Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

q
 That Mexican Embargo.
 First he put an embargo on the ex- pertatien of arms to Mexico and then took it off, then put 1t on again and afterwards took 1t off for no apparent purpose except to help first one bandit and then another.
 Before labor tenders him its support 1t would be well to ascertain if he is really friend of labor. It is a well established principle of law that dec- 1arations against interest are admit ted because they are likely to be true while declarations in favor arc rejected as hearsay. For example, a man ao- cused of murder might say many times q am innocent" but the declara- lions would be inadmissible; on the other hand, should he say T am guilty" the admission would be used against him.
 In 1913, a year before the European war, Mexico was informed that she [ would be held strictly responsible" for injuries done to Americans or to the property of Americans. This mo- tice was posted up in front of the American embassy and in front of every consulate in Mexico, and be- came we'll known to every nation of the world.
 Since that time Mexico has murder ed American citizens, ravished Ameri- can women, mutilated American chill dren, insulted the American flag, and burned and footed without measure American property. The exact situa- tion is accurately described in MT. Lansing's last note to Carranza His Policy of WatchfuI Waiting. In his policy of watchful waiting, which has degenerated into watching Mexicans kill and plunder Americans, and then waiting to watch them do it again. this administration has paid a tremendous price in treasure, in blood, | in prestige and in honor, and after all | has it really kept us out of war? On | this point there are certainly grave doubts in the minds of many.
 Fortunate indeed for us that Ameri- | cans have not always said they were too proud to fight" Washington was 1 first in the hearts of his countrymen l because he was not only first in peace but also first in war. We might have | meekly submitted to taxation with | out representation and there mould | have been no minUtemen shot down at Lexington, no disastrous battle of 1 the Brandy wire, none of the frightful 1 horrors of Valley Forge, but there would have been no victory at Sara l toga, no surrender at Yorktown, and no United States of America! George | Washington kept us out of many wars. As colonists we were involved in l Queen AnneS' war, King Williams | war, the French and Indian war, and had we remained a colony we would have been in all the wars of Great | Britain since that time, including the 1 present one.
 Lincoln, our most beloved president, did not keep us out of war. The we'll l beloved Mckinley might have ignored and forgotten the victims of the Maine
 but he would have forfeited his own | self respect, and the United States | would have merited the scorn and
 contempt of the nations of the world.
 Don't Want Another Four Years. | PSf | another four years of serving human lty in theory, and ill practice neglect ing the rights of our people. We will
 not stand for another four years of
 government by rhetoric and states | manShipS of fine words devoid of solid
 achievement. For these reasons I be-
 speak your earnest support of our
 standard bearer, Charles IF. Hughes.
 bespeak your support of the Honorable
 George F. Mclean, who in the senate
 of the United States has arisen to a
 position of power and influence, and
 whom Connecticut could i'll afford tc
 lose. bespeak your enthusiastic SUD-
 port of Marcus H. Holcomb, a gover-
 nor who has more than made good. l bespeak your support of John H Barnes for the state senate. His
 training and experience will be of great i peneht In support of the policies o1 I the governor, and I bespeak your SUD-
 port of Albert J. Bailey and Joseph |
 bers of the general assembly. Seno
 them back with d good old-fashioned
 Norwich republican majority, and re.
 elect, as judge of probate, Nelson J AyI1ng, man clean of character as 1 the untrodden snow, and lastly well
 have been we'll known in Norwich
 since boyhood, I have here many true
 and loyal friends, and on Tuesda,
 next l will let them speak for be. Safe Man to Send Back.
 After the applause had subsided
 Chairman Robbins said: think, ladie. and gentlemen, that you will all agree with me when I say that Congressma
 Freeman is a pretty safe man to sent
 back to Washington. The chairman
 then introduced as the next speakei Hon. Joseph W. Alsop, a prominen
 progressive leader four years ago. , Hon. MT. Alsop was loudly applaudeC
 as he took the floor. There were cas
 in this town, if l remember rightly 2 some TOO votes on the progressiv, f ticket in 1912, said the speaker W, : progressives went into the progressiv, , party with perfectly sincere motives
 to get what was best for our country 7 We got fair humber of votes in 1912 but not enough to elect a single gov | ernor. We were not discouraged bu f decided to go right ahead. But WI
 forgot one thing-that it is the voter
 who settle the political question II 1914 an overwhelming majority O , those who voted the progressive ticke : in 1912 refused to do so again The,
 made it clear that they wanted tw,
 parties and not three. The thing tha
 really forms a political party is tn
 undercurrent of thought that pervade
 the party.
 z Where Democratic Control Lies. g The principal control of the demo 8 cratic party lies in 15 southern state t and in the large cities of this country 2 Where is the control of the republican . party? It is here in New England. il l the middle west and in the far west. e Turn to the achievements of tn = two parties. In California 20 year l ago the democratic leaders endeavore r to effect a reform in that state. bu s the democratic voters refused to fol I low their leaders. Four years ago tha = state was cleaned up by the progres - sive republicans. The same thin, l happened in Wisconsin and is no1 f under way in Pennsylvania The pro
 gressive republicans are the republi d cans who go ahead.
 e Should Support Hughes. Why should we support Hughes? w z confronted bu