The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-30
WOUNDS VS.. WEALTH
Proof Herewith That Service TO Country Counts for
Naught When Arrayed Against Service to Capital

day a photograph of Sergt Rocco
MarmOrale, the wounded a. e. +.
hero, who was declared an "unde-
sirable' by District Judge Edwin M.
Lamb, and refused the right Of citi-
zenship in the country for which he
had fought and bled on the soil of
France. In other columns we print
| reproductions of the front and re-
verse sides Of Sergeant Marmorale's
discharge papers, which show in the
official phraseology OF the war de
partment. the record Of this alien
whom Lamb declares "undesira BILE :"
The cut printed on this page
shows plainly Mr.. Marmorale's S
wounds, all OF which were received
in the service Of the United States,
in the greatest war in the worlds
history. and all OF which were re-
ceived while Mr. Marmorale was
fighting in France to protect such
safe and sane 'stay-at- homes as the
Honorable Lamb. That Lamb does
not appreciate the services rendered
him by Sergeant Marmorale and the
100000 other men who crossed
the seas, is made evident by his ac-
tion in peremptorily refusing to obey
the federal law laid down for him
to follow, and to grant to the re-
turned soldier-alien that The is-s--a
voice in the government or the coun-
try for which he fought.
The fact that Lamb based his re-
fusal to grant citizenship to Mar
morale on the strength of biased
testimony offered by a sneaking and
coWardly gunman employed by the
Anaconda company, makes it only
too plain that Lamb, hireling that
he is, feels that the wishes Of his
masters are more powerful than the
expressed law as laid down for his
guidance by the congress Of the
United States.
In yesterdays issue of the Bulle-
tin comparison of the records of
the undesirable" Sergeant Marmor-
ale, returned A. T.. n. hero, with
those of the man who termed Mar
morale undesirable" to wit, the
Honorable Mr. Lamb. From that
comparison it was particularly no.
ticeable that while Marmorale has
been worker and producer all
his life, Lamb has been an idler, a
cheap politician, bowling to the will
of those to whom he owes his DO
ltical preference.
1t was also plainly noticeable that
while Marmorale, native OF Italy,
and 30 far, thanks to Lambs de-
cision, subject OF the king of Italy,
had entered the world war on the
side of the United States, had served
honorably, won promotion and
wounds, this individual Lamb,
neither during the Spanish-American
war. nor in the recent war, had ap-
parently stirred his hand to assist
the country in which he was born
and to which, surely, he owes more
allegiance than does Marmorale.
Most readers of the Bulletin are
already familiar with Lambs record,
both as a private citizen, as legis-
lator, city and county official, and
now is Il judge. Those who do not
know may either consult the Bulle-
tin files, or better yet, inquire of any
attorney or ordinary resident of the
city Turing the last 25 years.
Then, with the facts as to Lambs
record as a good citizen in mind.
turn to the reproductions of Ser.
geant Marmorale's army record and
Of the photo of his wounds, and de-
eide for yourselves who is the better
entitled to citizenship in the United
States.