The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-10-05
EX-GOv. GIDDINGS OF MICHIGAN
ADDRESSES LARGE AUDI
ENCE AT DIXIE
Discusses Vital Issues of the Day in
Most Able Manner

The Dixie Theater was taxed to its
utmost capacity last evening, when
Ex-Governor Giddings, formerly of
Michigan, but now a resident of New
Mexico, delivered an able and eloquent
address to large and enthusiastic
audience
Atty. H. P. Woodward, with Don |
Ricardo Casados as interpreter, made |
a short tall; while Il. H. Errett and |
Don Lucas Gallegos passed applica-
ton cards for membership in the Re-
publican Club. Mr.. Woodward gave
place to Judge o. T. Toombs, who,
with Don Malaquias Baca as interpre-
ter, introduced the speaker of the ev-
ening, Ex-Governor ]. Wight Giddings
of the state of Michigan. Gov. Gid
dings opened his speech with short
eulogy of Bob Ervien, the candidate
for Public Land Commissioner, saying
that he was proud to know "Bob" and
that he was Bob" to everybody,
wherever he went. Ervien certainly
is a man of the people and has always
been. He is friend to everyone and
loyal friend. His record in the pub
lie Office he has 50 ably filled the past
three ana one half years, is above re-
proach and is an enviable one. He has
been the best friend the small home
steader ever had. He has advocated
small ranches and many of them and
has selected the lands he has offered
for public sale with the utmost care,
having in mind all the timey "the
s. greatest good to TIP greatest num-
'ber." - n
Gov Ciddings compared the stu
alton now to the situation at the
close of the Civil War, when prices
were sGhigh and.tl;s country in Sgch
: an unsettled; Stats: "They are now
looking to the Republican, parity I'd
come to the rescue, he said, "the cry
of the Democratic party is prosper
: itv.- prog4ssA and he kept, us out of
var, p" He pointed: out thSt prices
are higher for produce of all kinds
than ever before while wages are still
the same.- The women of Denver have
Eee5:sSmpalTed to band ,togetbSr and
ask the President to pnS-ah embargo
on the shipping of food-stuffs to Eu-
rope. Is it not a pity that our pros
perity should be bought with the
blood of our fellow men over in Eu-
rope? What is causing all the "pros-
perity" of this nation if it is not the
fact that, we are assisting those in
1Are war zone to keep psit; @kthg. The
two BILLION dollar edngTess ;.tbat
recently adjourned does not spell
economy nor efficiency, Why have
we paid war tax, for three years
past if the eountryshas' been so pros
perousf Was It Aecessary to SEM
all our troops to the border at the ex
pense of the taxpayers of the4pation
1t certainly has. been most expensiv
and evidently was NOT necessary
since nothing has been done.
To quote from his speech: "The pol
icy of Woodrow Wilson is 'WateF
Wait, Wobble and Withdraw H
renigged on the Free Trade question
l invite any democrat present to dis
cuss Free Trade and Protection wit
me at any time"
"What War has Wilson kept us OF
of? Has there ever been any DANCE
Except in the newspapers) of our e'
er going to war? When Grant wa
in the Presidential chair and the grei
Franco-Prussian war was in progres
was anybody nervous? Was thel
any danger of our becoming involved
"When Theodore Roosevelt W;
President and the Japanese-Russia
war was waging, were we not in ;
great danger of becoming involve
WIN Japdh' dNSOiuiiB w 1iiV iSNSp
pers, as we have ever been with E
rope under the Wilson administr
tion? Yes, but he kept us out
war and those two great nations, ]
pan and Russia, sent their emissari
over here for Roosevelt's assistan
in settling their difficulties.
Whenever the attention of o
democratic friends is called to conc
tions as they exist they say, "Tail
so" The fact that we have been pa
ing war tax in time of peace is mel
ly psychologist" Money was appI
priated by Congress for public bull