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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
NOT AN EIeHr.HoUR LAW.
Recent Hold-Up Legislation Does
Not Shorten Workday a
Minute.

AS a matter of fact, 1t is not
an elght-hour law at all. 1t does
not curtail the trainmen's work.
day by a single minute. If an
engineer has been receiving S.
for working ten hours day, this
law will raise his pay to 1925;
but 1t will not shorten his work
day even the tenth part Of sec
ond. This is no more like the
true eight-hour principle than
chalk is like cheese.
The reason why people call
this an eight-hour law is be-
cause it says that In the case
of railroad trainmen they shall
get their days pay for the first
eight hours work, and all the
rest is to be considered over
time.
Do not tell me that this strike
could not have been called off or
postponed If President Wilson
had shown that he meant busi-
ness. l do not for one minute
believe that those four brother
hood leaders started the blaze
going without knowing how to
put it out. One Of them adj
mitted that he could put 1t out
so far as his own brotherhood
was concerned, but that his fol-
lowers would think that he had
gone back on them If he were
to do so.-Statement of Con-
gresham A. p. Gardner.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
NORTHERN ROAD
IN GOOD SHAPE
$4,000 Has Been Spent on the I'M
provement of the Roadbed During
the Past Seasons. Money
Still on Hand.
NORTHERN ROAD

The Atlantic Northern road is in
good shape at present. During the
past year the directors have spent
$4,000 on repairs and now have the
roadbed in fairly good shape. They
have repaired and built new bridges
to the value of $4,000 and replaced
ties to the amount of $4,000. The
road still has about $4,000 on hand of
the donations to the road made by
the people two years ago.
At a recent meeting in Atlantic the
old board of directors were reelected
to serve another year as they have
done well during the past year They
are Thomas Christensen, S. C. Peder-
son, Bertel Christensen, John Leis-
ted, Jorgen Marcussen, John Peter
son and Oluf Hansen. All these men
are Danes and fully aware of the
value of a well managed road to their
section of the country and have done
excellent work so far in making the
Atlantic Northern road of this char
acter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
A CONTEST OF CHARACTER,
NOT OF WEASEL WORDS
CARDINAL QUESTION IN THIS
CAMPAIGN is WHETHER THE
PEOPLE WANT IN THE WHITE
HOUSE A FHRASE-MAkER,
OR A MAN WHO BACKS
WORDS WITH DEEDS.

Woodrow Wilson excels in the ar
tistry of politics beyond the capacity
of Charles Evans Hughes to compete.
Were the current campaign game of
test of character between two candi-
dates for the highest Office in the gift
of the people, Mr.. Wilson would walk
away with the prize next November.
All his life he has made "a study of
form-first of literary form-and lat
terly of political form. In the first
period he mastered a style peculiarly
his own, and peculiarly characteristic.
The study of words and their multi
plicity of meaning always fascinates
him, so much that a Princeton class
mate recently said of him: Tommy
has lived with words so long he thinks
they are real things" Thence comes
his collection of what Theodore Roose-
velt's Maine Guide calls weasel
words" That is-"he can take a
word and weasel ii around and suck
the meaning out of 1t like weasel
sucks an egg, until 1t don't mean any
thing at all, no matter what 1t
sounds like it MEANS" Thence came
also the series of catch phrases, so
fascinating in sound, so false in sug-
gestion; so easy to read, so hard to I'M
derstand. So it is that he Is able to
be on all sides of every public ques-
ton, while covering his circuitous
course with flow Of words that roll
as easily from his pen as brook
through the meadow. 1t is his artful-
ness in the use of words that enables
him to pose as ian amateur in poll
tics" while playing the game with the
skill of a professional. Whatever his
ineptitude in other respects, he is cas-
lily first among presidents in the art
istry of politics, and he would win
next November, were that the test.
Compare the Witness of Mr.. Wilson
with the raightforwardness Of Mr..
Hughes. Compare the smooth style of
the one with the rugged diction of the
other. The one is as complex in the
use of words as the other is simple.
1t is a case of sonorousness versus
strength. Mr.. Hughes is depending
upon the strategy of straig htforward-
ness and the strength of sincerity ;
upon the force of facts, instead of up
on the fiction Of phrase, to win his
case before the jury of the nation.
His appeal is to the head and not the
ear of the people; to their intelli-
gence and not to their emotion; to
their heroic side and not to their hys-
terical side. 1t is an appeal to the
courage of the country and not to its
cowardice. Mr.. Hughes could not, If
he would, perform in a year the po-
litical tricks that Mr.. Wilson can do
in day. The question today is
whether the people want in the White
House for the next four years a
phrase-maker or history-maker; q
man of many sayings, or a man who
backs his words with deeds. There
is a fundamental difference between
the two candidates, which marks the
line of cleavage in this extraordinary
mpnign-"Hughes means what he
says"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
If ELECTION WERE ovER7
While Democrats Are Admittedly the
Champion Question Fiends, II Is
Believed This Quiz Is as Un-
answerabIe as Their Most
ChildIike Effort.

