New Ulm review., 1920-07-07
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Li>SAiNI WEN I 5, AlND FlSNlC AL
FORT HILL PARK DRAWS
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
SPEAKERS DISCUSS PRESENT.
DAY ISSUES AMID RE-
PEATED APPLAUSE.
Heavy roads and threatening weather,
not to mention the many Fourth Of July
celebrations held at other points IN
Southern Minnesota, cut the attendance
at the encampment and picnic at Fort
Hill Park, Sunday, considerably, and yet
there. were in the neighborhood Of 5000
people present. Those attending were
well repaid for overcoming the difficulties
incide It to tha trip which, in some in
stances, was 60 miles and more, for the
speakers discussed the present-day issues
in clear and unfaltering manner, to the
great satisfaction of their audience, who
repeatedly interrupted their remakrs
with spontaneous applause and cheers.
RIP" at His Best.
!, y. M. Thomason, probably. better
known to League members as "Trip, the
Reporter" was the first speaker intro
duced by L. W. Martin, who presided.
People. who had previously heard Mr..
Thomason, stated that he was at his
best, and his timely remarks, punctuated
by bits Of wit and humor, proved that
he is as able a speaker as he is writer.
He dWelt principally upon the many
wrongs that are to- be righted in the
economic conditions Of today and brought
out his points in pithy comparisons be-
tween the earth's population and various
sections of the United States and Mime
sofa. Briefly he outlined the seeming
defeat Of the League. Labor ticket the
recent primaries and the reasons there
fore, at the same time calling attention
to the overwhelming victory Of the
League-Labor candidates for the state
legislature where primary contests were
staged. Rip referred to the smashing
defeat OF the forces of reaction in the
North Dakota primaries, stating that the
contln ed success of the League candi-
dates in that sta tie provedthat the Flicker
tail farmers not onlJ stick together, but
get out and vote together in a solid
phalanx.
"Ernie's' Fluctuations.
Ex-Congressman Ernest Lundeen OF
Minneapolis, the second speaker on the
program, reiterated his stand as re-
CARDS the proposed League Of Nations
Covenant and portrayed the evils into
which the United States would fall,
were we to enter this pro-foreign, un-
American alliance, He cited the pro-
posal OF President Wilson to accept a
mandate over Armenia as striking
example OF the chore-boy duties that
would devolve upon Uncle Sam if He
would lend his support to the despicable
league of nations program. The
speaker asserverated that after Eng
land and Franc had gobbled up the
mandates over the small countries having
rich natural resources, such as oil, coal,
etc., the mandate over Armenia, which
country he called thu worlds poorhouse,
was offered the United States, who
would, thereby be allowed to police that
poverty-ridden little nation without any
prospects of profting by the transact on,
The. ex-congressman repeatedly referred
to Great Britain's six votes to only one
TO the United States in the Council OF
the proposed League of Nations, and
admonished his audience to work and
vote incessantly for a return of the
policies of Washington, jefferson, Mon
roe and Lincoln.
Veteran Opposes MiIitari m.
l.. W.. Martin, national speaker Of the
World War Veterans, and who presided
at the speaking program, followed Mr..
Lundeen.5 Mr. Martin is an ex-service
man and was active service in France
as member of the American Expedi-
tionary forces. He declared himself as
being un4lterably opposed to universal
military training, as it would not be a
difficult matter to muster sufficient
troups to keep any enemy from intruding
upon our soil, should such an emergency
ever arise The. necessary fighting men
would gladly vo unt2er for such service
IN time of need, but univ rsal military
traini G is, in his opinion, not only
superfuous, but very harmful to those
who are compelled to- entet it. Mr..
Martin if a forceful speaker, and as he
talks from personal experience, he is
able to ielectrify his audience and con
vince his hearers to his way of thinking.
La Follette's Name Cheered.
The biggest hit with the large audience
was undoubtedly made by Lester P.
Barlow, national chairman Of the World
War Veterans, whose vigor and pep
carries every gathering which ..e ad-
dresses off its feet He has an unlimited
treasure of highly intere ting facts from
which to- choose the material for public
speech and has the happy faculty zoff
presenting his evidence in a clearly unr
sderstandable, though conc Sc manner
/ His dissertations are spiced with clever
Witicisms VIII ch always make a hitiWith
his audience. Also he is thoroughly
posted on the big issues confronting the
American people today and hi; argu-
ments are convinci G. Having had in
innate connections with high government
and army officials during the. World
war, M Barlow is in position t give
from frst-hand knoWl dge many facts
that OF erwise would not be accessible
to the great mass of people H is a
borrowing class, you can help along by
either subscribing to running stock or
paid-up stock Very little pSaiid-ulp, stock
is being issued. Just now, there seems
to be an opportunity to secure some
paid-up stock. This chance, will, how