Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
U. S. OFFICIAL IS
KAISER BOOSTER
Senator h'Cumber Exposes AC-
tIVItIeS Of POSimiStreSS.
SOLDIERS MOTHERS ABUSED


Sows-Declares Soldiers Who Go to
France Are Fit for FertiIizer-Post.
office Sedition Headquarters.
Washington, July 24.-"Cooperheads
and traitors" in Bowman, North Da-
kota, seek to undermine their own
government, Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota, declared on the floor of
the senate.
He called the attention of the Post.
master General to statements that the
postmistress at Bowman and her hus-
band had applauded anarchistic senti-
ments toward the draft Two of these
sedltlous utterances, which it was de-
clared had received the approval of
the postmistress were:
Calls Soldiers Mothers Brood Sows
Women who do not oppose the
draft are no better than brood sows
producing men for slaughter in de
tense of j. P. Morgan's four billions"
NJ The men who are drafted are only
fit for use in France as fertilizer"
When McCumber rose his face was
hard and set.
Il am speaking to the President of
the United States, and through him to
the postmaster general. And | say that
there are no more unpatriotic anC
treacherous persons in the Uniteu
States than some of their appoint
mentS in my state.
Il don't hold the President himself
responsible But l want to know if
the postmaster general will be as ac-
tive in putting traitors out OF Office
as he was in putting Republicans out
OF office so he could put Democrats
in.
Il call this matter to the attention
OF the postmaster general again. re-
peated McCumber after letters regard
ing the speeches in Bowman had been
read
Unless he takes cognizance Of this
matter, then there are patriotic per
sons in the state of North Dakota who
will take cognizance of it-and in
their own way"
Archanarchist a Woman.
Letter produced by the North Da-
kota senator recited that the speak
er who was SO anarchistic was Kate
Richards O'Hare, former editor of the
National RipsaW"
''The few from here who have en-
listed in the navy and are not yet call
ed into active service are being ridi-
culed and made the object of derision
by the same lotteries of traitors" read
one of the letters.
1.-The postmistress here is well
known to be in sympathy with speak
ers and principles of this kind. The
husband of the postmistress, and who
is really the controlling influence in
the pOStOttice, is, one of the leaders of
the distribution of propaganda of this
kind. In fact, he has in the postofice,
made slurring remarks about the
American flag to a patron who came
into the postoffice wearing an Amen,
can flag on the lapel of his coat.
Postmstress AppIauds sedition.
"The speaker here last night was
brought here by the bunch spreading
seditlous propaganda. A bill announc-
ing the meeting with a large picture
OF the speaker was posted CONSPICUOUS.
ly in the postoffice. The postmistress
and her husband both attended the
speech and enthusiastically applauded
the seditiOus utterances 1t is common
knowledge in the village that all the
postoftice employees are opposed to the
aims and efforts of the government"
The letter also states a rumor that
the postmistress intends to resign and
that there is a 'frameup" to have her
nephew appointed to her place. 1t is
said that he was naturalized only in
June, and This registration card would
scarcely hold all the reasons he gave
for being exempt"
Senator McCumber said one letter
had been sent to the attorney general
for investigation. The names of the
writer's are withheld.
Il must add in fairness" he said,
that neither the octmi tress nor her
husband are Germans, but merely evi,
IDENTIFY anarchists"