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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-01-14

Monday evening, Jan. 10th, the install
lation Of the newly elected officers Of the
Minnesota lodge, l. o. B. B. took place I'M
der the direction of Mr.. B. j. Samuels of
Chicago, president Of the District Grand
Lodge, who delivered very eloquent ad-
dress on "The Utility of the Order' The
following officers were installed: Maurice
Stoffer, president; DR.. S. G. Moginer, vice
president; Isidore Goldbarg, secretary; Jes-
Sc Calmenson, financial secretary; Carl Cal
vim, assistant monitor; 1. Kamman, treas
urer; $. Crosby, outside guardian.
Club Notes.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of the Jewish
Home for the Aged will give bridge
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 18th, in The
Royal Arcanum Hall, to which the public
is invited.
At the regular meeting Of the Order
Birth Abraham, Lodge No. 90, held last
Sunday afternoon at the Bowlby Hall,
the following men were installed to con-
duct the affairs of the lodge for the pres
ent year: President, j. Golden: Vice
president, H. Butwinnick; Secretary, M.
Ravitz; Financial Secretary, M. Efron;
Treasurer, NJ Feldstein and Outside Guard,
j. Robinson.
The Goodfellows Club, an organization
OF about seventy five young men associated
for the purpose of improving the condi-
lions of the Jewish people in the city of
st. Paul, particularly upon the West Side,
met last Monday evening at the Hebrew
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term. and to that end urge the adop-
ton of an amendment making the
President of the United States ineli-
eible for reelection. and we pledge
the candidate Of this convention to
this principle"
The makers Of the platform knew
exactly what they were about. They
knew that the process of consttu-
tional amendment is slow and
tedious. They foresaw that even if
Ia Democratic Congress should be
chosen in 1912 a one-term amend
ment might still be unratified when
the campaign of 1916 came on. So
they pledged the candidate for Pres
idont to the single term idea. making
II incumbent on him. if elected. Ia
conform to the theory and purpose of
the amendment. whether IT had then
reached the stage Of ratification or
not. Mr.. Wilson was bound, II he ac-
cepted the platform, 10 demonstrate
bv his own action in 1916 the sincerity
of the Democratic party's desire Ia
relieve a President from the tempta-
tion to use the great power of the
Presidency TO force his own renomi-
nation and election.
He did stand on the Democratic
platform and was elected. Many peo-
pie suspected his loyalty to the single
term pledge During the campaign
Mr.. Bryan. to whom more than to any
one else. ne owed his nomination, laid
great stress on the one term decla-
ration. The President allowed Mr.
Bryan's pointed assurances that the
declaration meant what II said. so far
as the Democratic candidate was con
cerned. to pass without a protest He
never repudiated the pledge as he
was bound in honor to do if he in
tended to Disregard II. He was elect
ed on the explicit understanding that
he would live up to the single term
declaration.
The Democrats in Congress took
the Baltimore platform seriously. Al
the short session following Mr. WI
sons election the Senate voted tc
submit a single-term constitutional
amendment. The House. which was
democratic. was ready 10 follow the
Senate's lead
Then Mr.. Wilson interviewed He
was ashamed to oppose the amend
ment publicly. So he wrote a pri
vate letter to Representative A
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Has He Kept Us Out of War?

Guardsmen who are encamped on the
Mexican border whether the President
has kept us out of war with Mexico.
"ln 1912 the Democratic platform pro-
claimed this high sounding doctrine.
"The constitutional rights of Ameri-
can citizens should protect them on our
borders. and 20 with them throughout
the world, and every American citizen
residing or having property m any tor.
eign country is entitled to and must nc
given the full protection of the United
states Government, both for himself and
for his property.
after several years of 'watchful wait
ing Secretary of state Lansing sent a
letter to the head Of the de facto gov
eminent Of Mexico in which occurs tins
remarkable language;
1.-The progress OF the revolution
in Mexico: Continuous blOodshed and
disorders have marked its progress.
For three years the Mexican Republic
has been torn with civil strife; lives
OF American and other aliens have
been sacrificed: vast properties devel-
oped by American capital and enter
prise have been destroyed or rendered
nonproductive; bandits have been per-
mltted TO roam ar will through the
territory contiguous to the United
States and 10 seize. without punish
ment or without effective attempt at
punishment, the property of Ameri-
cans. while the lives Of citizens of the
United Safes who ventured to remain
in Mexican territory or to return there
to protect their interests have been
taken, and in some cases barbarously
taken, and the murderers have
neither been apprehended nor brought
to justice.
"'It would he tedious to recount in
stance after instance, outrage after
outrage, atrocity after atrocity to il
lustrate the true nature and extent
Of the widespread conditions Of law
Iessness and violence which have pre-
vailed Not only were these
murders characterized by ruthless
brutality. but uncivilized acts of mu-
tilation were perpetrated'
This is the indictment OF the Will
son administration in Mexico by its
own Secretary of State"
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BY CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.

