HON. CLAUDE KiTCHIN'S
SPEECH BEFORE CONGRESS
COMPLETE ADDRESS IN OPPOSI
TION OF DECLARATION OF
WAR
Has Met with Much Adverse Criticism,
Also Many Who Agree
ines and warns the neutrals to star out of loyalty, every obligation of duty
though in plain violation of our rights j within me combine in my forbidding
and of international law. We know my consent until the government and
that these acts are not aimed at us but its people through its rightful and con
stitutional voice the Congress ot toe
intended to injure and cripple her ene
my, with which she is in a death struggle.
forego our rights for the time. We
insist upon going in.
In my judgment, we could keep out of
the war with Germany as we kept out
of the war with Great Britain, by keep
ing our ships and our citizens out of
United States have clearly spoken, in
the passage of such resolution as is now j
before the House. Then and thp only j
will it become the patriotic duty of;
'the Member of the House and Senate'
to merge his individual judgment and
conviction into those so declared of j
his" country, as it will become the duty j
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case than in the other.
"But we are told that Germany has
destroyed American lives while Great
Britain destroyed only our property.
Great Britain destroyed no American
lives, because this Nation kept her
ships and her citizens out of the war
zone which she sowed with hidden
mines. But are we quite sure that the
real reason for war with Germany
is the destruction of lives as distin
guished from property, that to avenge
the killing of innocent Americans and
to protect American lives war becomes
to keep out. ' , .
. . la duty ?
Mexican bandits raided American
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towns, shot to death sleeping. men, ana might in aeiense ui n.au xniCx.
women and children in their own homes J When tins Nation, . as it aouDtiess
esBity or - w? gQ q war tQ avenge these j wm to-day, speaks the final word
ddrcssed deaths We gent an armed expedition j through Congress, I trust I will be
into Mexico to hunt down and punish found in relation with my Government
and my country emulating the example
of that son. Applause.
This speech is given in full in comply
ance with the request of many of
our subscribers. It is as follows.
"Mr. Chairman, in view of the many
assumptions of loyalty and patriotism
on the part of some of those who i"aor
the resolution, and insinuation.? by them
of cowardice ami disloyalty on the
part of those who oppose it, offshoots,
doubtless, of a passionate moment, let
me at once remind the House that it
takes neither moral nor physical cour
age to declare a war for others to fight.
Applause. It is evidence of neither
loyalty nor patriotism for one to urge
others to set into a war when he knows
that he himself is going
The deptli of my sorrow, the intcn
sity of my distress in contemplating
the measureless step proposed, God j
only knows. The right and necessity of J
this momentous resolution are a
to the individual judgment of Members
of the House. Too grave is the respon
sibility for anyone to permit another
to stand sponsor for his conscience.
Profoundly impressed with the grav
ity of the situation, appreciating to the j
fullest of the penalties which a war
mad moment will impose, my conscience
and judgment , after mature thought
and fervent prayer for rightful guid
ance, have marked out clearly the path
of my duty, and I have made up my j
mind to walk it, if I go barefooted and i
alone. Applause. I have come to the
undoubting conclusion that I should
vote against this resolution. Applause.
If I had a single doubt, I would with
profoundest pleasure resolve it in favor
of the view of the administration and
of a large majority of my colleagues,
who have so recently honored me with
their confidence. I know that I shall
never criticize any Member for advo
cating this resolution. I concede I feel
that he casts his vote in accordance
with sincere conviction. I know, too,
that for my vote I shall be not only
criticized, but denounced from one end
of the countrv to the other. The whole
yelping pack of detainers and revilers j haFs unler the same circumstances
we ourselves would do.
' ' Are we quite sure that in a war
the war zone of Germany as we did J gress. to maxe t ju-?
out of the war zone of Great Britain. viction of his country thus written into (
And we would sacrifice no more honor j statute his judgment and conviction.
surrender no more rights in the one j Applause. The voice of law will j
command and a patriotic uuty wm ue -,
mand, loyal and earnest and active sub
mission and obedience. Until then
each should have and does have the in
herent right, and it is his bounden duty
to himself and to truth, to vote his conviction.
