Evening journal., 1916-11-01
GREAT CROWD HEARS
REPUBLICAN ORATORS
Continued from First Page.

Dover and points in this county.
G. Sudler Richards Presides.
The meeting was called to order by
Charles Sudler Richards, who after
announcing the purpose Of the meet
ing. introduced Senator DUPONT as the
first speaker. His appearance was the
1 signal for round after round Of ap-
! plause. In part Senator dupont said :
-Four years ago Woodrow Wilson
was elected President OF the United
States by a plurality vote, which
means, as you know, that he received
the greatest number OF votes Of the
three presidential candidates at that
time. But It does not mean that he
received a majority Of all the votes
cast at that election. On the contrary.
he was In the minority by 1,350,0O0
votes; that is, that 1850 900 voters Of
this country voted for other candl-
dates, and we're opposed to both Wood.
row Wilson and everything for which
! woodrow Wilson stood.
Offices For "Deservlng Democrats
One would naturally suppose that
a President who had been elected to
his high office by minority vote of
the people OF the country. with ap-
/ proXimately one and one-half millions
or voters opposed 10 him and his prin-
ciples, that he would have exerted
every effort to have given us a wise.
broad and non-partisan administra-
ton which would have operated for
the general advancement OF the well
] fare OF the country and its people.
I But IL is fact that there has been
no administration for the past eighty
years which has been characterized by
the partisanship OF this administra-
ton Woodrow Wilson had hardly
taken HIS seat as President of the
United States when he began to de-
vote his energies 10 the distribution
OF offices to deserving Democrats
His weak and vacillating foreign
policies have entirely annihilatnd the
respect and confidence for the United
States among the nations OF the world
and has left us few--if any--sincere
friends abroad And II Is equally true
that he has forfeited. by his constant
changes Of position upon every ques-
tion Of public policy. the confidence
and respect of the great mass Of the
American people, particularly the
| business men OF the country.
Flops With Opinion.
"The main object to which the at
tention Of Woodrow Wilson has been
devoted. ever since his election, has
been Watching the trend Of public
opinion and placing himself in accord
herewith as expedltiously as possi-
BILE Public opinion changes rapidly.
and many a time It has left Mr.. Wilson
high and dry. and only by a rapid
shift oP reversal of his own position
has he been able to keep pace with It.
Just as an illustration of one In
stance OF this characteristic OF the
President. we might cite his various
attitudes with reference to the matter
of national preparedness. In the be-
ginning of the national clamor for
adequate preparedness to meet any
foreign Invasion, Woodrow Wilson
'Pooh-poohed' the whole business. One
year later. in a speech in Philadel-
phia, he announced that The Ameri-
can people are too proud to fight and
the very next morning the newspapers
all over the land. Irrespective OF party
afIiliation. commented very vigorously
about 1t, and what happened7 Presto!
He changed at once and became an ar
dent advocate of preparedness to meet
extent OF marching in a preparedness
parade az Washington. II would be
very easy 10 recite a number Of other
detailed instances of this rapid
changing Of position on questions Of
major public policy, but time Will not
permit
ITO return to my original subject,
Woodrow Wilson was elected on an
actual minority vote OF l,S5O,OOO.
In order TO secure reelection It Will
be necessary for him to secure $4,000
new votes, and to retain what he had
in 1912. It viii be absolutely i'm
possible for Wilson to secure the
675.OOO new votes Of people who never
have voted for him OF his party be-
fore. and to retain, at the same time,
his vote OF the last election. con-
fdently predict that this day week
will witness his defeat and the cleo
tion OF our splendid candidate,
Charles Evans Hughes, Of New York"
Landls Says Like "Old Days
TIE Senator's remarks were inter-
rupted several times by vigorous ap-
! plause. and it was some minutes af-
! ter he sat down beforeChairman Rich
ards could make himself heard to
introduce the next speaker, Mr..
! Lands. who in part. said:
"This visit 70 your county is good
/ for me. because II reminds me OF the
good old days when I was a candidate
for Office in Indiana There's where
had my little fling az the political
game was a Representative in
the Congress OF the United States,
from Indiana. for twelve years, but
the seventh time I was candidate
they played Joke on me. and the ma
jority OF them voted for the other fell
low. When they did that. I turned
my back upon political Office forever,
and settled in a country which was
lust as good as Indiana, and came TO
Delaware. and here propose to live
and when I have done living. TO be
buried IN Delaware soil. I am glad
came 10 Delaware. II helped to
educate me. ] never before had any
idea Of the wealth. beauty or great
ness OF the little State Of Delaware.
I have been all over the United States.
} and I do not think that conditions in
any section OF the country. from all
standpoints. conspire 20 a greater de
! gree 20 make conditions more delight
: fu'lv hahitahle than IN Delaware.
when we arrived here. General
DUPONT seized us and took US out
along that magnificent highway-the
dupont Road-as far as II has been
constructed And I want to say that
70 amply repays one for the trip from
. tunity TO 90 over that road. Think
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