Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-06

this which has made votes Tor I'D soc,aiist. Ht,luu,t !. !.
The sFsTxoSC Courier News. FOR the supervision Of
statement, backed II. Rasc.S Who. IA ia ca.np.irns Isl
congress, declared that .this Wa no time to make an H.
sue Of Americanisrn' 81 It attempted to excuse LaFol-
lette's dissraceful outbreak at q. Paul when he preached
disloyalty to the American government, and offered the
lame explanation that sIAFonette was goaded Into In.
judicious speech by the hecklinx OF his enemies. Il
combines the two sfsetures In It's comment on the New
York situation whom It condemns the making OF An issue
of Americanism and declares that the making Of that is
sue has made votes for its favor4te, Hillquit.
Z There is a story Of . man who deliberately fell down
stairs when his wife had warned him to be- careful. and
who. when picked up declared that he would not be- die
tated to by any woman. Apparently LaENollette, Ind tho
Courier News, and certain Of the supporters OF Hillquit
are governed in their public policy by nike. considerations.
and when people whom they do not like, purchasers Of
Liberty bonds. wearers Of flags and the like, talk Amer
icanism they straightway preach treason out Of pure con-
trariness. They will not be dictated to.
The protection Of q city from graft and mismanase-
1nent is an excellent Issue upon which to appeal to the
people in ordinary times. But It Is not a suAicint issue
in the city of New York" today when %sedition. thinly
yelled. or not yelled at all, is being preached by men
who hold or who aspire to public positions. It would
not be a sufficient issue in the city of Chicago had Mayor
Thompson's civic administration been as white as it is
spotted. It would not be a suficint issue in Fargo, or
Grand Forks, or In any other city under the American
flag. The issue which stands out above and beyond all
other issues is the issue which Mayor Mitchell and his
supporters have made, and which should be made every
where, the issue Of Americanisn.
That the man who seeks a public position should
be a man of probity and capacity goes without saying.
But to be that alone is not enough. He should hrst Of
all be American to the very core. He should be Ameri-
can without qualification or compromise. And he can
not be that If he straddles and wobbles and twists and
turns in his attitude toward the supreme feature Of
Americanism today, the conduct Of this war.
A man is in favor Of this war or he is against 1t.
He is in favor Of whipping Germany to a standstill.
or he is not. o. NJ F.N%
He is in favor Of standing by the government of this
country in every effort that it makes to carry the war to
a successful conclusion, or he is not.
He is in favor of this nation putting forth all its
man power and all it's material power. and all its money
power in that cause, or he is not.
He is in favor Of equipping our men as they should
be equipped, and of standing by them to the limit, or he
is not. ~ , -
He is in favor Of subordinating every political issue,
and every economic issue to the overwhelming one Of
forcing a righteous and permanent peace. or he is not
If he is not in favor of these things he does not know
what Americanism is. and Americanism is THE issue.