The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-07

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party as set forth in its oricial
documents; and while she had en-
joyed every national and information
al elective ONCE in the gift OF her
party in the United States and had
enjoyed the privilege Of sitting side
by side with Kerensky as an inter
national delegate: and while she
strongly opposed the CONSUMPTION act
before its passage, she had never at
tempted to ohStruct recruiting or en-
listment, or to hinder the United
States in carrying out any Of its
war measures; had never referred to
the mothers OF American soldiers as
brood sows. nor remarked that Am
ericRn soldiers were good only for
fertilizer.
Continued the Lecture.
Mrs. O'Hare told the jury the lee
ture which she delivered at Bowman
on July IL, 1917, and as a result OF
which she was indicted. had been
carefully prepared and had been de-
ltvered sixty-five times before that
date and seventy times since. It
consisted. she said, OF an explanation
OF the Socialist paT:y's aims; Of an
apology for the failure OF the Soc
| ialist party to prevent this war, and
OF a conclusion expressing the hope
that this war might be the last.
Had TO Simplify u.
Mrs. O'Hare admitted that at Bow
man she did not deliver the lecture
in the hiEh-sounding phraseology
which she might have used in some
center OF culture. She introduced
brood sow" in place Of breeding
animals. and used fertilizer" in
place OF "enriching," and made other
little alterations which she believed
might bring her message to her audi
ence clothed in more familiar
garb. These alterations. she said,
were made after she had taken her
her place on the platform and sized
up her audience" In the south, she
said, she used terms familiar to
southerners; and in the middle west
she used middle western collOquial-
isms and in Bowman she attempted
to talk Bowmanese.
Mrs. O'Hare's testimony was in
clined to ramble. She delved into
the heroism OF her ancestry, tracing
its warriors bold back to the Revolu-
ton, and Judge Wade was forced to
bring her down to the 20th century
once more. The court suggested on
several occasions that questions and
answers be confined to the case on
trial and to the lecture delivered at
Bowman the night Of July IL.
Opposed to War.
ST am absolutely opposed to the
settlement of problems OF the world
by physical force" said Mrs. O'Hare.
II have the same hope as every 9TH
| er intelligent man and woman has
that this may be the last war. Since
/ the CONSUMPTION law passed / have
not opposed 1t. ] did oppose il be-
| fore its passage. ] have never OPP
posed voluntary enlistment. l have
never condemned nor Tidiculed the
American soldier. / have not OPP
posed the Liberty bonds, Y. NJ. c. A.
or Red Cross work"
Forswears I. w. w.
Neither the !. w. w. nor the Peo-
pies Peace council have any con-
nection with the Socialist party, said
Mrs. O'HRre in response TO a Ques-
| ton from her counsel She denied
membership in either Of these organi-
cations.
Mrs. O'Hare's lectures are written,
| she informed the jury, just as a
musician prepares a musical
my vocabulary to the intellectual
capacity of my audience. II / am
| speaking to farmers i use words and
i terms mCst used bv them. she said,
About That "Fsrkilixer."
With regard to the fertilizer allega-
ton in the indictment, Mrs. O'Hare
said: II did not make the statement
as attributed to me. / may have said
II seem to recall having said: The
/ blood of our enlisted men may
fertilize the soil of France and, in
the form of a question. That may
be the best use for st.
Aren't "5rOod sows."
With regard to the brood SOW"
allegation. Mrs. O'Hare said:
81 never referred to the mothers OF
American soldiers as brood sows.
To have done so would have meant
| insulting myself and my mother and
my mothers mother. did say that
when the governments and the
churches of European countries de-
mand that the women give them
selves To the soldiers, i'm marriage
or out OF marriage, i'm order that the
soldiers may breed before they die
they are reducing their womanhood
to the status of brood sows on our
stock farms. had no intention to
bring American women into this"
Mrs. O'Hare testified that her
father served through the Civil war
In the Confederate army and that she
had had relatives in every war since
the Revolution. Her ancestry. she
stated, Is Welsh Irish, many genera
tons American.
couldn't Stand IL.
Mrs. A. Olson Of Bowman, testi-
flying for the government, stated
early Thursday afternoon she stop
ped az the side door Of the Cosy
theatre IN her car while the lecture
was IN progress: that she sat with
in 20 feet OF Mrs. O'Hare and heard
what she said and that after stand
ing il as long as she could she drove
on. She heard Mrs. O'Hare say
that the mothers Of soldiers abroad
were given no more privileges than
brood sows.
Mrs. Olson on cross examination
denied that she was member Of
party which hung someone In
ehlgy At Bowman during the last