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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
EACH STAND CoNTRADlCTED
FROM | TO g OF THE OTHERS

Democratic Candidate Said That Our
Army Was Ample and That We Did
Not Have Enough Troops to Patrol
the Border; That We were on the
Verge of a Maelstrom and That
There Was No Critical Situation;
That the National Guard Would
Not Do and Then That 1t Must Do.
In the fourteen months extending
from December 9Th. 1914. TO February
10th. 1916. there were fifteen mes
sages, letters and speeches Of Presi-
dent Wilson which | have read. In
these fifteen messages, letters and
speeches. during those fourteen
months, President Wilson took forty
one different positions about prepared
ness and the measures necessary TO
secure 1t; and each of these fOrty-One
positions cOntradicted from one to six
of the others. In many of his speeches
the weasel words OF one portion OF
the speech took all the meaning out
of the words used in another portion
of that speech and these latter words
as regards yet other words. He ar
gued for preparedness, and against
preparedness. He stated that our
army was ample; ana that we did
not have enough troops To patrol the
Mexican border in time of peare. lie
said the world was on lire. and THAT
sparks were liable to drop anywhere
"A
he also said that there was Ito lmInt--
diate danger lie said that Thee VAS
no sudden crisis: and then again that
lie diu not know whlI single day
would bring forth. lie said that We
were on The verge of hIaeiStruHi;
and then that there WAS me- special
or critical situation. lie sad The u.u-
ger WAS constant and Immediate: and
also that we We're NOT threatened from
any quarter lie said thnt thri, was
no fear among us: ana also thi we
were in daily danger of seeing me
vital interest and honor Of the country
menaced and he llag nf the tnl!,ri
States stained with IMMUNITY me-
said that we We're in very rritt"Il
danger OF being involved IN the great
European struggle: ana also thIc
there was no need Ia dicuSS the
question of defense. or ~ yet nervous
or excited about il. ia nnp and me
same speech hp said that "A SjlhCirnt
number at men would volunteer hnd
that II they did nor hr wnld ne
ashamed Of Ampricu aud he also SAID
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
Political Jottinqs
The Wilson KEYNOTE.

In his kneeling to the demands of
the trainmen, In his sacrifice OF the
sacred principle of arbitration on the
altar Of peace-at-any-price, we see, In
review, the whole philosophy of the
Wilson theory OF government and ma
tionality.
ut is better to run than to fight"
That theory is at work In American
government today for the first dme.-
Boston Journal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
WILSON DEEMED 1T FUTILE
TO STAND FIRMLY.

President Wilson seeks to JUS
tify himself on the ground that
1t was futile" and dangerous
TO stand firmly" This is an
appeal that can with equal truth
be made by every soldier who
runs away in battle. He further
alleges his belief that the cause
he championed has the sane
ton of the judgment of society
in its favor" l remember thir-
ty-odd years ago In the Black
Hills local vigilance commit
tee which was >in doubt about
hanging suspected wrongdoer.
While they were discussing the
matter. there appeared over the
neigliboring divide a frowsy, ell
DERBY horseman In n linen dus-
ter. who promptly galloped to-
wards them waving his arms
and shouting "Hang himl Hang
him." The leader of the vigil
lantes at once asked the frowsy
stranger what he knew of the
facts. whereupon the stranger
answered: II do not know any
thing about the facts, and | new
er saw the man before; but
there's eleven of you and only
one of him, and believe In ma
jority rule !" This is merely a
picturesque paraphrase of what
Mr.. Wilson calls action under
"the sanction of society" II ex-
emplities the principle upon
which President Wilson has act
ed In those public matters, In
ternal and external, where he
was threatened with the use of
force.-From the Speech of Col
onel Roosevelt at Battle Creek,
Michigan, I'm Behalf of Mr..
Hughes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
The Wilson Waltz.

In view of recent events the follow
ing formula overheard on hotel We
randa may be of interest: The Wilson
waltz, one step forward. three steps
backward, hesitate, then sidestep.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN
PUT RlGHTEOUSNE
BEFORE PEACE.

