The sun., 1918-01-08
new PROOF OF
LA F0LLETTE'S
"SEDITION" FILED
American Defence Society
Renews Demand for
Senator's Expulsion.
QUOTES PACIFIST TALK
"Grievances insufficient,
Considering Amount and
Lives Involved"
INQUIRY RESUMED TO-DAY
Stenographer Who Recorded
st. Paul Speech Submits
Attested Copy Of It.
INQUIRY RESUMED TO-DAY

WASHIN0ToNs Jan. T.-Tho apparent
dlAncllnation Of the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections to proceed
Iseriously with the investigation Of dis
loyalty charges against Senator La Fol.
lette Of Wisconsin has stirred the Ameri-
can Defence Society to renew its de-
mand that La Toilette be expelled from
the Senate. The society filsd with the
committee to-day what 1, described as
an attested stenographic report OF the
speech delivered by La Toilette before
the Non-Partisan League Convention at
st. Paul. MINI. on September 20. 1917.
This report may be considered by the
Senate subcommittee tomorrow when 1t
resumes the La Toilette investigation.
At the outset OF this speech La Fol-
lette 10 reported by Jesse Cary Smith. a
s.enosrapher. who took the trouble to get
his notes and transcription attested by
notary public. as saying:
who 10 It, abroad over this country
now. waving fiags and crying out for de-
mocracy in the loudest possible tones?
(Cries Of "Pronteers! big business ~
It IL business that Is making money out
verts to democracy are masquerading
IN . livery OF heaven while you serve the
devil tApplause.l"
Sees Tandanen ntal wrongs.
A little further along La Toilette Ia
reported by the stenoErapher as sayinG :
'Now. fellow citizens. there would not
be the slightest occasion In the world
for the organisation OF the Non.Partisan
League. and you would not be able to en-
list the farmers Of dossn or hftcen or
twsnty 6iiDsrsnt States in this Union un-
less there was something f1aAaWentally
wrong with our Government. There is
eomething Fundamentally wrong with II.
Voices: "You betwJ
''Of course. know that the fellows
who are waving the hags OF to-day most
frantically, the bloated representatives
Of wealth. who are shouting the loudest
for democracy to-day. are trying to In
vest this particular time with a new
form Of democracy. democracy which
has attached to 1t as cardinal princi-
pie not liberty, not equality, but profits.
80 came before you here tonight
to . give you a word Of encourage
ment, to bid you to be brave. not to
be intimidated because there may be a
chance to be sneaking about here and
there men who will pull back their coats
and show a secret service badge"
Still further along La Toilette IL re-
ported as having renewed his familiar
argument that tho United States was
not justified in entering the war because
American ships were sunk by Germany.
II would not be understood as saying
that we did not have grievances. We
did. But grievances which I regarded
As insufficient, considering the amount
involved and the lives involved. which
were the right to ship munitions to
Great Britain with American passengers
on board to secure safe transit ZAP
plause.l We had right. q technical
right, to ship the munitions and the
American citizens had a technical right
TO ride on those vessels-I was not in
favor of their riding OH them. because
II seemed to me that the consequences
resulting from any destruction of life
that might occur would be SO awful. IA
voice: You're yellow."l
"Poor Privilege" Scored.
ANY man who says that In an audi
ence Is yellow himself. l say this, that
the comparatively small privilege Of the
right OF American citizens to ride on a
munition laden ship flying foreign
nag Is too small to involve this Govern
ment in the loss Of millions and hum
uTeuS OF nilllOnS OF lives. lAppIauSe.
Now. fellow citizens. did not believe
We should have gone into this war for
that poor privilege. "a voice: "Nor
anybody else."1
''Mr. President. It has sometimes oc.
CURED to me that the shippers Of muni-
tons Of war. who were making enor.
nous profits out Of the business, invited
and encouraged American citizens to
ride on those ships In order to give a
sort Of semblance Of safety in the pas.
sage Of their pronteering cargoes abroad
But some will tell you American
rights were involved. What American
rights? The right OF some venturesome
person to ride upon a munition laden
vessel. in violation OF an American
statute that no vessel which carries ex.
plosives shall carry passengers"
President Wilson himself. on October
y 1917. declared this statement to be
false Mr.. Bryan also repudiated il.
Toward the end Of the speech La Fol.
lette Is reported as crying: shame or
the administrator. for the Administra.
ton approved the bills"-the war prohts
taxation measure.