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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
A CONTEST OF CHARACTER,
NOT OF WEASEL WORDS
Cardinal Question In This Campaign 10
Whether the People Want In the
White House a Phrase 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 70 compete.
Were the current campaign n game of
profess iona! politics instead Of con-
test OF character between wo candi-
dates for tho highest office IN the gift
OF the people nr. Wilson could 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 n 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 word
and weasel It around and suck the
meaning out Of it like a weasel sucks
an egg, until It don't mean anything at
all, no matter what it sounds like 1t
means" Thence came also the series
of catch phrases, so fascinating In
sound. 50 false in suggestion; so easy
TO read, so hard to understand. So 1t Is
that he IL able to he on all sides of
every public question while covering
his circuitous course with flow OF
words that roll as easily from his pen
as brook through the meadow. 1t Is
his artfuness in the use Of words that
enables him to pose rs ian amateur in
politics" while playing the game with
the skill of 4 professional Whatever
bis ineptitude il. other respects, lie Is
easily first among presidents in the
artistry OF politics, and he would win
next November were that the test
Compare the witness Of Mr.. Wilson
with the straightfOrwar1ness OF hr.
Hughes. Compare the smooth style OF
the one with tho rugged diction of the
other. The one is rs complex in the use
Of words as the other Is simple. It Is
a case of sonorousness versus strength
Mr.. Hughes is depending upon the
strategy OF straighforwardr'SS aud
the strength Of sincerity. ~ i."
force OF facts instead a iluu '.r tir'
ton Of q phrase, TO win his case be-
fore the jury of the nation His appeal
Is to the head and not the ear OF the
people, to their intelligence and not to
their emotion: to their heroic side and
not to their hysterical side. It Is an
appeal to the courage Of the country
and not to it's cowardice. Mr.. Hughes
could not IL he would perform In a
year the political tricks that Mr.. VIII
son can do in day. The question to
day Is whether the people want In the
White House for the next four years a
phrase maker or a history maker, a
man Of many sayings or 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 cam
paign--"Hughes means what he says
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
FIERY WORDS.

Direct violations OF a nations SOW
ereignty cannot await vlndication In
suits for damage. The nation which
violates those essential rights must be
checked and called to account by direct
challenge and resistance" - From
Woodrow Wilson's speech Accepting
the Democratic Nomination For Presi-
dency.
BUT
The American dag is still unsaluted
at Vera Cruz.
villa is still uncaptured and unpun
Ished.
Carranza stili slaps the United
States.
There still has been no accounting
for American lives and property de-
stroyed in Mexico.
The whole question Of repatriation for
invasion OF American rights by varl-
Gus warning nations is still sleeping In
a pigeonhole
AND
All the direct challenge and resist
ance" noticeable 10 the average Amer
lean Is included In a series Of notes
said TO possess high literary quality, ri
nothing else I'm particular
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
"HE DIDN'T DO RIGHT"
Independent. Voters Turning This Con-
vietion Over and Over In Their
Minds and II viii Cost Mr..
Wilson Many Vote.

4 Democrat who never voted for n
Republican candidate for President e1-
cept In 1872. when he was forced by
the lack OF Democratic nominee to
cast his ballot for Horace Greeley,
says: II expect 10 vote for Woodrow
Wilson. but | don't Tx" his course In
the railroad dispute Iic didn't do
right"
The railroad controversy has intro
turcd a moral issIe into the campaign.
Mr.. Wilson sacrificed principle TO eX-
pediency. ar what he JUDGES 10 be ex-
pcdlency, when he tamely surrendered
to the domand, Of the train-service
hrotherho0d'
lie put hiS own personal and party
need before Ihe public good. He angl.
cd for votes lie aimed Il body blow
at the t,i,i ..nd tested arbitration
method OF se'tliu: differences
God heir YOU; cannot" he Is said
to have exclaimed Ia the railroad man
ayers. who do not poll as many votes
as thsir employees. BuI Ia could have
heipri them II he had stood impartial.
~ between them and the utterly reck.
less traiD-scrvice repre- cntatives who
were bent on their rule-or-ruin pro-
gramme
He didn't do right" Ike conscious
ness OF that fact is sinking deep into
the American mind.
HE didn't do right" Thar wide.
spread cOnN iction will cost him thou.
sands of votes on eleg tion day.
"He didn't do right" lie preferred
the weak. the tinid attitude of the
born comproiniSer.
The American people Ike courage.
They Ike convictions. They like
man who has the courage of his con-
vlctions. They Ike man who Is
willing 10 risk consequences for the
sake OF just cause.
II was an unjust cause In which
Woodrow Wilson enlisted when he &C.
copied the brotherhood view that the
chief item In their demands could not
he arbitrated --rroyidence Journal
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
If ELECTION WERE OVERT
While Democrats Are Admittedly the
Champion Question Fisnds, II 10
Believed This Quiz 10 as In
answersbIe ss Their Most
ChiIdliks Effort.

