The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-20
CAN NOT SERVE z NATIONS
Speaking Before Crowd of 5000 Peo-
pie at Jeffrey Park Governor e. L.
Philip Calls Upon Kenosha People
to Serve Nation in Time of Need.

ID.
thoroughly American, declaring that
just as loyal citizens had passed through
Castle Garden as ever stepped upon
Plymouth Rock, Governor E. L. Philip
brought message of loyalty and pa
triotic devotion to three thousand peo-
pie of Kenoska on Saturday afternoon
when he spoke at the great patriotic
gathering held at Jeffrey park Tt was
well after five O'Clock when the Gov
ernor was introduced by Mayor Charles
II Pfennig Blu he spoke for the better
pert of IN hour in his call to patriotic
action on the part of the people of Ke-
nosha.
Governor Thilipp vigorously defended
Wisconsin against what he termed the
baseless slanGers of eastern papers
charging the people of this great opm
monwealth with sedition and dislovalty.
"These statements are base slander,>'
he declared, and every one of them
is founded in either falsehood or mis-
understanding. When the nation faced
a great civil war the people Of Wiscon-
sin gave up ninety thousand of the
flower Of the young manhood of the
state to fight the battles Of the nation.
I know thai the hearts of the people
have not changed and the Wisconsin
that responded to the call of the nation
in '61 is the same Wisconsin and it is
responding just as Loyalty to the call
of the nation today Wisconsin has
done everything that the nation has
asked of her and she has done it more
promptly anG better than most of the
other states in the union. The question
of the loyalty of the state seemed to
have been based on the statement of our
senior senator in Washington. Now
do not want to criticize the senior sena-
tor, I am perfectly willing to let you
do that. Before election I had lot
of criticism of him to offer. Now it is
after election and I am going to leave
the criticism to the people,
eve are at war; said Governor
Philip, "and that ends all discussion
of the causes. When our country de-
clared that state of war existed be-
tween the United States and Germany
that declaration ended all discussion and
put every loyal man in the nation be-
hind the President. Ibid not support
President Wileor in th9 last campaign.
was a Asep1bhcan. President Wilson
was a Democrat. believed that we
should be preparing for war. The Presi-
dent preached the gospel Of peace and
declared thaL he would keep us out of
war. All of that is passed now. This
s nation where the majority rules
ard when President Wilson was named
as the Presto mt of the United States he
became my President and your Presi-
dent and oul. first duty is to back him
up in his conduct of this war from the
standpoint of our country.
emo singh man can be citizen of
two countries He can not bear the
burdens of one country and enjoy the
opportunities of another. 1t is no time
for divided loyalty. Here we have cen
tered our IRE, our hope and all we have
of happiness Of the past and the hope of
happiness in the future and certainly
not one of us-I care not where he was
born-is going to extend hand to aid
an enemy which threatens our home.
At this time when we are attacked we
must stand shoulder to shoulder for the
defense of or home and for the defense
of the opportunities which we enjoy
and hope to continue to enjoy.
cit is up to us to stand firm. We
have declared ourself part of this
great struggle for democracy and we
can not turn back until we have ex-
pended the 1ost dollar-yes until we
have expended the last drop of life.
blood.
Speaking especially to the foreign
born citizens Governor Philip said:
emo country ever extended hand of
fellowship and friendship as has this
country. We are glad to have you
here for we know chat you come to live
with us, strive with US and prosper with
us. / have no sympathy with the man
that believes a man is traitor to his
country just because he was born in
Germany or Austria and I want to say
to you now that just as good, just as
loyal citizens have come through Castle
Garden as ever stepped on Plymouth
Rock. just as long as you are in
sympathy with America no harm can
come to you, Your property and your
liberties are safe but every American
citizen and every liberty loving citizen