The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-24
Can THE KAISER DEFEAT The PRESIDENT?
VITAL QUESTION VOTERS MUST ANSWER
Election of Hughes, Proclaimed by Germal-A mer-
cans as Their Choice to Punish Wilson, Would
Make Potsdam Political Capital of the
United States, Says New York World -"

Can the Kaiser defeat the Presi-
dent? The question is put by the
New York World in this, the most
trenchant editorial contribution to
the newly opened National campaign:
ct do not like to consider the pos
sibility Of a hyphenated vote says
George w. Wickersham, who is Mr..
Hughes most prominent guide, coun-
sellor and friend. Whether Mr.. Wick
ersham and Mr.. Hughes like to con-
slider it or not, the hyphenated vote
is a definite fact that can not be dis
regarded.
mo other issue of the campaign is
so vital as the issue that this vote
presents. The followers of the Kaiser
in the United States have set out to
destroy President Wilson politically
for the crime of being and American
President instead of a German Presi-
dent. They have adopted Mr.. Hughes
as their candidate and made his cause
their cause. They have decreed that
President Wilson must be defeated
because the foreign politics Of his adj
ministration are not satisfactory to
the German empire.
German Americans Endorse Him
"Officials of the German-American
Alliance in Chicago had endorsed the
Hughes nomination almost before the
convention had finished it's work. The
officers Of the German societies in
Milwaukee who sent their ultimatum
to the Republican party last week
, are all cordial in expressing their ap-
prevail of the Hughes nomination.
George Sylvester Viereck, editor
of the Fatherland, which is the most
frankly disloyal and seditious of all
the German newspapers in the United
States, declares that
1.-THE nomination of Justice
Hughes means the salvation of the
Republican party. It is triumph of
genuine Americanism over nativism.'
"George Won Skal, one of the most
active agents of the German propa-
ganda in New York, is as enthusiastic
as Mr.. Viereck:
1--WE are convinced that President
Wilson is pro-British, and that is the
reason we are going to vote against
him. Justice Hughes, therefore, will
American Democrats and Republic
d1AS, anu CllllA lc Will NC C1VCIOus
Koelbe is Exultant
"Alphonse Koelbe, of the German
American alliance, who helped to
manage the Congressional campaign
in behalf of the Gore and McLem ore
resolutions, is no less eXultant than
Mr.. Viereck and Mr.. Won Skal:
"'I am certain that Justice Hughes
will grow as the campaign advances,
and that the chances of Mr.. Wilson
being elected are exceedingly SLIM
"Gustav Mayer, publisher of the
German Daily Gazette, said in a
speech at Philadelphia Sunday:
"'We suggested some weeks ago
that Hughes was the most logical
man, and with his selection and that
of Fairbanks the entire country will
rally to the support of the Repub-
lican ticket
1.-THE editor of the Cincinnati
Volksblatt says the nomination is a
splendid ohe,' and the Cleveland
Wachter and Anzeiger commends Mr.
Hughes while attacking President
| Wilson and Colonel Roosevelt:
1--WE consider it a great boon of
the Chicago convention that the peo-
pie of the United States will not be
compelled to choose between the
present leader in unneutral subserv-
fence to England and the advocate Of
still greater unneutrality.'
Voices Hyphenated Neutrality
"In the opinion Of the Cincinnati
Freie Presse-
| "'Justice Hughes has expressed
sentiments which are in accord with
the German-American idea of
neutrality. We are in thorough SYM
pathy with him and his Ideals