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ident. of Associated Jewish Charities; trustee of
.Rush Medical College and business man of largo
experience.
Oswald Garrison Villard, journalist; grandson
of William Lloyd Garrison, Washington and Lee
University, editorial writer and author of A Bi-
' ography of Fifty years; newspaper and magazine
writer of national reputation.
Lillian D. Wald, sociologist; originated the
idea of Federal Children's Bureau, which passed
both houses of congress in 1908; lecturer and
philanthropist.
Rov. Booker T. Washington (deceased), the
foremost leader and teacher of the colored race:
the greatest man the'1 negro, race ever produced
in. America.
The grtiat Rabbi, Stephen S. Wise, author of
.The Ethiqs of -Solomon, profound studcntrOC hu-.,.
man destiny and entitled to be classed as one
of the greatest leaders of Israelites in America.
.Mary Emma Woolley, South Norwalk, Conn.,
one of the great women of New England, presi
dent Mount ITolyoke College, member board of
electors of Hall of Fame, the Women's Educa
tional Industrial Union, Boston Rhode Island
Society for Collegiate Education for Women au
thor "Monographs" and numerous other pam
phlets and essays on topics of reform and human
betterment.
The Rev. Washington Gladden, the leading
Pro.testant minister of Ohio in the broad domain
of civics, a recognized teacher of sociology, is
.preaching powerful sermons against this military
.propaganda.
. . Even in this wicked city of Washington,
where the newspapers arc all one way, there is
a healthy and growing sentiment against this
' military propaganda. We have a well-organized
p.eace society, a rational defense league, opposed
''to war, and an anti-military organization, all
"composed of influential men and women. Here
is a letter from Takoma Park, Washington, D.
' C.f dated December 31, 1915, from the Social
Study club. This club is composed of 10 scien
tists, a leading minister, a charity worker, and
a war department official. After a full debate,
the vote stood 3 in favor and 8 against the mil-'-itai'v
program of the administration. '"
tJMflxiie" SpestKef.' The time of the gentliii'an from
1 Ohio has expired. -
"- Mr. Mann. "Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous
consent that the gentleman from Ohio have time
to conclude his remarks,
i The Speaker. The gentleman from Illinois
' (Mi Mann) asks unanimous consent that the
gentleman from Ohio be permitted to conclude
his remarks. Is there objection? ,
'Hiere was no objection.
Mr. Sherwood. As this is not a political
question, I have sent letters, which have been
published in my district, asking for instructions
from my constituents how to vote on this vital
matter. I have not received one solitary letter,
telegram, or verbal message asking me to vote
for this colossal extravagance. Tt is due to say,
however, that there is a National Defense league
in Toledo composed of 10 or 12 high-class cit
izens. I also have a petition, signed by 275, high
class scholars and leaders of the best thought
In New York City and vicinity, all for peace and
' - against' the -barbarism of war preparedness.
'I must .not -fall to mention the superb attitude
of that profound thinker and venerated prelate,
Cardinal Gibbons. The views of Cardinal Gib
bons with reference to what is commonly desig
nated as "adequate preparedness" are well worth
earnest and thoughtful consideration. His world
knowledge is vast and comprehensive. His de-
vol ion to the highest American ideals is known'
to every man and woman of Intelligence in the
-v United States. In an authorized interview De
cember 2, 1915, Cardinal Gibbons said:
Thorp Is no need for America as a nation to bo
" alarmed or hysterically apprehensive. of war. Wo
are the .safest nation on the face of the earth, so
rfar as locality- goes. .Providence lias been kind to
" us.'.-JIe has placed' us where wa are, protected by ,
' nature from the incursions of an enemy. On tho
ast we have the ocean barrier of the Atlantic. On
the west th" Pacific protects us. To the north we
have the quiet Canadians. As for the south, there
is no danger of an invasion cither on tho part of
Mexico or the South American countries. For this
reason I would bo sorry to see an Immense stand
;' ing armv organized in this country. For one hun
dred and twenty-odd years we have prospered with
- : ' a comparatively small army, relying upon the jus
tice of our postion for our protection. I do not see
whv we should be apprehensive at this time eer-
lainly not on account of any European powei They
are now well-nigh exhausted, and they certainly
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men. There was a powerful and aggressive ele
ment in tho north clamoring for a war with Eng
land. During the war confederate cruisers,
built in English shipyards and armed in English
arsenals, had driven American commerce from
the seas and oceans of the world, but President
Grant favored the Geneva court of arbitration.
Morley, in his life of Gladstone, says:
The treaty of Washington and tho Geneva ar
bitration stand out as the most notable victories
In (he nineteenth century in the noblo art of pre
ventive diplomacy and the most signal exhibition
of self-command in two or three of the gn-at pow
ers of the Western World.
