South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-05
f GHTING LONG
WAY To SETTLE
SAYS PRESIDENT
Tells Labor Men Calm DELHI
GRAFTON Ends Troubles More
Rapidly Than Force.

lean Federation of Labor He told
large audience that gathered at
the dedicatory exercises that the
greatest barrier To Industrial peace
had been the difficulty Of insuring
candid and dispassionate confer
ence and that getting our hghting
blood up" was the long way and
not the short way" OF securing
rights
The presidents address was in
terrupted twice by woman suffra-
gist who sought 10 heckle him re-
garding his opposition 70 a national
suffrage amendment. She was ST
fenced By secret service men and
finally taken away by the police.
The Congressional union announced
tonight that the effort was but the
first step in new campaign TO i'm
press democratic leaders with the
Rdvisability of passing the amend
ment at this session OF congress.
Gets Repeated Applause.
Mr. Wilson's plea for calm coun-
sci brought repeated applause from
the crowd. who apparently inter
pi tied il az having an indirect bear
ing on the Mexican crisis The
president however. did not refer to
Mexico or any other foreign country
by name.
The way we generally strive for
rights" he said, lis by getting our
lighting blood up. and I venture to
say that il is the long way and not
the short. IL you come at me with
your fists doubled, think ! can
promise you that mine will double
as fast as yours. but If YOU come
at me and say Let us sit down and
take counsel together. If we differ
with one another. understand why
10 is that we differ just what the
points at issue are we presently will
md that we ere not so far apart
after all. that the points i'm which
we differ are few and the points on
which we agree are many. and that
if We only have the patience and
the candor and the desire TO get to-
gether, we will get together"
Interrupted at Start.
The president scarcely had begun
to speak when the first interruption
came.
The questioner. Miss Mabel Yer
non Of the womans party was
standing only few feet from him
and when be declared that in his
position he was not permitted to
think Of any one class Of persons.
she shouted.
IF YOU truly desire TO serve all
classes. why do YOU block the ma
tionaI suffrage amendment now be-
fore congress- Four million wOm-
en- i'm this country"
Led Away by Police.
The white house secret service
men made their way TO Miss Vernon
and quickly silenced her She tried
unsuccessfully to induce them TO
eject her from the crowd When
she again sought 10 interrupt the
president. a few minutes later. how
ever. city police led her away from
the speakers stand She was not
arrested.
The president apparently was un-
disturbed by the incident He
paused upon the first question and
turned 20 look at Miss Vernon. who
stood with Miss Alice Paul and Miss
Maude Younger. mem ers of the
Congressional union but ne paid
no heed 20 the second interruption.
Nothing that the president said
aroused such enthusiasm as his
praise Of the clayton act declaring
that labor is not a commodity.
Ready to show Judges.
81 an sorry" he said. that there
were any judges i'm the United States
who had 10 he told that IL is so
obvious that il seems to me that
that section Of the CLAYTON act were
"a return 90 the primer of human
liberty, but If judges have 20 have
the primer opened before them, /
ann willing to open it,
Referring 90 the display Of Amer
lean flags carried by the union work
ers i'm a parade which he had re-
viewed as part Of the exercises. he
president declared the flag always
should recall America duty in Sc ~
inE the world.
America" he said. did not come
mo existence 90 make one more
great nation in the family OF ma
tions. TO show its strength and 10
exercise mastery. America opened
her doors To everybody who wanted
to be free and 20 have the same op-
portunity that everybody else had
20 make the most OF his faculties
and his opportunities. and America
VIII retair its greatness only so long
az 10 retains and seeks 20 realize
those ideals No man ought 10
suffice injustice in America. No man
ought in America 20 fail 90 see the
deep dictates Of humanity"
Mrs. Wilson. Vice Pres't Marshall
and several mem bers of the cabinet
attended the exercises Sec'y Wal
son Of the labor Department was
master OF ceremonies. Pres't Com
pers of the federation, who intro
duced Pres. Wilson. started pro-
longed demonstration by making an
appeal for support II the president
lin peace or war"
STEAMSHIP MONF,NIE MS.
international News Service.
NEW YORK. July NO sailiugs