The supporters OF Mr.. Wilson
say that the American people
should vote for him because he
has kept US out of war. 1t is
worth while TO remember that
this is claim that cannot be adj
vanced either on behalf of Wash
lngtOn or OF Lincoln. Neither
Washington nor Lincoln kept us
out of war. Americans. and the
people Of the world at large. now
reverence the memories of these
two men, because. and only be-
cause. they put Righteousness be-
fore peace. They abhorred war.
They summed unjust or wanton
or reckless war. But they pos
sessed that stern valor of patrio-
tism which babe them put duty
first; not safety first; which
babe them accept war rather
than an unrighteous and disas-
trOus peace. There were peace
at-any-price men in the days Of
Washington. They were the
Tories. There were peace-at-
any-price men I'm the days OF
Lincoln. They were the Copper
heads The men who now with
timid hearts and quavering
voices praise Mr.. Wilson for
having kept us out Of war. are
the spiritual heirs of the Tories
Of 1776. and the COpperheads Of
1864. The men who followed
Washington at Trenton and
Yorktown. and who suffered
with him through the winter at
Valley Forge: and the men who
wore the Blue under Grant. and
the Gray under Lee; were men
Of valor. who sacrificed every
thing TO serve the right as II
was given them To see the right.
They spurned with contempt
uous indignation the cOunSelS
Of the feeble and cowardly folk
who I'm their day spoke for
peace-at-any-price. - From the
Speech Of Colonel Roosevelt ~
Battle Creek. Michigan. in Be
half Of Mr. Hughes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
WILSON STRIKES WHEN
THE IRON is COLD.

President Wilson refused to
speak In independence Hall on
the one hundred and twenty
eighth anniversary Of the sign
ing Of the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence in that hall, and he so
refused because inasmuch as
over one hundred of our men,
women and children had just
been murdered on the high seas
he regarded IL as "the very mo-
ment when he would not care
70 arouse the sentiment Of pa
triotisnn." Mr.. Wilson has a posi-
tive genius for striking when
the iron is cold and fearing to
strike when the iron Is hot. "
one hundred and twenty-eight
years ago Washington and JEFF
ferson, and the other men who
signed the Declaration Of indie
pendenee had felt the same way
about patriotism, and the same
way about fighting as Mr.. VIII
son does, we would never have
had a country. Had Lincoln
felt the same way, there would
be no such thing as the Ameri-
can Republic now in existence
From the Speech OF Colonel
Roosevelt at Battle Creek, Mich
ioan, In Behalf Of Mr.. Hughes
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

Betting on Hughes and Wilson Is
dangerous both to Democrats and Re.
publicans. In one of the New Eng
few days ago. The officers heard of II
and they arrested the Republican on
a charge of robbery and sent the Dem
ocrat to an insane asylum. Be care
full.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

Evidently Mr.. Wilson has made up
his mind about something. He refers
in his acceptance speech to 1.-THE SOW
ereign authority OF Mexico" He may
have decided to whom he was refer
ring. Less than two years ago he was
not sure whether II was the soldier
bandit villa or the grocer-grafter Car
rama.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
Mr.. WILSON YIELDED PART.
LY TO FEAR, PARTLY TO
HOPE OF POLITICAL
PROFIT.

president Wilson yielded TO
: the dictution of the heads of the
BrotherhOods, and made no ef-
fort to find out whether the de
mand was right or wrong. He
made no effort TO find out wheth-
er ii could be complied with
without raising freight rates. He
made no effort To find out all
{ the equities i'm the case; those
affecting the men. those affect
ing the stockholders, those af-
fecting the shippers. He took
his orders from that one OF the
parties in interest which he
most feared. He insisted that
the law be passed without In
quiry. And then he deferred the
operation of the law until after
election. which. of course. could
only have been done for political
reasons. The question
at issue was not that Of an eight
hour day at all. The question
was whether President and Con-
gress should enact a law. with
out investigation and without
knowledge. TO give increased
wages to certain portion of
the body of wage earners. The
!. labor lenders on this issue. with
out regard to the right or wrong
OF the matter. first coerced the
President. and then with his aid
coerced Congress. The question
at Issue was not one of the hours
, of labor. II was one of wages.
!, And IL was settled by the Presi-
!, dent and Congress without In
!. vestlgation and without knowl-
edge. The settlement was due
!. partly TO fear. and partly to hope
, of political profit.-From the
. Speech of Colonel Roosevelt at
|. Battle Greek, Michigan, In Be
!, half of Mr.. Hughes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

The Administration ought to be able
to take a comfortable rest. n has
turned pretty much everything over
to commissions from the Mexican
question to the tariff. The talent for
Sinking responsibilities comes handy
sometimes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
WILSON FORMERLY ASSAlL.
ED THE LABOR UNION.