II election day were past would
President Wilson make so little of the
principle of arbitration In Industrial
disputesf Would he be so sure that
1t is more important to preserve peace,
when great strike is threatened, than
II Is to make judicial methods rather
than force the means Of settling diff
ferences between capital and labor,
II election day had come and gone
would Mr.. Wilson keep the national
guardsmen of the country in camp on
the ground that they may be needed
to protect the United States against
Mexico? Would there be months of
inaction and indecision in which no
use Is made Of large body Of citizen
soldiers? Would they not be allowed
to go home or else be set in motion to
make Mexico as safe a neighbor as the
Administration seems to think that II
is already?
II election day were past would the
President drive through Congress
bill like the shipping bill which is in
tended to embark the federal govern
ment upon a new venture In hazard
Gus field and use s50,000,000 OF the
peoples money to buy tonnage held
above its normal value or else so
owned that II cannot be used without
peril Of international complications?
Is sound public policy behind such
a measure or only campaign politics7
II election day were not to be con-
sidered would Woodrow Wilson use so
many high and mighty words in inter
national notes and do so little to make
them mean anything practical? Would
his deeds lag SO far behind his
ases?-Cleveland Leader
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
ne Wind From Maine

ne Wind Prsm Maine.
a wtnd that's from the rocks and ssa
and scented by the pine
Sweeps through the sycamorss today.
aad where seQuoias line
The ranks Of giant sentinels that guard
the western slopes,
The balsam of this briny breeze brings
: heavy hearts new hopes.
The mountains and the rivers cry the
message that is Names
10 men whose pride was shattered.
and their desperation wanes;
Again their hearts are raised to look
the future in the face
Fer Maine has been the clarion that's
/ heartening race.
Twas shame that sunk the souls of us
to depths we never knew
In days our nag was honored In the
harbors where 1t few.
When nations paid US homage for
they knew our hands were white.
Ere bloed Of our own countrymen had
stained them like blight.
And now again our songs we sing Of
deeds that we must do
To make the dream that passed away
come marvslously true;
For the sturdy souls that breathe the
pine have brought to life again
The faith that fills a nations heart
that feels the wind from Maine.
EDWARD s. VAN ZrLE
IN. 7. Sun, Sept. Is.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
DECLINED TO PERMIT A
SQUADRON TO DEFEND
AMERICANS.

At Tampico there was q gen.
eral movement Of attack by the
Mexicans on Americans and
other foreigners. We had a
squadron Of American warships
In the neighborhood. The VIII
son Administration declined to
permit this squadron to be used
to defend the lives Of American
men and the honor of American
women, and the commanders Of
the German and English ships
at Tampico had to step In and
perform the task our represen-
tative had so basely abandoned.
At the very time that the Mexi-
can mob had SURROUNDED the
building In which the Americans
had taken refuge, and was howl
ing for their blood, the Amerl-
can fleet, In spite Of the pro-
tests of the American naval
commander. and In accordance
with wireless orders from WASH
ington, was forced to steam out
Of the harbor and leave the Am
orleans to be massacred by the
Mexlcans, or rescued by the
Germans and Enolish.-From
the speech Of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, delivered at Lewis
ton, Maine, In behalf Of Charles
c. Hughes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
"HE DIDN'T DO RIGHT"
Independent Voters Turning This Con.
viction Over and Over In Their
Minds and II Will Cost Mr..
Wilson Many a Vote.

