Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-18
COMPLETE ACCORD
WITH ROOSEVELT
HUGHES FOREIGN POLICY DIG.
TATED BY THE JlNGO WHO,
HAD HE BEEN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, SAYS Ex-PRESlDENT
TAFT, WOULD HAVE PLUNGED
US INTO WAR;" .l.'" '.+. t'

shirked our duty by failing TO take
any action; by announcing that we
would be neutral" aa .."'. ..
Fact 2-RooSevelt said: ut is
wicked thing to be neutral between
right and wrong, |. e., between BEL
GUM and Germany" '.'" .."'
Fact 3-Root denounced the Presi-
dent for "pusilanimous conduct in
his negotiations With Germany, and
repeated all of Roosevelts arguments.
Fact 4-Lodge gave utterance to the
same doctrine. '
Fact 5 = Roosevelt declared he
would not accept a nomination at the
hands of the Progressive Party If the
Republican Party would nominate
man whose foreign policies were in
accordance with his own!
Fact Con June 10, the Republican
National Convention nominated JUS
tice Charles Hughes. ....l..,
Fact ION June %. Roosevelt said:
"They (NIr. Wilson and his party)
have taught us that peace, the peace
Of cowardice and dishonor and indif-
ference to the welfare Of Others Is
to be put above righteousness. above
the stern untlinching performance OF
duty" is sE |4.@.. ss
Fact s-On June 81, Roosevelt said:
'In my judgment the nomination OF
Mr.. Hughes meets the (my) cOndi-
ton. No good American can have
any feeling except scorn and detesta-
ton for those professional German
Americans who seek to make the Am
erican President in effect a viceroy
of the German Emperor. They repre-
sent that adherence to the pOlitico-
racial hyphen which is the badge and
sign of moral treason to the Republic.
I am certain that that candidate
| '(Hughes) is incapable of being intlu-
enced by the evil intrigues of these
hyphenated Americans"
Fact 9-On June 20 Roosevelt and
Hughes were at dinner together for
two and half hours. 88#' ~
Fact 10-After that dinner Hughes
said: "We talked very fully over all
matters AND WERE IN COMPLETE
ACCORD" N
Fact 11-Three days after that din
ner Roosevelt said of Hughes: "Ris
high qualities must recommend him
to the esteem of the whole world,
particularly to the sympathy of the
Allies. He certainly would never have
suffered the Government of the United
States, as one of the signatories to the
Hague Treaty. to pass over without
protest the violation of Belgium's nell-
trality by Germany. He would never
write two notes on the same offense
He would perhaps, issue sa warning
but afterwards he would act according
to his conscience and for the honor
Of civilization. This is what he GER
tainly willfdo, IL he becomes the
President of the United States"
Fact 12-On August 81, Roosevelt de-
neunced German citizens for acting
as servants and allies of Germany
He condemned the Administration for
failing to live up to- its duty to resist
the invasion of Belgium. He added:
Eve can put in power an ladmlnistra-
ton which will live up to our national
obligations AS between Mr.. Hughes
and Mr.. Wilson, who can doubt which
is=the man who will with austere
courage stand for the national duty?"
! Fact 13-On September l, Hughes
wired Roosevelt: Il heartily congrat-
ulate you on the speech at Lewiston
and warmly appreciate your effective
support :" spoke Of Roosevelt as THAT
Stalwart American who woke the
country" and aped Roosevelt by say
ing: 1--WE want deeds to match words.
! Lam not one of the kind that is too
proud to fight" On the following day,
Roosevelts Maine speech, and en-
dorsed every word Of it!
! Fact 14-Candidate Hughes springs
from the most loyal of, British, stock,
the Welsh. His father enigrated from
Wales in 1866, barely seven years be-
fore Charles was born.
Fact 15-NIr Hughes naturally SYM
pathizes with England, as does a son
ola German immigrant with that
country which he lovingly refers to.
as" Fatherland." 1T ,issonly natural
that Mr. Hughes should stump his APP
prevail upon all that RoOsevelt-hater
and traducer of ,- German-American
citizens tters. l8.I H,iHiiHt ilItlH3hit
Fact 16-If Roosevelt's policy, which
Mr.. Hughes has accepted without
modification, had, for the past "a
months, been the policy of this Gov
eminent, war with Germany would
have been inevitable. ~, \ II ~
Fact 17-And if, we had conquered,
we could have obtained nothing more
than an apology for wrongs committed,
| promise to respect our rights In
the future, and monetary indemnity!
| Fact 18--1f Mr.. Hughes is elected
| President on this issue, it is notice
to all the world that America repudi.
| ates her policy of peace for the
Roosevelt-Hughes policy of war. Let
the issue be not misunderstood. We
| know, the world knows. that Wood.
| row Wilson will maintain the peace
| unless the Nations honor is assailed.
| He is no more afraid to fight than
! y real God-fearing, brave, upright
nan should be, Thoughtful men know
that a President advised by Roosevelt