The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-17
WALTON TAvORs DEATH
PENALTY ron TRArTOIyS

Washington. n. C.. May lb-M the
time of the consideration of The
conference report nn The Scdilipn
Act, Congressman Walton. NJ New
Mexico, expressed himself M the
following words:
MIR. speaker 7 am most pleased
to see that the conference report on
u. H. 1888. being an amendment Ia
the so-called espionage hill. has
been conrurrcd IN by the senate
that similar ariion will undoubtedly
be- taken by The House within yer,
short time. aud that the measure
viii m every probability hccom" 4
law within the next frw days.
Tho only criticism whirh I would
make Of this bill Is that II T. loo
mild IN ils terms. have only ouc
criticism to make of the rondurl of
the war ~ far and that O. that We
have been too tender with the
traitors here NJ home
We are not playtng tennis We
are ~ war We are srndinr our
sous and our brother to France Ia
hr shot down m The holdiosl cnus"
for whirh any nation ever took
arms. There Is moi uur nf NJ VII"
would moi. " hr could stand hy M
the nr~h and help bear the burden
help stand the shock "l ~" Huns
onslaught help stand the awful
pri,aiinns and ,unrrurs ol the
trenches.
We cannot do this. Mr. Speaker
hut there Is onr lhiup that W. rau
dn. We can stand behind the men
who are nghliug oitr battles and ,rr
to n that M one here At home T.
allowed ln stah them m The back
We ran stay The hand that would
murder our srus. uur brothers. our
| friends. We can dn what lies within
~ Ia stop the hlark lrrarhrry that
would bring lhosr hoy, lu their
death without chanrc In npht
back
New MrNico has given freely aud
gladly in THIS war She has sonl
/ her best blood in llpht The battle for
freedom. aud she has not com
planned seven thousand i've hun
drrd sturdy young americans over
siNtrrn hundred nf them volunteers
= ATTEST The fact that New Ncyirn o,
nn slackrr Nou have heard of nn
labor troubles, M draft riots, un
pacilisl demonstrations IN New Mex
leo, New Mexico has nol done her
she has done her best
And ! say Ia you. Mr.. speaker
that my constituents are demand
inr m no uncertain tones that We
here m Washington dn what W. can
lo protect their SONS from the ser
prnl that would sting thcm. They
can face with rduanimily The
Thought uf their hoy, hring shot hy
German bullets That b, the for
luuo uf war German ga, and Ter
man liquid Nrr have nu TERROR. i"r
them, fnr they rraligr that Ne are
fighluR q iuc whu doe, not rrallIr
that there II any such thnp ~ civil
iIcd warfare lni white they cIr
think Of their Snus occupying nm
named graves uu ~" blood srakr,
fields uf France. their ~uul, revolt
and cry aloud 1T the thought lha
We here at home are harhorug au'
! uuiurng ,ipur- who st"allhiiN ~
: The darh. would strike down IN,
! arm. that are hphtlng '"r you an,
. me.
Twenty years Twenty year, ~
r The prnil"nilary for uen VII" nuRll
- IN be- shot within twenty four hour
after their rrlmr i- Uncovered
: when this hlll was before lh'
House for consideration I supp"ri"'
and voted for II because II was lh'
! nearest approach Ia IA" law lha
!. should be- passed that wa, prcsoul"'
II would have voted for II mucl
I more readily II II carried the doall
1 penalty for the olIensos which II .
designed Ia prevent