South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-25
WITH NEITHER CONSCIENCE
NOR CONVICTION"
By DR.. w. HEINECKE-

Mir. Hughes has to feel proud of the way IN
which he getting the support Of German propAgansts
With them it now matter of choice between the devil
Ike Hughes That the attitude DR.. c. j. HexAmer, the
president of the German Alliance Is taking IN a public
statement. After reteratng length all the stale
arguments of theirs being mostly m the nature of per-
sonai abuse of Wilson Dr.. Hexamer goes to assert
that mo German-Amercan with self respect vote for
Wilson"
what are we going to do as American citizens?" Dr.
Hexamer asks. 'Some of papers have advised
refrain from voting altogether Others have advocated
to concentrate the strength of the German vote
minority party that has prospects of victory. That
means throwing away vote.
"After long and serious thought have arrived a. the
decision to give my vote to Hughes and Fairbanks. The
present question not what Is good for the Central En-
pies for the Allies, but good Americans must
solve the question what good for dear country
What need especially Is strong government, which
holds to firm and not to vaciatmg pro-American
policy"
This means in plain American language: 81 hate like
hades to for Hughes. know made mistake in
getting In deep with his crowd, but and my fellow
propagandists would stand committed of having tri1ed
with national issues and acted the fool by admitting
that made mistake in opposing Wilson. Hughes and
Roosevelt have told Germans where to get of at but
propagandists must our face That's why we've
got to stick to Hughes, though Hughes government
trouble ahead"
Now this even half hearted support of Hughes
it frank confession that these know Hughes to be
anGerman and that they ought fight Hughes and his
party danger to the peace of the country, they
what today is the conviction of every thinking German
American: We have grossly misjudged Wilson; we have
want0nly attacked The president because he refused to
be bohemian he refused to be proBntsh, but has
never been anything but truly pro-American!
Mr. Hexamer shows that he shares the convic-
ton with Mr. Emil Won Schlenitz the editor Of the Mil
waukee "German-Herold," who has stated 81
WINGED that the sympathies of MIR. Hughes more
the side of the Allies than they with the Germans"
And these men, who dare call the president of their
country "hypocrite" trying today against their
conviction to influence their German-American fei
ow-cizens to their for Hughes, the antiGer
candidate IN order to their facet
But Dr. Hexamer pretends to consider only what is
good for dear countryr' ACCORDING TO
HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN A WAR WITH GERMANY! According to Wilson,
the good of the country" is Peace with Honor Who,
then the hypocTites Wilson and his government,
standing by their convictions IN storms of proGerman
and pro-Brish abuse these proPagandists, who
ready to sell their conviction their country and their fell
low-citens who believe In Them order their
face?
If they know Hughes be pro-Alhed In his sym
pathes, they do,-h they know the fatherland for
which they wanted to get square deal" they pre-
tended cannot get the hands of Roosevels party
they individually may for whom they please but
they should refuse to give publicly their support to
Hughes. That's what would be honest mans way In
stead of that they, against conscience and conviction fill
German language papers with panegyrcs of Hughes at
tempt anxousy explain away what may Justly excite
the suspicion of their conymen against this candidate
and all their influence to make the German citizens
swallow the unhealthy Hughes proposition. That's the
contemplate way of political henchmen with neither
science, of honor.
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