I WILSON FORMERLY ASSAIl.
ED THE LABOR UNION.
The President is now a can
I didate for office and speaks we'll
I of labor. Until he became a
] candidate for office, and as long
as he was President of a Univer-
sity, he, with entire safety, ig-
] nored or assailed the Labor
Unions, indeed, he was then
their bitter, ungenerous, and
] often unjust critic. At the Peo-
j Plies Forum on February rs,
1905, he said: Labor Unions
' drag the highest man to the level
of the lowest" In an address at
! a dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria
] on March 10, 1907, in speaking of
' the capitalists, he said: "There
= Is another equally formidable
= = enemy to equality and better
ment Of opportunity, and that
is the class formed by the la
: Dor organizations and leaders Of
= this country" In a letter writ
\ ten January IL, 1909, he said: 81
I am a fierce partisan Of the open
4 shop" In June of the same
4 year. speaking at Princeton, he
4 said: 1.-THE usual standard Of
4 the employe in our day is to
I give as little as he may for his
4 wages. Labor is standardized
4 by the trades unions and this
4 is the standard to which II is
4 made to conform. need not
Z point out how economically dis
astrous such a regulation Of la
7 Dor is. The labor OF America
' is rapidly becoming Improbable
Y under this regulation. Our eco
= nomic supremacy may be lost
y because the country grows more
and more full Of Improbable
y servants" have no question
y that when Mr.. Wilson thus
n spoke he expressed his sincere
4 convictions. Less than two years
4 later he was in public life and
q Immediately his attitude chang
4 ed. There Is no reason to believe
4 that his convictions changed
4 From the Speech OF Colonel
4 Roosevelt at Battle Creek,
q Michigan, In Behalf Of Mr..
q Hughes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
Editorial Comments

Ii the Democratic leader who adj
vocates putting dyes on the free list
to encourage the industry were sur
geon his method of setting a broken
limb would be TO amputate the pa
TENTS leg at the neck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

Optimism is what makes the Demo-
cratic party. which has fooled some
of the people only three times in fifty
years, and has never yet fooled all
of the people some of the time, think
that it can now fool all of the people
all of the time.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

The Administration is depressed by
the reflection that under no circum'
stances can II postpone election day
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

President Wilson hasn't been able
to figure out yet whether he is going
TO be on the stump or up one.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

Wilson insists that he Will never
ton, but he hasn't cut off relations
with those who have assassinated
Americans.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
SHIFTY WILSON ON
COLONEL'S BODKIN

Elusive BaIancer on String OF
Words Pinned Down by Proof
That in Fifteen Public Ut
terances He Took Forty
One Different Positions
on Preparedness.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
IGNOBLE EASE" AND PEACE
Full SLOTH ARE
NOT PEACE.

There is nothing that we OF
this country SO much need as
To practice the doctrine of serv-
ice. As Al people we need the
sterner virtues even more than
we need the softer virtues. MAJ
terial prosperity. bodily ease,
money, pleasure. are all deSir-
able; but woe To us If we con
slider them us the be-all and end
all of our private lives or OF our
collective national life! Woe
10 Us If our material prosperity
brings In its wake lethargy Of
spirit and deafness Of soul. Lei
us In our lives apply the great
doctrines of duty and of service.
Above all let Us realize that lOf-
~ profession is II miscellaneous
sham when IL Is not translated
into efficient performance.
Among the companions of Luci-
fer in Millions mighty epic there
was none among the tiercer
fiendS So dangerous us he who
with words clothed in rea-
sons garb.
CounSelled ignOble ease and
peaceful sloth.
Not peace"
From the Speech of Colonel
Roosevelt at Battle Greek, Mich
igan. in Behalf of Mr.. Hughes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

