South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-23


and blacklisting OF American bust .
nessmen and business interests con- /
stituting dictation and control Of I
American domestic and foreign F.
commerce; the denial Of the Ameri- /
can sovereign right TO purchase and I
operate ships OF belligerent powers /
needed TO build up an American 1
merchant marine; tho boarding OF 4
American ships on the high seas. /
and the removal therefrom OF pas
sengers contrary 70 precedent es-
tablished by Great Britain's demand I
on our own nation in the Mason
Slidell case during our own civil
war; the capture and retention of
American ships such as the Hooking
and the Genessee; the brutal treat
ment OF Americans citizens upon
neutral ships. taken unlawfuuy into
British ports; the Imprisonment and
indignities accorded American citi-
zens in British territory: the unxar-
ranted and inhuman interference by
Great Britain with American charity
destined for the people OF the cen
trail powers and their allies as well S
the Irish people extending even TO
charities Of the Red Cross. an or
ganization protected by international
agreement and recognized by the
highest instincts of civilization and
other Offenses too numerous TO men
ton, all of which blows struck by
Great Britain and her allies at the
national honor and vital interests of
the United States and the dignity
and sacred sovereignty Of American
citizenship.
This Endorsement Of Hughes by
Mr.. Roosevelt's un-American dis
elimination against American right
and sovereignty might very we'll
have been ignored If il had not been
for the fact that Mr.. Hughes, IN all
his public utterance since his nomi- !
nation. has. like Mr.. Roosevelt, over I
looked these great American cues
tons, by failing to discuss them.
We believe that the aggressions /
of Great Britain and her allies are |
a political issue in the minds OF the |
great masses of the American people /
and that such "a issue cannot be /
smothered. eva"ed or destroyed by /
any candidate for the presidency of |
the United States. and that such |
continued aggressions by Great Brit |
ain continually ignored by American /
statesmen because Of their pro-Brit- !
ish tendency or political cowardice |
must inevitably lead TO war as they /
did in 1776 and 1912.
I'VE believe that citizenship and /
sovereignty should be respected by /
every foreign power, and where
American personal and property |
rights have been destroyed, it be- |
comes the duty Of the nation III de-
Tense of the national honor and vital /
interests TO take every step that may |
be necessary to protect them
Put 1t Up to Hughes.
I'VE. therefore, designate Carl +. |
Schmidt, Will r. Macdonald, Jere- |
miah A. O'Leary and Frank Seiber- /
Itch as our representative to place |
before Mr.. Hughes, this document. |
and we further respectfully request |
and empower them TO secure from /
Mr.. Hughes a definite statement for /
the benefit of a broad and liberal (
Americanism that has been offend (
ed by the British propaganda Great
ing as it does racial antagonism in
our country with resultant destruc-
ton and surrender of American
rights; whether or not ne will ad-
minister the presidency OF the
United States In accordance with the
spirit OF the fathers and the whole
American people instead Of at the
behest Of present day stories. ma
terialists and war partisans who
proclaim the false doctrine that
American patriotism is British sub
a reasonable hyphenism.
ITO this document, we the under
signed, representing various organ
ization. individuals, constituents.
and interests throughout the United
States, affiX our names as an indica-
ton Of our approval Of those we rep
The official minutes show that the
report OF the Hughes interview was
made verbally by O'Leary at the
afternoon session of the Sept. 80
meeting OF the Chicago conference.
1t is interesting to note that the
minutes contain Illuminating and
convincing confederation of the es-
sential fact that the verbal report
was satisfactory from the O'Leary
organizations viewpoint
Report is Satisfactory.
The report of O'Leary upon this
occasion was in substance that Can
didate Hughes had assured the spe-
cial committee of the American In
dependence conference that he sent
the congratulatory telegram to Mr.
Roosevelt before he had actually
read RoOsevelt's Lewiston, Ne,
speech. According TO OTeary. Can
didate Hughes had simply glanced
over the newspaper headlines and
comments and felicitated Roosevelt
upon what apparently was a great
republican utterance.
OLeary further said in his state
ment to the conference, substantially
that Mr.. Hughes promised that his
future conduct in the speechmaking
lire should be entirely satisfactory
TO the interests represented by the
committee.
II is 10 be remembered that in the
written statement read 10 Candidate
Hughes that the signers of that as
/ tonishing document call attention 10
various organs, individuals. con-