A Democrat who never voted for a
Republican candidate for President ex-
cept In 1872, when he was forced by
the lack Of Democratic nominee to
cast his ballot for Horace Greeley,
says: II expect to vote for Woodrow
Wilson, but / don't like his course In
the railroad dispute. He didn't do
right"
The railroad controversy has intro
duced a moral issue into the campaign.
Mr.. Wilson sacrificed principle to ex-
pedlency, or what he judged to be
expediency, when he tamely surren-
dered to the demands of the train
service brotherhoods.
He put his own personal and party
need before the public good. He angled
for votes. He aimed body blow at
the tried and tested arbitration method
Of settling differences.
AGod help you; cannot" he is said
to have exclaimed to the railroad man
ayers, who do not poll as many votes
as their employees. But he could have
hCiPcu thchh IL hc hdu SiOOu llupdI llal-
ly between them and the utterly reck-
less train-service representatives
who were bent on their rule-or-ruin
programme.
HE didn't do right" The consci-
BUSINESS of that fact is sinking deep
into the American mind.
.He didn't do right" That wide
spread conviction will cost him thou.
sands Of votes on election day.
HE didn't do right" He preferred
the weak, the timid, attitude of the
born compromiser.
The American people like courage.
The like convictions. They like a
man who has the courage of his con-
victions. They like man who is
willing to risk consequences for the
sake of just cause.
1t was an unjust cause in which
Woodrow Wilson enlisted when he ac-
cepted the brotherhood view that the
chief item In their demands could not
be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Judge: You stole that diamond
ring?
Well-Dressed Woman: Yes, your
honor. / must have been suffering
with kelptomania.
Judge: Well, then, I'll let you go
on probation. Next case,
"a raggid, dirty woman who car
ries considerable real estate under her
finger males, ambles before the bar of
injustice.)
Judge: Did you steal that chunk
of ice?
Criminal: Yes yeroner / done
it, l got the same sickness that that
there swell woman had.
Judge: Nix on that. People who
steal ice neverhave kleptomanin. They
are plain crooks.
Moral: If you want to get away
with things, don't be raggid and dirty
and don't steal something cheap.
Dress yourself in swell rags, walk
away with diamonds and call your
self a kleptomanic.-Exc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
HUGHES ON REUNITED
PARTY.

"a come to you as the spokes-
man of a reunited party. We
have said that il was reunited;
we have believed il was re-
united; we have devoutly hoped
it was reunited. Now, Maine
proves that it is reunited. | am
glad to speak for the reunited
Republican party because il is a
great liberal party. II started as
a liberal party; it's best tradi.
tlons are those of liberal party.
And today II faces the future
with a truly national outlook
and a progressive SPIRIT
Charles e. Hughes in a Speech
Delivered at Piattsburg, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
Political JOttinqs

If plans ito get villa" are aban-
doned villa should reciprocate and
refrain from organizing expeditions
ito GET American citizens.
The fact that Mr.. Wilson could
endorse this Pork Congress shows
that he isn't seasick, anyway.
Mr.. Pinchot also seems Of the opin-
ion that God Hates a Gutter.
The man who quotes the Baltimore
platform is regarded as political
archeologist.
HE kept the country out of war;"
but he robbed 1t of Its peace.
Up in Maine they are now rhyming
Hughes with Moose. And there Is
reason as well as rhyme connecting
the two words.
Victory" Mr.. Fairbanks told Okla
homa Republicans, surely will perch
on our banner" But Champ Clark
tied II up in a neater and more COM
pact bundle when he said: "They
licked hell out of u.s."
Members Of President Wilson's cabi-
net are ready to do anything to re-
elect their chief, except resign.
Writes former Princeton man: AT
first we called him w. W.; then we
made 1t Il. w. W."
That one term plank In the Demo
cratic platform of 1912-it is more
than likely to hold, after all.
When President Wilson called upon
the Mexican commissioners at New
London he revived old precedents, but
did he wave the Stars and Stripes?
A man in Washington has made a
bust of the President, thus anticipat-
ing Mr.. Hughes by several weeks.
Discussing the Endorsement by the
Democratic convention of Texas Of
Mr.. Wilson's Mexican policy, the
Houston Post (Dem.) fatty declares /:
at is not believed anything like a
majority of the people of Texas in
dorse our Mexican policy, and those In
position to know seriously doubt
that the platform adopted expressed
the real sentiments Of the convention
itself"
The Omaha Bee couples woeful
waste with watchful waiting as a
Democratic failing.
Boiled down, the best that has been
said Of President Wilson's Mexican
policy was that he had good inten-
lions. We've often heard of a road
paved with this kind of material.
The President is deceived II he be-
lieves that the history he has written
Is not more praiseworthy than that
which he has made.
President Wilson signed the Philip
pine bill as moving picture cameras
clicked. There is one man who is not
afraid to have his mistakes recorded
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
SINFUL MuTiLATioN
OF FAMOUS SPEECH

