New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
IAN DIOTIC CAMPAIGN"
A German.American's Denuncia6sp
of the German Alliance
he Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The politicians Of the German.
American Alliance notice with disnsy
that Germsn-American citizens ara
turning away from the candidate Of the
making Of the German Alliance. They
ere now franticslly appealing 10 Ger.
man-Americsn voters 10 stand BIZ
Hughes. An appeal in the New Yorker
Staats-Zeitung" bearing the headlin.
Should You Vote for Wilson, be-
gins:
"After German-Anericsns from an
parts Of the country, at the invitation
OF the Centralbund OF Pennsylvania.
had met in Chicago on May "a and %.
1916, to define their attitude toward
the coming Presidential election, ana
had appointed a conference eommit,..
for the purpose OF formulating a dee.
larstion OF principles as well as
statement, later on TO be published,
setting forth which one OF the Pr,sl.
Dental candidates would be deemed
worthy of the support OF German.
American voters" etc.
After they had selected a candidate
after their own heart, as they though.
and had asked all German-Ameriean
voters 70 support their candidate, they
experienced a most painful shock when
they had to see all their nice little Do
litical programme upset by the alliance
Of their" candidate with Roosevelt
and the violently pro-British elements
of America. Theirs is the most tragi-
comical position that people who
wanted themselves 20 be taken SER.
ously could find themselves in.
There they stand, united in sims
against Wilson; the German Alliance.
because Of his actions against German
and their friends the Roosevelt.
Hughes combination because OF "his
inaction" toward Germsny's violation
of international law
The determined opponents Of woman
suffrage and prohibition have not only
to swallow that, but have also 70 swsl.
low in silence the insults offered them
by Roosevelt's contemptuous reference
to them and their political activities
as 10 professional German-Ameri.
cans" whose foul intrigues will gain
them no influence over him." their
chosen candidate Hughes, worthy Of
their support.
Why should German-Americsn eiti.
zens vote for their pro-British candi.
date Hughes and his conglomers,iou
Of office-seekers, wsr-speculstors and
enemies of laboring men? The real
German-Americans have. since they
know where Hughes stands, no interest
in his campaign except one to see him
and his henchmen defeated. He doe.
not stand for the principles" Of the
German Alliance convention, nor does
he stand for unqualified loyalty" to
our country. He stands for an Office.
It is the most idiotic campaign
America has seen IN hundred
years, as far as the Republican
party is concerned. They have no
issues except this: Get Wilson out, so
We may get in! They are not Offering
solution for one single problem with
which Wilson has had to wrestle. They
have nothing to offer but the bsrefseed
impudence Of the ofiice-seeker who
hopes to get into power by resorting TO
SANDER, defamation, vilification OF the
government Cor the good it has done to
the country By keeping America out OF
trouble.
Why should other German-Americsns
who are not professionals" help cheap
amateur politicians TO save their fses
and vote against our own best interests
and the peace of America? Ndcht
cuch doch NIGHT ldcherlich!
DR.. WIN. HEINECKE.
New York, Oct. 80, 1916.