New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-11-01
PLEA FOR WILSON
BY NOTED GERMAN
ADOLF FALBISANER EXP, AIMS
WHY HE is OPPOSED TO
HUGHES
ST. PAUL EDITOR ADDRESSES
LARGE AUDIENCE AT THE
ARMORY

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A good sixed audience listened at
tentively to stirring appeal to German
American citizens of Brown county to
cast their votes for Woodrow Wilson
for President, by. Adolph Falbisaner of
st. Paul, at the Armory, Wednesday
evening. The speaker is one of the
best known German-Americans in the
state, and his address was so plain and
convincing that it had telling effect
upon his audience.
Music was furnished by the Ex-
Regiment Band, and several patriotic
numbers were played on the street and
at the Armory both before and follow
ing the speech.
Mr.. Falbisaner was editor of the St.
Paul Volkszeitung for many years. He
is former member of the faculty of the
University of Minnesota, and an honor
airy member of the German Pedagogi-
l, cal Society Of Minnesota. He was a
Congress at St. Lotus in 1904.
In his appeal for the Reputation of
Hughes and his Rooseveltian policies,
MIR. Falbisaner said, in part:
Gave the Reason.
eyes, it is true that the officers of the
Minnesota branch of the German
American alliance decided to request
the members to vote for Mr.. Hughes
But the officers failed to give any reason
for their decision, while there are reasons
to believe that the rank and file of the
German-Americans are not willing to
PLEASE a few Republican politicians by
sacrificing The foremost principles Of his
alliance and surrendering to their worst
enemies. ..
''The rank and file stand for the eight
hour principle, for the emancipation Of
children from industrial oppression, for
laws preventing the abuse of injunctions;
they are in favor of the income tax by
which the burden of taxation is shifted
to those who are best able to say, and
they also favor tax on war munitions.
/"The rank and file endorse the fed
t1eral reserve act insuring the nation
against financial panics, and our Ger
man farmers appreciate the rural credit
law, which enables them to borrow
money at reasonable terms directly from
their Uncle Sam.
"The rank and file are mindful of
the statement of candidate Hughes ex-
pressed by him in his speech at Mil
waukee on Sept. 20, that all these mea-
sures enacted by the Democratic con-
gress must be undone,' which means
that Mr.. Hughes wants to have all these
laws repealed, which the rank and file
of our people favor.
''The rank and file are not viii ing to
assist in electing as president man who,
as he himself (Hughes) publicly an
nounced, is in complete accord with
Mr.. Roosevelt.
1.-THE rank and fi,e understand the
significance attached to the conference
which Mr.. Hughes had shortly after his
:. nomination with Mr.. John D. Rotham,
NE editor of the Providence Journal,
- known to be the mouthpiece of the
British ambassador at Washington.
Not for Teddy.
"The rank and file are mot yet ready
to join Teddy Roosevelt and those Re-
publican leaders who urged war against
Germany.
"The rank and file are anxious to avoid
the possibility of having appointed as
prime minister in the presidents cabinet
man like Roosevelt, who in his letter
endorsing the candidacy of Mr.. Hughes
Singled out the German-Americans that
type represented in the Commandment
.>can alliance and similar alliances
who are wearing the badge of moral
treason to this republic
'sThe rank and file are convinced that
thew we're not meant when President
Wilson referred to "a minority, very
small minority, of illoyal citizens
'.The rank and file are willing to agree
with Germany's former colonial secre-
tarv. DR.. Dernburg, when he approves
of the course taken by President Wilson
in the Lusitania controversy: The
submarine question had first to be settled
csSfgause this act was not question of
Laeplaceable wares or financial losses,
but of the lives of American citizens.
The differences with Great Britain, there
fore, were postponed until a way, had
been cleared through Germany's wise
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