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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06

cars for the purpose of protecting rail- way employees and passengers from the freezing cold and severe weather of the winter months. He also vetoed Senate bill No. f172, a bill prohibit ing non-residents of the state of New York acting ss armed strike-breakers for the railroads and other corpora tions.
 In 1908 Governor Hughes vetoed the McGregory Assembly bill, which was introduced in the New York leg islature for the purpose of preventing rear-end collisions by compelling the railroads to place an extra man on light engines running ten miles out side of yard limits. He also vetoed the same year the Wagner Assembly bill, establishing a f1ve-cent fare from New York city to Coney Island. This of course, directly affected millions of of the great wage-earning population of New York city, for whom Coney Island is a playground and breathing resort. A year later he vetoed the Surp1ess-Gledhill. bill, drawn for the purpose of compelling street railway companies to have vestibules on cars operating in the city and suburbs of Brooklyn during the winter months. In 1910 he vetoed Assembly bill No. 1926, drawn for the purpose of rais- ing the pay of axe-men and 1aborers ond state highways and canal con- struction from the munificent CD sum of $2.O0 per day to $650O per month: Note the comparison between the pay of these men and the "high-class law yers whom he appointed on his rail- way commission.
 There are many other vetoes of Governor Hughes which could be mentioned here which were diametri- cally' opposed to the betterment of working men, but lack of space for bids quoting them at this time. The above are enough to tell their own story, and to show just how much sideration Charles Evans Hughes has for the men who learn their bread by the sweat of their brow"
 In his speech in Bridgeport on Sat urday night, Colonel Roosevelt should have been asked to explain how these vetoes of his pet candidate for the presidency ever proved of any benefit to either the great masses of working men who were affected by them, or to the public at large. He should have explained while he was about it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06

why a 1essening of working hours anG a raise in wages are not just as bene ficial to workingmen and working wo men as a raise in wages for Wal street is beneficial to Wall street man. ipulators of the necessaries of life For these Wall street manipulators are lined up solid, shoulder to should CT with the colonel, for the colonePs pet candidate. And, further, the col onel should have enlightened his au dience as to whether or not we ough to declare immediate war against Ger many over the last submarine situa tion which has arisen through the sinking of the Marina, even before the facts are known in the matter He should also have enlightened his listeners as to where the arms anc equipment for such a war could be secured, for if he knows nobody else does. Neither his own administrations or the Republican administrations preceding and following his ever made such provision, and it takes years and years in these modern times to make such preparation.
 Here are a few legislative acts passed under the Wilson administra-
  Dor vetoes by MT. Hughes when he was governor of New York. William B. Wilson, trade unionist and coal department of labor by President Will son, he being the first working man appointed as a member of the presi- dents cabinet in the history of the United States. Limitation of the use and prevention of the abuse of the writ of injunction in labor disputes Signed by President Wilson, Oct. 15, 1914. Legislation defining and re- stricting punishment for alleged con tempts of injunction writs and pro- viding jury trials in contempt, cases. Signed by President Wilson Oct. IS, 1914. Department of Justice prohib- tied from using antitrust appropria- tion funds to prosecute labor and far mers' organizations under the anti trust act. Signed by President Wilson on Aug. 1, 1914, and also on March g. 1915. Eight-hour law enacted for women and child workers of the dis trict of Columbia. Signed by Presi- dent Wilson, Feb. 24, 1914. Eight hour law passed for employees under the Alaska Coal Land act. Signed by President Wilson, Oct. 20. 1914. Tay- Tor system, stop-watch and speeding up methods in United States arsenals prohibited. Signed by President Will son, March 3, 1915. Taylor system stopwatch and speeding up methods in the United States navy yards, gun factories and torpedo stations prohib- ited. Signed by President Wilson March 3, 1915. Senatorial investiga- ton of industrial dispute in coal fields of West Virginia, whereby peace was restored, the eight-hour day secured. check weighmen provided, and 10 per cent. increase in wages gained, right of organization guaranteed and other important working conditions included. Signed by President Wilson, May 28, 1918.
 Compensation for injuries act ex- tended to post office employees, signed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
W0Rk|NCMEN SHOULD REFLECT ON EFFECT IF HUGHES SHOULD
 BE IN PRESIDENTIAL POSITION
William H. Avis, Member of Progressive State Central Committee Counsels Labor to Stop and Consider.

