The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-14

can to stand up and assert his Ameri- canfsm. We must make the issue so clear that every ballot box in the land of American manhood
 'NThe citizens of this country must stand behind their president because his policies are right. They will stand behind him because his policies are the policies which have brought the nation century of prosperous and honored peace. They will stand behind him because they want these policies con- nnued, that prosperity prolonged, that peace assured"
 Party Pledges Redeemed.
 He pointed out that the promise made four years ago that Democrat ic administration would iberate the nation from the chains of industrial tyranny has been carried out He eu- Iog1zed the federal reserve act and declared that the 'sscholar-statesman whose rod has struck the golden rock Of America's resources to set free the wealth imprisoned for half a century, is a Moses who has led AmericaSs in dustrtes from the wilderness of doubt and despair to the promised land of prosperity and hope.''
 The jaws restraining big business from st1ding competition, the trades commission act, the movement to fos- ter expansion of American trade, the close union Of economic, commercial anS financial interests between the United States and the nations of South America are shown to be legislation of the widest benefit. The Underwood tariff MT. Glynn aracterized as the FoS r1@ +H1s4 r0R 01 hoT enacted. Under the present admins tration the United States has enjoyed l wonderful era of good business and good times.
 American Ideals Fostered.
 The Americans ideals and his as- pirations served as the basis for the speakers opening discussion.
 We who stand today on the fertile soil of America, who live under the smiling skies of free and fruitful land, must prove worthy of the trust that American sacrifice has imposed on every American.
 "Disregarding the divisions that make one man a Tory and another a I Whig, one man a Republican and an- | other Democrat, Americans will cast aside the tinsel of party labels and the mummery of party emblems.
 From the great pulsing heart of the nation will come a patriot command 1 to crush partfsanship and rebuke what l ever is mean or blind.
 l "The command will be heard by the p1owman in his field and by the labor CT at his bench. It will reach the mer- l chant in his office and the lawyer at his desk. We would be false to our selves and recreant to those who send | partisan profit, any consideration of political advantage to obscure our vi sion of the tremendous issues now be fore the people of the United States 1 We must cast aside all that is selfish; we must hold ourselves worthy of a nations confidence by offering only the l best of our intelligence, the flower of our patriotism toward the solution of what all men perceive to be crisis in the nations affairs
 The Paramount Issue.
 In asking for an indorsement of the presidents peace policy MT. Glynn 1 said:
 For two years the world has been af1re. The civilization that we know has been torn by the mightiest strug- gle in its history. Sparks from Flu rope's conhagration have blazed in our own skies, echoes of her strife have sounded at our very doors That fire still burns, that struggle still contfn- 1 ues, but thus far the United States has held the flame at bay, thus far it has saved it's people from participation in the conflict.
 What the people of the United States must determine through their suffrage is whether the course the $ fry n cia1 period is to be continued, whether the principles that have been asserted as our national policy shall be indorsed or withdrawn.
 This is the paramount issue No lesser issue must cloud it, no unrelated problems must confuse ft''
 In declaring that the policy of neu- tralfty is as American as the American i flag Mfr Glynn asserted that:
 tThe first president of the United States was the first man to pronounce neutrality a rule of international con- duct
 .In April, 1793, Washington declar- ed the doctrine, and within a month John Jay, chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. in an epoch making decision from the bench whose realization would insure universal and perpetual peace. wrote the principle into the law of this land. The Dec | laration of Independence had foretold it by declaring the rest of mankind enemies in war, in peace friends The constitution recognized it, but the first president of the United States by proclamation, the first chief justice by Interpretation, gave it vitality and power.
 Stands With Washington.
 'eThe president of the United States stands today where stood the men who made America and who saved America. He stands where John Ad. ans stood when he told King George that America was the land he loved and that peace was her grandeur and her welfare. He stands where General