The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-28
doped as ever to reach the last quar-
ter before the flag falls.
One Other Incident

ter before the flag falls.
One Other Incident.
And now may | touch upon anothe
incident. There is no explanation O
what constitutes the Republican
party of Indiana which Is going, re
gardless of the wishes of the admins
tratiOn, to take a hand in this war
1t is presumable, however, that TIN
party is TO be known by its leaders
A federal prisoner in this state, in
dicted and arrested for attempting Il
cause insubordination, disloyalty, etc
by making false statements and ap
peals on the public streets, was ac
quilted in Judge Andersons court be
cause he was not guilty under the
law. He had publicly proclaimed
that ANY young man that would en-
list or volunteer his services for the
United States should be taken out
and horse-whipped, and that all loyaI
Americans should withdraw their sup
port from the war which was being
fought by the United States, he said
not In behalf of freedom or liberty
but in the interest of the capitalistic
class. Congress gave the country ad-
ditional legislation TO cover cases OF
this kind and on the final roll-call, the
two Senators from Indiana voted
against the legislation, while in the
House, the Republican representa-
tives from Indiana voted for it. and
yet earlier in the same Congress.
when the espionage bill was being
subjected to roll-call, four of Indiana s
nine Republican representatives
voted yea" and four voted nay"
while one did not vote at all
Who Speaks for Ii.
Who is the Republican party of IN
diana and who speaks for it. The
truth is that it is much like the Demo-
cratic party in that it's representa-
tives never get together except upon
election day. The senators from In
diana, faithful as they have been from
their viewpoint in the discharge of
their duty, can not have sat in their
places without realizing that there
are men upon their side of the cham
Der who no more believe as they do
than the most rampant Socialist in
the land and yet these very men are
pretending to constitute the Repub-
Iican party.
Does the Republican party in Indi
ana reject with scorn the votes of the
German sympathizer in the state?
so, why didn't it have the courage to
say that this is an English-speaking
people; that nothing so tends to unite
4 people as the use of common lam
5uage and that, in the interests of
up cohesive American citi-
zenship, it proposed to see to it that
he German language was no longer
.aught in the schools of Indiana.
NO, hope | am mistaken, but | be. |
ieve that the party is with this ques-
ION as 1t was with prohibition-for |
and for the English Ian
'uage but keeping silent in the hope
II the liberal vote and that of the Ger
nan sympathizer.
But One Language.
A man is not German because he
las German name or because he
las German blood in him. He is a
'erman whatever his name or blood
he wishes the house of Hohenzoi-
ern to triumph. /. of course. want
ny party to win but, at the risk OF
eing read out of il, | beg YOU TO vote
Salnst any Eemocrat who is not |
behind the President
1 the United States and the way he
roposes to win this war: who is no
favor or taking the German Ian.
uage out of the schools of Indiana
nd welding into united people. by
ne use of a common language, all
nose who dwell within our borders.
Yes, we are to have politics III
ear in Indiana, but politics this wear
lust be patriotic as we'll as partisa,
character. 1t must be the kind OF
olitlcs which whole-heartedly gets
ehind that colossal figure of these
-ormy hours, the man whom Prov
ence has set upon the mountain peak
duty, desire and endeavor. witt.
hom we can win, without whom the Z
orlds hope must perish Woodrow
'ilSon, Captain General of the
rmies Of Freedom, Admiral of the
even Seas. 1t will not do to keep
IT promise to his ear and break il
} his hope.