The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-16

PREMIUM Ou ScNO1 Ills SSStAS 40 NAAN
by threat and duresS.
Launching into discussion of the
Adamson law, Col. Roosevelt said:
President Wilson Condemns himself.
President Wilson in his speeches OF
August 20 and September 23 has fur
niSned his own condemnation out OF MS
own mouth. In than +" eNpiicltiE con,
dennis exactly what he has done ana
actually demands legislation which VIII
make impossible the repetition of such
4 proceeding: This is so extraordinary
an attitude that pdote his own words:
He said he wished 10 provide aGaihS.
the recurrence o. Sach unhappy Sltua-
lions in the future by securing the
salm and fair arbitration of all indus
trial disputes in tn" days 10 come. LUIS
is an explicit assertion that arOttrati4n
of all industrial disputes Is the riSEt
method Of action; ard therefore that ne
~had adopted the wr9ns: m@thou OF ACTOR
President Wilson further says, This
is assuredly the bcSt way ct v!ndtcatlnG
L principle. nam-':E. having lalieu 10
make certain ut Its observance IN th|
present TO make certain OF its opScrS-
ance in the tuturr. On IN" contrary
this is the very worst way OF Sinulcatin&
a principle. lnlt"sLi. Il l. lnlpUSSibie 10
devise a worse way 81 rindlcatiuS Il
principle than To tIincu ANONYMOUSLY
from enforcing If in tn. cas-" at issue
and at the same time I" seek I" c"E@r
the ignominy by vocitcr"uS ProtcSta-
future.
President Wilson did not get the leg
islation which n" declared was essential
TO '':indicats the pri1r!pl" III tn: ~
ture All that Il" accomplished WAS III"
violation % IN" princi3l: IN the present
in the concr"tc ar &t iSSu". ne ON!
Z law he secured established IN" pr"c"hrnt
collation. u the principles. MI that hS
did was to establish, tn. most evil or All
preccdeuts for 4 democracy the pcece-
dent Of violating rr!nciR'" Under the
precedent which VIII return TO plague
us throughout all ;Gtur" time wn"n%FH:
we have IN the White HOUSE 4 president
who is timid il "a" fac" OF threat u
duty to the h"!'e ~ personal political
wages, Not Eight-Hour Day.
NJ. Wilson has ndr"iisy malnta!nsd
hour day. This j. nyt MI Fact. TIL"
question at issue. liz question u
wages The law dos not say taat ;:.Hr"
shalt be an eight -h@"r 'i&E. l.; says ttHt
OF q days work f"r IT," pu:r"Ss or r.
,ceiving com1.uSatIpU. IN n;hc" words.
lit was primarily All in"r"as" ~ wages
and not Z diminuti"n - i"irS lAat was
ss.imed at.
:. I believe IN the ":ch::,";;r day. It is
the ideal toward ":i'h'l wr St"tiG t"nG.
But [ believe that thar. mast IL. COLL
mon sense aS well - "''iil'n"n h"n"S'E m
achieving the id..,i. Mr. Wilson has laiI
Nowu th. prncii.i.. tia, thor" is sumo
thing sacred about lh. "i"ht-h"ur de-
which makes it improper even t. discuss
1T If this IL So. !; II - applied 'tnjV'r-
: sally. then NJ. W.iS..n X not 70 Il" ~
.cused for no; app.Ein% il imEIadiu"!y
.nxherc ns has c"m1i. - ;'"w"r. am! that
ais in his own n"r>.'lr:''; II tn" pr!n"i-
pile of the ..isiit-h"i:r -. is sacred anI
not TO be cnauS,"t ,it,i'.r an! rircim-
stances. then rh.. hcuss.'unid. wh" in NJ.
Wilson'S house. a!'I~, al Intlch h" -
off at in ;h.' :,:,;"rn""n: and L Nj.
Wilson's hilti"- i ::"r' up after ~tIi"
dinner until ~. ne i:s''s: u"i r"t;i" nn IN
til the tolln%i" :tfi.'ru""u. ana II"
hired man on :..r:G must got ~ to
milk the COWS III -. 'n"r:t.n% u"!"Ss ~
quits Wort; i"~!"r" milking. '.ta' "rr:l'-
that same evening.
- OF cours.. II" .-impl'. ,r":h ~ that
hinder one ST. "f conditions an eight