The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-30

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/ leaders have done the endorsing stunt
for the great rank and file of the or
ganization had no more to say about
the matter than bridegroom has to
say about the arrangement of his own
wedding.
i For the chief office within the state,
very naturally, the chiefest off horse
within the boundaries of the common
wealth has been endorsed by them.
While the Nation was in the throes OF
war, making sacrifices unparalleled
this candidate issued his campaign
procementeu consisting of book OF
several hundred pages.
We are not a licensed lawyer, al
though we have had considerable legal
experience, training and practice. We
are what they would call down south
a "a Jackleg" lawyer, but we fatter
ourselves that we are some "Jackleg.''
| We went up against Senator c. K.
Davis, recognized as the greatest In
| ternational lawyer of the United
States Senate, on an international
problem and won out against him.
We were pitted against man who
was recognized as one of the crack
departmental lawyers of the west, and
who is now an Associate Justice of the
U. S. Supreme Court and again won,
so, naturally we are little stuck on
our legal judgment and acumen.
We have carefully read and examin-
ed the articles upon which James A..
Peterson was indicted and convicted,
also the Townley pamphlet and the
speeches and articles of Gilbert,
Randall and other Non-partisan lead
ers upon which they have been in
dicted, arrested and in some cases
convicted. Unhesitatingly we declare
that if the pamphlets, articles and
speeches were seditious, then Lind
berg's book is reasonable.
We are willing to back our opinion.
If any one will present to any compe-
tent attorney of reputation, the mat
ter upon which the men we have
mentioned have been convicted, to-
gether with Lindberg's baak and he
does not render an opinion stating that
Lindbergh's book is the most
seditious and REASONABLE in the bunch
we will pay for the opinion. The fact
that the small fry are being arrested,
| indicted and convicted and the chief
| offender is permitted to walk abroad
gets our goat.
In these days of civil war our sold
Ter boys sang:
"Tell the traitors all around you,
That their cruel words we know,
Do kill our boys in every battle,
By the help they give the foe"
There are thousands and tens of
thousands of men and women living
! to-day, old enough to remember those
stern days, and from personal know
ledge they will confirm the statement
that treaonable sentiment shot from
the mouths of two-legged, Copper
headic blunderbusses slew more blue
coated warriors, than were slain by
the leaden bullets fired from Enfield
muskets manipulated by Seccessions
gray-uniformed hosts.
| There can be no question that any
word, deed or action that tends to
hamper war action on the part of our
| Government, or delays or prevents
success Of our arms costs the lives Of
American soldiers in this war.
1t is a bowling travesty on Ameri-
can war efficiency, and American JUS
tice that candidate for the office
of Chief Executive Of great state
should be permitted to publish and
circulate campaign book which con-
| tains not a single commentator of
the Liberty Loan, the y. M. C. A., the
! Red Cross or any other war relief
measure, or a single word of COM
mendation for our soldiers fighting at
the front, the men selected to defend
/ the Nation, or our soldiers that GO
/ down in the sea in ships.
i Any one with two grains of common
sense knows that Lindbergh's book
reads like German propaganda, tina
4 if it had been delivered to the kaiser
for censorship he would not have cut
out sentence. That it was intended
to create opposition to the war anG
rally the malcontents to the writer's
political standard.
i There is not particle of doubt that
any citizen supporting a candidate
putting forth book of this character
I "Gives aid and comfort to the enemy
that If after the primaries the new.
should be waited to Berlin that ths
4 writer of this screed was nominated
for Governor Of Minnesota by the Re
publican party the joy peans arising
from the Prussian capital would onl!
/ be equalled by the glee chorus of hel
when good man goes wrong ant
i falls into the pit.
! 1t is plain as a pixies staff that an!
citizens with sons in the army o.
freedom who supports Charles A
Lindbergh for Governor are firing ;
charge of buckshoot into the backs O
their own boys.F. M. E..
SENATOR p. A. HILBERE