(By William H. Avis, Member Pro- gressive State Central Committee of Connecticut.)
 In this, the eleventh-hour of the great presidential campaign, all work ingmen should soberly and seriously reflect upon the result to themselves in the event of the election of Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate. For Mir. Hughes has come out flat ly and uneservedly against the eight hour law for the train workers of the country. This. of course is in direct keeping with his attitude toward la Dor throughout his whole public ca reer. It is a well-known fact that he has never been friendly to toward the workingman, as his record will show. Not only has he proved himself hostile to railway workers at the present time, but his record as governor of New York plainly proves that he has al- ways been against them and always with the railroads AS governor of New York he forced a law through the legislature of that state taking away the supervising power of the government of that state over the management, of state railroads, and placed this power in the hands of a commission, the members of which were appointed by himself, and who are agreeable to the railroad corpora tions He refused the request of the four railroad brotherhoods and the Street Railwaymen's unions asking him that he place a labor representa- tive upon this commission, and in- stead appointed only high class law yers friendly to the railoads upon the commission. The salaries of these commissioners were $5,00O each more than the salary received by the gov ernor himself
 MT. Hughes used this commission for the purpose of blocking all legis- lation for the betterment of railway workers, and here are a few samples of the vetoes used by him: Tn 1907 he vetoed Assembly bill No% 466, which was bill calling for full train crew on freight trains of more than 20 cars He placed his veto on this bill after the legislature had adjourned, and there was no chance of passing the bill over his veto. In the same year he vetoed Assembly bill No. 6S2, which was a bill to compel the sur- face railroads of Kings and Queens counties to place vestibules on their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06

by President Wilson, March g, 1914 Leave of absence with pay to employees of government printing office extend- ed from 26 to 30 days year. Signed by President Wilson, March 4, 1915. Special congressi onal investigation oft industrial disputes in the Colorado coal fields and in the Michigan cop per region, wherein all the complaints and charges made by the men of la Dor against the mining companies ana the alliance of these companies with the political and military powers of, the states were officially verified and substantiated. Signed by President Wilson, Jan. 28, 1914. And thus it goes, on and on, act after act favor able to labor and the laboring masses signed by President Wilson. the child labor bill and the eight-hour day for railway employees being among the last acts beneficial to labor signed by the president
 AS governor of New Jersey vUao4 row Wilson legislated into law the fol- lowing acts beneficial to labor: Max ing a misdemeanor the improper in- fIuencing of labor representatives or foremen: Employers liability and compensation act. Prohibiting the employing of children in mercantile establishment during school hours; providing for a 58-hour week and pro- hibiting children under 16 years to work. between the hours of p. m. and 7 a. m. Appointment of commis- sioners on old age pensions and old age insurance. Providing for the, safety and health of foundry workers by minimizing drafts and doing away with noxious gases by the use of ex- haust fans in foundries. Increasing number of factory inspectors from II to IT, making for the better enforce ment of factory and workshop lava Eight-hour day on state, county and municipal work. Prohibiting the em- ployment of persons under 21 years of age in first-class cities, and 8 years in second-class cities, as telephone or telegraph messengers between the hours of 10 D. m. and 5 a. m. Elim- mating contract labor in penal insti- tutions and providing for state-use system.
 The above are some of the acts passed under the administrations of Woodrow Wilson both as governor and president for the benefit of the work ingmen and workingwomen of this land. It seems absurd and impossible that workingmen can even think of casting their ballot for MT. Hughes while MT. Wilson is in the field. And it is the vote of workingmen that will elect the president of the United, States next Tuesday, and if they are true to their country and themselves they will cast that vote for Woodrow se Wilson.
 WILLIAM H. AVIS. <
 Whitneyville, Conn.,, Nov. 2, 1916.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
Stimulation and Development Come
 from Ranks of People Themselves

This has been particularly evident in the response, for instance, of the Treasury Department to the com mercial needs of the widely separat- ed portions of the country, and in it's close contact with the smaller bank ing committees and the communities where everyday enterprise was in need of reassurance and occasional assistance. Again, take for example the extraordinary response zof the Agricultural Department to those needs of the farmers which apparent ly had before received no attention at all, such as disseminating informa- ton about markets and organizing access to. those markets by the far mers.
 '"rhe whole process has illustrated very noteworthy and interesting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
President the Political Leader
 and a Iawmaker of the Nafio


 It is interesting to point out that MT. Hughes has taken the same posi- ton with regard to the Presidency in his contest with MT. Wilson that viv- ian Lewis took in the contest six years ago for the Governorship of New Jer- sey. MT. Hughes in his statement to the people said: My conception of the Presidency differs absolutely from that of MT. Wilson I look upon the President as the administrative head of the government. He looks upon the President as primarily the poli- tica1 leader and lawmaker of the Ma ton" That was the issue on which Mir. Lewis was beaten in 1910, and the President feels today as he felt then that executive office in this coun- try is not merely an administrative function.
 MT. Wilson believes that the Presf- dent of the United States should be the political leader of the party in power and should not only make re- commentators but should bring every legitimate influence that he can com mand to bear on the Congress to get the recommendations through. The duty laid upon him by the Constitu- tion to propose such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient' entails in his Judgment the obligation to omit no legitimate effort to see that his recommendations are enacted into law.
 The President has been greatly i amused at some of MT. Hughes state ments. When MT. Hughes said it was absurd to predict that the success of the Republicans would lead to invis- ible government because he (Mr. Hughes was known to be opposed to invisible government, MT. Wilson could have pointed out that it is true that MT. Hughes as Governor of New York was opposed to invisible govern ment. but it beat him. The President was not charging that Mr. Hughes wanted that kind of government. He was charging that we would have 1t, that the forces which wanted it would lick MT. Hughes to a standstill-par- ticularly if he was going to be mere ly the executive head of the govern ment--exactly as they did when MT. Hughes was Governor of New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
Government Under Guardians or
 Government by Public Opinion.


