The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-10-25

uul lliVVNN NNAit 10 i''piFs tN'Nf
do not know who he was or what par
ty lie represented He was u coward
He stood In the darkness In the crowd
around the automobile. and when they
cheered me and | got up TO bow he
stepped forward and shot me In the
breast.
at is very natural thing that weak
and vicious minds should be lnfamed
10 nets of violence by the kind of foul
mendacity and abuse that have been
heaped upon me for the last three
months by the papers in the inter
ests not only of Mr.. Dcbs. but of MIR
Wilson md Mr.. Taft Friends. | will
dlsown and repudate any man OF my
party who attacks with such vile. foul
slnnider and abuse any opponents of
any other party.
Nov. | wish to say seriously TO the
speakers and the newspapers repre-
senting both the Republican and Dem
ocratic and Socialist PARTIES that they
cannot. month In and month out. yen'
IA and year out mle the kind of
slanderous, bitter md mnlevolent as
saults that they have made and not
expect chat brutal ana violent char
acters, especially when the brutality
IL accompanied by Il not too strong
mind they cannot expect that such
natures VIII he unaffected by II. ! am
not speaking for myself ut all, | give
you my word | do not care n rap about
hat hgf 1 ho a
good many experiences in my time,
and this Is only one of them, What |
do care for is my country, | wish /
We're able 10 Impress on our people the
duty TO feel strongly. but to speak
trnthfully Of their opponents. ! say
now | have never said on the stump
one word against any opponent that |
could not subslantiate and nothing |
ought not TO have said, nothing that,
looking back, would not say again
] am nil right
"The Democratic purity In Its plat
form and through the utterances of
Mr. Wilson has distinctly committed
itself to the old nlntlock, muzzle loaded
doctrine OF state rights, aud | have
said distinctly HAT we are for the poo
pies rights, If they can be obtained
best through the national government,
then we are for national rights. We
are for the peoples rights, however 1t
Is necessary to secure them.
MIR. Wilson hns made long essay
against Senator BeverIdge's bill 10
abolish child labor II Is the same
kind of an argument that would be
made against our bill to prohibit WON
en- from working more than eight
hours day in industry, IL 1t Is true
Il would apply equally against our pro
posal TO insist that in continuous in
dustrios there shall be by law one
days rest IN seven and Il three shift
eight hour day
you have labor laws here In Wis
consin and any chamber of commerce
will tell you that because of That fact
there are industries that VIII not come
into wisconsin They prefer TO stay
outside, where they can work children
Of tender years; where they can work
women fourteen ana sixteen hours n
day; where, II It Is n continuous indus
try, they can work men twelve hours q
day and seven days n week.
Nov. friends. ! know thnt you Of
Wisconsin would never repeal those
laws, even II they are TO your com
merclaI hurt Just as | am trying TO
get New York to adopt such laws.
even though II VIII be to sew York g
commercial hurt But II possible |
want 10 arrange so that we can have
Justice without commercial hurt, and
you can only get Tint If You have jus
tice enforced nationally. You won't
be burdencd In Wisconsin with indus
tries not coming 70 the state II the
same good laws are extended all over
the other states. 10 you see what
mean? The states all compete IN n
common market. and It Is not justice
Of the employers Of state that has
enforced Just and proper laws to have
them exposed 10 the competition Of
any state where any such laws are
enforced. Now. IN the Democratic
platform their speaker declares TINT
we shall not have such laws.
ME wilson mas distinctly ueciuTeu
that you shall not have n national law
to prohibit the labor OF children, to
prohibit child labor. He has distinct
ly declared that we shall not have n
law to establish minimum wage for
women ! ask you TO look at our dec.
laration and hear ana read our plat
form about social and Industrial jus
tice, ana then, friend, vote for the
Progressive ticket without regard to
me, without regard to my personality
for only by voting for that platform
can you be true 70 the cause OF prog
ress throughout this Union"
T. r. LEADERS ARE CONFIDENT