New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
pacihsts Elected
When They Interrupt
Resolutions Call on Con
eress to Act at Once
Against Germany

.l,v Of the Entente, for a war which
,hould plant the Stars and Stripes on
,hs Won Hindenburg line.
Four thousand who could not get into
II, meeting called under the auspices
=, patriotic and civic organizations and
College clubs, stood patiently in line
i, the street until reverberating cheers
,onvinced them that no seats would
Be vacated.
II fell TO Elihu Root to tune the huge
instrument which lay under his hand,
and before his Introductory speech had
passed the second period, a mighty
harmony had been achieved.
In all this vast assemblage," said
Mr. Root, "there are no parties and no
psrisans."
Applause broke out, and he paused
moment before he continued:
we are all Americans"
No Place for Pacifists
Simple enough-but so is the tuning
Of harp to an expert. Il swept his
.rSi.ors off their feet-and many were
literally on their feet or squatting on
the floor. There was scattering out
burst of hsndclapping, an incoherent
roar that submerged it, and from floor
to topmost gallery came the fiuttering
Of the American flags with which each
person was provided. From that mo-
nent the thought of the audience
marched abreast OF the speakers and
bis words were snapped up ayidly as
aggsrd corroboration.
So nicely was the audience attuned
lat when a pscifist and a proGerman
,etrayed themselves it seemed for
roment that 1898 persons were going
70 attend personally to their election.
"We want peace!" cried voice,
shrill and tremulous with determina-
ton.
grumbling monotone OF dissent
svelled in an instant to thunderous
proportions, on which the wel,-inten-
toned hand-clapping of the better
poised made small impression. The
piping voice had come from the second
gallery on the speakers left, and a
tiny eddy in which swirled the cam
Bagn hats of the Home Defence
leaguers on duty as interior guards,
showed the crowd where 10 look. In a
remarkably short time the eddy was
no more, and after a few cordial Kisses
the rest Of the audience subsidized.
Another Dissenter Put Out
When Mr. Root declared that for the
safety Of this nation there must be
10 peace in which the United States
did not participate the irrepressible
second gallery broke out again with
eerisiye "Aaaah." which was smothered
AZ before, in a ferocious tumult.
The first overt act" said Mr.. Root,
as the word was passed that the dis
iurber had been elected, "by the agents
o. the delightful German plot to break
9p this meeting has made itself heard
aud is disposed Of. There are some
more Of them here. But let me tell
hem that they must not push the pa
lenee Of Americans too far"
but still there was one in the second
gallery with the nerve 20 brave the
dangerous growl and surge which had
ssept the multitude at his predeces-
sors interruption. Nr. Roots asser-
non that "this peaceful meeting" in
srrupted only by "a few weak explo-
sons" was possible only because OF
ne armies and the navies of the Allies,
aroused him. In voice that pierced
ns elamor of applause he yelled;
That's liei"
The uproar that had gone before was
.oining TO the tumult that ensued.
AMID the conglomerate roar that went
% a. the thousands swayed threaten
fgly such individual bits Of advice
,stFe audible as "Pitch him out! Throw
a'n out the window! Break his head"
Guards Check Disturbance
Five members OF the Home Defence
league, with never a motion towards
AeiF nightsticks, collared the disturber
and yanked him into oblivion, although
t1or,s.
When Dr. John Grier Hibbcn called
10y active participation in the war on
ne SIDE Of the Allies, French and Brlt-
aa nags appeared as II by magic
snong the Stars and Stripes, whicn
~sN OF his hearers flung aloft.
insodore Roosevelt could not De
resent, and letter which he sent
N'ught round Of cheers. which were
nothing. however. 10 the elamorous
sDproysl which greeted mention OF ms
"sfsea divition' by Charles s. FAR
sn'io' who Was Secretary Of the Treas
under Cleveland.
Mayor Nfchel said that the city was
gtpzred, a. never before in it's history
essl with any crisis that might con-
Vhe man who interrupted the Mayor
~ punched in the face 30 eftcaciousIy
~ he tprawled across the raj OF
sr balcony, and but for timely aia
.oaie have fallen on the heads OF
I'VE below. In all, there may have
~ sight Or ten sporadic outburSs
y. individuals.
sei more than a dozen dissenteb
"sined % vote feebly in opposition
We believing "Ayel" with when
cs ADOPTED resolutions calling on
Sgfesf "ss soon a. assembled 70
.stfe that by the acts Of German
,.s Of war dofs nov exist between
VI country and the United StateS
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