10 inquire out yet whether he is going
TO be on the stump or up one.
If the paper shortage becomes much
more serious the first thing we know
the machinery of the State Depart
ment will be coming to an abrupt stop
Then, too, according TO the Demo-
cratic campaign book that among the
more important enactments of the
Wilson Administration may be men
toned Magma Charta and the Ten
Commandments.
Secretary Redfield converses glibly
In terms OF billions until 1t comes
time to make campaign contribu-
ton when ii Is disclosed that all
he really knows about mathematics
Is 500.
Everything has gone up under Will
cans.
Senator Jimham Lewis has pur-
CIldSeu new NOluIne OF 'On1afnlllar
Quotations" and expects to be able
any day now to give us the classical
derivation of "pitiless publicity" and
'strict accountability" in the original
BabylOnian.
Add famous sayings OF history: 81
will surrender on this line If it takes
all summer"
The Democratic revenue bill, as
completed, is regarded as so perfect
that the chances are that the tax
| payers of New York. Massachusetts
and Illinois will be able to build 5000
more miles of good roads in Alabama
next year.
Mr.. Hughes is talking TO the wom-
en- Of the land in the homely Ian
guage of the Preside and we expect
to witness an impressive rallying of
the sex on the first ironing day after
the first wash day In November.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

A surplus of $5,2000O0 from the
postal service during the fiscal year
ending June 30, is reported by Post
master-General Burleson. With the
department more than paying eX-
penses, il would seem that the eXecu-
tive officials could afford TO keep on
the payroll members OF the National
Guard, who responded when the Presi-
dent called out the Organized Militia
for duty on the border.
President Wilson seems to have
founded his diplomacy on rock
which is off its base most of the time.
The Eastern witsmiths persist in re-
ferring to the Secretary OF the Navy
as Miss Josephine Daniels. No Won
der the Womans Party is camping on
the trail of the Administration
pledges of economy in the 1912 plat
form.
"In his diplomacy" says ollie
James, "the President has sounded
new note" What, another one?
Ii begins TO appear that that single
track mind system will have To be
temporarily double-tracked. A few
weeks hence, of course, 1t will be
side-tracked.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

One thing we must all admit.
The President is never too proud to
sidestep.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

The first President and the first
Congress that ever submitted to n
hold-up.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

And, by the way, nobody will ever
be able to claim this was regular
Democratic Administration unless we
have bond issue before March 4,
1917.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

If the paper shortage becomes much
more serious the first thing we know
the machinery Of the State Depart
ment will be coming to an abrupt stop.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-08
On the National Prohibition
Ticket for Vice President Of
the United States.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August 8
Accepting the nomination OF inc
Prohibition party for vice president
Of the United States, Dr.. Ira Land
rith, said in part today:
"Never personally in politics; a
candidate at no time except for the
good will of the worthy and well
done of our Heavily Father | could
never have sought this or any other
nomination for Office. In full accord,
however with the aims and the plat.
form of the Prohibition party OF
America, my answer must be humpiy
but heartily affirmative.
Il have been an dependent Demo
crat in my home state Of Tennessee,
where the platforms of both old
parties declare for prohibition, ana
where. therefore, the Prohibition
party has had no state organization
In state affairs | may continue TO
vote with the party of my fathers.
But the national Democratic conyen-
ton refused to stand for state and
national prohibition, as the RepuD-
lican and Progressive conventions
previously had done Having signed
nm agreement months ago to vote
only for such candidates and with
such parties as stand for both state
and national prohibition, no course
was left open to me and to thousands
of others similarly committed, eN-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-08