, A J; Appomattox Qrapt stqod on fame's topmost
jP.inn.aclet, the, foremost man in, all the world, but
in the Geneva Award he was greater than at Ap
pomattox. (Applause.)
I remember, In 1868, going through the old
Ashtabula district of Ohio with Gen. James A.
Garfield, afterwards president, then starting on
his remarkable civil career. I remember the ap
plause which greeted his peroratidn in approving
the muster out of that great army of volun
teers, in which he stated that:
We need no large standing army in this coun
try Wo are a republic where every citizen is a
beneficiary of the governnn nl. In IDurope govern
ment rests upon force, and every laboring man Is
carrying a soldier on his back. In the German
Emplro the spiked helmet is supreme, but in the
United Stutps of America government rests upon
tho hearts and hands and homes of all tho people.
I can not believe that all of Gen Garfield's
splendid Idealism Is gone. Let us hope not. I
hope the time is coming and is near at hand
when all this brass-toned hysteria over militar
ism and ocean domination will cease. When I
think of the serenity and virility of American
patriotism a half century ago, when great sol
diers like Grant and statesmen of the deep hu
manities like Garfield were the leaders; tiom--pared
with tho truckling servility to organized
barbarity now, I feel like quoting a couplet from
our own poet, Howard S. Taylor:
We have forgot! A Roman lust
Profanes our ancient holy things.
Wo trapjple J.ustlco In the dust;
We have the rabies of the kings.
The scarlet rage of gun and sword.
TTavo mercy on thy people. Lord.
W,c are today at peace with all the world.
Why should 'we prepare for war when we have
never had a war In over a century and a quarter
of national life that, was not of our own seeking?
No nation on either side of the Atlantic has ever
.attacked 'Us when- we were numerically ,weak.
How utterly Idiotic is theridea that any European
nation now, exhausted in fighting men, with
business and industry paralyzed, with commerce
driven from the seas and oceans of the world;
loaded down with a debt that staggers belief,
with the land filled with millions of widows -and
five times as many fatherless children, with 6,
000,000 maimed and crippled soldiers the leg
less, the armless, the insane, and the sightless,
who .have escaped from the damp pits of the
trenches and the lurid hell of battle all depend-i,ente-niJix:empireforalhthelr
jsveary. lives; Jthat-
attack 100,000,000 of people In the United
States, between whom there is no quarrel, is the
most preposterous proposition that was ever ex
ploited since tho cave man of the prehistoric agn
was in tho first stages of evolution. (Laughter.)
Wo arc at peace with all tho world. Lot us
strive, as becomes the citizens of a Christian na
tion, to make that peace permanent and perpet
ual. Lot us put aside all thought of gun and
sword ns unworthy our traditions and history
and look to a future wherein the flag of our shin
ing stars of statCB shall be a beacon light beck
oning our people to peaceful pursuits and social
and moral bcttorment. The great present, with
its glowing zeal for humanity, with a culture
deeponed and broadened by science and enriched
by all history, with its strong-winged soul of
prophecy hot and glowing with tho blood beats
a realized brotherhood of man claims us and
calls us to stand by the ancient faith. (Ap
plause.) Let us pray, and labor with our prayers, that
this hour of military hysteria will speedily pass,
and that the sword and the man on horseback
shall never frustrate the true mission and des
tiny or our beloved America peace, progress,
and prosperity under the supreme guidance' of
constitutional law. (Applause.)
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DEMOCRATIC KDITOR8 OI'POSK 1U0PUII
LICAtf PR KPAItKDNESH POLICV
The Nebraska Democratic Editorial assoc'a
tion, at its annual meeting in Lincoln,' January
11, adopted the following resolutions covering
national issues: '
"The democratic press association of Nebras
ka in annual convention assembled, sends greet
ing 4o Us national leader President Wilson, and
the democratic congress, and confidently antici
pates a trial of the issues which must bq Sub
mitted to the American people in the approach
ing national campaign.
"We express our high admiration for and un
faltering confidence in the President and bis ad
visors. We know that the American people are
gratefully appreciative of his sturdy er
vice in maintaining the republic's attitude of
peace with all the world and patriotic and gen
uine neutrality toward every belligerent nation.
"We endorse the vigor with which he - has
maintained the integrity and honor of ourre
jmblic finder trying circumstances. We unre
servedly repose confidence Jn our democratic
congress Including our Nebraska representatives
in tho national legislation for protection from
tho extravagant preparedness program of the
republican leaders, with tho firm belief that they
will adjust this acute question to the satisfac
tion of the vast majority of the American peo
ple. "We point to the manifest abundant prosperity
thrpughout the land as a final and complete re-
. futation of the republican pretense of partuer-
-Bhipwith k& dlvinityr-providmce, and f con-
.gratuw.te;pur.jaati0nai leaders .upon, the .--linex-
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