I can conceive of a brave, loyal, de-
voted son of a father who contemplates
a personal difficulty with another, beg
ging and persuading him to refrain,
even condemning and protesting in vain
against his proposed step, but when
the final word is spoken and blows are
about to be' given, .taking off his coat
and struggling with all his soul and
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver,
and bowe! poisons before
breakfast.
the bandits. Away out from the Mexi
can border the soldiers of Carranza, of
the Mexican government, which we had
recognized, met our soldiers, shot the j BOUCK WHITE GETS OUT OF JAIL
A.r?nr, flscr from the hands of an! TOMORROW HE'S THE FLAG
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American soldier, shot down to the
death our soldiers, and Carranza, in
stead of disavowing the dastardly act
defiantly approved and ratified it. Yet
; we did not go to war to avenge the de
struction of American lives and the
insult and assault on the American
flag. We were willing to forego our
rights rather than plunge this country
into war while half the world was in
conflagration. I approved that course
then; I approve it now.
' Why can we not, why should we
not, forego for the time being, the vio-
f lation of our rights by Germany, and
do as wo did with Great Britain, do as
we did with Mexico, and thus save the
universe from being wrapped in the
flames of war.
"I have hoped and prayed that God
would forbid our country going to war
with another for doing that which per
in the Nation will at once be sicked
upon mv heels.
Mv friends ' cannot leave my child- with Germany or Japan, if our fleet was
ren lands and riches I can not leave bottled up, helpless, and our ships of
them fame but I can leave them the commerce had been swept 'from the
name of an ancestor, who, mattering seas a11 out ports closed by the ene-
not the consequences to himself, never 111 ' 's flee, imports of fuel and food
dared to hesitate to do his duty as God aa clothing for our people and ammu-
gave him to see it. Applause. nition for our soldiers were denied,
"Half the civilized world is now a with our very life trembling in the
slaughterhouse for human beings. This 'fiance, we would not, in tne last:
Nation is the last hope of peace on struggle for existence, strike our ene- j
earth, good will toward men. T am m7 with the only weapon of the sea
unwilling for my country by statutory remaining even violation of internation
command to pull up the last anchor of nl law? Would one contend that un
peace in the world and extinguish dur- dor the circumstances our submarine
ing the long night of a world-war the commanders should permit the landing
only remaining star of hope for Chris- at the ports of the enemy arms and am
tendom. I am unwilling by my vote munition with which to shoot down our
to-day for tins Nation to throw away brave American boys when they had
the onlv remaining compass to which it in their power to prevent it? Would
the world can look for guidance in the demand of our submarine command
paths of right and truth, of justice and pvs that they give the benefit of the
humanity, and to leave only force and doubt of questions of international law
blood to chart hereafter the path of rather than to the safety of our country
mankind to tread. By passage of this and the lives of our own soldiers,
resolution we enter the war, and the "War upon the part of a nation is
universe becomes one vast drama of sometimes necessary and imperative
horrors and blood one boundless stage But here no invasion is threatened,
upon which will play all the evil spir- Not a foot of our territory is demand
its of earth ami hell. All the demons ed or coveted. No essential honor is
of inhumanity will be let loose for a required to be sacrificed. No funda
ranq.age throughout the world. mental right is asked to be perman-
"Whatever be tho future, whatever ontly yielded or suspended. No nation-
BURNING PASTOR
New York April 13. Bouck White,
the self styled antipatriot and gunny-sack-garbed
pastor of the church of
the social revolution who was convicted
of burning the Stars and Stripes in a
melting pot with other flags here some
weeks ago, will get out f of jail after
serving 30 days, tomorrow.
