The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
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thoroughly In the tenets OF that party
as set forth in it's official documents;
and while she had enjoyed every ma
tional and international elective office
in the gift Of her party in the United
States and had enjoyed the privilege
of sitting side by side with Kerensky
as an international delegate; and
while she strongly opposed the con-
scription act before its passage, she
had never attempted to obstruct re-
cruiting or enlistment, or to hinder
the United States in carrying out any
Of its war measures; had never re-
ferred to the mothers of American
soldiers as "brood sows," nor re-
marked that American soldiers were
good only for fertilizer. b
Mrs. O'Hare told the jury the lee
ture which she delivered at Bowman
on July II, 1917, and as result Of
which she was indicted, had been
carefully prepared and had been de-
livered 65 times before that date and
70 times since. 1t consisted, she said,
Of an explanation of the socialists
partys aims; Of an apology for the
failure of the socialist party to pre-
vent this war, and of cOnslusiOn ex-
pressing the hope that this war might
be the last.
Had to Simplify It.
Mrs. O'Hare admitted that at Bow
man she did not deliver the lecture in
the high-sounding phraseology which
she might have used in some center
Of culture. She introduced "broOd
sow" in place of breeding animals,
and user fertilizer. in place of zen.
richina," and made other little alter
ations which she believed might bring
her message to her audience clothed
in more familiar garments. These al
terations, she said, were made after
she had taken her place on the plat
form and "sized up he raudience" In
the south, she said, she used terms ia
miliar to southerners; and in the mid
die west Sc used middle western col
lOQuialisms and in Bowman she at
tempted 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 Revolution,
and Judge Wade was forced to bring
her down to the goth 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 might of July II. .- -
Ss{ Opposed to War.
lam absolutely opposed to the netf
Element OF problems of the world BY
physical force" said Mrs. O'Hare. IT
have the same hope as every other in.
telligent man and woman has, that
this may be the last war. Since the
CONSUMPTION law passed ! have not
opposed it, l did oppose it before its
passage. I have never opposed volun-
tary enlistment have never con.
demned nor ridiculed the American
soldier. have not opposed the Lib
erty bonds, NJ. C. A. or Red Cross
work.
Foreswears !. W. W. ..
: Neither the !. w. w. nor the Peo-
Pies Peace council have any connec-
ton: with the Socialist party, said Mrs.
O'Hare an response to a}auestion from
her counsel She denied membership
in either of these organizations.
Mrs. O'Hares lectures are written,
she informed the jury, just as must
clan prepares musical composition.
Then | always adjust my vocabulary
to tho intellectual capacity of my
audience. II am speaking to farm
do ND IN
by them.
About "FertiIizer."
With regard to the fertilizer allega-
ton in the indictment, Mrs. O'Hare
said: ~ 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 fer
tilize the soil of France and in the
form of question, That may be the
best use for it, !"
Anent Brood sows!'
With regard to the brood SOW" ale
cation, Mrs. O'Hare said:
Il never referred to the mothers Of
American soldiers as brood sows.' To
have done so would have meant in.
sulting myself and my mother and my
mothers mother l did say that when
the governments and the churches of
European countries demand that the
women give themselves to the SOL
diers, in marriage or out Of marriage,
in order that the soldiers may breed
before they die they, are reducing
their womanhood oythe status of
brood sows on our stock farms. had
no intention to bring American wom-
en- into this"
Mrs. O'Hare testified that her father
served through the Civil war in the
federal army and that she had had
relatives in every war since the Revo-
luton. Her ancestry, she stated, is
Welsh-Irish, many generations Ameri-
can.
Nothing From "Fritz."
Mrs. O'Hare admitted having receiv-
ed communications from socialists in
Germany and England before America
declared war, but denied having been
in communication with eGrn nany since
the severance of diplomatic relations
She reiterated her statement that now
America is in the war she Hopes Amer
lea may win and that this may be the
last war.
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