II election day were passed would
President Wilson make so little Of the
principle of arbitration IN Industrial
disputes? Would he be so sure that
It Is more important to preserve peace.
when a great strike Is threatened, than
II IL to make judicial methods rather
than force the means OF settling DIFF
ferences between capital AMI labOrf
II election day had come and gone
would Mr.. Wilson keep the national
guartlsmen of the country in camp on
the ground that they may be needed
TO protect the United States against
MexicOi Would there be months OF
lnactlon and INDIGESTION In which no
use Is made OF a large body Of citizen
soldiersi Would they not be allowed
to go home or else be set In motion to
make Mexico as safe neighb0r as the
Administration seems to think that 1t
Is already?
III election day were past would the
President drive through Congress a
bill like the shipping bill which Is in
tended to embark the federal govern
ment upon new venture in n hazard
Gus field and use $50,OO0,OOO Of the
peoples money to buy tonnage held
above its normal value or else 80
owned that il caunot be used without
peril of international complications?
Is sound public policy behind such
n measure or only campaign politics?
II election day were not to be con-
sidered would Woodrow Wilson use
so many high and mighty words In
International notes and do so little to
make them mean anything practical?
Would his deeds lag 81 far behind his
phrases ? Cleveland Leader.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
WHAT HUGHES WOULD
HAVE LEFT UAO0kE
That Is Campaigns True Angle
and Not the Trite Question
With Which HeCkIere Are
Nagging the Republican
Standard Bearer. .-
ACHIEVEMENTS ASSURANCE
BLUNDERlNG Is NO HABIT

Wineins Democrats Trying to Rum
away From the Record Of the hd-
ninistrstion and to Inveiols the
Voters Down Rhetorical Bypaths,
All In the Thinly. Disguised Effort
to Change the Subject.
When Mr.. Hughes criticises the recf
ord OF the Administration the spokes-
men OF Mr.. Wilson cry: wv! would
you have done?" They forge, that It
Is Mr.. Wilson and not Mr.. Hughes.
who is on trial. They forget that
four years ago Mr.. wilson criticised
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt through
out the campaign and that Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt defended their re
spective records, instead Of crying,
What would you have doneg They
forget these things or they refuse to
confess them They are trying to run
away from the record Of the Admins
tratlon and induce the people TO fol-
low them down some Dypath Of rhs-
torical hypothesis, all IN the effort to
change the su.''".'
by their fruits yc sLIl know
them" When Mr.. Hughes was Gov
ernor Of New York he did not pay
political debts by filing the public
Offices with unfit men, re did not
champion certain principles during his
campaign and repudlate them after he
entered office. As Governor, ne did
not resort 10 brave and beautiful
word, as a substitute for firm and con-
sntcnt d~yay He was careful III his
use of words, but he backed his words
with deeds. He did not prOIAise what
he could not perform. He did not
plaster the people with compliments
they did not deserve. he was not q
rhetorlcian, he was not y AatIereT, he
was not too proud TO fight" for labor
or for capital. for the strong or the
weak, when the right was on their
side.
Mr.. Wilson's spokesmen seek 20 d.
vert attention from the attacks Mr..
Hughes Is making upon the record of
the Administration by asking him,
What would you do:" They are IN
consciously helping Mr.. Hughes. They
are recalling 10 the memory OF the
people the record he made throughout
his two terms as Governor OF New
York. II was then that lie first said
public office shall not be a private
snap under my administration and
made performance square with prom
ise There is this about Mr.. Hughes
that makes him so different from Mr..
Wilson: Hughes means what bel
says" SO 1t is that the campaign Is
really n contest of character between
two men, with sincerity as the differ
entiatinG and deciding factor
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
IDEALS OF THE SUCCESS
OF THE PLAIN PEOPLE,

