Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-08-09

DON'T SLEEP AT
THE SWITCH

lhE - WlICH
! The most important vote ever cas-
/ by you or any other American, will
; be the votes cast this fall for Con
gressmen and U. s. Senators for Ida
no. The kaiser Is watching you. lie
! Is sending instructions and advice Ia
I you thru the Non-Partisan league
J The kaiser wants you TO elect a con.
gress this fall that will give him a
peace treaty to his liking. This con
gress Is the one that will ratify or re-
ject the treaty which will close the
war, bring our boys home again. fll
your sugar bowl and pantry with the
old-fashioned American grub. The
kaiser is working on you through
your stomach and your pocket book
and your human Instincts that make
you detest warHe wants to make you
tired enough OF the war, before he Is
whipped TO a finish that you will elect
congress that will stop before he
- "HffP'H w a uuioHs Inc KAISER IL
lulling you to sleep by fair promises
az to the price OF COW skins and
shoes. lie Is lulling you to sleep by
super activities of apparent loyalty.
He IL approaching you dressed In
uniforms stolen from our American
soldiers in his prison pens. He is
approaching you with uplfted hands
In these stolen uniforms and crying
Il am an American" Don't you re.
member that only last week a lot of
MS soldiers tried the same trick on
some OF our boys 10 France? They
dressed In French uniforms and en-.
tered our lines carrying a machine
gun with several thousand rounds Oh
ammunition. The American soldiers
were not fooled. They penetrated
the disguise. They also penetrated
the German soldiers inside the dis
guse. The Non-Partlsan league Is
offlcered by men as Germanized In
their desires and intentions and pur-
poses as are any OF the kaiser's uni
formed soldiers. They are more diff
hcult to handle and ten times more
dangerous on that account They eis.
guise themselves in plain clothes SO
as to look like American citizens.
They disguise their language so as 10
appear to talk like LOYAL AMERI.
CANS. But every one OF them car.
ries a German weapon loaded with
poisonous ammunition that Is far more
deadly than the machine gun and
ammunition our boys captured in
France last week from the disguised
Huns Don't 20 to sleep on this prop.
osiiion. Use as much political sense
as our boys had OF military sense when
hey captured the German soldiers
disguised In French uniforms.
Whip the Hun
The Democratic war horses have
bout given up hope OF defeating the
Non.Partisau candidates in the Demo.
ratio primaries. They viii 20 on
sith their campaign. however. In an
Nor; to prevent absorption OF their
ariy. While. the only court to which
he subject has been submitted has
ecided. on technical grounds. against {
he Democratic chairman's claim that ,
he leaguers could not 20 into the
primaries as Democrats. ,
lorai suasion viii he used to induce
ny who are not Democrats from vot. :
* as such. Their honor will be an. .S
called 10 and there will undoubtedly
Democratic challengers on hand at Z
very precinct 10 dispute the right !
any Lacquer who is not r
participation. q
The feeling OF Democratic leaders
sainst the Non-Partisan League lead.
r. and their effort TO "steai the ,
emocra,ic party as they put it. is
cry bitter. They do not mince ,
ords in condemning the league lead. )
-. and this Is coupled with a revival /,
charges OF disloyaity. ;