Milford chronicle., 1914-10-30

/ can press throughout the State.
announced in my opening speech that
such was 10 be the case as far as
was personally concerned, and re-
quested that you, as supporters Of
the party. refrain from what is
known as mud-slinging and insinu-
ations. This seemed TO inspire the
criticism and attack of certain
Democratic newspapers in this State
As your candidate for Congress,
state unequiyocally and with no re-
seryation that / am responsible to no
man or set of men for the nomination
l hold, but l am responsible to the
Republican party as the result of
clean, hard-fought convention. The
reports that certain Democratic pa
pers are endeavoring to spread
broadcast are false and malicious and
l brand as false the personal refer
ences they have made to me. I
stand on this and they cannot prove
otherwise. They cannot saddle me
with people editorially either by in
sinuation or inference.
They have devoted no space to
defending their own candidates or
their own politics, but are endeavor-
ing to becloud the issues by mud
singing attacks on Republican can
dicates. Let them explain to you
why my Democratic opponent states
that the lack of employment in certain
manufacturing plants in this city,
especially car builders and ship build
ers, is due TO the European war
When it is shown that no ship
building plant in the city has ever
built ship for a foreign country and
further. when it is shown that no
coaches or cars have ever been built
for foreign countries by the Harlan
and HollingswOrth Corporation and
meme in recent years by the other
company.
Let them explain the painful com
parison that is apparent between the cx-
planation Of my opponent for hard
times in Wilmington and that of the
junior senator from Delaware, who
stated that the lack of employment was
due 10 a conspiracy among the manu-
facturers who desired to injure the ad-
"Let them explain why so-called
war revenue bill has been placed on the
statute books by the party in power
when no war exists in this country and
when. on July /, a deficit in the ma
tional treasury of 00,OOO.0O0 was
shown and there was no war in Europe.
Let them explain why the high cost OF
living was not reduced after our opp0-
nents controlled all branches of the Fed .
cral government They made votes on
this issue in 1910 and 1912. Now let
them be rouudly called 10 account for
their failure not only to reduce the cost
Of living, but 70 keep it from going
higher On the standpoint of extrava-
gance, let them explain why the pres
ent Democratic Congress shows eXpen-
ditures in excess of 100000. 600 over the /
total expenditures of the last Republi
can Congress. These are subjects and
questions on which the people of the
country want enlightenment. and which
t is mp 90 our opponents to answer. ]
Fan state TO yod that the Republican
1rty i'm this State was never in better
shape. cita,r iu the party organization
y among their supporters, than it is
.Oday. I know whereof / speak be
ause there is not Il section that / have
rot visited personally within the last
month. and adverse reports We're as ac-
'eptahlc to me as favorable ones. DO
not let them h.cloud the issues by IN
mutations and attacks on your candi-
'ate-. hut drr.Ad Of them that they
uswcr few Of tnr points ! have,
aiscd tonight on campaign issues