We notice that the editor of the
Democratic campaign book, made up
Of samples of "Woodrow Wilson's Wit
and Wisdom" has tempered with one
specimen speech by emitting the
phrase too proud to fight"
This smacks Of lese majestic. to say
the least.
The only possible excuse for this sin
OF omission that we can think of Is
that there may also be times when a
naughty handbook compiler IL too
proud ~ print.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
HOME OF THE BRAVE.

This is the land of the free
and the home of the brave, and
If 1t ceases to be the home of
the brave 1t will soon cease to
be. the land Of the free
Charles Il. Hughes in a Speech
Delivered at Plattsbarg. N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
WILSON CONSISTENT ONLY
IN HIS vAClLlATiON.

AS II is with war" so II Is
with intervention" President
Wilson has again and again said
he would not intervene" In
Mexico. AS a matter of fact
he has interviewed continuously
but as he never fol.
lowed any policy of either inter.
ventiOn or nonintervention with
any resolution-always yielding
at the critical moment to some
bandit chief Of whom he became
fearful-both his spasms Of In
PREVENTION and his spasms Of
nonintervention have alike been
entirely Fullerton the speech
Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, de-
livered at Lewiston, Maine, In
behalf OF Charles r. Hughes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

The least that may be said of Presi
dent Wilson is that he has been right
half the time, for he has been on botc
sides of almost all important ques
tons.
It's not to be wondered that Thorn
ms A. Edison favOrs Wilson's re-eIec
ton. The electrical wizard naturally
''I"s anything that switches on an9
~.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Here is reason enough why Mr.. Will
son should be defeated. Why should
Mr.. Hughes be preferred? Clifford
Pinchot, the Progressive, answers, CIV
Ing facts to support his statement:
Hughes is man Of his word. /
cannot vote for Wilson because can
not trust him. He does not do what
he says. Hughes does. Therefore
my choice is Hughes"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
Editorial Comments

II you had two dollars to invest
would you trust Il to the business
sagacity Of Josephus Danielsi Then.
why let him handle the millions that
are to be spent on the new navy3
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Irwin S. Cobb is to make campaign
speeches for the Democratic party in
the West. Irv, you all recall of
course, is humorist, and is peculiar
ly equipped to do full justice to his
subject.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
d. F. CLIFFORD
j. M. FULTON, M. ID.

Physician and Surgeon. ONCE in
the overholtzer block upstairs. Res
idence north and opposite Mrs.
Stuart's. All calls attended to day or
night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

OF the 3S electors who cast Penn
sylvania's vote for Roosevelt in 1912,
35 are living and y of them have
pledged, unltedly, their support to Mr.
Hughes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Shadow Lawn, as residence for
the next few weeks, will give its oc-
cupant an opportunity to get accus-
toned to the after-election gloom.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

What has become of the old-fashion-
ed man who used to say of President
Wilson. "Ye-es, he does make mis-
takes. but / believe he's sincere"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Judging by the signs Of War Depart
ment activity the Administration Is
cunningly arranging to bring the
militiamen home just In time to enable
them to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Three years ago Woodrow Wilson
was explaining that hard times were
psychological, but he isn't trying to
squirm out Of responsibility for the
present prosperity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

villa says he bears us no grudge.
Well, why should he? Haven't we al
ways treated him as perfect gentle
man?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Latin politeness is proverbial, but
aren't these Mexican commissioners
exceeding the limit when they persist
in Ahsaing wsOdrsw A,issp " ~,
ns1kaaA Casvaazas nuannsssa-i6k6
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

