The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-12
SOCIALIST HAYES, !: !:
COMMISSIONER OF .
COUNTY C0WED | :
BY CORP. F0UCAULT
Asks IN Board Meeting Il Regulars
Don't Consider Home Guard
]. az sscab.."
ALSO SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS
RECRUITING OFFICER DOES
Refuses to Help State Equip Home
Defenders; Shrinks Under
Soldiers Scorching.


81 ing of the Beltrami county board of
commissioners Friday which had as
&sthe chief actors Socialist Comm1s-
/ sioner James F. Hayes OF the town
Of Liberty and Corporal, Clarence
Z Foucault, recruiting OFFICER at the
Bemidji station, and wnen 1t Il was
over, Corporal Foucault had unmls.
takably expressed his opinion OF
Hayes, while the latter knew what
h a regular army man thought of the
Home Guard, which, 1t seems, hayes
I had some doubts. ''2. 1....
Haves Opposes U; 5. -.
The difference had IT'S lnceptlQn at
one Of the meetings of the commits
sioners early in the week: A com.
\ mittee from the BemldJi Commercial
4 club appeared before the commits
| sioners and asked that the county
assist the business men In the move
ment to provide new woolen uni
forms for the guard members. every
member of the board, except Hayes
was in favor Of doing so, but were
y uncertain whether under the law
! they could do SO. However, tney
! passed resolution favoring Lending
) aid If It could be done lawfully. TO
the resolution Hayes voted no. ...-..
The Stripe Crops Out.
In the discussion, Hayes injured
4 if it wasn't fact. that the Home
Guard members were looked upon
in an unfayorable light by the peo-
pie in general, II they weren't con-
sidered '''scabs" by regular army
men and il it wasn't a fact that the
Bemidji recruiting officer considered
the guardsmen as "scabs. ::
s7.~ s5..~--.ts.1,rs Report Reaches Officer. ),
sz A@repOrt OF what Hayes had sald all
and nsinuate ted "a; as
SWfnson Of the a0lhe SGdanA q
also Corporal Foucault who is also
) Remidji boy, and Foucault de-
cided it was up to him to impart g
little Information to-. Hayes: He
didn't know the gentleman from the
I town of Liberty and he asked Cap
tain Swinson to take him to the
court house and introduce him:
Swinsons did, taking Foucault into
tile session of the commissioners. n
Foucault Scares HAYES. J. Il
After the introduction, Foucault
began something thusly: .Z
II understand, Mr.. Hayes, that
YOU have expressed yourself that the
Home Guard of Bemidji and Min
nesota are a lot of 'scaIbs' and that
<you have also stated that l am OF
s44the same. opinion. I want to tell
!, you, Mr.. Hayes, that the Bem1d11
Home Guard is composed of any
I thing but 'scabs.' They are all prom
I inent citizens of Bemidjf and the
J. Home Guard of the state Is COM
4. rosed of men Just as good. -.. .
Going to the Trenches. .,,,st
81 have served a term OF enlist
+: r,ent for Uncle Sam in the coast ar
tillery, and after serving my term
d went to work railroading. When
the war broke out I Immediately re-
{ enlisted and was assigned to recruit
ing work. expect to he sent to
1 France before long and when l am.
!. will, be sent to the trenches. And
there will be thousands of other reg
ulars who will be sent 49,
49, Will Leave q Family. ,,;, :
"When I go, I will leave behind
a wife and two children and there
will be thousands of others left be-
hind. When am gone and the 9TH
ers have gone I will look to the Home
. Guard to protect my family I will
..Ieave behind. And the rest OF the
GE~ys will do the same. .rs.
'''@ ''If YOU were only half a man
would drag you out of here
and beat your block of. But
you are not. You are nothing.
I am a member of the regular
army and I am speaking not
only fer myself but for the
: United States army, and I hope
you know now what the regul-
ars think of the Home Guard"
e.. " Haves' Weak Reply,
b Hayes shrank from the calm Fou-
: cault as he pointed his finger at
Hayes face and poured out what ne
had to say. Hayes afterward ex-
y plained that he meant no reflection
on the Home Guard or the regulars
Abi,t/ said he had heard several say
that they considered the Home Guard
as .'scabs'' and had heard that the
recruiting officer had also consider,
ed them in the same light, and had
merely inquired if it wasn't tact.
THREE ARE MISSING;
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