NJ u ANIEN r ANN ntNnEfs
on the eve of election day the
American people are entitled TO a
summary Of the things have stood
for in this campaign as they are the
things shall stand for as President.
No man can tell in advance what
unexpected demands the next four
years may present, but one whose
conception OF the Presidents duty
rests upon fundamental principles
can describe with entire sincerity how
the problems Of administration would
be approached and in what spirit they
would be solved.
A man charged with the duty OF
reaching a desired goal knows that
the road to 1t is found in following
that path which sound judgment and
clear vision open up step by step.
can show the road expect to travel
I propose first OF all to start right
The President is primarily an ex-
ecutive. II is his supreme duty 10
attend to the business OF the nation,
10 safeguard its interests, TO antici-
nate lis needs. to enforce its laws.
Tho first act Of President who
takes this view of his duties is to call
about him the ablest cabinet the coun-
try can furnish. men who can deal with
the tremendous international and do
nestle problems which will confront us
in the next four years.
Differs From Wilson.
Ny conception of the Presidency diff
fers absolutely from that of Mr.. Viii
son. look upon the President as the
administrative head OF the government.
He looks upon the President as primarily
the political leader and lawmaker Of
the Nation.
In the two departments Of govern
ment most closely touching orr foreign
relations the Department of State and
tho Department Of the Maybe chose
men whom DC knew 10 he wholly I'M
equal to their duties Administrative
obligation was subordinated to polite
exieency. I can assure the country that
any administration under my direction
will stand unon sound administrative
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MR.. WILSON'S BROKEN PLEDGES:

