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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
EACH STAND C0NTRADICTED
FROM | TO 6 OF THE OTHERS

Democratic Candidate Said That Our
Army Was Ample and That We Did
Not Have Enough Troops to Patrol
the Border; That We were on the
Verge of a Maelstrom and That
There Was No Critical Situation;
That the National Guard Would
Not Do and Then That 1t Must Do.
In the fourteen months extending
from December Sth. 1914. to February
10th, 1916, there were fifteen mes
sages, letters and speeches of Presi-
dent Wilson which l have read. In
these fifteen messages, letters and
speeches, during those fourteen
months, President Wilson took forty
one different positions about prepared
ness and the measures necessary to
secure it; and each of these forty-one
positions contradicted from one to six
of the others. In many of his speeches
the weasel words of one portion of
the speech took all the meaning out
of the words used in another portion
of that speech; and these latter words
themselves had a weasel significance
as regards yet other words. He ar
gued for preparedness, and against
preparedness. He stated that our
army was ample; and that we did
not have enough troops to patrol the
Mexican border in time of peace. He
said the world was on fire, and that
sparks were liable to drop anywhere
and cause us to burst into flame; anu
he also said that there was no imme-
date danger. He said that there was
no sudden crisis; and then again that
he did not know what a single day
would bring forth. He said that we
were on the verge of maelstrom;
and then that there was no special
or critical situation. He said the dan
ger was constant and Immediate and
also that we were not threatened from
any quarter. He said that there was
no fear among u.s. and also that we
were in daily danger of seeing the
vital interest and honor of the country
menaced and the flag of the United
States stained with impunity. He
said that we were in very critical
danger of being involved in the great
European struggle; and also that
there was no need to dicuss the
question of defense, or to get nervous
or excited about it. In one and the
same speech, he said that sufficient
number of men would volunteer, and
that If they did not he would be
ashamed of America and he also said
that he did not know of any law
which laid upon them the duty of COM
ing into the army, if it should be
necessary to call for volunteers. He
said that we needed 100000 volunteers,
and that if there was any legitimate
criticism of this demand it was be-
cause it was too small; and as soon
as Congressman Hay objected to the
plan, he promptly abandoned it. He
said that the National Guard was not
the proper body upon which to rely;
and then not only changed his own
mind but forced his own Secretary of
War out OF his cabinet, because this
Secretary possessed less flexible con-
victions and was unable instantly TO
reverse himself when going at full
speed.-FrOm the Speech of Colonel
Roosevelt at Battle Creek. Michigan.
in Behalf OF Dir. Hughes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
HUGHES OR WILSON?
ROOSEVELT'S ANSWER

Against Mr.. Wilson'S com
bination of grace in elocution
with futility in action; against.
his record of words unbacked by
deeds or betrayed by deeds, we
see Mr.. Hughes rugged and UNI
compromising straightforward
ness of character and action in
every Office he has held. We
put the man who thinks and
speaks directly, and whose
words have always been made
good, against the man whose
adroit and facile elocution is
used to conceal his plans or his
want of plans. The next four
years may well be years of ire
mendous national strain. Which
of the two men do you, the
American people, wish Mt the
helm during these four years
the man who has been actually
tried and found wanting, or the
man whose whole career in pub
lie Office is a guarantee of his
power and good faith? But one
answer is possible; and 1t must
be given by the American people
through the election of Charles
Evans Hughes as President of
the United States. Roosevelt
in Maine Speech.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

Hon. Scott c. Lowe, Of Fairmont
has offered his services to the state
democratic committee, and has been
appointed a member of the speakers
bureau. Mr.. Lowe is a member of the
state senate, and in that body has
made his influence felt. That he will
prove a valuable acquisition to the
bureau is foregone conclusion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
WILSON DEEMED 1T FUTILE
TO STAND FIRMLY.

President Wilson seeks to JUS
tify himself on the ground that
it was futile" and dangerous
to "stand firmly" This is an
appeal that can with equal truth
be made by every soldier who
runs away in battle. He further
alleges his belief that the cause
he championed 'has the sane
ton of the judgment of society
in its favor" / remember thir-
ty-odd years ago in the Black
Hills a local vigilance commit
tee which was in doubt about
hanging a suspected wrongdoer.
While they were discussing the
matter. there appeared over the
neighboring divide a frowsy, ell
derby hOrseman in a linen duS-
ter, who promptly galloped to-
wards them waving his arms
and shouting Hang him! Hang
him !" The leader of the vigil
lantes at once asked the frowsy
stranger what he knew of the
facts. whereupon the stranger
answered: Il do not know any
thing about the facts. and l new
er saw the man before; but
there's eleven of you and only
one of him. and / believe in ma
jority rulel" This is merely a
picturesque paraphrase of what
Mr.. Wilson calls action under
"the sanction of society" 1t ex-
emplifies the principle upon
which President Wilson has act
ed in those public matters, in-
ternal and external, where he
Vas threatened with the use Of
fOrce-From the Speech of Col
onel Roosevelt at Battle Creek,
Michigan, in Behalf of Mr..
Hughes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
Political lettings
The Wilson Kevnote.