o "If I did not believe that the 4
. Republican party was the party 4
. OF true progress, which was pre-
. pared under its leadership TO
o take the country along the way
o OF adaptation TO new needs and
o exigencics Of the future. I
. should have no pride In repre-
g sentlng It. But the party OF Lin.
. coin 4 reunited today, and we 4
. consecrate II to the ideals Of 4
. Lincoln. and those ideals are
. permanent These are the ideals 4
. Of the success OF the plain peo-
D pie They are tho ideals OF the I
, achievements under free institu. 4
, tions, OF success In all the activi- 4
B ties OF tho cooperative energy OF 4
B the plain people."-Charles 4. I
, Hughes In q speech Delivered ut Z
B Plattsburgh. n Y. Z
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

OECliNEp 70 PERMIT
SQUADRON TO DEFEND
AMERICANS.

3 Al Tar,pieo there was = gen.
, oral movement Of attack BY the
, Mexieans on Americans AID other
foreigners. We had o squadron OF
American ~arships IN the neigh
I. torhood Tho Wilson Admins
= trstior declined to permit this
Z squadron TO be used 70 defend
Z the lives Of American men and
4 the honor Of American women.
: and the commanders Of the Ger.
. mar and English ships at Tam.
= pico had to step in and perform,
4 the task our representative had
4 so bssely abandoned. At the very
= time that the Mexican mob had
4 surrounded the building in which
4 the Americans hsd taken refuge
4. and was bowling for their bisod,
= the American feet, in spite Of the
4 protests Of the American naval
Z commander, and in accordance
Z with wireless orders from Wash
Z inston, was forced to steam out
4 Of the hsrbor and leave the Amer.
:: leans to be massaored by the
= Msxieans or rescued by the Ger
4. mans and E,glish.-From the
& Speech Of Col. Theodore Roosc.
1, vsIt, Delivered at Lewiston,
4. Marie, in Behalf Of Charles e.
= Hughes.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
WILSON CONSISTENT ONLY
IN HIS vAcillATioN.

= As II is with "war." so Il is
= with Intervention" President
= Wilson has again and again said
= he would not Intervene In
= Mexico. As q matter OF fact
= he has interviewed continuously
= - but as he never fol-
= lowed any policy OF either inter-
= vention or non-intervention with
= any resolution-always yielding
. at the critical moment to some
, bandit chief OF whom he became
= fearful-both his spssms OF In
= tervention and his spssms Of
= non-intervention have alike been
, entirely futile. From the speech
. OF Col Theodore ksasessst ps Z
! seSalf o. cSsriss 4 Hughes
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
HUGHES ON REUNITED
a. PARTY.

II como to you 90 the spokss.
man Of q reunited party. We
have sald that Il was rssnItsdI
we have believed u was rsunitsdi
we have. dsveutly hoped Il wac
reunited. Now, Maine proves that
u 10 rsunitsd. ! am glad to speak
for the reunited Republican party
because Il 10 q great liberal party.
Il started as . liberal party, lie
best traditions ere those Of . lib.
sral party. And today Il faess the
future with q truly national cut.
look and . progressive splrlt"-
Charles Z. Hughes In . speech
Delivered st Plattsharshs n. Y. I
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

or the IS electors who cast Penn
sylvania's vote for Roosevelt in 1912,
Is are living and ~ OF them. have
pledged. unitedly, their support TO Mt
Hughes.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Also, with a mind to the juice that
has made aur State and Navy Depart.
ments famous, Life proposes this
toast;
Grape Nutsl Bryan and Danielsr'
HE facet
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
FIVE THOUSAND A DAY
EnrolImen's in the Hughes National
College League.

