Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-06
Fulton Addresses
Great Meeting

Charles e. Fulton Of Portland ad-
dressed a large and enthusiastic
meeting at Medford Wednesday in the
interest Of the election of Charles E.
Hughes to the presidency Of the
United States. The meeting was
held in the natatorium, where every
seat was taken and many men and
women stood at the rear and along
the sides of the room. Nearly every
locality in the county was represent
ed. Delegations were there from
Ashland, Central Point, Jacksonville
and Gold Hill. The speaker was
given hearty and prolonged applause
frequently during his address, and
when a large picture of Hughes was
brought into the room men rose in
their seats, cheered and tossed their
hats, women waved their handker-
chiefs and the band struck up the
air, Marching Through Georgia"
More impressive, if possible, than
the meeting itself was the procession
which marched through the streets
led by the Medford and Central Point
bands from the Hotel Medford to
the meeting place. Both bands rem
dered splendid music, large Hughes
banner was carried at the head of
the procession, followed by an illum-
mated transparency, men and women
carried blazing red fire sticks on foot
and in automobiles, and altogether
the whole affair was splendidly alive
with a touch of the old-time political
enthusiasm. An estimate of those
present puts the figures at 5000 in
the procession and 1000 in the hall
to hear the speaking.
Lincoln Mccormick was chairman
of the meeting and made short but
effective Introductory address outlin-
ing the main issues of the campaign.
He declared that the purpose of the
meeting was to, sift the right from
the wrong and with sincere purpose
to arrive at the truth. A male quar-
tette consisting of Messrs. Afford,
Colvig. Kirkpatrick and Osborne sang
campaign song written by the late
Holbrook Wilmington, and "Dick
Posey" of Ashland recited two of his
effective original poems.
Mr.. Fulton divided his Indictment
of the democratic administration into
three parts: complete business inca
pacity, faithlessness in carrying out
party pledges, and lowering the
standards of American patriotism,
American manhood and sowing the
seeds of a decadent citizenship.
The speaker called attention to the
disastrous record of the present dem
ocratic administration during the
period before the beginning of the
European war, showing that the war
itself, so stupendously frightful in
its effects upon the countries in
volved, has been the only thing
which has enabled the United States
to avoid the most serious financial
and industrial upheaval of recent
decades. Throwing twenty millions
of people out of useful employment
the war suddenly made the United
States the market for all of Europe.
From authoritative facts the speak
er showed that most of the demo-
cratic reforms were not issues in the
campaign, as they were approved by
republicans as we'll as democrats, and
without the aid of the former few
of them would have been enacted
into laws. The broken democratic
pledges we're reviewed. Mr.. Fulton
showed that instead of abolishing
useless offices the democrats have
created thirty thousand new offices,
increasing useless salaries by over
forty million dollars, and, not includ-
ing appropriations for preparedness,
have spent $150,0O0,000 more than
any republican congress that ever ex-
listed. "If this is return to demo-
cratic simplicity" said the speaker,
what would four years more do to
us?"
In conclusion Mr.. Fulton reviewed
the administration foreign palicy,
declaring that it had not only earned
the enmity but the contempt of the
civilized world. No citizen of the
world stands so low, in the opinion
of mankind, said he, as the American
citizen.