Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
Mississippi Senator Declares
Speech by Wisconsin Man
Was DisIoyaI and Made Up
of Lies.
COUNTRY. NEVER WENT
TO WAR TO HELP MORGAN
Party Lines Are Disregatded
Both in Report of Investi-
eating Committee and When
Vote Is Taken,
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Washington. Jan. l6,--The senate
today adopted the resolution of its
elections committee recommending
that no action be taken on the dis
loyalty charges brought against Sen
ator La Toilette OF Wisconsin because
of statements in his speech septem-
ber 20. 1917. before the Nom partisan
league at st. Paul. Mimi
The vote was so to 81. twenty dem
ocrats and one republican voting in
the negative
The vote was preceded by vgor-
GUS attack upon the La Toilette
speech By Senator Williams OF Mis-
sissippi. Senator Dillingham; said he
was willing to have vote without
discussion but Senator Williams de-
clared he was unwilling to 'st quiet
ly'' and let the resolution go to a vote
without criticism of Mr.. La Follette's
attitude.
Standing just across the center
aisle from the w sconsin senator, Mr..
Williams shouted
~ sptsali Wa rs -e
'4As / read the speech (of Mr.. Ia
Follette) it was a series of false state
ments which must have been con
sciously made.
II find in that speech the charge
that the United States went to war
to protect Morgan interests | find
in that speech the charge that the
United States went to war and sac
rificed our children in order that rich
Americans might ride on munitions
boats.
1T is an everlasting lie that the
people of the United States went to
war to protect Morgan interests or
capitalistic interests.
'It is an everlasting lie that the
people ever sent their boys to be can
non fodder in Europe so that Ameri-
cans might ride on munitions vessels.
The Lusitania Tragedy.
1T is an everlasting lie that the
Lusitania was armed or carried any
dangerous explosive or that any law
passage,
1T is an everlasting lie that the IA
Americans who went down to their
graves on that memorable day of
German barbarity went there to up
hold the doctrine of capitalism or to
protect munitions"
Senator Williams declared he had
nothing against the Wisconsin sena-
tor, but added:
"But / have no glad hand to offer
to any enemy of my country when II
is at war OF to the man who ISLANDERS
my country, tells falsehoods about it..
whether he is senator or a plow-
boy"
After discussing disloyaIty Senator
Williams turned to Senator Dilling-
ham and said:
Considered Whole Speech.
'By this resolution YOU say that
that sort Of thing should 20 unscath- :
ed, uncriticised and unpunished,"
Interrupting. with face aflame,
Senator Dillingham; pointed out that
the committee had had the documents
before it for fourteen months study.
I'VE had the whole speech the
Vermont senator said. rather than
the fragments discussed here today by
the senator from Mississippi
He declared the committee had OK
amned all precedents and documents
in the case and pointed out that the
committees action was partisan
in that four democrats had voted
with five republicans in presenting
the majority report.
In concluding. Senator Williams
said Senator La Follette's statements
were not accidental but were his
deliberate Judgment"
"And he hasn't yet .apologized for
them and he won't" Senator Williams
shouted "He hasn't the moral cour-
age to do it. ,
There is this difference between
falsehood and lie; falsehood Is
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