So'SSo GodSuo'
The Hughes National College League,
5l1 Fifth avenue. New York, Is receiv.
ing enrollments at the rate of FIVE
thousand day. They are coming
from all parts OF the country, and the
work OF organizing branches IN all
states and most of The important cities
has been started. 4 large percentage
OF the enrolments are from men who
give their usual political affiliations as
Progressive. democratic or lndepend.
eit.
The league has received the endorse.
mcnt OF Governor Hughes. who wired
"lf there was ever time when the
educated men of the country who have
its welfare al heart should work for
right principles and strong government
1t Is now" Chairman Wilcox OF the
Republican National Committee. ex.
President Taft, and John Hays Ham.
mond have also praised the work en-.
Enthusiastically. ms much on the score Of
the benefit 10 the men themselves as
OF the real work il will do to help
elect Governor Hughes.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

two words.
Victory" Mr.. Fairbanks told Okla.
homa Republicans, surely will perch
on our banner" But Champ Clark tied
1t up in neater aud more compact
bundle when lie said: They licked hell
out of u.s."
Members o: President Wilson's cabi.
net are ready to do anything to eelect
their chief, except resign.
Writes q former Princeton man: AT
first we called him w. W.; then We
made IL Il. w. W."
That one term plank In the Demo
cratic platform Of 1912 II Is more than
likely to hold. after ali
When President Wilson called upon
the Mexican commissioners M New
London he revived old precedents, but
did he wave the Stars and Stripes?
A man In Washington has made n
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
1T is not believed anything like ma
jority of the people of Texas indorse
our Mexican policy, and those In
position to know seriously doubt that
the platform adopted expressed the
real sentiments OF the convention It
self"
The Omaha Bee couples woefu
waste with watchful waiting as
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 pralseworthy than that
which he has made.
President Wilson signed the Philip.
pine bill as moving picture cameras
clicked. There lie one man who Is no,
afraid to have his mistakes recorded
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
BEATEN GOOD AND PLENTY

Champ Clark Sees no Ralnhows
In Maine Result.
I'VE got whipped. aud ! guess
TINT Is all | win say about the
Maine elecrion." said Speaker
Champ Clark. "ws got beaten
good and plenty" it 80
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

The man who quotes the Baltimore
platform is regarded as political
archeolOgist
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Mr.. PinchOt also seems OF the opin
Ion that God Hates Gutter
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
Wabblins Woodrow.

Opportunism has claims that every
statesman must respect. Sut never
has there been an opportunist In the
White House Of greater willingness
TO change than the present incumbent
The country feared II had placed pow.
or In the hands OF doctrinaire school
master incapable Of bending. Ii finds
that IL has a man of remarkable ptas-
ITCHY OF Judgment, who one moment
stands for states rights and the next
for nationalism, who one day Is Q Pc
cinst, and the next is out-shouting Col.
Roosevelt for arms and ships, who one
week Is for q barren neutrality and
the next for war In behalf OF general
righteousness. who one night Ia for
collective wage bargaining and arbt
tratlon OF industrial disputes and the
next is waving the dag Of decreasing
wages up or down as the votes % the
larger number eau he eontrollett. =
New York Gloise and Commercial Al.
vsrtiser. "a,
Gen. pershlng's arm, ,oit nues "
nne ssttis. M for rrhi ~ 4 fro,Ac."
M ~ Srs<llt la A H. slxl \ woon4 -
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Tho pscstisnt must be credited with
ia,lng r.nt a slick one over II he can
got the v,xes.s end make the people pay
the freight
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

HE kept the country out Of war.
but he robbed it of its peace.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
OH YOU JOSEPHUS!

This Is free advertisement for
Life" issue of September II:
II you want 10 find reflection OF
your own inward opinion of the pres
ent amiable. inconscquential aud he.
fuddling Secretary of the Navy. here
It's; for eLife" dedicates an entire Is.
sue to our own officious. omniscient,
theological. oleaginous. obligarchlcal
Sir JOe-sea. fuss!
Inoon,pstsn. Sea.
ineffieien- Sea.
idiosynera-Ssa.
inadeaua- Sea.
Delinquent Sea.
impermansn-S Sea.
hvpocri. Saa
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Tho British censorship is delaying
the United States mails almost as
annoyingly as Burles0ns mefiiciency.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

