Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-30
BERGER CAMPAIGN
OPENED IN GERMAN
Ousted Socialist Representa-
tive Says Wall Street
Planned War.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. November %
By making his opening speech in the
German language. Victor L. Berger.
ousted socialist representative, EN-
pha sized the character of his cam
paign for reelection and made it
plain that he would seek the united
ancestry. Other socialist spell-bind-
ers have also stressed the German
appeal.
Il stand here to say I'll never take
a word back. No. I'll never take
word back if they give me 100 years
Then he reiterated that wall street
clique" arranged the war. He told the
audience, which consisted chiefly OF
small farmers. that they had gained
nothing from the war.
you people assembled here-don't
be ashamed of being Germans" he
continued. you are just as good as
those who came over on the May
flower"
Soldiers Organizations Attacked.
Sheriff Robert Buech.- and eX-mayor
Emil Seidel were speakers on the
opening night. Buech attacked SOL
dierS' organizations, characterZlns
the American Legion as a legion of
catspaws" and the Bolo Club as the
"Bolo knifers." He said he was born
in Germany. and that he was proud
because he could speak the German
language.
THE profiteers. the legion and the
Bolo knifers are all busy debating TO
the people" he exclaimed. They
picked up a discarded republican. l
think his name is Bodenstab-that
name is a bait for the Germans--you
know how they loved people whose
names were Bodenstab or Bnech
when they were putting yellow paint
on your barns. We are proud Of be-
we are going to speak the German
language" he continued. Then he at
tackled the American Legion. because
some of it's members objected to the
resumption of German opera IN Mill
waukee.
''This crowd of cat's-paws had the
nerve to come down there to the
theater and make threats to stop the
German OPERA" he continued. IheE
take the law into their own hands:
They break into offices. as they ana
yesterday. and destroy property rms
men to l. w. W. headquarters, where
they burned up some pamphlets
Buech complained because ne had 10
arrest an alien socialist who is be
ing held for deportation They don't
need to do that" he commented III
only tney Will open up TIC SoeS' ,iA~1
will go fast enough to get to place
that's fit to live in" Ex-Mayor Seidel
declared the people were fooled INTO
entering the war. He said all MIL
waukee got out Oh IL was al o'u
junk gun"
Mayor D. W. Hoan, whom Berger
regarded as "wobbly" on the war,
from the socialist standpoint, is
speaking for Berger. District Attor-
new w. c. label socialist. who recent
ly resigned from his party is serving
on the campaign committee of II. ii.
Bodenstab. the fusion candidate.
Bodenstub for Americanism.
Bodenstab has delivered three
speeches, each being a reaffirmation
Il his stand on Americanism. and a
defense of the courts in which Ber-
ger was convicted, and of Congress
for it's action in unseating the so
cialist leader. The Good Government
League. which is conducting the Bo-
denstab campaign. is perfecting a pre-
cinct house house organization. 1t
believes that it will win by getting
ont the stay-at-home vote.
The wet and dry issue, still very
much alive in Milwaukee, threatened
a complication when j. A. Budar. pro-
nrietor of a cafe and palm garden.
fled nomination as personal lib
erty" republican candidate against
Bodenstab In subsequent speech
Rodenstab declared himself a wet, ana
Budar withdrew, leaving only Boden-
stab and Berger in the field. 1t is
now too late for other candidates 10
enter the race. J. Z. RALeAoN.