New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
sovs Critics Won't Have a
Chance to Mess
Things
INAHURRY TO GET
BACK TO BUSINESS
Time 10 Sober Up, He Tells
$500 at Shadow
Lawn
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r.,r Branch, y. J.. Oct 21.-Presi-
-. wilson. speaking before a delega-
-, ~ farmers, engineers and archi-
So s. shadow Lawn to-day, expressed
..s5spee that ne would be reelected.
81 an glad the campaign is nearly
.,phe said. 81 an in a hurry 20 get
-, % business again. A lot OF ir-
,.s,opsible talk is going round. Men
- .avinr things they know they can't
-,ks GOOD on. and the people have TOO
-g.h common sense 20 be taken in. On
4. tn Of November We can call time.
Let's begin to sober up"
later he declared that he did not ex-
a.. the country 20 get into war be-
ans. he did not expect his critics %
ri into power.
q know that the way in which we
,,v. preserved peace is objected TO-
!, said. "snd that certain gentlemen
AZ thew would have taken some other
ray that would have inevitably re-
,sl.sd in war, but am not expecting
his country 20 get into war, partly be-
,ause I an not expecting these gentle
rsnt TO have a chance to make a mess
Of it,
The President spoke % q crowd Of
,s-hsps $500 gathered about the south
portico Of the sumner " nlte House. Ia
.be main. his remarks were addressed
10 the farmers in honor Of Farmers
Dsv" though most OF the audience
iooked only rural enough 20 have
s-aled themselves Of the 81 excursion
fars from New York. Rural elements
however, we've supplied by James d.
Pichdale. a Monmouth County farmer
who introduced the President, and a
no Of girls who entertained the audi
.rcs with country songs.
TIE President looked tired after his
Chicago trip, and his speech lacked
much OF the denunciat0ry FIRE he has
nut into his former front porch" ad-
dresses. His finger was still bandaged
from the effects If handshaNng on the
,rain. and in his informal reception
after the speech he again used his left
hsnd. ia large part his speech was a
repetition Of his Indianapolis and Chi
eago addresses.
Re declared the farmers had been
consistently neglected by his Repub-
lean predeces sors. and asserted that
lis Administration had done more for
them than had been accOmp Ilshed n g
reneration before. lie asserted that
the Democrats we're seeking 20 wrest
ne government Of the country from
small groups and square 10 with the
counsel Of the whole nation"
The Federal Reserve act and the
rural credits law we're particularly
praised as freeing the farmers from
The control Of the bankers. who, he de-
dared had been accustomed 90 looking
upon everything under the heavens as
being under their sway.
q do no. wonder that the gentlemen
on OF whose hands power has been
taken feel uneasy" be said. because
they are genuinely d the opinion that
only they know how 90 run the coun-
~. What has surprised some Of these
gentlemen is 90 discover how many
others there are who really understand
he United State. The United States
Is beginning 20 understand itself and 10
q beginning 20 UNDER. anC these gentle
zen
Agriculture, Che President declared.
vas the basis % the whole country s
prosperity. and as such it had 20 be
safegusrded bv the nation.
"You cannot worship God on an
empty stomach hc asserted, "nor can
Tou be patriot when you are starv-
NJ. You cannot rln the machinery Of
your physical s~Ttem unless there Isl
ne. IN the furnace The spirit OF the
rsiion comes from the feeding Of the
nation
he then spoke Of Amcrcauism and
tas eountrYis future.
7 cannot let an opportunity pass
without mentioning our relationships
With the rest OF the world" he de-
dared. because they are going % be
heompsrably more intimate IN the
yesrs % come than trcv ever have
BEEN That is the reason ne are in
sssiaT. NJ fellow citizens. that when
zen think they shall think IN terms OF
AMERICA sud not IN terms Of other
eo7,tries.
Tat Isl tho reason we arc putting
lsa through The third degree IN re-
soeet Of where trev stand with regard
2 love Of the United States. That is
as reason We are submitting them %
examination a. % whether they qualify
Is genline Americans or not, and
hey qualify az genuine Ameri-
al, not only iu profession but
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