New Ulm review., 1916-10-18
PRESIDENT GIVEN
PRAISE FOR ACTS
REPUBLICAN TELLS AUDIENCE
AT ARMORY WHY HE IS FOR
WILSON,.
HON. r. HERRICK ADDRESSES
DEMOCRATS ON ISSUES OF
CAMPAIGN.

CAMPAIGN.
DUTY to work; the right to live, and
leisure to think are the three fundamental
treasures of the American people,"
declared Hon. Robert Herrick, formerly
lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, in
an address, under the auspices of the
Democratic County Committee, at the
Armory, Thursday evening. A good
sized audience listened attentively to
Mr.. Herrick's speech, and it was the
general opinion that he created most
favorable impression in the minds of his
hearers.
MIR. Herrick, who until the present
campaign has been an ardent Republican,
gave eloquent reasons why he is now
supporting President Woodrow Wilson
for reelection. He scored Charles E.
Hughes, the Republican presidential
nominee, for failure to state his own
stand on the various vital issues of the
day, instead of roaming the country
from coast to coast, doing nothing but
criticise the present administration. For
mer President Roosevelt, of whom Mr..
Herrick said he had been an ardent
admirer until within the past two years,
was also declared insincere in his de-
clarations against President Wilson and
his foreign policies.
Roosevelt Would Declare War.
'Mr. Roosevelt would now thrust this
country into war on the side of the
Allies" declared the speaker, and read
extracts from some of the Colonel's
recent speeches to verify this contention.
His denuneiation of President Wilson
for refusing to interfere with Germany's
invasion of Belgium was proven by Mr..
Herrjck, to be only. the usual Roosevelt.
buncomb when he read an article written
by the former president for the Outlook
magazine, and appearing in that pub
lication in September, 1914, few weeks
after the war broke out. The article
written two years ago declared that it
would be worse than folly for the United
States in any way to interfere with
affairs in Europe.
'The old Guard of the Republican
party is now in the saddle," the speaker
said, "and the progressive members of
that organization are left to shift for
themselves "This campaign as being
fought out is one of the most cunningly
contrived conspiracies of any party in the
history Of the United States," he con-
tinued. ''The Eastern press and Eastern
capital are both in favor of this country's
entering this war on the side of Great
Britain, and it is only President Wilson's
patriotism and sound judgment that has
kept us out of it,
Adamson Bill Explained.
The Adamson bill, which gave the
railway trainmen of the country an g.
hour work day, and at the same time
saved the tying up of commerce from
ocean to ocean, and preventing untold
hardships to the entire country was ex-
planned in very thorough manner.
Mr.. Herrick said that he had always
been an admirer of ex-senator Beveridge
of Indiana, but that some of the state
ments made by the former senator in his
recent speech at Minneapolis were so
violently false and misleading that he is
now compelled to brand him as most
vicious falsifer. He referred to Mr..
Beveridge's printed statement denying
that the present administration had kept
us out of war, and other criticisms of the
President, in his Mill City speech.
Mr.. Herrick justly praised the ad-
ministration for the several items of con-
structive legislation which have been
enacted into laws during the past four
years. He spoke especially Of the Rural
Credits measure which is designed to
make it possible for the farmer of small
means to buy and improve farm of his
own, on long time payments and at low
rates of interest. "This one act" he
said, ''is of inestimable value to the
farmers Of this country.
Low Interest for Farmers.
"The commission" continued the
speaker, (which has been investigating
the conditions throughout the country.
found that in some places farmers were
paying as high as 60 per cent interest on
their indebtedness. In other places they
were unable to borrow money at any
rate, even on the best Of security. Now
they can secure all necessary cash to
carry on their business and make such
as they deem necessary.
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