The disaster to the Memphis caused
very little excitement Americans be-
Ing used nowadays to seeing the navy
on the rocks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
DIR. GEO. N. WEIGHTON

Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.
Calls answered day or night. Phones
Day 141, Night 95.Office at Brady's
Barn, Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

The President must be credited with
having put a slick. one over If he can
get the votes and make the people pay
the freight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

For Sale-Duroc Jeresy Bears
Some good spring and winter boars
Simon Foley. If.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Also, with Il mind to the juice that
has made our State and Navy Depart
ments famous, Life" proposes this
toast:
Grape Nuts Bryan and Daniels p
He facet!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

If President Wilson were really
earnest In telling the suffrage women
II come TO fight for you," he would
have put suffrage measure through
Congress by the same stop-watch
method that he used to force the rail-
way wage increase bill through.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

A train Of thought ON a ons-track
mind has to be composed Of shuttle
cars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
CLAIM SALE DATES

Mrs. Sarah Musson claims October
IL as her sale date, when she will
sell $50 head of cattle, 80 horses, SO
hogs and farm machinery at her farm
2 " miles east of Audubon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

This Democratic Congress has pass
ed into history-profane history.
President Wilson's speech of accsp-
lance could have been phrased even,
more succinctly In the graphic werdsI
Of Boss Tweed, "What are you eaAnc,
to do about lit"
We see by, the interviews with the
Mexican commissioners that the cam
palgn slogan this year In the Sonora
bandit belt Is Thank God for Wood
row Wilson"
Mr.. Wilson's sulogy of Lincoln at
Hodgenville was more literary but
less sincere than the one he pro-
nounced upon himself at Shadow
Lawn.
The new half dollars will have an
olive branch on one side and on the
other an eagle, In full flight. Wilson
money.
Motto of the McAdoo shipping law:
''The sun never rises on the American
flag"
A Democrats idea of an ideal watch
dog of the Treasury Is q Pommeran-
ian.
Mr.. Wilson is now busily engaged
working the other side Of the suffrage
street.
The campaign agents who two years
ago were busily engaged thanking God
for Woodrow Wilson seem to be tax
Ing their vacations just now.
A record wasn't the only thing the
late Congress ,broke-there's the Fed
eral Treasury.
Congress didn't want a Tariff Com
mission composed Of $4,000 men,
those $500 salaries being designed
for 1920 men.
President Wilson's scheme for COM
missions for everything has been
adroitly planned to make three jobs
for deserving Democrats grow where
only one would grow before.
vice-President Marshall says Mr..
Hughes is an echo Of the past. Quite
true. or craftsmanship, Of patriotic
performance and safe legislation.
First fruits of the Adamson bill:
The New York street car strike.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
TILDA SCHMIDT

Student of Simpson Conservatory of
Music. Residence east of Public
schools, Audubon, Iowa. Phone 207J.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

This Democratic Congress has pass
ed into history-profane history.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

j. X. DONALDSON, d. ID. 8.
Dentist Office over Scars Harness
Shop, Audubon, Iowa. Phone AL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

President Wilson's speech Of accsp-
lance could have been phrassd even,
more succinctly In the graphic werds
Of Boss Tweed, "What are you gang
to do about itT
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
A. l.. BROOKS

Physician and Surgeon. Office
three doors south of Russell's block
Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05
ANSWER: EIGHT HOURS,
NOT EIGHT YEARS.

Especial Dispatch to the N. Y.
Herald.)
BAR HARBOR, Me-, Monday
To the Editor Of the Herald
Names answer to Wilson -
Eight hours, but not eight
years.'-A Former Progressive.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

Mr.. Pinchot also seems Of the opin-
ion that God Hates Gutter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

The man who quotes the Baltimore
platform is regarded as a political
archeologist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

We see by, the interviews with the
Mexican commissioners that the cam
paign slogan this year In the Sonora
bandit belt Is .4Thank God for Wood
row Wilson"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

'He kept the country out Of war;"
but he robbed it of its peace.