Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
THUNDER AMERI-
CANISM STILL
KARL MATHIE CENSORS
MEN AT WASHINGTON
FOR SOCIAL TIES

luncheon at st. Johns Guild hall on
| Monday 1t being the first luncheon
after the summer vacation and for the
further fact that many Rotarians were
out of the city, the attendance was
far from being 100 per cent. Many
strangers were present and were in
troduced to the club.
| 1t was announced that the commit
tee, with Judge A. H. Reid as chair
man, which had previously been ap-
pointed to arrange for a picnic had
set the date for Saturday, Sept. 18th.
Place will be made known later.
The next luncheon will be held on
Monday, Sept. 18th, when it is ex-
pected that District Gov. Harry B.
Craddick of Minneapolis, will be the
guest of honor. On that afternoon an
auto trip will be taken to Marshfield,
to deliver the charter to the Marsh
field Rotary club Stevens Point,
Grand Rapids and Merrill Rotarians
will also go to Marshfeld.
Address
| Karl Mathie delivered a Labor Day
address, saying much that the Pilot
cannot print because of lack of space
this week.
1
bearer of liberty, equality and fra
ternity, was one of Mr.. Mathie's open
ing statements. "This conviction can
only come through insistent, persist
ent education in truth, vigorous
enough to be heard above the clamor
of tongues that assail our ears from
bloody Bolsheviks, parlor proletarians,
half baked professors, roaring radicals
L xuh
clared the speaker.
zone clear note of Americanism
boldly, seriously and continuously
Numbered into the ears of our fair
minded citizens, unil the lesson is
understood. will prevent them from
following foreign fads and fancies
sometimes preached by deluded home
folks, that propose to reach an &C.
onomic heaven by building vain tow
ers of Babel, without the solid founda-
ton stones and the weathered tim
zers of American constitutiOnalism.
Hire Old Leaders
THAT there is an awakening of the
industrial classes in many countries,
marked by a fierce desire to seize
| power and often by a hatred of all
, other classes, is common knowledge.
In Russia it has taken the form of
: Bolshevism and calls Itself the dicta-
{ torship of the proletariat. 1t profess
ses to disdain leadership in industry,
= in democracy, in government and all
private ownership of property. AS, a
matter of fact its dictatorship is that
of a single individual, Lenine, who is
not and never was a proletarian, but
is the son of a Russian noble. Lenine
has founded by tragic experience that
industry without leadership is starva-
ton, and today is hiring at big sal
aries the managers whom he dispos-
sessed yeterday.
I'm France, victory came so sudden
| ly and Unexpectedly that the laborer
has not yet yielded much to Bolshe-
vism, for Bolshevism is the disease of
defeat. In England the political move
ment has takensa political form in the
organization of the Labor Party, led
| by Arthur Henderson, who is soon to
visit America. The labor party of
England is made up largely of Guild
Socialists, whose aim is to organize a
government of the chambers: one
elected by districts, to represent the
consumers, and the other, elected by
the trades or guilds, to represent the
producers. That every one connected
with this movement was defeated in
the last election is proof that England
still has her feet on the ground.
Walking down Madison street in
Chicago, Saturday, | picked up three
rapers; one published by the labor
union, one by the Socialist party and
another by the Communist Party of
America. There were other papers
representing other tendencies and
movements, but these will illustrate
all the points | will have time to re-
| view.
CensOrs Senator's
THE labor union paper was chiefly
devoted TO celebrating the return of
Samuel Gompers, president of the A.
F. of l., from Europe, where he was
the leading figure in democra tizing the
international Labor Party. | want to
say frankly that in my judgment the
standing of the A. F. of L. has i'm
proved greatly in the estimation of
the American people. Its attitude dur
ing the war was commendable, for it
put America first, something that you
cannot say for the Socialist Party or
the Communist Party or the Non Par
tisan League"
CenSoring senators and representa-
tives for dragging in social, class and
group antagonisms, with special
reference to the Irish question, Mr..
Mathie said: when will our people
learn that they are not Irish, or Ger
man, or Poles, or Swedes. or Russians.
but Americans! Not only should they
lay aside their social ties but they
should also fight political segration on
class or guild or trade lines" Mr..
Mathie declared that the Non-partisan
League is serious danger to the
American state with its program of
state socialism and that this fact is
well known to Townley who is a
Socialist but like the cuckoo. keeps
lodging his eggs in the Republican
and Democratic nests.
May Publish
The ACCESSIBILITY of having the ad-
dress published in pamphlet form.
was referred to a committee. 1t
should be in the hands of every man,
in our city and spread broadcast. if
possible.
l.. A. Pradt, president. appointed
committee consisting of the past
presidents of the club, with the addi-
ton of Judge F. E. Bump. to arrange
for suitable program to celebrate
the adoption of the U. S. constitution
II women may - not have nope
and aspirations for their children,