The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02


ize patriotism for partisan purposesg
observers here are beginning to see
a break in. what might, be called the
of intellect. The hys-
terra that shouted "disloyalty" at any
one who differed in opinion from the
: houter had reached even to the con-
g.rss of the United States. In "a
speech in the senate July Il Sena-
tor Reed of Missouri fayed this
practice and admonished his col
leagues against denying the right of
free speech to senators who might
differ from the majority. He said:
"We ought to quit scolding each
other because we venture to have an
opinion. Tt is our business to have
opinions, and we ought to quit chal-
longing the good faith Of members Of
this body. -.g., t.-4 ala ..sss 5ssIa
MIR. President, ] have never
read in history a story of such
loyalty as is manifested through
out this entire land. believe
if we could do what the AL
mighty can do-open the heart
of every man and every woman
in. this country-we should see
there the story of deathless
love of country such as has new
er been engraven upon the hearts
of any other people. sa..- -.-H
"There are few people who may
be disloyal; there are a few Grimm
ais born every day; there is GER
tain percentage of criminals born on
this earth in every country and
cline, just as there is certain per-
centage of the deformed and Of the
insane; but there is not as great a
percentage of disloyalty in the
United States today, in my judg-
ment, as there is of insanity.
Look at the picture. We promul-
gate a law under which every boy or
every man between 81 and 81 must
leave his home at whatever sacrifice.
They have left their homes; and you
can count almost upon the fingers of
your hand the numbers of those who
resisted the draft. Four and a half
million of them are in camps or are
on their way to camps, and nearly
100000 more have voluntarily joined
the. navy of the United States.
have visited some of these camps; |
have heard the soldiers discuss their
hardshlps with laughter on their lips;
they jeer and laugh over the difficult
ties; they make light OF. them; and
upon the tongue of every man 1
have talked with there has been but
one expression-the desire that the
order forward to France shall soon
come, that he may be permitted to
do his duty s zz.-. ~ 90 .-.
"YET YOU CONSTANTLY FIND
A LOT OF CHEAP FELLOWS TRY
ING TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE
LOYAL BY DENOUNCING . EV-
EKYBODY ELSE. I have heard
senators of the United States de-
nounced for their disloyalty who,
with tears in their eyes, have put
their arms about their first born and
said, cit is your duty to enlist and
follow the fag.' I have heard great
newspaper men accused of disloyalt?
who have given millions of theis
money to the country's cause. These
evil stories are reported from lip to.
lip and from tongue to tongue until
at last they reach inside the German
lines, and when they get there the
Germans are convinced that we have
riot and bloodshed and disloyalty and
that the government is about to be
overthrown. We are reading some
stories from there now that may be
exaggerated; hope they
are not. s'~8 3 49, q %S-< - -
eff I could write certificate to
send to the kaiser of Germany, I
would write this: There are 100000
900 people in the United States; they
are not Republicans; they are not
Democrats; they are patriots, willing
to spend their last dollar and to drain
their veins dry in the cause of. their
country, and, until you have crushed
hat indomitable spirit that thrills |
heir souls, and until you have 2 de-
stroyed all3of their raen, you can nos
succeed. Long before that hour can
come your throne will totter, your
'cepter will be broken, the bloody |
sword will fall from your palsied |
hand, and your own enslaved people |
Will rise to bless the flag that bears
he emblem for America, for it will
also be to them the emblem of lib
,rty."
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BAER ON THE PROFITEERS
Congressman Baer of North Dako-