The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-22
MARTIN AND HEATING DISCUSS
|. LATTER'S PUBLIC RECORD BEFORE
AN INTERESTED AUDIENCE


true loyalty and genuine American
ISM Consistent in his opposition TO
national preparedness, Mr. Keatinr AL
ligued himself in the early days of
the struggle between German despot-
ism and the rights OF democracy with
those who would sacrifice every YES
ige of American rights to Prussian
brutality. AR. Keating, when measured
by the test of patriotic citizenship. is
found. wanting and should not be re-.
turned to congress
CONGRESSMAN Keating is a graceful.
interesting and insinuatins speaker.
exact and diplomatic in his language.
and highly entertaining in his dis
course. He possesses the necessary
equipoise for public debaI and is a
master in the discussion of political
subjects He reviewed. an of the
charges made against him by Major
Martin and placed an entirely differ
ent construction and Interpretation up
on his course in congress from that
presented by his opponent He ac-
knowiedged that he had voted against
the declaration o fwar and against the
selective ,drafr law. but attempted
their Justification on the xrosnd tina,
he favored other measures that would
accomplish the same ends
Mr.. Keating said that Major Martin
had charged him with being pro-Ger-
man; with giving aid comfort to the
enemy: with being sort of modern
Benedict Arnold and that the extrava-
gances OF his accusations made them
ridiculous. to say the least. Such in
dictments, he said. were easy to make
but extremely hard to prove. as Major
Martin had just demonstrated. Mr..
kcating denied in toto all assertions
that he was disloyal or that his con-
duct in congress was not in conso-
nance With the highest patriotism and
the hess Traditions of Slcxis,atiyc eth.
les He said that be voted against
the declaration of war with Ger
many because he did not believe the
menace of Prussian mihtarism was
sufficient at that time to warrant such
an act and that his antagouism TO
the selectiye draft bill was based on
his conviction that the volunteer sys-
TEN OF raising an army was a better
way of meeting the emergency.
The test OF loyalty to which Major
Martin had subjected him. he said.
was not President Wilson's test and
was an arbitrary standard OF measure
ment for which there was neither war
rant nor Justification President
Wilson. he asserted. had condemned
against war and his was the only tesc
by which Judgment OF loyalty should
be reached. Claude Kitchen of North
Carolina, party leader on the floor of
congress. voted against the declaration
of war with Germany and he was one
of the strongest supporters of Presi-
dent Wilson in Washington. said Mr..
keatinS. Some sarcastic reference
was made by Mr.. Heating To Major
Martins military career. but the mat
ter was not dweit upon at any great
length. Major Martin said that short
as his military career was. it was un-
clouded by any taint of suspicion or
disloyalty.
Mr.. Keating read letter addressed
TO Gen. Naupin of this city from
Champ Clark of Missouri. speaker OF
the house OF representatives, com
mendine Mr.. Keating's course in con
gress In consideration of the charges
he had to meet. Mr.. Keating made u
better showing than some of Major
Martins partisans thot possible. Hhe
discussed them all skilmiiy. adriotly
and inseniously. rendering 1t difficult
TO determine when he had finished
whether he was the devoted patriot he
claimed to be. or the pacifist which
Major Martin SO Professionally asserted.
The Democratic voters OF the third
congressional district are to be the
arbiters OF the questions involved in
Monday nights discussion and IL is
ap TO them 10 say which of these two
aspiring statesmen they will nominate
for congress at the primary elections
in September.
But little applause greeted either OF
the speakers at Monday nights meets
ing. altho what they had To say was
listened to with the utmost attention
That Fremont county Democrats are
divided on something like ''fifty-fifty"