The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-06
FLAYS ALL FORMS OF UNAMERICANISlI
Senator Has Bitter DenunciatiOn for All Plans Which
Would Not Preserve Principles for Which
American Soldiers Have Died.

remove all of them, Senator Irvine X.
Lenroot made stirring address Mon
day evening before the members and
friends Of the Congregational Mems
club at the auditorium of the church.
He declared that these causes Of I'M
rest were the high cost of living, the
improper relationship existing between
capital and labor the fact that we
were not yet at peace with Germany
despite the truth that hostilities had
ceased more than eighteen months ago
and the unpatriotic and un-American
attitude which some Americans have
taken in relation to the war which we
have just waged.
Each of these causes he discussed in
turn and told of his plans for remedy
ing them. He fayed bolshevism,
criminal profiteering, special legislation
international injustice and lack of
gratitude to our soldiers who won the
last war in terms that brought applause
again and again from the audience
that packed the church to hear the
address, Prior to the address he was
tbe guest of honor at the regular dim
r Of the club in the parlors Of the
church.
Says Nothing About Candidacy.
Senator Lenroot made no intima-
tions whatsoever regarding the state
ment made by Senator Capper of Kan
sas that he was one Of the leading
"dark horse" candidates for the Re
publican nomination for the presi-
dency at the coming election. Meth
er in his address nor at the informal
reception in his honor at the Elks club
did he allude to the statement made
by the senator from Kansas. The
address, however, in parts took on a
political aspect as the senator defined
his stand on many of the leading
questions now before Congress, in
GLIDING the soldier bonus bill, the
Cummins railway bill and the league
of nations.
Most Critical Time.
'With all solemnity," he said, 81
say that there has ne yer been time
in the history Of orr country where
we have confronted more serious prob
lens than at the present. Europe is
SblAL AL u CldOLlC oLdAS anu we CdAllOl
tell what may happen from day to
day over there. That is bad enough
but more serious problem confronts
us at home. The world war is won
but we seem to have lost that splen-
did spirit of cooperation which en-
Abled us to bring victory to our stand
ards There is now strange spirit
of unrest sweeping over the country
and it is the duty of good Americans
to- help solve the problems which it
has brought"
Senator Lenroot declared himself as
firmly opposed to the plan which some
have set forth that this unrest may
be stamped out by oppression. j"That
is the height of folly" he said, COP
preston can only increase the trou-
ble." He declared himself solidly in
favor of the right of citizen in
peace times to launch objections to
the methods in which the government
is being carried on providing he con-
fines himself to the ballot and peace
able methods in pointing out his OBJ
jections but he declared opposition to
all those who would preach violence
to put in any changes in government.
Strikes at BoIshevism.
Senator Lenroot declared that this
right to advance by the ballot any
pesceable changes in the government
was only the prerogative Of citizens.
"As to those aliens who refuse to
assume the obligations of citizens"
he added, "if they attempt even by
peaceable means to destroy the bull
warks of this government, l would
say there is one country that is at
tempting this very thing Russia and
that there is plenty of room for them
over there"
The senator spoke strongly in favor
of guarding to the utmost the right
of free speech but denounced those who
in war times under the guise of free
speech gave aid and comfort to the
enemy by denouncing the government
which was protecting them.
The high cost of living was dis
cussed by the speaker as the first
cause of this spirit of unrest. He de-
clared that it was due in part to the
law of supply and demand and because
things which were necessary for war
there was now a shortage even of
the essentials Of peace time exist
ence. "There is, however, along with
this criminal profteering," he de-
clared. "Some men, not satisfied with
reasonable profit, have excepted
money from the public because of
their need But congress has per-
formed its duty; criminal profteering
is a crime subject to Imprisonment
eear two years in the federal peniten-
81 y. Some people whose duty it is
tosenforce the law, if they would stop
setting mouse traps and start setting
bear traps, might catch something"
The speaker alluded specifically
to the. case of sugar and declared
that despite the action of Congress
the administration had failed to curb
this instance of profteering. He
also cited the recent report of The
American Wooden company showing a
profit Of near so per cent despite the