In sentencing White Judge Melntyre j
said he was sorry the sentence was not
for 30 years. White replied that the
'judge had never had a more unrepent
ant sinner at his bar. He said the flag
burning was symbolical of his "inter
nationalism"; that he was "a good
citizen of the world but a poor patriot
of any country. ' '
Whether White will subside since
the international situation has become
what it has besome is not known. The
police, however, will watch him.
To feel your best day in and dav out
to feel clean kxside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken yon:
breath or aull your head, no constipa
tion, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom
ach, you must bathe on the inside like
you bathe outside. This is vastly mc-tv
important, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowe! pores do, says a we .
known physician
To keep these poisons and tosfcr
weft flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day, a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone Phos
phate hi it. This will cleanse, purifv
and freshen the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food mto tin
stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limeston.
phosphate from your pharmacist. I
is inexpensive and almost ta&teiss:;
except a sourish twinge which is nc
unpleasant. Drfeik phosphated ho?
water every morning to rid your syy
tern of these vile poisons and to:;ins;
also to prevent their formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac
cumulation of body poisons, begin this
treatment and above all, keep it ur!
As soap and hot water act on the skin
cleansing, sweetening and purifying, so
limestone phosphate and hot water be
fore rbreakfast, act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels.
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From Beauty Secrets
With the aid of a lplain model paste
it is an easy matter to rid the skin of
unsightly hairy growths. The paste is
made by mixing some water with pow
dered medol. This is applied to the
hairs not wanted and after 2 or 3 minu
tes rubbed o and the skin washed, when
every trace of hair will have vanished
When you go to your druggist for me
dol be sure you get the genuine article,
and if he will not supply you, the Am
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send you a 50c. or $1.00 package by
mail.
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did not rest well at night
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tion 's stop, T shall always believe that
we eovthl and ought to have kept out
of tli is Avar.
"fireat Britain every day, every hour
for two years has violated American
rights on the seas. ",Ve have iersistent-
ly protested. She has denied us not
only entrance into the ports of the con
tra! powers but has closed to us l;y
force the ports of neutrals. She has
unlawfully seized our ships and our
cargoes. She has rilled our mails. She
declared a war zone sufficiently largo
to cover all the ports of her enemy
She made the entire North Sea a mili
tary area strewed it with hidden
mines and told the neutral nations of
the world to stay out or be blown up.
We protested. No American ship was
sunk, no American life was destroyed
because we submitted and did not go
in. We kept out of war. We sacri
ficed no honor. We surrendered per
manently no essential rights. We knew
that these acts of Great Britain, though
in plain violation of international law
-and of our rights on the seas, were not
aimed at us. They were directed at
her enemy. They were inspired by mi
litary necessity. "Rather than plunge
this countrv into war we were willing
to forego for the time our rights. I
approved that course then; I approve
it now.
"Germany declares a war zone suf
Hciently large to cover the ports of her
lOiiomv. . She infests it with submar
:,1 policy is contested. No part of our
sovereignty is questioned. Here the
overt act, ruthless and brutal though
it be, is not aimed directly at us. The
purpose of the proposed enemy is not
our injury, either in property or life
The whole aim and purpose and effort
are directed at a powerful enemy with
which she is in a life and death struggle.
"The causes for which we are now
asked to declare war could have been
given with equal yes. greater force
.'W days or 10 days after the first .step,
taken by the German Army in its
march toward Paris. Thev existed
then.
The House and the country should
thoroughly understand that we are ask
ed to declare war not to protect alone
American lives and American rights on
the high seas. We are to make tho
cause of Great Britain, France, and
"Russia, right or wrong, our cause. We
are to make their quarrel. - We are to
help fight out, with all the resources
in men, money, and credit of the gov
ernment and its people a difference be
tween the belligerents of Europe to
which we were utter strangers. Noth
ing in that cause, nothing in that quar
rel, has or does involve a moral or
equitable or material interest in or ob
ligation of our Government or our peo
ple. To this program every impulse of
patriotism, every sense of right, everv
feeling of humanity, every sentiment
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