In his kneeling to the demands Of
the trainmen, in his sacrifice of the
sacred principle of arbitration on the
altar of peace-at-any-price, we see, in
review, the whole philosophy of the
Wilson theory of government and ma
tionality.
st is better to run than to fight"
That theory is at work In American
government toda. for the first time
Boston Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
John ]. HETZEL, JR..
PAYS HIS ALIMONY
Amount Required Paid This Morn
and Suit Against Him
Was Dismissed

This morning John J. Hezu. 4.
who was given until 10 O'Clock f....
to pay his divorced wife. Mr.. l.r..
ala Hetzel $3.50 alimony, appr.r.r
and paid over the required am...
Yesterday Mrs. Hetzel testified ...
the alimony was not being paid -...
Judge Woods instructed Mr. U...
to pay or abide by the consequent.
After the money had been pai. ..
suit against him was dismissed
A decree was entered directin.
trustee to sell the real estate iu t..
case of j. d. Powell VS.. FloriIa
Snyder ct al.
DEGREES of reference were enr.r.
in the cases of James ". Ford
Clara r. Ford, Frank Emory e.
Myrtle Emory and William N 81.
Nemar vs.. Catherine NJ McNemar
AT noon court adjourned until -.
O'Clock tomorrow morning
Miss Katie attended the tabcrn4.-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
WILSON FORMERLY ASSAlL-
ED THE LABOR UNION.

The President is now can
didate' for office and speaks we'll
of labor. Until he became a
candidate for office, and as long
as he was President of a Univer-
sity, he, with entire safety, ig-
nored or assaiIed the Labor
Unions, indeed, he was then
their bitter, ungenerous, and
often unjust critic. At the Peo-
pies Forum on February rs,
1905, he said: al abor Unions
drag the highest man to the level
of the lowest" In an address at
a dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria
on March 10, 1907, in speaking of
the capitalists, he said: "There
Is another equally formidable
enemy to equality and better
ment of opportunity, and that
is the class formed by the la
Dor organizations and leaders of
| this country" In a letter writ
! ten January IL, 1909, he said: al
am fierce partisan of the open
shop" In June of the same
year. speaking at Princeton, he
/ said: "The usual standard of
| the employe in our day is to
give as little as he may for his
wages. Labor Is standardized
by the trades unions and this
is the standard to which it Is
made to conform. | need not
point out how economically dis
! astrous such regulation of la
Dor is. The labor of America
! is rapidly becoming Improbable
! under this regulation. Our eco
! nomic supremacy may be lost
! because the country grows more
! and more full of Improbable
! servants" have no question
i that when Mr.. Wilson thus
! spoke he expressed his sincere
/ convictions. Less than two years
i later he was in public life and
1 Immediately his attitude chang
/ ed. There is no rsasonfto believe
1 that his convictions changed
4 From the Speech of Colonel
\ Roosevelt at Battle Greek,
I Michigan, in Behalf of Mr..
Hughes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
HUGHES PITILESS ON
MEXICAN DISGRACE
In His Mind and on His Tongue
More Than Any Other Single
Problem With Which Mr..
Wilson Has PaItered.
CRAZY CHAPTER OF BLUNDERS

