The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-30
Blind Marvel Can See
Only Victory For
President
MIDDLE WEST
FOR HIM STRONG
Keeping Country Out
Of War Popular
Policy
HELEN HELLER

Charles =. Hughes IS an eboH
from which Teddy Roosevelts hot.
air emerges cold said Helen Kel-
.sr ,he Boston blind marvel. Tues
day morning
Miss Keller Is In Detroit on her
way home from a lecture tour Of
he middle pest on which she talked
exclusively against so-cslisd pre-
psredness Asked u she though that
militarism would ever De great
factor 70 this country she said
1T IS now The army 5i,l which
has Just been passed makes con
scripuou possible. though u Is so
worded hat the people are fooled
They viii wake up after election.
when il = 100 late President VII.
son has kept rs out OF var When
/ have said that in my lectures. the
people have gone Wild with applause
The middle west Is against prepar-
edness and will vote for wilson T.
Is only the moneyed interests 81 the
east that want war This whole var
hysteria has been fostered and KEEP,
alive by the ammunition makers
The president has done the best
he could No one man could stand
up against the pressure which has
been brought bear on him vas
not surprised that he signed the big
navy bill. Il would have been mag
nlhcent n he had not. bat IT woulc
have been superhuman Teddy
Roosevelt betrayed his party. and.
thus. the middle west. for The Pro
grsssive party was made up OF he
people % that section 20 great eI-
tent They are deeply hurt They
have followed one leader after an
other We Eiil never have a fax
government until the Socialist party
comes 20 the front Allan Benson
f. a hne man. but not big enough.
I fear. for tho Job OF president y
all newspapers would Do a. fearless
and print the editorials that The
Times prints the interests would
not get such grip on the people
The people are cternslly fooled BY
the press. which Is largely In the
hands OF capitalists
II DO not think thai Hughes will
be elected The workingmen will
not vote FOR him They have not
forgotten his yetoing the tVo-cent
fare Law his decision IN the Dan
bury hstrers case ana all the
.hings ne did which operated against
the working people while governor
o, Nsw York As for suffrage. do
not believe that be has changed in
that regard He Is making % ~ a
campo. gu issue The women are
rather foolish II seems 70 ne. 10
be taken IN Besides. he can do
nothing His party has not come ou'
for suffrage While am a suTrag-
l-f. there are other things % NOR"
i'm portance A. tho present time. To
keep out u vsr and fight prepare.
ness and The interes;s which are
back % it-'hese are the things that
concern the American people most
no. do not think that any one
country Is responsible FOR The war
II Is war o. capital believe
hat Britain might have kept OUT %
n. for while A. least. and done
more 70 stop u II IL bad chosen 10
do 30. The war IL due 10 capital.
ism. the system which II establish
INK it.eif all oyer>ths world
n am on The side OF the workers
in the threatened railroad strike
am always on he side OF the work.
INK man About two-hfths ot the
railroads are IN the hands OF receiv.
ers which shows hou efhcient the
presidents are Trains can easily
be run from here 20 San Francisco
and back without presidents. but
hon FAR would they 20 without engi-
neers' n you want 20 see where
the money goes look az the homes
~ 'he oTc.als and then A. the hum
bio homes % the engineers and Are.
men. tho brakemen and conductors.
That tells the story
II came through Nebraska.
through The hclds % waving corn
and INC stacks ~ beautiful grain I
could smell a thousand odors How
could one 'hink ~ par In his splen.
did land which was giving liie 20
II pas the most won
derful country We rode In en- auto
mobile and he arr laden with irag
rance rushed by me" and Miss Kei-
Ter rlssped ber hands and seemed
10 be looking afsr on. her face SUI
fused with happiness and Joy
She - full ~ intense enthusiasm
and speaks with the most earnest
conviction % the rights and wrongs
of mankind She IL ardent In her
love tor The working people and
natural born radical
Mrs Macy. her friend and teacher,