Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-17
PRESIDENT LEADS ALLIANCE
81 AGAINST COPPERHEADS

nm WAR morale is everything The safest
way to spike the cncmys guns is to
4 pcrsuado the enemy TO do it himself
Y Cholera germs are not more menacing to
the health of u nation than the dissent.
ration throughout it's length and breadth
make the population doubtful OF the right
eousness or feasibility of its cause. What
the millions of Germans and Austrans oil
!, the eastern front could not do somo tens
4 Of thousands of propagandists did do They
y ewarmed in Retrograd and they under
y mined morale even at tho front. They
4 financed the Bolshevikl and they hurncsscd
anarchy to their chariots.
This country is filled with men aud
women born in Germany. Some doubtless
were sent here years ago subsidized in
business that their standing might bo un.
1 questioned when der tag arrived. They
are at work. Whence else could spring tho
Ridiculous rumors which one finds every
y where about? If Germans at home are
IA told by their rulers that no American
& troops are at the front, that our loans have
both failed that We are springins bluff
and can never transport troops because
the u-boats control the seas, are not Ger
( man propagandists in the United States
a1so telling us that this or that transport
hes gone down with the loss of thousands,
that epidemcs rage at this or that camp,
Sant France is about to quit, that Italy is
I<ough and that rich men in control at
81 the nation to die In a hopeless battle
while wealth is untouched? Berlin is an
tnexhaustible treasury of lies. Its agents
(. xero planted here and everywhere years
bofore the war. The time las come for
!: il1cm to do their work and they are doing it.
Tho morale Of the nation IS now inspir-
Il through mems hearts when they contem.
3 plate the depth Of purpose and Willingness
f0r sacrifice which characterize the country
Y Is whole. But the copperhcad crawls in
Wisconsin and in Minnesota his fangs are
not drawn. That long-headed man at
washington can scent u snake. He can,
4 il seems, also forget his party in order to
\ save his country. Why otherwise does lie
write to Chairman Lynch, OF the Execu-
\ Tive Committee OF the Democratic National
1Gommittee. indorsing the candidacy of
4 Ennator Knuto Nelson. Republican, for
Z xko-election? "If Senator Nelson were sure
Z MAT he had but one year to live" says the
Il Etesident, ''be owes that year to the coun-
= w. With his ability and his knowledg. Of
"A <nrnational affairs. his services arc i'll.
3 H4luable to the nation at this time"
81 Minnesota was a pendulum almost on
j<tl4 plumb in the last election, when party
t,tohds shriveled up; but that has nothing
x NJ DO with the Presidents present position.
& ~ knows that Minnesota has been cor
& tupted. that it IL ono of tho citadeIs OF
9nnti-Americanism, and neither ne nor the
<Hepublicans intend TO coddle the propa-
3 rrndists by lighting again each other
X&ihilo the Bolshevik element runs away
& With the prize, There is one plank that is
X 0ai1ed to the platform Of each great party
- the rest OF the planks do not amount
much unless the stability of that one is
nred. We have got to be sure that we
- m American Congress before we can
~ to identify the color of its faction.
- propagandists will get bolder during
uinter They may come into the open
<he congressional elections next year
- will be some hundreds OF thousands
@|I1r sons then in France. there to fight
battIes under the pledge of our sun.
We cannot imperil the Wholesome.
nf that warranty by carelessness In
Ieatment OF malicious mischiefmakers.
cannot betray our fighting men by
Ing words with traitors. There can
I<e speech. but there cannot bo FREQ
u We can fight 1t at the polls by
(pe. Is the President intends TO do,
must scotch 1t ia its beginnings by
1yeatment.
0Qerman Is an anti-American,
ho cit as Senator from Wis.,
II stand on . sosp-box to recite