Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — DEMANDS GERMAN-AMERICANS MEMBERS SUPPORT WILSON [ARTICLE]

DEMANDS GERMAN-AMERICANS MEMBERS SUPPORT WILSON

Jackson Club at Lafayete Deckles to Expel Those Whose Pro-German Sympathies May Influence - V’ote. Lafayette, Ind., June 15.—The Jackson club here, a Democratic club known throughout Indiana, decided to expel any members who because of pro-German sympathies have declared they will not vote for President Wilson. At a meeting last night Jacob J. Biehn, president, spoke on the subject, and said there should be no place within the organization for members who intepd to vote against the Democratic national ticket. Mr. Biehn is himself one of the leading German-American citizens of the community, but he said in his address that the question of European sympathies should not enter into elections in the United States. Albert J. Krabbe, former city clerk, also of German parentage, seconded

v.hat Mr. Beilin - said, and - declared that he was for Wilson. Several other German-Amerieans spoke along the same line, it was decided to make an investigation to determine whether any of the Germans in the club intend to vote against Wilson and, if so, to remove their names from the club's roster.