Show lA I LA f i f N I I f 8 f G Va VaI I I II I I I I II U. U S. S Senate te F Formally I I Asked to Dismiss the I J II I Member as a ai R f of His Peace Address I I I II j I j Sept 29 A A AV I I V petition from the he governor land and the public safety commission commission I of Minnesota demanding the expulsion expulsion expulsion ex ex- of Senator Robert M. M Lafollette Lafollette Lafollette La- La follette from the senate was laid before before be be- fore the senate this afternoon b by Senator Senator Sen Sen- I be-I ator Kellogg of Minnesota l II The petition was promptly referred to the s1 nate privileges and elections committee for in investigation estimation I The petition was in rn the form of a resolution signed by Governor J J. A A. j s. s Attorney General Lydon ASmith A A. I Smith C C. W W. Ames John LInd John F It McGee C C. H. H March and A A. C C. Weiss all members of the Minnesota public safety commission n I 1 The resolution was as the result of or the recent recent peace address of Senator Lafollette Lafollette Lafollette lette at Minneapolis under the auspices auspices auspices aus aus- of or the Nonpartisan league The resolution was accompanied by a copy of the speech I Following Is the text of or th tics the resolution resolution tion LIOn Senator Senators Robert M l Lafollette Lafollette Lafollette I lette made an address of a disloyal I and seditious nature natura at att S public meeting meeting meet meet- ing before beCore a large audience at the Nonpartisan league convention In StPaul St St. Paul on the of September Whereas The utterances of Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Lafollette with all the prestige of high office as a senator of the United States State made under protection of a guarantee of the president of ot the Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Non- Non partisan league that no expressions ex expressions expressions ex- ex would be permitted during the alleged conference rence between producers ers era and consumers consumers sumers on the high cost of oC Jiving living have already served to create treasonable sentiment in the state of Minnesota and being spread through the public press pre can have havo no other effect ef- ef ef effect feet than to weaken the support of the I government in carrying on the war be it hereby Resolved That the tho Minnesota com commission corn corn- I mission of oC public safety safely respectfully petition to the the senate senate of the United States to institute proceedings looking I to the expulsion of or the said Robert M M. Lafollette from the senate as a teacher leacher of or disloyalty and sedition giving aid I and comfort to our enemies and hinderIng hinder hinder- Ing the ing-the the government g in the conduct of the war be it further Resolved that copies coples of oC this resolutIon resolution reso reso- lution together with copies of Lafollett Lafollett's Lafollett's lett letts lett's s speech be forwarded to the president of or the senate Senators Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son and Kellogg |