Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-11-17
CELEBRATED WILSON VICTORY
LOCAL WILSON BOOSTERS HELD
BIG BANQUET SPEAKERS
EULOGIZE PRESIDENT

EULoG1ZE PRESIDENT
Wilson supporters to the number
Of seventy gathered ct the Central
Dining room Saturday evening, where
they partook of q splendid four:
course dinner and listened to several
very good impromptu talks, in cele-
bration of the victory of President
Wilson in the recent election. Al
though hastily gotten up, which nat
urally resulted in many who would
have been glad to attend, being alb
sent, the banquet was grand sue
cess. The Wilson-8-Hour club was re-
sponsible for it's being pulled off.
Before the dinner the men gath
cred at the clubs headquarters,
where the band played several selec-
lions. They then marched to the
banquet hall in a body and the band
played several more selections, after
which they partook Of the excellent
repast prepared for them.
At the close Of the dinner several
oalks were given, Peter j. Vasaly,
chairman of the democratic county
committee, acting as toastmaster.
Mr.. Vasaly gave a short talk in
which he spoke of the achievements
of the administration and the hope Of
the future, and praised the Wilson
club for the work it had done in the
campaign, and the part taken by 9th
ers, especially. the young men.
w. w. Hall, president of the local
Wilson club, was, the first speaker. In
brief talk he spoke of the mission
ne +h0 1nh In al
the outcome of the election.
D: M: Cameron pointed out that
while the citizens of the country,
have succeeded in getting more con-
structive and remedial legislation
passed during the past adrninistra-
ton than in scores of years before,
they should figure out what other
legislation is needed and get it
passed. The election of the United
States supreme court members and
the president by a direct vote of
The people are things which we
should secure, he said. The supreme
court is now the most reactionary
body in our government and 1t has
shown its subserviencv to the special
interests. There should also be an
act to prohibit the scandal of whole.
sale gambling on the election.
John Burg, the next speaker, spoke
very briefly, feliciating the people
on the outcome of the presidential
election.
L. w. Vasaly was called upon next.
He opened by saying that those who
we're gathered at the banquet did
not recognize parties creed or nat
ionality, but were gathered as Am
orleans, to do credit to great
American, Woodrow Wilson. Mr..
Vasaly mentioned briefly the accom-
plishmehts of the past .administDa-
tion, and praised the presidents &C.
ton in the appointment of Louis
Brandeis' as member of the U. s.
the fact that Wilson has kept us
out Of war; which remark brought
rounds of applause. In closing NE
paid a glowing tribute to William
Jennings BRYAN, whom, he said, had
helped reflect Wilson. He men
toned that Bryan toured eighteen
states stumping for Wilson, entirely
at his own expense.
The value of organization was
dwelt upon by N. N: Bergheim. He
said that the union labor of this
country has done more to assist COM
mon labor than Anything else. The
democratic party, he said, was the
first to take up the question in a po-
litical campaign. The labor unions
took the stand with them, and now
they must stay with them, he said,
as it is necessary to show that the
Adamson eight-hour law is constitu-
tional, and if it is found unconstitu-
tional, another law will have to be
passed that will be constitutional. In
closing Mr. Bergheim said that ban
quets such as this one should be held
more often and the Wilson club should
be continued.
Judge E. F. Shaw was the last
speaker on the program. Among the
reasons that he felt elated over this
election, he said, were the fact that
we have divorced ourselves from
Wall street, that the red blood of the
west has shown itself so conclusively,
and that the young men in general
throughout the country were those
who put Woodrow Wilson across.
He spoke briefly on the prepared
ness question and said that the first
real preparedness was begun under
President Cleveland, democrat, twen-
ty years ago. After that time the
preparedness question was a dead
one and it was not learned that we
were not prepared until Woodrow
Wilson became president, he said.
While he did not oppose some pre-
paredness he denounced the present
preparedness cry as one emanating
from the mouths of the big interests
to fool the people and to put more
money in the pockets of the ammu-
milton makers, a preparedness for
commercial purposes only.
All the speakers were generously
applauded.
The putting on Of the banquet was
record breaker, as it was not fully
decided to have it come off until 3
o clock the same afternoon, the ag-
gressiveness of Secretary Harden
brook of the Wilson club being
greatly responsible for the undertake