In the last three years President
Wilson has left behind him long
trail of broken pledges The Tribune
intends to recall some of the breaches
Of faith of which he has been guilty.
Not all of them because they are far
too numerous). but enough to show
what little confidence can be placed in
statesman who seldom concerns HIM
self about living uD to his promises
or his words.
Mr.. Wilson's candidacy for re-elec-
ton itself represents a broken pledge.
The pledge in this case is not one
which he made on his own behalf. He
probably would never have volun-
teered it. II was fastened on him by
a deliberate party declaration. II was
made for him by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention of 1912 put into
the Democratic platform on which he
was to stand as bind ny assurance
70 the country of his devotion 10 the
principle of a single Presidential term.
For this reason the pledge to which
Mr.. Wilson subscribed when he ac-
cepted the Democratic nomination
and sought election on the Democratic
platform differs materially from the
pledges made by other Presidents not
TO run for reelection. Mr.. Cleveland.
for instance, minated in a state pa
Der. written in the course OF his first
administration, that he would not be a
candidate for another term. Colonel
Roosevelt announced on election night
in 1904 that he would not seek re-
nomination. But these We're mere eX-
pressions Of personal opinion and in
tention. They were not made before
an election, for the purpose Of influence
ing votes. They did not constitute a
prediction contract such as Mr.. Will
son made with the voters who sup
ported him N 1912
The makers of the Democratic
platform Of 1912 did not simply com
NIT the party in a general way to the
single term policy. II did not merely
recommend that a Democratic Con-
gress should submit to the State Legs
latures an amendment TO the Corsti
tuition making p. President ineligible
for reelection It went much further
than that. II expressly pledged the
candidate Of the convention of 1912 to
an acceptance of the single-term prin-
ciple Here IS the one-term plank Of
the Baltimore platform:
I'VE favor a single Presidential
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Democratic speakers throughout
the country have the effrOntery TO
keep on claiming that the President
has kept us out of war This pre-
posterous claim has not fooled the
people of the United States declared
Representative julius Kahn, of Cali
fornia. ranking minority member OF
the House Military Affairs Committee
in a statement made in Washington.
If anyone doubts that we made
war on Mexico az Vera Cruz ask the
mothers and fathers Of the boys VINO
were killed on the streets of that
Mexican seaport.
ASK the wives and mothers and
sisters of the Mexicans who were kill
ed at Vera Cruz whether we were
at war with Mexico.
ASK the relatives of the eighteen
American civilians who were butcher
ed at Santa YsabeE
ASK the relatives of the United
states soldiers who were treacherous-
" slain at Carrizal
ASK the mothers and sisters OF
those who were slaughtered IN the
raid at Columbus. New Mexico
whether we were at war with Mexico.
ASK the citizens of Brownsville
Red House Ferry. Progeso and Los
Peladas whether the President has
ken us out of war
ASK the women and children who
were threatened with death at Tam
pico by an Infatuated Mexican mob.
ASK the thousands OF american
citizens who were called upon TO aban-
don their property in Mexico and to
return forthwith to the United States
whether the President has kept us
out Of war
ASK the hundreds of refugees who
are in the United States today, practi-
cally penniless and in want, who were
forced to leave their property and
homes in Mexico because the Wilson
administration refused to give them
the protection 10 which they were
justly entitled.
ASK the thousands of peaceful Mex
leans who have suffered famine dur
ing 'watchful waiting
And. finally, ask the wives and
children. the dependent mothers. faith
ers and sisters Of the 100000 National
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ground with the abest cabinet the coun-
try can supply.
Across the road we are TO travel this
next four years, even though we start
right and move with prudence and cou-
rage. serious hazards are thrown like
breaks In a roadway made by a torren.
tial rain. These all rise out of the wal
torrent which has overw helmed Europe
The first has 10 do with our foreign re-
lations. II is the Presidents duty [,
safeguard the interests of our Natior
and to preserve the friendship Of ever,
other nation
No man is more determined than /
10 maintain the peace which the
United States. Spain, Sweden. Norway
and all the American republics now
enjoy But ! should seek 10 main
tain that peace by firm and cour-
teous insistence on the rights Of our
citizens al home and abroad
An American in Mexico is subject
to Mexican law. but he is an Ameri-
can still and Is entitled TO the pro-
lection Of his own government in his
lawful business. For one. shall
never consent 10 policy which
leaves Americans helpless against
the lawlessness Of any country in
which they have a right to do BUSH
ness.
Warming tO Labor.
There confronts labor in the next
four years a condition more serious
than any that American laboring men
have been called upon TO face When
this war began over a million Ameri-
can working men were seeking vainly
for employment Whens the war ends
and the developed energies Of a new
Europe are thrown into commercial
production. our nation will face a com
petition such as il never knew.
One of two things must happen
either millions Of men will be seek
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ing work IN vain or else there must
be thought out in advance the problem
OF commercial organization as France
ana England and Germany are seeking
to think out the problem today. Every
one OF these nations Is preparing to
defend its own market by n protective
tarih. The end Of war will end also
the opportunities for labor created by
the war. The millions I'm the trenches
today viii be our industrial competi-
tors tomorrow. II we are TO save our
lahorlng men from a catastrophe we
must plan a tariff protection along
sound. just and economic lines To this
endeavor | pledge myself and the men
who are to be my colleagues
In this matter again I differ abso-
lutely from the policy Of tho present
administration Democratic platforms
have declared that the government has
no right TO levy tariff duties except for
income. This is the fundamental
faith Of the Democratic Party.
Pledges Labor Protection.
pledge myself and those who
stand with me 20 deal with the needs
of laboring men the country over.
whatever their trade or organization.
upon the principle OF giving the
largest protection possible to every
American working man and the
largest participation possible in the
| prosperity Of our industries with apo-
cial favors to none.
Finally II is 10 be remembered that
every European government Is putting
itself behind lbs industries, organic
ing them, encouraging thom and sug-
costing economies. When the COM
morcial struggle begins anew. the in
dustries of every European country
will go into the world markets back
| ed by the effective cooperation and
intelligent oversight Of their govern
ment
Our national policy requires that
government maintain q strict super
vision Of business organization. This
can be done effectively and yet leave
government free TO encourage legiti-
mate and wholesome business enter
prise stand for such supervision
and control of business, but | demand
also that business great and small
land especially the small business)
be treated fairly and justly. Only
under such conditions can business
pay living wages or compete with
foreign manufacturers.
In this respect again the present
administration holds a policy entirely
opposite II has viewed business en-
terprise with suspicion and has made
the government a brake to stop the
wheels Of legitimate industrial prog
ross. II has treated the business men
OF this country as though they were
suspicious characters. II has assumed
that capital and labor are natural enc
mes. In four years II has put this
country further on the road TO class
war than has been accomplished In a
generation before The mon who stand
with me believe IN the honesty Of the
American working man they believe
no less IN the honesty Of the American
business man. and they believe that
the common good Is 10 be found not in
class war hut IN mutual Justice and
fair dealing. not as between capital
and labor IN the abstract but as he
tween men and men.
/ Glass War or Industrial peace7
You know the road we have travele,
this last four years Mr.. Bryan an,
Mt Daniels are its monuments Of ex
ecutive efficiency. Our murdered an'
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Mitchell Palmer. TO be shown in con
/ idence to Democratic members Of
Congress. This letter saw the light
only a few months ago, at the OPEN
ing of the present campaign. In It
Mr. Wilson pleaded with the Demo
Gratis i'm the House to side-track the
/ Senate's amendment. He did not
want to be precMded from seeking
reelection He said that by 1916
/ there would be nation wide primary
( in operation for the nomination
OF Presidential candidates, so that a
repetition OF the scandals of 1912
would he avoided AS for himself. he
promised not to use the power Of the
Presidential Office to promote his own
denomination.
As q prospective distributor Of Fed
eral patronage. Il was inevitable that
Mr.. Wilson should have his way with
the office-hungry majority in the
House. The constitutional amend
ment was smothered in the House
Jud ciary Committee. The Baltimore
pledge. so far as Mr.. Wilson and the
Democratic maioriiles in the two
branches OF the Sixty-third Congress
were concerned. became mere
scrap Of paper"
Mr. Wilson did not even keep his
promise not TO use the power Of the
Pres dency to promote his own re-
nomination. The first thing he did
was to bestow the Office OF Secretary
OF State on William }. Bryan, the
only Democrat powerful enough 10
contest with him the leadership Of the
party. Mr.. Bryan. out Of the Cabi-
net. might have been the head Of a
formidable opposition. In the Cabl-
net he became al once a minor figure
and he lacked the courage to quit
until his presitage was completely
wrecked Mr. Wilson's whole Ad-
mlnistration has been a hid for re-
nomination and reelection. capped by
the recent humiliating surrender to
the demands Of the four railroad
hrotherhoods
There has therefore been nothing
haif-hearted about the Presidents
reputation OF the one-term pledge.
II has been thoroughly selfcontain-
ed. cody premedtated performance
"a piece Of personal and political
perfdy Of which. happily. there are
J few Darellels in American politics.
Evening journal., 1916-10-30
QUARTERLY REPORT OF
WORK BY The BLIND

