Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-08

that the Fourth of July is no longer
home celebration, but Memorial da.
in which all the civilized world pledge
itself to die for liberty. There is nj
longer any geography or sectiona
| lines on the North American continent
"And in Europe" said the speaker
wherever an American soldiers bloot
is shed, a new boundary is marked ant
there lies a land neither hostile mol
strange
America a Crusader.
He held America up as the CRUSADER
of the present age. The spirit Of mill.
tarism, as the prussian understands it
is dead in this country, but the spirit
of the Crusader is not The world
must be free, it must not remain in
savagery.
He traced the lineage of kings and
crowned heads back to the days of the
robber barons and held that in all the
world today there is but one mantle
kaiser-whose bent of mind still holds
to the belief of the divine right, of
kings and wh) carries human life and
human rights in the hollow of his
hand.
He traced the history of democracy
in America through the revolutionary
war, and the establishment of stable
government by and for the people
through the civil war. The Spanish
American war he described as one of
ultra altruism. Oppression of the
people anywhere in the world" said
the speaker, sis a menace to our flag.
The shadow of the civil war killed
Lincoln, but made Grant and today
history holds the pencil recording the
names of your boys and my boys on
the roster of tine"
Land Of Opportunity.
Civilization is worth saving" said
the speaker, "and a country worth
getting is worth saving" Here Judge
Salinger paid high tribute to the
American soldier. Then with vitrolic
language lie turned to the socialists and
I. w. WIS, holding that the man who
today breaches class hatred is an en-
envy to the country. Liberty" said
he, is not mere figure of speech with
us, but the very life blood of the ma
ton"
AT this point. Judge Salinger d.
crossed just moment, to refer to
Mayor Clark's opening references to
him. His parents had brought their
family to America from Germany just
six years before he arrived in Webster
City He had started with nothing
and withC ut any Boosting reference to
his success, declared mo one can ever
make me say this is not a land of
opportunity"
In closing, he paid one Of the most
eloquent tribu;es to the flag ever heard
in this city.
The crowd was very responsive to
Judge Salinger's remarks and his ad-
dress was frequently punctuated with
generous applause.
Following the address, the sports
program was started but was inter-
fered with by rain and had to be aban
doned, as was also the ball game.
The rain ceased early in the even
ing, the skies cleared and a large con-
course of people gathered at the city
parks to hear the concert by the band
and the Webster City Glee Club. Ow-
ing to the afternoon rains it was i'm
possible to take a piano to the parks
and the glee club part of the concert
had to be omitted The band, however,
gave very. entertaining and credit
able concert.
The day an1 the celebration were
almost ideal, with the exception of the
rain which marred the late afternoon.
On the whole, however, Thursdays
Fourth of July celebration was a sue
cessful one.