Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-11-03
THE DAY OF DECISION

to talk. Next Tuesday the result of
mental stir must be recorded. There
must be an end to consideration Of is
sues. On Tuesday American public
opinion crystalizes into action. Elec-
ton day is the day Of decision, and
though every election day is Of impor-
lance in a republic, that Of next week,
because Of the particular Importance
of the questions raised, is to be day
of most momentous decision.
An administration with record Of
more constructive legislation than any
other in half a century is on trial, and
the people Of the United States are to
decide whether the fulfillment of
their desires as expressed in progress
sive laws, deserves commentator and
endorsement. 1t has been claimed that
the democratic party, no matter how
we'll meaning it might be, could not
care for the affairs of the nation as it
had in the sixty years before the Civil
war, and yet in less than four years, a
series of laws have been put upon the
statute books that represent the great
est advance in constructive legislation
dealing with modern problems that we
have seen since the War of the Rebel
lion. To approve or not. How will you
decide?
During this administration the most
frightful war that history knows has
come as a scourge upon the greatest
gigantic that it still seems, after two
years, almost unbelievable, a struggle
so tremendous as to have drawn into its
maelstrom in some form or other all
the world, and SO terrible in its mani
festations, it's relentlessness, it's
depths of horror, its appalling devasta-
ton of life and property, that it
would seem that those beholders not
within its fiery embrace, would con-
tinually thank God that their coun-
tries had been spared this overwhelm>
ing calamity, and especially would it
seem that Americans, whose Threads of
race and religion and history run back
to all the countries at war, who see
their kinsmen bleeding; would feel
grateful at being permitted to walk
the paths Of peace, so that they may
help to bind up the wounds of war and
when the conflict ends, may be able
to give the comfort and assistance
the neutral nations. To be face to
face with the hurricane and not be
blown away, to be SO near the con-
and escape burning, these
are wonderful achievements. With
every country at war having strong
and earnest sympathizers, friends and
prota gonists In this country. hard and
difficult it has been to steer neutral
course. Mistakes have been made
very likely, but amid trials and diff
culties and misunderstanding and
criticisms fair and unfair, the
ship Of state has been held
firm to the course demanded
by American history and Am
erican tradition-and the country has
not been plunged into war. That ire
mendous fact stands like Gibraltar in
the angry sea Of politics, We have been
spared the horror of war. Is not this
something worth whilee Do not the
fathers and mothers Of the land think
se?> And on the fateful day of de-.
cision you must say whether it is not
splendid thing for this country and
for humanity to be free from war. A
vote against Woodrow Wilson is q
vote for the trench and the cannon.
Those who criticise peace must want
war. How will you decide!
The eight-hour law is one Of the
greatest blows ever struck in behalf
Of social reform, placing for the first
time the stamp Of the nation ON a
doctrine which means health, COM
fort, and better homes for the work
ers of the country. The opponent Of
the president criticises this legislation,
but has not dared to say he would
sign repeal bill. Are you with the
critic or the builderl How; will you
decide!
You believe of course, that money,
as Lincoln said, should: be subordi-
nate to men, that in time of national
stress and peril it ought to be posi-
BILE to mobilize wealth as we'll as citi-
zens. You believe that the institu-
tions which control money should be
in control of the government, that the
national treasury and not Wall street
should determine the peoples needs.
The federal bank reserve law makes #
possible for the government to con-
troll the financial reserve OF the coun-
try in the interest of the people at
A0A6o 1AO NV d 10" uuduCAoI6s Will
you approve an administration that
did thiss How will you decided
No tax is fairer than that which is
based on income, so that each shall
contribute according to what he has.
The republican opponent Of the presi-
dent opposed this tax. The democrat
ic administration stands firmly for it,
and it is a law because democracy has
stood for it. Are you for the man
who is afraid this tax will be bur
den, or for the man who believes in
it, How will you decided
Child labor is sin against the
future Of the country. It means i'm
mature minds and stunted bodies, and
many ills. It has been said to be a
southern problem, but Pennsylvania
has been for yeara q center Of child
labor. The southern representatives
helped to pass it, and the democratic
president strongly urged the legislar