The slack summer season is blamed
for the slight falling off in the activ-
ity Of the Blind Shop in the quarterly
report Of that institution just issued
by the Delaware Commission for the
Blind A scarcity Of work is reported
in the rug making department, al
though IT is declared the rugs and
carpets made by the institution are
supposed 10 have given general satis.
faction. The output of this depart
ment during the quarter ending Sep
TENDER 80, was eight full sized rugs
and 24S small rugs.
The broom shop is also suffering
under heavy handicap due to large
increase in the price OF broom corn,
although the brooms turned out by
the shop are well received. and the
shop is fortunate in having some
good 223 dozen broOms.
The chair Gamers were fairly busy
all summer. and our friends are more
and more approaching the good work
Of these industrious blind men. The
output Of tire department was 2O3
chairs caned
Three blind statesmen are vending
brooms on the street successfully. The
circulation Of embossed books was
80.
william Stevens for the past two
and a half years field officer and
home teacher having resigned. his
work will be taken up by Z. w. Maui
din. in connection with his piano tun-
ing. Mr.. Mauldin is a resident Of VIII
migton and a graduate of The Mary
lad School for the Blind, and CONVEX
SAINT with all the possibilities of the
blind industrially and intellectually.
The report also urges physicians
and hospitals TO report new cases Of
blindness in order to facilitate the
work Of the commission.
Evening journal., 1916-10-30

