Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-08-11
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE DECLARED
PREPAREDNESS IS PRIMARY MA.
Ti0NAL DUTY-PLEADS FOR
AWAKENED NATION.
WE LIVE IN WORLD IN ARMS
HE TELLS ST. PAUL THRON0
Reads Letter From Former Director
of Census Stating That Hls Res
ignation Was Forced-Heid Up
az Example Of "Prostitution
Of Public Service"

Of Public Service" "
st. Paul, Aug. 10.-In his address
at the st. Paul Auditorium, Mr.,
Hughes said:
Il am a strong party man. I be-
leve in party organization as an es,
sential agency of Republican govern,
iment. But I believe in party organ,
izdtion as the servant Of a democratic
people and stand as the Representa-,
tive Of a party in order that through
that essential instrumentality / may
serve all the men and women of the
United States.
II believe that there is no reason,
able nasn in the Progressive party and
no devout and strong organization man
IN the Republican party who holds to
the great ideals of the honor and pros,
perity and efficiency of this nation,
who cannot, with a good conscience,
support my candidacy.
Must Have Intense Loyalty.
1--WE have come from many lands
Here in the Northwest we know that
Amer1canism is thing of the spirit
and not of the flesh. Wherever
man Is born, II he is a naturalized
American citizen Of tho United States,
he is here heartily an American citi.
zen with American ideals, with Ameri.
can hopes. ready to give, live and die
for the United States.
Il desire to see q reinforcement of
the American sentiment in that con,
soious9ess Of unity which displaces all
possibility q division. we must have
that inner feeling Of intep4t loyalty,
What is there to divide us3 We are
q united people and only through that
dominant sense of unity and loyalty
can we get the force and motive power
which will make US an efficient nation
ready to cope with the problems Of
the twentieth century.
Nation Not Prepared. ,..'
There was no excuse for permit,
ting our regular army to remain at so
low a point that it would not perform
unprepared for service from the length
and breadth of the land. That is not
a spectacle Of prepared nation That
is a condition for which l hold the
administration responsible.
Consider for a moment the facts.
1t was only about year and a. halt
ago that certain patriotic citizens were
directing attention to the need of pre-,
paredness, to tho need of the enlarge.
ment Of our regular army, and the
president of the United States formal,
~ expressed his opinion that such per.
sons were nervous, excited; that there
was no real occasion for alarm, that
there were no conditions which made
It matter to be considered as a real
exigency. .
'The rights about which there has
been SO much discussion are in thu
main plain rights, generally recog
nized. But we live in a world in arms,
1t would be the rankest folly for us ia
invite insult, for us to invite the dis,
regard Of our word by having an oh,
ivious conditions Of unpreparedness.
Preparedness Is National Duty.
Preparedness that is reasonable
and adequate is not militarism. There
is no militarism in this country. But
adequate and reasonable preparedness
is an assurance of our peace. It is the
! very buttress Of our self-respect. It il
, for us to say what we mean and have
our word regarded. It means that
when such situation arises as there
, IN on the border Of Mexico that we are
ready to discharge our duty without
calling men from their peaceful occu
pations, from the shops and the fac
tories and Offices all over this land.
Reasonable, adequate preparedness
is a primary national duty and If I am
elected propose to SEQ as far ~ IL
mo lies that that duty is discharged t.
the credit Of the American people. And
I am not talking Simply or even pri
marily Of numbers.
II want to refer for q moment t.
the embargo on arms. do not know
! that it 10 a rash statement| thinl
it is well warranted by the facts, to
say that any American soldier killed
in Mexico is killed by American bull
let's that we have let pass over thu
border"
Confer on Range Strike.
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