is One With Speaker.
The house was on it's feet ip an in.
slant, cheering and clapping and way.
ing hats and handkerchiefs. 1t was
IN with the speaker.
mo father or mother here in my
position, who understands, but would
do anything honorable to avoid war;
war al be %honorably avoided. I was
president even years and in all tina!
time there wasn't a shot fired by US o,
an American citizen killed by a for
eign power"
1--WE have heard much of the con
%scientious DIRECTORS to military serv
ice, the cutlery having been loudes'
among those DIRECTORS who are no
conscientious at all, but who are the
paid or unpaid agents Of the German
government.
ut is certain that only a small
fraction of the men who call them
selves conscientious DIRECTORS in thi:
matter are actuated in any way by
conscience. The bulk are slackers
pure and simple, or else traitorou.
pro-Germans. Some are actuated b,
lazy desire to avoid any duty that in
terferes with their ease and enjoy
ment, ONE 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 bt
conscientious directors, and this fac
must be remembered in endeavorins
to deal with the class.
>"In some of u big cities, since the
war began, men have formed vegeta
rian societies, claiming to be exemp
from service on the ground that they
object to killing not merely men. bu
slackers. Others among the leading
apostles of applied pacificism are no
timid men; on the contrary they arr
brutal, violent men, who are perfectly
willing to fight, but only for them
selves and not for the nation. Thest
rough-neck pacifists have always beer
the potent allies Of the parlor or milk
and-water pacifists, although the.
stand at the opposite end Of the de
velopmental scale.
Like Conscientious PoIyasmists.
The peace people Of the directl,
opposite type include the men VIII
conscientiously object to all participa
ton In any war, however brutal thu
opponents, and however vital triumph
may be to us and to mankind. These
persons are entitled to precisely tn,
respect We give any other person,
whose conscience makes them do wha'
to bad. We have had In this country