 "I am willing to believe that these 1 people have deceived themselves, but ; I am also very confident that they have deceived nobody else, and that ; the country now understands very clearly that in the election of this year i we are to decide whether we will re- sume government under guardians or continue government by public opin- ion.
 "I say this very democratically and without any desire to impugn the mo- i tives of those who have represented i and advocated the older ways of con- : trol of the peoples affairs; and yet, l in view of the unprecedented bitter ness of the present campaign and the ] apparent recklessness in the state ment of fact and motive, I cannot avoid the impression that some un- handsome passion underlies the pres ent struggle of the Republican leaders for office and power. They are evil ] dently after something other than the { approval of public opinion. They 1 manifest a personal Seagerness and passion which it is difficult to asso- ciate with disinterested. views of pub lie policy, or with any calm and just ! consideration of the interests of the Nation as a whole"
 It is impossible to talk with the President about the coming election without being senseful. of the fact that he is greatly distressed by the char acter of the campaign which MT. Hughes has allowed the Republican managers to wage against him. MT. Wilson has been shocked by the meth ] ods of his opponents, but nothing ! could induce him to depart from his determination to appeal to the people solely on principles and performance and to refrain from anything that might sayor of personal aspersion. President has never made any direct answer to MT. Hughes attacks, and yet such answer would often have been the easy way of bringing dis 1: comfiture to the Republican candi- date
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06

fact that stimulation and develop ments. It is a striking fact that the improved agricultural methods which have been promoted by the agents of the Department of Agriculture have consisted in spreading to all the far mers themselves rather than those which they carried to the farmer out of their own studies.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
(New York World.)
 Ry Henry N. Hall. |,

Undoubtedly the great issue to be decided on Nov. 7-an issue on which rests the future happiness of the American people-is whether this country is to go backward under the Republican Party to form of gov ernment by trustees and resume meth ods that it deliberately rejected four years ago, or whether it is to go for ward along it's present lines of govern ment by public opinion"
 President Wilson was speaking in that low, emphatic voice. by which, rather than by gesture, he brings home to you his utter earnestness. He had been discussing the political cam paign almost impersonally, discussing it from the viewpoint of history, and had paused a moment after answering my question as to what the great ls- sue of the campaign is. He contin- iued:
 "I don't like to draw distinctions between groups or classes of my fel- low countrymen, but it must be evil dent to every one that there are two very sharply contrasted ideas of gov ernment in this country. One is that only those are qualified to direct the government who have been, in large way of business, a success; and that the only safety for the country is in constituting such persons trustees of i the prosperity of the rest, leaving it to their generosity and sense of their own advantage to share their material success to a certain extent with those whose interests they profess to be safeguarding.
 This has been so patent in the mat ter of tariff as to be almost amusing. the idea there having been that if a few privileged manufacturers and in vestors were allowed to write the tar tiff schedules they would see that the rest of the population profited by the results as much as it was wise for them to profit, without increasing wages overmuch or letting the power that comes with success spread too large number of persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
Will of the People is Standard by
 Which He Has Sought to be Guided

asked MT. Wilson whether, when action commended itself to him, he submitted it to the test of public opin- ion; in other words, whether public opinion was the star by which he <z1lided his course. The President
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06
SOCIALISTS FIND> | WAY TO SUPPORT WILSON CAMP AlCN

. New York, Nov. 6.-How Socialists can retain their standing in their own party and yet vote for President Will son is shown in a circular that is be- ling widely distributed by Socialists in New York city. The circular points out that the vote for Benson, the par tvs candidate for President, Is count ed by the highest vote cast for any of his electors and continues: eff you vote for his most popular elector, you add one to the Socialist vote. So vote for the first and two or three prom inent Socialist electors and you'll be sure of backing the leader. Then give all the rest of your electoral vote to Wilson. He needs our support in this crisis"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-06

The Bush Terminal Building Go. has increased it's capital from $7,010,- GOO to $9, 900, 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-28
Didn't Want the trimmings.