bilonaires begin give some OF inc
themselves the OF discovering inc
death and other great evils
John Rockefeller millions have endowed many laboratories o
study diseases given funds for psychoog
the criminal will be studied and possible So
discovered
What pity had the to investigate the greatest
Of will all oer
foundation on Wh oe
dread the truth these md phanthIopss
charitable organization secured as
well known throughout the o
try a sociological subjects The society was con-
his services, and certain rich man
generous the director that he had any
wished into effect any new line ne "Sheu 10 iuo"
the funds would be forthcoming
records for relief and find out why the family
with Father drinks etc. but the director want
ed to probe deeper hospital how the mother
of five came to be widowed why another father drank
disease? II so, what
occupation? Did he have peyentabe disease
Could the the city departments have prevented
it? applied the widowed mother Could her widow
early prevented? Why do drink? That
when social are IN
vesigated.
Well the ardent young the advance
rich feared that he might find out that
partly responsible believed people do that
poverty he thought people do that is
inevitable.
1.-THE oor y with often support OF that
said 1.-THE will always have with you
contrary seemed be optimistic about the Theirs
said, the Kingdom of Heaven
Copyright Evening Mail Syndicate, Inc
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-08
Annual Picnic.

It has been the custom for several
years of the Mrs. Mary Randolph
family to hold an annual picnic. Sun
day, August 6, was the day Of this
occasion and Perines grove, above
West Milford, was the place chosen
for this occasion. The day being a
delightful one, the crowd consisting
Of sons and daughters with their
gamilies and a few invited guests
hied away by automobile to spend
the dav in fun and merriment and a
general good time. With a bounti-
full supply of all the good things on
hand to eat, the crowd did justice to
the dinner and supper, which was
served in the grove.
Those present on this OCCASION
we're Mrs. Mary I. Randolph, son,
Jake, and daughters, Misses Pansy
and Fay; Mrs. Care Randolph, Mr.
and Mrs. Clete Randolph. and daugh-
ters, Misses Audra and Clarice, and
son Robert; Mr.. and Mrs. 0. R. Wy
roff and Son John Mr., and Mrs. Abe
Iouther and daughter, Miss Marie.
of West Milford Mrs. William Non-
kee. and son William, Jr., OF Wash
ington D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs VI. A..
Bumgardner and son, Paul; Misses
India Furee, Nettie Brand, Elite
Bumgardner, Messrs. Dock Randolph,
]. C. Chedister Clair Ross Sherman,
and son, Roy.
May the family enjoy many more
such piCnics.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-08

Mrs. Writ Lewis and family have
arrived home from Mountain Lake
Park.
Frank Kennedy, of Fairmont, was
a business visitor in the city Tues
day.
John Williams, of Brown, was a
city visitor Tuesday.
]. A. Young. Of huntington was a
guest at the Hotel Gore Tuesday.
T. ]. Jones, of Morgantown, was a
business visitor in the city Tuesday.
Harry b. Kincaid, Of Pennsboro,
spent Tuesday in the city looking at
ter business matters.
NJ. c. Barker, of Moundsville, was
a city visitor Tuesday.
A. J. Wilkinson, Of Huntington,
was guest at the Waldo hotel Tuec-
day.
+. R. Rinard, Of Charleston, spent
Tuesday in the iity looking after bus
mess matters.
NJ S. Bush, Of Parkersburg, was a
rity visitor Tuesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-08
Statuary SOC
LANDRITH CONSENTS
TO TAKE NOMINATION.

cept to affiliate with the national Pro
hibition party"
Tells Who Arc Good.
DR.. Landrth said that when botI
of the old parties ARE made to I'M
derstand that they must choose be,
tween the support Of good and Dao
citizenship, all parties will be ardent
prohibition parties. II this is to
come in 1920-and 1t will come
the Prohibition party must either
win this year or it must show by the
huge vote its ticket receives that the
American people are tired of polite
al second best in party platforms and
that they will brook no further OPP
oportunism and delay.
an its aggressive, progressive and
platform, the Prohibl-
ton party has silenccd the thread
bare and unjust criticism that 1t is 4
party of one idea, even though that
one idea, as 1t is, is the supreme idea
in politics.
"The candidates Of both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties are
men of sterling integrity and ability
against whom individually We shall
utter in this campaign no accusing
word of i'll will,
Democratic and Republican plat
form approval Of woman suffrage,
albeit with antlquated state-soyer-
eighty conditions, will have ire
mendously advanced this wholesome
measure Irrational prohibltion even
in Congress. One presidential cleo
ton in which the friends Of a stain
less flag record their principles
rather than the confession Of their