The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-15

one need fear the results.
-lr. 4aarsnaiI said that we are en-
tangled in world affairs and we can
not get out OF them. What we want
Is a man on the inside at the meet
ings of the League of Nations to keep
us Losted truthfully. Referring to a
remark OF Mrs. Peter Oleson. the vice
president said that he believed that II
the League OF Nations does not prove
satisfactory, 1t will not take two
years for the Americans to withdraw
from the league as she stated. He
was of the firm belief that ii Am
ericans do not like the league 1t will
not take fifteen minutes to withdraw
The vice president referred to the
recent effort to impeach the president
or the United States. He laughingly
said that he did not think that that
would take place In time to benefit the
vice president. Referring again to the
league or nations Mr.. Marshall said,
mat peoIle are harping on the idea
tnet the league OF nations would in
VoiVe the American people in Eur
opean wars. These people are talking
aDcut the effect upon their blood rela-
tions across the water.
The speaker said that he would ad-
INIT that the war had cost the United
States $4,000, 100000 dollars and II
was fought to stamp out forever from
America the title German American,
The PEOPLE who are Directing to the
cost or the war are the men who re-
FUSED to respond to the Red Cross, the
knights OF Columbus and other like
organizations. This is a time when
we must be American and act Ameri-
can ana II we are not we should 20
rome to where our hearts are"
Mr.. Marshall said that he could
not compare the peace delegates to
nothing but spawns Of hell if they
deliberately sat at the peace table
ana planned to permit of the world
being plunged into another war aft
or 100000 men had been slaugh-
tered on the fields of France and
Flanders. II this wa sthe object of
the League of Nations it will soon
be consigned to the lumber room
with other useless documents.
America Loves Peace.
The soul Of America is an in
tense love of peace and right and an
intense hatred Of wrong" The
speaker continued and said that it
was the soul Of America that prompt
ed the boys Of 1851 and 1865 to fight
for the freedom of the slaves, in
1893 1t was the soul of America that
prompted the restoring to cub of it's
God gives right of liberty. In 1914
the boys went forth not because of
the sinking of few ships, but be-
| cause the soul of America believed
In the fatherhood Of God and the
brotherhood of man"
The speaker said that it is not
the length Of years one spends on
this earth that constitutes greatness,
but what we accomplish while here.
A man is said to be dead, but a
great man never dies, he is Absent on
duty his deeds live after him. Some
men thought from the neck down dur
ing the war. There were the con-
temptable ours who refused to sup
port the Red Cross and other kind
red organizations. These men were
dead then; they are dead now, and
no one is planning to go to their
funeral. The greatness of Wash
ngton and Lincoln still lives and
grows as the years pass by. The
speaker did not like to speak of the
boys who did not return from over
seas as dead he would rather refer
the speaker paid glowing tribute to
the Yankee boys for their bravery on
the battle fields Of the. Word war
THE republican party has done a
remarkable thing" said Vice Presi-
dent Marshall Heretofore grand
juries were called in to act on
criminal cases, but the republican
party called in a grand jury to in
vestigate a victory and they are now
around objecting to the cost Of the
war. l am not here to apologize for
the great expenditures of the war;
| am here to glory in the great vic
bids as the republicans would have
us do, instead of 10000 American
boys having laid down their. lives
that number would have been swell
ed to 100000 men and the fighting
would be yet going on, but it would
be on our Atlantic seaboard and not
in Flanders and France. If the
time ever comes again, when $24,-
100000 dollars is pitted against the
| life Of even one American boy from
Mankato l would spend that amount
every time and save the boy"
| Great applause and cheers.)
l. Deplored the Unrest.
In closing Vice President Marshall
said that he deplored the great un-
rest of the country. Part of this
unrest was due to the fact that al
though the laboring man has at last
| come into good days wage, there
are some among them, who want to
! do just as little for that wage as
possible. The speaker said he was
indeed glad to see the laboring man
at last receiving good wages, but If
a laboring man wants a big days
wage, he must give good big
days work for it in return. There is
no reason to shun the democratic
party, for 1t has always been the
party who has looked after the meek
and lowly of this earth. The speak
e. closed by stating that every man
should have the courage to back UP
his own convictions.
| Address BY Mrs. Oleson.
Mrs. Oleson spoke as follows:
To be interested in Marshall melting ST
| Mrs. Peter Oleson attacked the republi-
can party's stand on teh League Of Nations
and called attention to the fact that the
| G. o. P. had failed to give women the
fair chance they needed in drafting the
party platform in Chicago. Mrs. Oleson
declared that IL the true facts about the
| League were presented and explained
| clearly to every woman. the Cox and
Roosevelt ticket would go over by a
large majority in November. THE Re-
publicans are trying to make white ap-
pe.r black" said Mrs. Oleson.
Her address follows in part: "A great
election confronts our people. We are
about to choose a president, but we are
doing more than that. We are deciding
whether America shall live in grand iso-
iation not needing and not caring what
happens in the world, or whether Amer
ioa shall enter a League Of Nations Tor
the enforcement Of peoce. and fulfill
| her N<<d fxaNrr ~ 1nadI