As Z. J. Eowes, the theatrical man
ager. tI:ls the tale, a simTy-garoeo
West s:icr walked into one OF the
handsou.est and most ornate OF New
YorI's Filth avenue cafes and called
for a d:.1k q! straight rye. Having
drunk. h~ counted cot three nickels
upon the sar aad prepared to depart.
Hold on, :;east." said the gentleman
" attends:,t; the price is 20.
What talk ,av7 you?" demanded the
patron. Way, can get the same
brand of liQror anywhere on Tenth
avenue for IL" Probably so, ey'
planned the ba:Iesper, but you see we
do not charge f. tie whisky alone. we
have to charge to" all these decora-
tions-for the fengings at the WIN
dows, and the Furnishings. and the
pictures on the walls That picture
yonder cost $1,000. That's why we
have to ask you a ::nsrteT for drink
see?" 81 see," salt the Vest slder'
staring about him, f1i out he went,
The next day he r,turned He en-
tered slowly, holding enc ne ID across
his eyes. He felt his LAY i the bar
and again laid down I: cent?. l amt
lookin'," he state: tru' Atul'!. "Glm-
me some rye -Satu.;!ay Evening
Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-28
Eireclace" of Va'-e.

Methodical persons wh,' sor the
sake of economy OF fol the objection
of their furnaces lave the Eat shut
off the first OF May. regardless OF the
weather conditions OF that particular
season and decree that it sLS'i not
be turned On again Until the m:dale OF
October, would spare themselves
much domestic discomfort and pHssl'
bly, doctors bills could they but rec
ognize the possibilities of the ire
place. N addition to the pleasures aL2
comforts afforded ty the open hrs
in the living room, the fireplace there
may heat other roolns with little II
any extra consumption of fuel. This
is accomplished by Installing in the
fireplace special gra&e and system
of coils, carrying water from the 1re'
place to radiators in other rooms
then to reserve tank. The bath may
also be connected with the fireplace.
For summer cottages and bungalows
having no central heating apparatus,
This s. stem Of utilizing the living room
fireplace should be especially valuable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-28
Backing Up Proof
The Kind That Manning People Cannot Deny.


Many an earnest Manning man or
woman has publicly endorsed Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Week after week, month after month
yo've read their statements.
Would these Manning people recon-
mend any medicine ii IL were not gcoo.
Would they confirm and repeat their
statements after years had passed:
Local proof is good evidence
Testimony confirmed years after IS
better evidence.
The following Manning mans state
ment leaves no room for DOUBT.
1t must convince every kidney suffer-
er who reads il.
If YOUR back aches-if your kidneys
are weak. profit by Mr.. Reardon'S en-
perience:
J. E. Rear6on, Manning, says: Il
suffered from backacae and pains
across my loius. Doan's kidney Pills
brought me prompt benefit Estate
ment given January 3ist, 1917
DOAN'S ALWAYS EFFECTIVE.
OVER THREE YEARS LATER,
MIR. Reardoo said: "Whsenever my
back or kidneys trouble me. | always
use Doan's Kidney Pills and they put
me in good shape"
Price SOC. at all dealers Don't sim,
ply ask for Il kidney remedy-set
Dosn's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Reardoa mas twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Miiburn Co., Props.
Buffalo. \. y.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-28
CARLYLE CALLED US B0RES
Equality Developed Monotony of Type
In country's Second Epoch, Was
His Assertion.

Prof. Max Farrand of Yale, lect A.
ing on American Traits as developed
in the epoch of 1912 to 1910, said
at Lowell institute recently, the Kan
sas City Star observes:
Equality Of status is, Of course,
not characteristic, but a condition;
yet it is a factor which has led to
the development Of important Ameri-
can traits. Here, where, if absolute
equality did not exist, at least there
was far greater equality than there
was anything else: where, if there was
not equality Of opportunity for all,
there was at least some opportunity
for all, the European relationship Of
superior and inferior classes could not
long continue. The inferior Of today
were too likely to become the 'supe-
rior' Of tomorrow.
"This meant, of course, great stim-
ulus to independence, and developed
the peoples self-reliance. Independ-
ence is one Of the most conspicuous
American traits, and it has been not
without unpleasant manifestations. It
has induced a lack Of respect for au-
thority and for elders, and the exist
ence Of equality has tended to a re-
markable monotony among the people
who developed these opportunities, till
Carlyle could say: Americans have
begotten, with a rapidity beyond re-
corded example, 100000 Of the great
est oores ever seen in the world De-
fore
Yet in contrast with this deadly
equality, the existence Of opportunity
for all individuals also led to a strong
individualisn among Americans, Civ
ing each man chance to develop
what was IN him. Hence our love
for the self-made man. and hence the
American devotion to leaders rather
than to principles"