The sun., 1916-10-29
10 Candidate Woodrow wilson:

10 Candidate Woodrow Wilson!
Still you clamor for my vote.
Still you refuse to answer plain
uu~estions from plain people.
We ask you for Reasons and you
give us Rhetoric.
We ask you for truth and candor
and you give us melodious, ear
tickling, but meaningless generalities.
We ask you to the spirit
of '76 and We are referred to the
fathers as the thieves and bandits
Of '76.
We ask you to foster a spirit of
self-sacrifice for the nation and you
reply: Safety frst." which is an APP
peal to the spirit of personal fear.
10 the love of self-indulgence. ease,
luxury and the wastefulness OF the
hour.
And so the campaign TO warp the
soul OF the nation to fit your New
Freedom goes merrily On.
From every Democratic stump comes
the soft, alluring. deceitful call OF
your vote decoy:
Il have kept you out OF war; l
have given you prosperity
How did you perform this mar
vellous feat?
Hughes would have kept us out OF
war by standing resolutely. .fearlessly
and ~unfiinchingly for our rights.
While your way was to seek safety
In flight from national insult and In
Jury. Is this not so?
What did you do? You clustered
some, you threatened. you demanded.
.r,.zz ,,, ,hapuoI ynttr mind and
surrendered.
You have kept us out OF war rs did
the man who deserted his family
when attacked by outlaws. He too
threatened: he too was for peace, and
he too secured It by virtue Of his
manly legs.
Prediction promises TO protect
Americans at home and abroad were
abandoned In the pursuit of safety.
And now you pin a halo on your
brow and pose as the winged God of
Victory over War.
Are you not ashamed to ask for my
vote upon any such bald p%retence as
this?
Why did you eat your words, your
demands, your threats?
II you did not mean It, why did you
say II?
Your policy in Mexico has been
marked by war and retreat. by al
ternate flashes Of courage n Of feai
and timidity.
Thus have you sacrificed millions ir
money and many valuable lives anc
all in ain. And still you ask my
vote for keeping us u OF war with
Mexico.
If you don't mean what you say
why do you say 1t?
But there's Is another war which yol
have not kept us out Of and which
you refuse to mention In public.
Do you know what 1t Is to fight FOL
the right to eat and breathe from da!
10 dayf
DO you know what It is to he hun
CRY. without the money TO buy brea'
and without the chance to earn it
This IL war indeed.
This Is the war you and your part,
gave US with your tariff and which
you refuse TO discuss while soliciting
votes.
You promised Us to reduce take
and "the high cost OF living
Did you keep your promise? Take
Increased. the cost of living advanced
The dollar shrank. You brought bust
ness almost to a standstill. Com
merce was paralyzed. The wheels 4
many factories were silenced. Yo
choked our side tracks with Idle car:
You lined our streets with idle mer
robbed by your tariff Of the chance I
earn their daily bread. Women an
little children suffered a
In place OF prosperity you w u
the old Democratic soup houses an
bread lines.
Relief for the suffering army of tn
unemployed became the burning ques
ton Of the hour.
Demands to use public money (
prevent the misery were insisten
The Mayors of New York and {
other cities formed citizens committee
IA devise means OF feeding the lea
and hungry victims of your states
manship.
You told them that the Democrat
wrinkles in their bellies were !mag
nary, that their hunger was psyche
logical. DO you remember that?
This was the situation when II
cataclysm in Europe flooded our II
dustries with gold for war materials
Do you remember that our expor
jumped from your hungry yea
1854 from s7s3, 900, 900 to s2.s29
$4,000 In the year 19l5-1Gc Who'll
In foods and war necessities.
You know this and yet You tell Il
people that you rave us our preset
prosperity"
Is this honorable? Is It the act of
patriot?
II you don't mean what you sa
why do you say il?
DO you remember that You real
tried to check this "war p~rosperit,
by officially opposing American loal
to the be!iigerents? And still "
claim, credit for the fun dinner pai
why not stand up like n real patri
4 n tell the people tho real truth?
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