No One Can Hear Him Speak Without
Seeing the Reality of His Indgna-
ton Over the Heartess Policy of
the Democratic Administration
Toward American Men, Women and
Children, American Citizens, Sol
diers and Sailors Along and Across
the Rio Grande.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

the Rio Grande.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes was nomI-
mated friend said to him: Governor,
If the American people forget the Mexi
can disgrace they do not deserve to
have you for President" Quick as a
flash he replied: 1.-THE candidate who
lodges the Mexican disgrace does not
deserve to be President" He did not
pass around his address Of acceptance
for compliment or criticism in adj
vance of its delivery but the amount
of space he devoted to the Mexican
disgrace-"that confused chapter of
blunders surprised no one who had
talked with him since his nomination.
1t has been in his mind and on his
mind more than any other single prob
lem with which Mr.. Wilson has pal
tered. To talk with him is to see at once
the reality of his indignation over the
heartless manner in which American
men, women ard children, American
citizens, soldiers and sailors have been
abandoned by the Administration along
and across the Rio Grande, the vic
tins of Mexican armed forces, outfit
ted with American ammunition and
American rifles, Mexicans whom Mr..
Wilson has coddled one day as pa
triots only to chase the next as
bandits.
1t is apparently the belief of Mr..
Wilson that the people of the United
States are not interested in Mexico.
His defenders have declared that it
was on "old story and out of date"
Mr.. Hughes has better opinion of his
fellow countrymen. He has proved
himself better judge of their feelings.
He has made 'the Mexican disgrace"
Il foremost issue of his campaign. He
has assailed the record of the Admin
istration in that respect in almost
every speech he has made. He has new
er failed to strike responsive chord
in the hearts of his audience, whether
speaking in Carnegie Hall, New York,
from the platform of his train at
Grand Forks, North Dakota, to a vast
audience at Portland, at the EXPOSE
ton at San Diego or in the prairie
states of the Middle West. He has re-
futed the SANDER, sometimes heard in
the effete East, that the people of the
great West do not care what happens
to their fellow citizens in Mexico or
to the flag beyond the border. No
man born in the West has a firmer
faith in the fundamental patriotism
and dominant Americanism" of the
people of that section than Mr..
Hughes. He holds them responsible
in large measure for the encourage
ment and support he received while
Governor of New York in his war
upon political graft and political boss
ism. He thinks they had much to do
with conscripting him as the cham
pion of nationalism in the current cam
paign. He showed his confidence in
their practical dealism when he made
"the Mexican disgrace" an uppermost
issue of his campaign He has been
vindicated by the response his arraign-
ment of the Administration on this
score has everywhere evoked. From
Maine to California "the Mexican dis.
grace" is a sore subject with red
blooded Americans today. But no
where between the oceans are the out
RACES inflicted in Mexico upon Ameri-
can honor, life and property more
keenly resented than around the fire.
sides of the great West Mr. Hughes
is no stranger to the West His
straightforward talk on Mexico proves
it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

Evidently Mr.. Wilson has made up
his mind about something. He refers
in his acceptance speech to "the SOW
ereign authority Of Mexico" He may
have decided TO whom he was refer
ring. Less than two years ago he was
not sure whether it was the soldier
bandit villa or the CRATER Car
ranZa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
The Wilson Waltz.

In view of recent events the follow
ing formula overheard on a hotel We
waltz, one step forward, three steps
backward, hesitate, then sidestep.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
REPUBLICAN STATE
TICKET

III NE
Governor
IRA T.. ROBINSON,
of Taylor.
Secretary of State
HOUSTON G. YOUNG,
of Harrison.
Superintendent of Schools
MORRIS P. SHAWkEY,
of Kanawha.
Auditor
JOHN S. DARST,
OF Jackson.
Treasurer
WILLIAM S. JOHNSON
OF Fayette.
Attorney General
e. t. ENGLAND,
Of Logan.
Commissioner of Agriculture
JAMES II. STEWART,
of Putnam.
Judges of Supreme Court
w. n MILLER,
of Wood.
HAROLD A. RITZ,
of Mercer.
State Senator-Fifteenth District
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
SHIFTY WILSON ON
COLONEL'SBODKIN

Elusive BalanCer Oh String of
Words Pinned Down by Proof
That in Fifteen Public Ut
teranceS He Took Forty
One Different Positions
on Preparedness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
TICKET

tN}h ~
Sheriff
KINSEY B. CIRQUE, Jr.,
Martinsburg.
Prosecuting Attorney
HARRY A. DOWNS,
Martinsburg.
House of Delegates
SAMUEL S. CLINE,
Bunker Fill
REV. CHARLES BEARD,
Martinsburg.
County Commissioner
r. T. FILES,
Jones Spring.
Assessor
JOHN H. RINER,
Hedgesville.
County Surveyor
GEORGE w. VAN METRE,
Martinsburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

