The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21
OONGUfSSMANHEQ URGES
DEPORTING STACKER ALIENS
Says '1f Their Hearts are in Europe
Let Us Send Their Bodies Back
Explains BOlshevik Purposes

Congressman-elect ]. Stanley Web
ster was given rousing welcome last
Saturday at the armory when he spoke
for twenty minutes on domestic ques-
tions-problems that he saw confront
ing the next congress, of which he is
to be member, He says:
"a few evenings ago in Seattle l
had the honor to attend as POSTMASTER
a very remarkable banquet, given in
honor of Lincoln's birthday. The oc-
casion was glorified by the spirit,
which everywhere seemed present, of
that other great American who now
sleeps under the sod at Oyster Bay.
The usual jests that men hear at ban
Duets were missing and every man
seemed to realize the loss that at
tends his passing.
"There never has been a time in our
history when the responsibility of the
individual citizen was greater than it
is now. We must realize that we can
not give all of our attention to in
ternational problems while there are
pressing problems of local Importance
that must be settled. Nations have
gone down into ruin and decay, not
because of foreign foes, but due to the
inherent weakness and decay of its
own citizenship.
1--WE owe a great duty to the thou
sands of brave young Americans who
lie sleeping on a foreign soil. No
greater responsibility was placed upon
their shoulders than upon ours. Their
fight was ended in the preservation
of this country against the assaults of
the barbarians. 1t will be vain vic
tory if we save this country from the
onslarghts of the kaiser and lose it to
the anarchists and the bolshevists.
(Applause)
1.-THE bolshevists are not peculiar to
Europe alone. They are the out
growth of a mental unrest and repre-
sent the spirit of darkness. Anarchy
by whatever name it is called is hid
eous, and horrible, and the title of boil
shevik is only a cloak to cover it. 1t
is not content with reforms, it seeks
revolution. It does not want shorter
day or higher wage; none of these will
suffice. Their purpose is to continue
their demands until they can 40 lon
ger be met, after which they expect
to take over control of the govern
ment.
"1n Seattle the 100 per cent Amer
leans fought the advance of the boil
shevists. They learned that in dark
and secret places a plot was being
Matched for their destruction. Seattle
arose and prepared to meet the situa-
ion. They resolved to suppress boil
sheviki if it became necessary to use
lamppost, a wall and rifle to do it.
tApplause).
"This great American government
is not maintained for the welfare of
slackers and traitors. When the
forces of barbarism were endeavoring
to tear down civilization and soldiers
were needed for the common defense,
some men of neutral birth came for
ward and said, mo, I surrender my
rights of becoming citizen of the
United States. am neutral alien
and refuse to CO." If when those men
came here they left their hearts in
Europe, let us send their bodies back
TO it. Applause.) One of the duties
of the next congress will be to enact
legislation Kidding the country of men
of that ilk. (Applause.) Pure Amer
icanism indorses it, our patriotism
subscribes to it.
1--WE should also redraft our immi-
grafton laws so such men can not get
here In the first place. They should
not be allowed to come until they are
willing to assume the duties Of citizen
ship and learn to speak the English
language. (Applausc.) They should
not be allowed to come here and COM
pete without our workingmen without
being willing to bear their share of the
burden.
"This is no time for demagogy, flat
terry or codling. We should make our
laboring men understand that it is
Just as honorable to earn big wage
as it is to receive it. A working man
should be willing to give fair and
honest days work for an honest days
pay"
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