The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-27
'1Lulling German-American
Fears to Sleep"

The more German-American voters
are getting to know about Kepubli-
can doings, the more thoroughly
they are becoming alarmed. Editors
of German-language papers are re-
ceiving so many letters from their
subscribers, all expressing grave
doubts and deepening distrust of
Hughes and his party, that some
papers, unable to handle that flood
of inquiries and protestations, and
not daring to ignore them, are de-
voting special editorials to the pur-
pose of quieting' down the misgivings
Germans show about Hughes.
In spite of the most vitfiolic daily.
attacks on Wilson and his policies in
the columns of many of these papers.
in spite of carefully supressing ev-
erything that could have given their
readers a better understanding of
American policies, and, in spite of
daily GLORY Hallelujah" in praise
of Hughes and the German Milleni-
UNI, he was supposed to bring after
having defeated with their help the
bad, un-American" Wilson in No
vember-in spite of all said against
Wilson and in favor and praise of
the glorious firm of Hughes, Roose
welt, Morgan & Co.-the German
American people have become appre-
hensive of being deceived and being
about to commit fatal mistake i'll
following the lead of their anti-Wil-
son press.
The German-American is no such
fool as to form an exception from
Lincoln's saying about people that
cannot be fooled all the time. The
fact is that the German-language
press is realizing that the growing
feeling of distrust and even con-
tempt for Hughes and his clique in
German-American circles is about to
crystalline into a vote for Wilson.
Very significant for the situation
is an utterance of the milwaukee
Germania," paper which has out
done nearly all others in it's Wilson
hatred, bordering on mono-mania. In
a long editorial in one of its recent
issues, under the caption, Wilson or
Hughes?" the "Germania' quotes
from letters written by its readers
to the editor, as follows:
I'VE know Wilson,; but we don't
know what we will get in Hughes, so
we had better vote for Wilson,
The editorial is an almost pitiable
effort to stem the tide of this grow
ing anti-Hughes sentiment. After an
admission that Hughes is indeed in
bad company and that there may be
reason for distrusting him, the"Ger-
mania" has no other argument to
offer than this: That, according to
natural law" that mans profess
sion affects his character, "a lawyer
and justice must necessarily be a
better man than school teacher"
Hence the German voters should, in
absence of other proofs of Hughes
sincerity and fitness, place their
trust in the workings of this ma
tural law" and vote for Hughes.
| Well, if the German-Americans
ever have had cause to complain
about the contemplate treatment"
they claim to have been receiving
leave alone what Roosevelt said
about them-the way their anti-Wil-
son press is rating their intellectual
capacity is sufficient to give offense
to an idiot. And the warm and loyal
sympathy German-American citizens
have shown for the old country does
certainly not make fools of them, as
the "Germania" seemingly presumes.
They are awakening to the national
danger a Hughes victory conjures
up, and no Hughes lullaby can then
put them to sleep again.
(Signed) DR.. w. Heinecke.