Evening star., 1916-09-27
"WiIson Acts" on Stage, on
Posters and Cartoons Ex-
hibited Everywhere.
GERMAN-F FOREIGN VOTE
is SOUGHT FOR EAGERLY
Strong Appeal to Scandinavians
Henry Ford Deserts Prohibition
for Presidents Cause.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

BY N. o. MESSENGER.
| CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 27
THE democrats are skating cir
cles around their opponents in all
kinds of showmen's stunts in the
conduct of the campaign out west
They are bill posting the country
with placards ingeniously appeal
ing to the MISREPRESENTATION
sentiment, cartoons holding up
Hughes to all kinds of ridicule,
placing him in the grasp Of Wall
street and so on.
And now here is another feature.
| The republicans discover that the vau-
deville and theatrical circuits are
| packed with Wilson acts Of a telling
nature.
are for Wilson because of the Brandeis
appointment. but "be that as it may"
| the theater business controlled by He
| brews is featuring Wilson and playing
down Hughes in every popular show
going the rounds. Sometimes during
| every performance in this class of en-
tertainment there Is grind" on
Hughes and a climax to get a hand"
for Wilson
scandinavian Vote Sought.
The democrats are also husfly at work
with the foreign vote. differentiated
from the German-Amer1cans. Writing
of the Germans as an account lost,
they are seeking a set-or and credit
from the foreign extraction element IA
vorable to the cause of the allies
The western headquarters Of the
democratic national management has
a foreign division with nine separate
branches working among as many diff
ferent nationalities.
Reports from these units Of sndeavor
are said to show gratifying results.
+ The democrat managers say that
their most valuable asset 1T present
is found among the Scandinavians, who
are being appealed to on the ground
strikes into the very heart Of the re-
publican strength in the AGRICULTURAL
states OF the northwest, admitted re-
publican. territory.
The Scandinavians - conservative,
thoughtful. slow-moving people-are
being most assiduously cultivated by
the democrat workers. They are all
prosperous, getting fabulous prices for
their farm products of every character
Gratis are adding the alluring .sugges-
ton of peace. the credit for which is
claimed in behalf of President Wilson.
Henry Ford for President.
Reports from the automobile manu-
featuring districts in Michigan coming
to democrat headquarters show strong
gains for Wilson. In this connection a
story is going the rounds. which is here
repeated as part of the. gossip of the
hour to be taken as SUCH
1t is said that the prohibitionists
worked hard to get the support of
Henry Ford for their national ticket,
and were apparently encouraged, when,
to their dismay. President Wilson went
followed by a long talk, since which
time Mr.. Ford has been working for
Wilson. The story goes on to say that
Treasurer Morgenthau of the demo-
cratic national committee, found yery
fat check in his mail running up into
the hundreds of thousands.
AT any rate 1t is fact that the demo-
cratic western management is not do
ing much work in Michigan, while the
republicans have found it necessary to
send Col. Roosevelt into the state to
stir up his followers again.
There Is said to be some concern
among woman suffrage leaders of the
iteration and reiteration of the state
ment that the womens vote of all the
suffrage states is going to Wilson on
the sentimental ground that he kept
the country out of war. Some brutal
comments have been made upon this
situation. to the effect that. If the woman
voters are to be swept of their feet
by sentimental phrase. the men who
voted against suffrage in Massachusetts
New York and Pennsylvania a year ago
may feel justified in their course in re-
fusing the vote to women. and that If
the returns show the claim to be well
founded, woman suffrage will have n
setback in the states where the question
is yet pending.
Attitude Of Chicago Herold.
There has been much speculation as
to the attitude in this campaign of ono
of Chicago's great newspapers. the Her
aid. 1t has been. to say the least luke
| warm toward the republican ticket thus
far. The Herald commented upon the
| pending eight-hour issue today as fol-
| lows:
The reply of Mr.. Hughes to .Presi-
| dent Wilson emphasizes the fact thai
| the eight-hour day law is not only an
| issue of the campaign. but even two
| issues.
There Is the Hughes eight-hour day
| issue of legislation under duress, rejec-
| ton of arbitration and no eight hour
day established as a matter of fact by
| the Adamson law.
| There is the Wilson eight-hour day
| issue of an eight-hour day. practical
settlement of a dificult question. thus
saving the country from railroad
strike. and a step in the direction of
| broader social justice.
Voters can take their choice of these
two issues. They can grow red with in
dignation with Mr.. Hughes over the way
the legislative body has been dictated
20, or they can thrill with President
Wilson at the idea Of carrying into ef-
feet the Judgment Of society as to the
hours of labor
| I'm case neither Of these eight-hour-law
| Stfita a third =