Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-13
SECRE TARY Of
LABOR SPEAKS To
DEMOCRATS HERE
Notable Address Is Made by
W, B, Wilson at High School
Auditorium in Behalf of Re-
election of President,

was delivered last night to an audi
once Of several hundred people In the
auditorium Of the high school by Sec
rotary Of Labor w y, Wilson Mr.
Wilson arrived on Santa Fe train No
1 at 1880 O'Clock In the evening. Just
before the time scheduled for him 10
- begin his speech. and owing to re-
y port circulated over the city during
the afternoon that he had missed his
train and would not be here, the
crowd was smaller than 1t otherwise
would have been. but those present
more than made up in enthusiasm
what ICY lacked in NUMBERS
Secretary Wilson is what may best
be described as natural orator
There was no attempt at high flown
rhetoric or flord periods in his
, speech, but his every utterance gave
tho impression Of vigor aud sincerity.
His audience was with him from be
ginning to end, and the speaker
showed himself a master of the drs-
matte by the emphasis with which ne
dealt with certain pathetic features
Of the situation as presented to him.
| bhDof IIODlcinS DISCUSSED.
Secretary Wilson dealt chiefly with
the course Of the national administra-
! ton in regard to legislation In the in
| tcrcst Of labor. but he also discussed
| freely the foreign policy Of President
! Wilson as well as the situation in |
Mexico, warmly defending the course |
| of the president In all these policies. |
The speaker dwelt humorously with |
Mr.. Hughes position regarding the |
Adamson law comparing the rcpub-
lican candidate 10 a man who com
plains Of the firemen for having put a
fire out without first investigating the
cause Of the eonflaEration. He told a
story In this connection Of a farmer
who sold a horse to a man. admitting
at the time of the sale that the horse
had two defects and agreeing to tell
one defect before selling the horse and
tho other afterwards The first de-
feet was that the horse was hard to
catch when turned out in the pasture,
and the second was that nc wasn't
worth a d. after he was caught.
Mr. Hughes, said Secretary Wilson,
has been running all over the country
trying to find an issue and the one
he has found isn't worth anything.
Federal Reserve Act.
Secretary Wilson also spoke Of the
domestic reforms instituted by Presl-
dent Wilson, and explained the work
ings Of the federal reserve bank act
and the Clayton antitrust act with
clearnoss that showed complete
grasp of both these important laws
The federal reserve act, he declared
has taken the money control of the ,
country out or the hands Of wall ,
street and made panics like that Of :
1907 impossible in future. The Clay b,
ton law, he said. by fixing personal
responsibility on the directors of cor
porntions violating It's provisions, had !
been the first effective antitrust leg >
lslntion ever passed in this country
The explicit provision in the law de- a
'laring that, labor shall not longer be .,
considered "a commodity also was -
warmly praised By the speaker
In praislnR the president for his =,
stand in behalf of the national anti ~
mild labor bin Secretary Wilson told "
| ..
lcrience as Il brcaker-toy in the n
'oai mlncs OF Pounsy lvania aud in
he midst Of an eloquent silence on
he part of the audience he narrated
low when President Wilson signed
he bill he had said, mt President,
With the signature of that bill, one of
ny dreams has come true 1t
Whit Would Hughes Have Done? &C
Taking up the foreign policy of the VI
administration. Secretary Wilson II
sked the question that has been CT
skod SO many times during the pres va
Mt campaign, What would Hughes ii
ave done if ho had been PRESIDENT I
.eferrinE 10 the Lusitania incident 81
nd the invasion OF Belgium. he de ar
landed TO know if Hughes would O.
ave declared war on Germany on r.
'comt of either incident
And suppose he had" Numbered FC
ne speaker and suppose we had sai
,crifccu the lives of millions of our w
Dung men and billions of dollars of G..
'opcrtN what would have been ac- Nj,
'mplishcd what has not been accom- tn
ished by Woodrow Wilson by the mis-
'aceful course of diplomacy" ad
At this point the secretary drew
Dthetic picture of the aged father RE
I'd gray haired mother VINO would
I'VE had TO send their son Off to be
ried in an unnamed grave on for
gn soil, and declared that thousands
such fathers and mothers in the
1ited states would say in their !
arts today THANK God for Wood SUI
W Wilson" keI
At the conclusion of Secretary VIII ten
MS remarks he was given an ovation sen
the audience, many of whom of
DIVIDED upon the stage to grasp his elm
nd. Mr. Wilson smiling acknowl- at
sed the reception accorded him, and Mo-
I as soon as he could get away from hon
@ han for the Alvarado leaving on
B, last night for Prescott, Ariz. Mo,
lere he will make speech tonight
Before the meeting at the auditor that
n adjourned it was announced that cou
yanizatiop meetings would foe held me
hight for the purpose Of uerfecting pres
ms for getting out the Wilson vote d"
election day. An voters f.tvorug dele
reelection Of Wilson ana Mar ton
H. regardless of their political at- hon
alton were invited 10 take part in
se meetings
rhe meeting in the FIRST ward is to
held in Archuleta's hWl ON Noun m
n Road, that i'm the Second ward az this