The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-25
TESTIMONY OF A SOLDIER

Below We are publishing in its en-
tirety a letter just received at this
office from an American soldier as
showing the sentiment of the men
who voluntarily offered their lives for
the salvation of this country. Among
soldiers Americanism is the only
thing that counts. snd it should be
the only thing to count among those
who stay at home and are not called
upon to face the dangers of the battle
field. By Americanism the soldier
includes all men, no matter their ma
tivity, who stand for America as
against any foreign power, or SYM
pathizers of foreign power. The
writer of this letter is no politician
He has no AK to grind. To him it
matters not who is in office so that
he is satisfied that the holder of Of
flee is true to himself and the thou
sands of others who wear the uniform
of the United States The writer was
a farmer before he offered his serv-
ices to the government living In the
valley near Oroville He Is well and
most favorably known. He never took
an active part in politics. Now he
writes from the fullness of his heart
on behalf of those who are fighting
our battles, denouncing the man who
voted on the side of the kaiser and
who never had a change of heart until
L hnt N OF ri ~
of people were loyal citizens and that
in order to gain their suffrage he
had to at least make a pretense of
loyalty. Mr.. Anderson joined the End
Washington just after the declaration
of war in company with Chas. Nc
Ginty, who is serving at the front in
France. 1t Is no fault of Mr.. Ander-
son that he is not with his command.
Just before the regiment sailed he
was taken very seriously i'll and was
confined to the hospital at New York
for weeks. Upon his recovery the
hospital directors found Mr.. Ander-
son to be such valuable man in the
institution that they insisted that he
remain and lend his aid In handling
patients. He has applied to be trans
ferred back to his regiment but SO
far without success.
Voters of the Fifth district will
you stand behind this soldier and the
thousands of tried and true men lie
represents by supporting and sending
to congress 100 per cent American in
the person of Judge Webster, or will
you stultify yourselves by voting for
man who stood by the kaiser, insult
ed the president by saying that he
made war for trade, encouraged the
insidious enemy at home by trying
TO minimize the efforts of the admins
tration voted that the volunteer sol
dier and sailor should fight the wal
without enforced assistance, knowing
we'll without that enforced assistance
the volunteer force would be annihi
lated against the horde of Huns
These charges against this man wht
insults the loyal citizens OF the STATE
tby asking for their suffrage is no
campaign propaganda but facts taker
from the public records and patent t.
every man who reads:
Editor Gazette.
Oroville, Washington.
Dear Sir:-I have noticed by tn
Gazette that C. C. Dill has again re
ceived the democratic nomination TO
reelection. This comes as a grea
surprise to me. especially after hi
Ipro-German attitude has been S
thoroughly exposed to the voters O
the Fifth district. 1t is an undispute
fact that his record for the past tw
years has proven that he is a bette
friend to Germany autocracy than G
the people he is elected to represen
| We cannot forget that on his post
|ers and display cards which he dis