New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Gernaniisn,
Remarks by Senator Born.
Reprinted from The Congressional Bs.

Mr.. President, on the lst Of A.
submitted some remarks in the saa'" /
the subject Of the cancellation Of ,,a ,e o.
ter OF the German American Allan. oaa''
making these remarks l have recs;r.sss s'ass
FOLLOWING telegram from Mr.. Bartho,a. as
mer Member of Congress. l des;,o y. '0s'
the telegram: I" nG
Your statements do me pr,u J..
Never in my long public life did u,tas sSNs
ments such as you attribute to me A.. ~s
OF iather who had the couras. ~ ~
democrat in Germany. was imbued Ss
hood with democratic ideas As oa>
tive American OF German origin ;n..s
preached Americanisn and loyalty n a'S sS
and Ideals IN all my public speeches =, "
trict represented in Congress emh,s.os vs.
OF the culture and wealth of St Iou;. ~Ss
constituency surely would not have rs+,.-Ns s
to Congress for eleven consecutive ter,. w
thoroughly convinced of my loyalty 10 %
ideals. The alleged utterances tn rh;.,
have reference We're never made In -, w
campaign, while our country was st;n n. *ss
merely pleaded for a square deal for ,h y
people and for the election of candiaa,.. "a u'a
to accord it. I have advocated world r..S S
means of breaking down German m;It.u;,~s
consistently opposed everything contr.r, =. s'
spirit of our institutions. The ut..r...
tributed to me by personal or polit,cs, 80 ~
and unwittingly repeated by you. I hav. A ..--
long ago in letter to Senator King =, -,'"
shall mail you a copy. After reading .Y.
you will do me the justice to corrs.t !. "S'
same public manner in which they w.,. s
he atafa ~ hichs
attitude.
Signed by Mr.. Bartholdt.
Mr.. President, in my remarks AKA
make any mention Of Mr. BartbolS. y.
name. stated a certain state O., ~.
and associated them with former NJ"
Der of Congress, but l did not mention y.
Bartholdt's name. In discussing nol;..
see no necessity of accentuarin0 ~.
sonality. ~
But | have not done Mr.. Bartbo)M
injustice; if an injustice has been aor.
has been, it seems, by the official buI.s.
of the German-American Alliance n.
statement which l made purporting tn ,or.
from him was statement based unor q.
publication of the association with viii.
he was closely associated, if not memh,
and before which he was making an n
dress. will read the two excerpts INA,
which I based my remarks:
Just as Europe has fallen upon German, :.
America is noW falling upon the German.Am.,.
cans, or attacking them but we have q wss,
which we to good effect, namely mr.
hoI1n Me-. {,,<
ism. we must use our ballots for our (.rm.,,,
That was under date of March. 1915 On +
page 16 of the April number, 1916, this fu,.
ther statement is found coming from the {
ex-Member of Congress:
We must now forget our party and without
consideration for previous ncinstions and
wishes. vote only for those who are the friends s
of Germanism We must remind ourselves O.
political rights and exercise them give
this warning to all who are assembled here TO-
day. with the hope that they will take this s
warning to heart.
My statement in The Record was as FOL-
lows:
man formerly member Of the American
Congress advised the Germans upon puhE
occasion in public speech that they stosA
forget all parties and vote only for those VIC =
would advance the of Cermanism iM
German kultur in America.
I repeat, if an injustice has been done NJ
Bartholdt it is by and through the OSiei
bulletin Of the association. If he did not
make the statement therein contained, BIZ E
quarrel is with the official bulletin, and E
should be very glad if he denies having
made that statement to make it matter o. E
record. If he did make that statement sna IS
the statement published is in accordsna
with his belief then not only did him r' II
injustice but l did him distinct favor IL &
not saying more than l did. II