The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-17
Sunday, October 18th, 1920.
HARRELD AGAINST VIEW
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
William M. Franklin)

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William M. Franklin, author OF
the Oklahoma Child Labor Law and
other progressive legislation, and re-
Gently a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Fifth
district, takes j. w. Harreld, Repub-
lican nominee for the United States
Senate, to task for his Berger vote
and shows that his acts were not in
accord with Lncoln's views His state
ment follows:)
Berger had been tried and convicted Tor
disloyalty, for giving aid and comfort to the
enemy He denounced our government IN
strongest terms and stated that 1.-The safety
and hope of this country would lie IN one
direction-only that of violent and bloody
revolution" He helped to promulgate the
Socialist statement 1--WE brand the decara-
ton of war by our government as crime
against the people of the United States and
against the nations of the world" He put
in his paper poem entitled, Come, Ye
Slaves! Bow the Neck-and Reglster!' 1t
stated that they were to fight for their mas
ters. It was shown that he was connected
with the circulation of an article headed,
women and War" A story is told of two
women trying to get young man to enlist.
Among other things, the article contained
the following: "And the action was desplc-
able. Women soliciting for such purposes
are only a step higher than women who
solicit for the sale of their bodies"
In testifying before the congressional COM
mittee he admitted that he had contributed
to the |. w. w. fund. On May 6, 1918, he
wrote to secretary of the |. w. W. and said
81 am beginning to believe that the |. W. w..
is destined to take the place of the American
Federation of Labor in our country and tul'
fill the mission in which the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor has failed He knew that
the |. w. W. were indicted for violating the
espionage act
Berger said: 81 have nothing to retract
from the articles have written or, from the
speeches | have made
Was he not interfering with the draft?
Was he not giving aid and comfort to the
enemy?
During the Civil War parties interfered
with the draft. Several people were killed.
Vallandigham, candidate for governor Of
Ohio, made attacks upon the Administration.
He was seized and tried, by military COM
mander, it was claimed 'for no other reason
than words addressed to a public meeting in
criticism of the course of the Administration,
and in condemnation of the military orders
of the general" Resolutions of protest
against the course of the Administration were
passed in New York and other states and
delegations called upon Lincoln.
With reference to Vallandgham he said,
"He was warning upon the military, and thus
gave the military constitutional jurisdiction
to lay hands upon him. With reference to
the resolutions of condemnation he said
(National Edition, The Writings of Lincoln,
page 319 II understand the meeting whose
resolutions ! am considering to be in favor of
Y suppressing the rebellion by force-by armies.
Long experience has shown that armies can
not be maintained unless desertion shall be
punished by the severe penalty of death. The
case requires and the law and constitution
sanction, this punishment. Must | shoot a
smple-minded soldier boy who deserts while
must not touch the hair of willy agitator
who induced him to desert? This is none the
less injurious when effected by getting a
father or brother, or friend into u public
meeting, and there working upon his feelings
till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy
that he is fighting In bad cause for wicked
administration of a contemplate government
too weak to arrest and punish him if he
shall desert. | think that in such case, to
silence the agitator and save the boy is not
only constitutional, but withal a great
mercy"
Mr.. Harred was probably willing to main.
tain the army by killing the boys who de.
serted and let Berger draw fat salary from
the government, notwithstanding the fact tha,
he gave aid and comfort to the enemy and
was the cause of some soldiers deserving
Members of his own party forced him of
the military committee because of his Berge,