The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-26
GLASS ENTHUSES
ABINGDON AUDIENCE
Bittngiy Criticdscs Roosevelt A One
Attempting To Pose As the
Ideal American.

Abingdon. Va Oct 25-Carter
Glass. the favored son OF the Sixth
Virginia District and popular
speech maker In the Ninth. was the
feature OF the Abingdon meeting Nom
day morning al II O'Clock.
when nearly time for the meeting
to begin d vas discovered that the
courthouse would be totally made
Guate for the enormous crowd at
traeted 10 the building, and the more
spacious opera house was hurriedy
requisitioned for the event
Congressman Glass was introduced
10 the audience by Judge F Il. Hut
ton one OF the most staple figures in
the Trinkle campaign. and man VINO
has been characterized 81 the most
Democratic Democrat" IN the entire
state of Virginia.
\ Twentyfour- Hour Proposition.
Mr. GLASS entered on his address by
stating that IL he undertook 10 review
ali of the CONNIE ndable features OF
the Wilson administration he would
he there for the next twenty four
hours He then drew the line Of
contrast between the Legislature
achievements OF the present Demo
cratic administration and past Re
publican administration by advancing
the theory that under the old regime
the present era Of prosperity would
still he an allusion and a promise for
the future
And you who are here know too
we'll What Is meant by Republican
| promises asserted the spea ker
Year after year the people were fed
on promises promises and more prom
/ 80 No n
| taste OF something more material and
more substantial. they are a bit sktt-
tIsh about going back TO the ancient
| order.
stings GIemr.'
~ our own congressman WAS so out
! Of sympathy with the interest OF the
| people that he was one Of the few Of
| the Republican Congressmen to vote
against the Federal reserve act
! challenge him TO show a single act of
| legislation passed by A Republican
| administration In the past fifty wears
| for the benefit OF the farmer in CON
nection with national banks. II tho
| Republican incumbent can produce
proof to contradict this statement |
viii readily give him my entire salary
| for the next two years TO come. No
! doubt Mr.. Semp could utilize SIS. 900
| in his business at this particular
| time
Offers Two SONS To Country.
Mr.. Glass paid a beautiful tribute Ia
| the President fot his activities in be-
half OF the thousands and thousands
OF Young men who would be called to
sacrifice their lives should the United
states become embroled In war. He
/ alluded TO the fact that one of his sons
| Was now wearing the khnki on the bor-
10 n - 4 IN. 4
from the military training camp oil
! Plattsburg. where he had been for the
past two months He said that both
OF these young men were perfectly
| ready to answer the Countrv's call
| His auditors we're visbly touched
| when the speaker referred to condi-
tons as hey are and what they might
| have been had the President allowed
| himself TO be guided by the advice OF
the war party and broken relations
with either Germany or Mexico.
Roosevelt and Mistakes
Mr., Glass WIS particularly sarcastic
/ In his references to both Candidate
Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt He
assailed Hughes for his posing as the
ideal American by tntirg that for the
past ten years he had not even trou-
bled himself to vote,
Roosevelt" he said with a smile
was the one President who neye,
/ made mistake His idea was to in
! tervene at once when Belgium was In
vaded and throw ourselves In the midst
| OF the fray. could We have saved the
country from further distress I hardly
! think we could when the magnificent
army OF 5000. 600 men sent there for
that purpose by Lord Kitchener com
bined with 100000 more that repre-
/ scented the flower OF the French re-
| public failed and are still fighting to-
ward that end No. Roosevelt ever
made a single mistake-to hear him
tell IT."