New Britain herald., 1916-10-25

terruption and the excited gentleman i was quickly suppressed by those who 1 sat near him in the balcony ! MT. Cummings address in substance l follows.
 ''The achievements of the last
 three and a half years under the
 leadership of President Wilson con-
 stitute a record of progress hitherto
 unparalleled in the country, in this 1 America of ours We have always i believed, my friends that the more
 the case is argued, the more clearly i the justice of our case would appear. : The first assault was made some l months ago by MT. Elihu Root, but
 1t did not seem to arouse an adequate
 response. Senator Lodge has tried
 his hand at it. Roosevelt himself has
 endeavored to convince the people that Wilson was wrong, but to no avail Then the people waited for MT. Hughes to speak. They said: Here Is a great intellect. Here is man who possesses such keen powers of analysis that we will go to the supreme bench and break the su- preme bench and break the Amer ican judicial traditions of a century and drag him into politics in order that he may endeavor to frame an indict- ment of the democratic administra- tiOn.'
 And the country listened and they are still listening. There is not a man or a woman in this audience who is able to tell today how Mr. Hughes stands on any public issue now before the public. There is not a single human being that can tell the American people with authority what MT. Hughes would have done if he had been president instead of Mr. Wilson or what he proposes to do if he by some unhappy chance should be elected president.
 Brandcgee and Mclean.
 We have made enemies by pass ing child labor law. Why, my friends there were conditions in this country where little children were forced to work ten and twelve and even fourteen hours day in the factories, mere Waifs of humanity, girls as well as boys, little boys on the breakers in the coal fields of Penn sylVan1a. The very life and blood of the youth of America is being coined into gold to make richer people all ready rich beyond the dreams of avarice. We changed it. We passed a child labor bill so that the little children might have a chance for their 1ives-a chance to play and a chance to grow strong and a chance to be built up into sturdy American men and women. And I am ashamed to say that we have in the United States senate two United States sen- ators, one, Senator 'Brandegee, who voted against the child labor law, and the other, Senator Mclean who 'ducked'
 Il say to you that if I had been a senator in the senate of the United states and had had an opportunity to vote for a child labor law and had falled to register my vote in behalf of it, I would have regarded myself as historically disgraced, and I would be ashamed to come before my fellow citizens and ask for their suffrage or support.
 That Union League Meeting.
 "Oh my friends, these reforms that we have effected have produced the most extraordinary reconciliations upon the other side that you can we'll imagine. Theodore has shaken the hands or Iaft and the great question is, which one said How do you do?' first. The reconciliation took place in the Union League club. I recall that MT. Roosevelt once said that the Union League club was a place fre- quented by affluent gentlemen with soft bodies and hard faces That is where they staged the reconcilia- ton. Anw Perkins has grasped the honest palm of second story man. Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania. It is a beautiful and entrancing spec tacle. They have forgotten Arma- geddon. They have ceased to sing 'Onward. Christian Soldiers,' and as MT. Perkins looks about and sees Reed Shoot, Murray Crane, Boss Barnes, Penrose, Gallinger and the rest, he strikes up new tune, Hail, Hail. the Gangs all Here.' Now, what do these reconcil1ations mean? They mean a desire to re- cover power. They mean a purpose upon the part of the powerful inter- ests of this country to control again the destinies of America. They mean