Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-10-26


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THAT UNLUCkY MOMENT IN MIR.
WILSON'S LIFE.
1t was indeed an unlucky moment
in Woodrow Wilson's life when he
gave utterance to the thought that
there we're "hyphenated" citizens in
the United States and that they were
unloyal and even traitors to this
country. Mr. Wilson has of late re-
Trained from speaking of "hyphen-
ated" citizens, and the press advocat-
ing his cause has quit hooting at the
"Hyphens." But what has been said
by Mr.. Wilson as the President of a
hundred million people, the insult
which he has heaped upon very
large percentage of these people can
not easily be eXpunged and be made
forgotten by silence on his part and
the part OF his friends. Such news
papers as for instance the Gaelic
American see to it, that at least some
few thousands of Mr.. Wilson's for
mer true friends do not forget what
he once said of them. In its issue
OF October 81, the Gaelic American
says:
"The attempt recently made to
prove that Charles E. Hughes is
dominated by the German-Americans
and that Victor Ridder wrote
speech for him is about the silliest
effort ever made by campaign man
ayers to bolster up a lost cause. And
it comes after the failure of des-
perate efforts, made during the past
six weeks to win for Woodrow Will
son the support OF the very men
whose approval it is a crime fo~ his
rival to accept.
The contention is that il is all
wrong for the Republican candidate
to accept the support of German and
other hyphenated citizens, but II is
all right for the Democratic candi-
date to send emissaries scurrying
through the country soliciting the
support of the very same men and
begging them to pay a visit to the
Pres dent The revelations" so far
published concern only the Germans
and nothing has been said at all
about the Irish. Perhaps Mr.. Hap
good would like to see some revela-
tions of Mr.. Wilson'S attempts
through his trusted messengers, to
bring disgruntled Irish Democrats
back into line by promising to twist
the British lions tail as it has never
been twisted in all American history
some time or other before election
day If Mr. Hapgood does he can be
readily Accommodated.
but Wilson's managers are con-
fronted with most diflcult task to
prove that he is not anti-ITish to the
very marrow of his bones. He proved
it by his wanton and unprovoked in
suit to the Irish race at the unveiling
OF the Barry monument in 1914; in
several utterances since then; in his
Flag Day speech; in the anti-Hyphen
planks which he forced on the plant
and slavish leaders at the Democratic
National Convention; in his Speech
OF Acceptance and in his famous
telegram to jeremiah OLeary from
Shadow Lawn. All the water in the
Potomac could not wash him clean
Of the charges
"A few OF his attacks on "Hyphen-
ated Americans s"--meaning Irish and
German citizens whose relatives were
| fighting for the Union when his
family connections and those of most
of his Cabinet were trying to destroy
it--may be cited with advantage
just now. His anti-lrish Jack Barry
speech we quoted so recently that
there is no need to repeat II. "Only
| part of them came over" is quite
enough 1t is entirely true of his
grandparents and his mother, and 1t
is strongly verified in himself. The
following impudent falsehood in his
Flag Day speech is emphasized by an
/ impotent threat about what will hap
pen on Election Day:
There is disloyalty active in the
United States and ii must be abso-
lutely crushed. 1t proceeds from a
minority, very small minority, but
a very active and subtle minority.
It works underground, but it also
shows its ugly head where we can see
| it, and there are those at this mo-
ment who are trying to levy a species
or political blackmail, saying, DO
what we wish in the interest of for
| eign sentiment or we will wreak our
vengeance at the polls" That is the
I
! American nation will turn with a
might and triumph Of sentiment
which will teach those gentlemen
! once for all that loyalty to this flag
I is the first test OF tolerance in the
! United States.
"Of the insult to the Irish race
! given, by Mr.. Wilson's orders, by the
Democratic National Convention in
St. Louis, we said at the time:
"The folly of the Convention in
! inserting Wilson's anti-hyphen plank
+, in the platform Is without parallel in
! American history. 1t was an unpro-
voked attack on the most loyal and
energetic element in the party and
an assumption that the race which OF
all races in America has most per
sonal pride, can be browbeaten into
J submission to wrong and contumely
That this was the spirit which
governed the Convention was con
clusively proved by the treatment OF
Martin Lomasney of Boston. one OF
the most astute and powerful local