The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-09-21
John eastman Tells Demo
Gratis Republican Victory
Will Mean War.
CALLS HUGHES TOOL
OF COL. ROOSEVELT
Speaker at Jackson Meeting De.
tends the Gardner Land
Bank Bill.

souri, lawyer, who for twenty years
lived in Sedalia, Mo-, as a neighbor to
Judge Henry Lamm, the Republican
nominee for Governor, addressed the
Wilson-Gardner Democratic Club aft
er its formation in Jackson last night,
and issued a challenge to debate Judge
Lamm on the Gardner Land Bank bill.
Ben Vineyard, secretary Of the Dem
ocratic County Committee, announced
on his return from Jackson last night,
that the Democrats would endeavor to
have Mr.. eastman and Judge Lamm
meet in joint debate in this city some
time in October.
Nj. eastman, whose parents were
born in Germany, is pro- German
sympathizer. He denounced Charles
E. Hughes, the Republican nominee
| for mis- attitude toward the German
Americans, and charged that wers
Hughes to be elected President, he
would eventually involve this country
in war with Germany.
"Mr. Hughes is but the tool of
Roosevelt" said the speaker. "Roose-
Velt refused to say that he would not
make the race for the presidency on
the Progressive ticket, and he refused
to indorse Mr.. Hughes until the lat
ter had Endorsed the Rooseyeltian pro-
paganda of condemning the Germans
living in this country.
"Mr. Roosevelt's speech in st. Louis
virtually labeled every American
whose ancestors came from Germany
as a criminal, and he repeated his
statements in his speech in Maine,
whittier he went to speak in behalf of
Mr.. Hughes candidacy and with Mr..
Hughes approval.
"M:. Hughes has said that this coun-
try should have assumed an attitude
against Germany over the invasion of
Belgium which would have forced this
country into war. The German
Americans who support Mr.. Hughes
vote their approval for the condemna-
ton heaped upon the German-Ameri-
cans by Mr.. Roosevelt.
"The election of Charles z. Hughes
will mean that the United States and
Germany cannot be friends during his
incumbency, if an opportunity offers
Mr. Hughes to declare war on Ger
many. My parents are of German
birth. l am, therefore, a German
American, and | shall never be willing
to vote for the election of candidate
for the presidency whose only cam
paign issue is condemnation of the
German Americans. When the Repub-
lican party says to the people: we
are for the Allies, no matter what they
do; and against the Germans no mat
ter whether they are right or wrong
then | cannot see how the German
Americans can indo1se that party. |
am an American, for America, but /
do not want the United States to de-
clare war on Germany just to aid
Great Britain, who has always been
an enemy of America"
Mr.. eastman defended the attacks |
on the Gardner Land Bank bill by the
Republicans, declaring them to be only |
political. Judge Lamm says the ma
tional land bank law is all right, but !
a Missouri law, created along the ex
act lines of the Federal law, is worth
less. He may Just as well say that
our national banks are good but our
state banks should be abolished. There
is no sincerity in Mr.. Lamm's criti-
cism If the Gardner Land Bank had
not been originated by Col. Gardner,
the Republicans would have never de-
clared war upon it."
About one hundred Democrats at
tended the meeting, which was called
for the purpose of organizing Will
son-Gardner club. A. NJ. Spreading
was elected president of the club and
Joseph Williams secretary.
Speeches were made by R. H. White
law, candidate for Judge of the Com
mon Pleas Court; Thomas F. Lane and
Judge Frank Kelly.
Mr.. eastman, whose home is in st.
Louis, represented the Democratic
State Committee at the meeting. He
will speak at Gordonville today, where
another Wilson Gardner club will be
formally started.
Democrats who attended the meet
ing from the Cape were: Major Glib
oney Houck, Thomas F. Lane, Ben
DR.. J. S. Dalton, L. L. Bow
man, w. A. Lawler. r. H. Whitelaw, T.
J. Juden, E. L. Drum, Judge Frank
Levy, L. v. Stovall, and Mr. White
head and Mr.. Cerachers.