The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-10-18
Mr.. Alex Rhoads States
Case EmphaticalIy.
WON'T FOLLOW FALSE LEADER
Back Into Camp OF the Old
Guard-He Stands For
Worthy Principle.
WANTS FRIENDS TO DO SAME

Weir, Kan, Oct. II, 1916.
To The Herald and its Readers
On the eve Of the election for Presi-
dent of the greatest Republic in the
world, feel it my duty to express
myself on some things of vital inter-
est to myself and all other persons
who have to earn a livelihood by
work. AS many persons in Ohio
county know, four years ago | was
an ardent supporter of the Progress
sive ticket, because | felt that the
principles advocated by them We're
for the best interests of the common
people and would better conditions
for every one 1t is now a matter OF
history how our leader has deserted
his party which he helped to create
guard of the Republican party who
stand for the same old things that
Mark Hanna, Matt Quay and Joseph
G. Cannon stood for a quarter of a
century ago. so | am not willing TO
be a party TO such a backward step
in our political progress as our erst-
while booted and spurred leader
would have us take. No doubt soma
staid old Democrat who may real
this article will use that WORKOUT
phrase Chickens come home to
roost," but | do not care what is
said, try to vote for a principle as
| see il, and when | review the noble
and glorious work done in the past
three and one-half years by Demo-
cratic President and a Democratic
Congress, | am free to say without
fear of successful contradiction that
more Progressive. remedial legisla-
ton has been enacted and enforced
than has been effected since the Civ
il War. To point out just few OF
the many things, l might refer to the
Child Labor Law, the Widows PEN
sion, the Federal Reserve, the re-
cent Adamson Law to avert the
ers too numerous to mention. Pres!-
dent Wilson has been severely crit
fcised for not taking more decided
action towardGermany. No other man
could have handled a situation so
acute with such a master hand as he
has done without involving our ma
tion in that terrible calamity, war,
Why any fairminded man should
want to plunge our country into that
maelstrom of death and destruction
unless our Government was drawn
into it in such manner that our ma
tional honor could in no other way
be preserved, is more than | can un-
derstand. The motto that the good
mothers of California have adopted
as their slogan applies very forcibly:
81 did not raise my boy to go to
war" Just think of the homes bro
ken up, the crippled. the lame. the
blind and manned for life that might
have been caused by one misstep of
our President and Congress. | am
not in favor of peace at any price,
but | am for peace so long as war
can be averted by any honorable
means. $3.50 .'~S'
Now. as to Mr.. Hughes policy of
campaigning. He has utterly failed
to produce any argument that prom
Uses anything for the future. He
has spent his time and breath crit
icising Wilson from every angle and.
so far. in this part of the country has
only weakened his own position and
strengthened Wilson's. A vote for
Hughes means a vote for a POSSIBLE
ity, while Wilson stands ON a record
that no man need be ashamed OF. so
| can speak for one. that Wilson and
men of Wilson's kind are good
enough for me.
In closing, | wish to urge upon ev-
cry one of my friends, be they DEM
ocrats, Progressives or Republicans.
let us not fail to cast a vote for viii
son, the friend of the common peo-
pie. and especially the laboring men
OF this great country.
Go to the polls and vote. rain or
shine. and let US show the money
barons of Wall Street that the peo-
pie still rule and not the few.
J. ALEX RHoADS.