The fact that Mr.. Wilson could Ell
dorse this Pork Congress shows tina
he isn't seasick. anyway.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Up in Maine they are now rhyming
Hughes with Moose. And there Is rea.
son as well as rhyme connecting the
two words
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29
POLITICAL I0TTlNGS

II mans ito ..rt villa" are abandoned
Villa should itcipro';Itc aud refrain
from organizing expeditions ito get
American citizens.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Wineing Democrats Trying to Ru'
away From the Record Of the Ad
nrinistrstion and to Inveiole tn
Voters Down Rhetorical Bypatf,s
All In the Thinly Disguised EHor
to Change the Subject.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

Victory" Mr.. Fairbanks told Okla.
homa Republicans, surely will perch
on our banner" But Champ Clark tied
1t up In a neater aud more compact
bundle when lie said: They licked hell
out of u.s."
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-29

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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-30
BUSINESS SUSPENDED ON THE ISLAND FOR
 oAY-sPEclAL EVENTS

DOUGLAS. May SO.-With few ex- captions. business activity was sus- pended In Douglas after noon today. Several establishments were closed all day while the postoflce was open for one hour only, between l2 and 1 o'clock. Although no public pro- gram had been arranged for Decora- ton Day the spirit Of the occasion and the summer sunshine, were ob- served by the large crowds who wis., tied the local cemeteries, decorating the graves with flowers.
 Others took advantage of the third day of real summer, to picnic with their families and friends, either on the Island or on the water. Flags were hung at half stan throughout the Island
 Treadwell and the Douglas high school boys were scheduled to play baseball on the Treadwell field late this afternoon. The Treadwell band will also favor the Island with a pub lie concert at Treadwell at s O. clock
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-30
pgRsoNAL MENTION.

S. J. weitzman, business man of Haines, who attended the Democra. tic convention in Juneau, returned to his home on the Jefferson today.
 L.-T. Erwin. marshal for the fourth division. who has been attending the Democratic convention here, left on the Jefferson today for Skagway on his way to the interior.
 Captain and Mrs. Alexander left today on the Jefferson on their way to AtlIn. Mir. Alexander is the owner and operator of the famous Engineer Mine in that section.
 Carl Stockwell. representing the Marshal Wells Hardware Company. left today on the Jefferson. He will visit Haines and skagway and will then continue to the interior down the river, returning by way of the outside passage from Nome.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles c. whipple arrived from Eagle River recently and are at the New Cain for few days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-30
SAYS ALASKA WILL ATTRACT CAPITAL TO
 IT THIS SUMMER

With American business and pro- fessional men daily increasing their bank accounts through returns from war orders, there should be no short age of investment capital in Alaska this summer according to B. R. La beree, of Spokane. Laberee is a mining man of tho North, who spends his winters in Spokane caring for his realty interests in that city. He was in Seattle yesterday with Mrs. Laberee on their return to Alaska, says the Times of May 24.
 'When the average American makes money. especially when 1t comes in big piles. as at present" said Laberee at The Savoy, Inc does not seek a vault in which to deposit in wealth. but at once looks for a investment through which to increase his capital With the great amount of money now being brought into the United States in payment of manufactured goods of all kinds. there is bound to be a sur plus of investment capital
 "In Alaska are 80 many good prop ositions that need only capital to
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-30
COPPER MARKET NOW
 CENTERED IN LAST
 MONTHS OF THE YEAR

NEW YORK, May SO.-The major copper market is now centered in the last three months of the year and a steady volume of sales for these deliveries, backed up by an active industry, has given rise to the con fident prediction in even the most conservative metal quarters that a SO.cent minimum price for 1916 cop per is an early probability.
 So far as spot and nearby copper is concerned. the call from domestic users is no longer urgent, except for August and September which are nominally quoted at 30 cents and 29M@29% cents. respectively.
 Consumers as we'll as producers are closely watching the foreign cop per situation. Private mall adylces just received from London say there is an extraordinary demand for cop per- particularly this side of Septem ber. France is again cabling firm bids for good tonnages.
 Copper on the London Metal EN change is experiencing Q little lull after the recent excitement.