forsaken citizens in Mexico reveal
conceDtion OF American citzens]
plain enough 10 see. but new onc
American patriotism to adopt;
monument Of class bitterness ran
by this administration throws a SIN
ter shadow across our political Id
z0n; the unjust accusation agaf
business men has left bitter taste
our national life. If you prefer
path. il is plainly marked And
end Of II is class war
You ask what road propose
travel? These are the milesto
which mark it-an executive respo
ible TO the whole nation. cabi
chosen from the ablest Americans
foreign policy that stand courteou
but firmly for American rights. a
THAI protects the American in his !,
ful rights wherever his Legitimate b
mess may take him. n preparation
trade competition which shall prot
all groups Of American workmen
government oversight OF busin
which will fearlessly eliminate abul
but wilf~act on the assumption
the average business man Is hon
and finally domestic policy VII
looks to Industrial peace. and 10 sol
and permanent prosperity based M
the development OF American tr
and the building up Of American
dustries.
We Americans are IN one boat.
cannot strike a blow at one grl
without injury to all Common
tice and far play will settle our 4
culties II susnicion and bitterness
LEI alone, These arc principles
which / propose to be guided
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people have crossed oceans, Travelled cont
nents and spent fortunes, without finding it
Health is not always matter of travel o.
money. Often the means to obtain it is Sc
near, that it is overlooked. When you seek
Evening journal., 1916-10-30
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or BOTH SEXES HERE. roo.

: OF BOTH SEXES HERE. roo
BY The United Press.
LONDON. Oct. 1s.-(By MaiD-
Latest reports from Northeri
France apropos the "Tanks"
British armored land cruisers
say there are male and femai
= Tanks"
The difference is IN the natur
OF thar gun equipment. But q
case Of the Tanks" tho female
not more deadly than the male.
. q
Evening journal., 1916-10-30
&C HU0HES

{. {. HUGHES
following article Charles Republican
ddae he Presidency forth frankly his conception Of
the Presidents the principles which he will
elected.
The day book., 1916-06-01
OUR OWN TRAVELoGUE

Oyster Bay.-Oyster Bay is named
for a bivalve closely related to a sim
liar crustacean which is chiefly noted
for its conversational resemblance to
a certain justice of the supreme
court. The oysters in Oyster Bay,
however, are the only things in that
place which even remotely resemble
the justice of the supreme court
aforementioned. The town of Oy-
ster Bay is entirely inhabited by T.
Roosevelt, who once held a RESPONSE
bic job in the government service
and in no way resembles the oyster
or the clam. There are some nat
uralists who claim that the oysters
in Oyster Bay would not be so su-
preme courtly silent if they ever had
a chance to get a word in edgewise,
but they are probably nature fax
ers." The Oyster Bay oysters have
been too timid to venture forth from
their JwateTy retreat ever since a GER
tain well known former government
employe return from the West In
dies. They are afraid they will be
eaten BY a whiskered, nut-eating
bird.
The day book., 1916-06-01

n. "a feIler from Texas slid in
to the offs the other day with the
goshdarndest yarn you ever herd &
neerley laffed my self sick & so did
the other peepul in the offs, but they
laugh at almost amy thing so that
don't count much
he says he was down in mexico
with the U. S. army men & they did
ent have no water to drink & dident
know what to do about it because
evry time 1 of the soliers ducked out
for water a mex pumped some led in
to him
but a korporal hit a good idee
he Bnowed where there was a good
spring of water about or 8 miles
away so he slips a big bucket to a
sOljer and told him to stand rite in
front of the cannon & then he shoots
it off, the feIler with the bucket rid
ing on the cannon ball way over the
heads of the mexicaners to the
spring.
purity soon the captain comes
dIOuuu q Says WllSIS II Jill, jill DG-
ing the lad that done the joy ride on
the cannon ball
sent him after some water, the
koTpOral answered
when will he be back, the captain
told the kOrporal; for am purity
thirsty myself
don't know when he will be back, /
the korporal asked the captain, but |
if he comes back as quick as he went !
he will be here yesterdy
WRONG DIRECTION
did the girls father put his foot |
down when you told him you wanted |
to marry her?"
''No; I would have much preferred |
If it had, but he put it up" .L ]
The day book., 1916-06-01
WRONG DIRECTION

did the girls father put his fOt
down when you told him you wante
to marry herr"
''No; would have much preferre
If it had, but he put it up. .l