In view of recent events the follow
ing formula overheard on a hotel We
randa may be of interest: The Wilson
waltz, one step forward, three steps
backward, hesitate, then sidestep.
The Administration is depressed by
the reflection that under no circum-
stances can it postpone election day.
Wilson insists that he will never
recognize government by assassina-
ton, but he hasn't cut off relations
with those who have assassinated
Americans.
The first President and the first
Congress that ever submitted to a
hold-up.
And, by the way, nobody will ever
be able to claim this was regular
Democratic Administration unless we
have bond issue before March A,
1917.
Betting on Hughes and Wilson Is
dangerous both to Democrats and Re
publicans. In one of the New Eng
land states such a bet was made
few days ago. The officers heard of 1T
and they arrested the Republican on
a charge of robbery and sent the Dem
ocrat to an insane asylum. Be care
full.
One thing we must all admit.
The President is never too proud to
sidestep.
A surplus of $5,200,000 from the
postal service during the fiscal year
ending June 30, is reported by Post
master-Gen Burleson. With the
department more than paying ex-
penses, it would seem that the eXecu-
tive officials could afford to keep on
the payroll members of the National
Guard, who responded when the Presi-
dent called out the Organized Militia
for duty on the border.
founded his diplomacy on rock
which is off it's base most of the time.
The Eastern witsmiths persist in re-
ferring to the Secretary of the Navy
as Miss Josephine Daniels. No Won
der the Woman's Party is camping on
the trail of the Administration
Mr.. Wilson forgot to mention the
pledges of economy in the 1912 plat
form.
SIN his diplomacy" says Ollie
James, ''the President has sounded
a new note" What, another one?
1t begins to appear that that single
track mind system will have to be
temporarily double-tracked. A few
weeks hence, of course, it will be
Side-tracked.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

The Administration ought to he able
to take comfortable rest. 1t has
turned pretty much everything over
20 commissions from the Mexican
Question to the tariff. The talent for
Striking responsibilities comes handy
Something's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

And, by the way, nobody will ever
be able to claim this was a regular
Democratic Administration unless we
have bond issue before March a,
1917.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

The first President and the first
Congress that ever submitted to a
hold-up.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

Miss Katie attended the tabcrna..
meeting in Martinsburg lasf nicb
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

The Administration is depressed by
the reflection that under no cIrcum-
stances can it postpone election day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

Wilson insists that he will never
recognize government by assassina-
ton, but he hasn't cut off relations
with those who have assassinated
Americans.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

SATURDAY, OCTOBER Z, 1916.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

1t begins to appear that that single
track mind system will have to be
double-tracked. A few
weeks hence, of course. it will be
Side-tracked.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

One thing we must all admit.
The President is never too proud to
sidestep.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07

"In his diplomacy" says Ollie
James, "the President has sounded
a new note" What, another one?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-07
MARTINSBURG DISTRICT

VI M I tINioDt hFI DID hItI
Magistrates
FRED II. BAKER
GEORGE w. FEIDT
Constablcs
w. II. COUCHMAN
THOMAS HARDY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-14
C:syinJ Publ Menace.

Before the Safety Fir Federation con
~vention in Baltimore. Pc, - Commissioner
Arthur Woods OF New York said that con
Strlctivc Legislation or licensing al auto
Mobile drivers III the interest Of pGblIr safe
tv had been blocked BY misguided comhi-
nations. 1T i utterly absurd and Hog
ical.'' 10 permit any inexperienced person
to take upon the public highways a po-
tential engine of destruction" The New
York police commissioner i right. Every
CITY has among il archives the records OF
human lives lost through the incrpcr'ence
and carelcS~EeSS Of auto drivers who
should never have beeB allowed ~ handle
\ ear The automobile IN the hands 81 q
careless ar ignorant driver IN ~ dangerous
- the railroad locomotive in the hands OF
an inexperienced engineer would he. ~
laws should protect the people against
such menace. Houston Pest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-14
With Other Editors


The overwhelming defeat OF the single
tax proposals submitted TO the people both
in Oregon and in California at the recent
lection has attracted but little attention in
his part Of the country. To Mr.URen,
who. as the Portland Oregonian states.
dramatically confessed" al a single tax
conference a few years ago. that he had
seized upon the initiatiye1n d referendum
as the only practicable avenue to the sin
gle tax this j. the latest Of a long series
disappoihtments: vet the inference that
many will draw from il Is To- the character
Of the initiative and referendum system
viii be fallacious. They will say that the
experience Of Oregon process that 50 far
from involving the danger Of hasty radical
legislation. that system j. essentially con-
~servatiye. But it proves netting of the
kind ii only proves that the people Of Ore
gon do rot, AT this time. and have not In
the past six or eight years, desired the sin
gle tax. The cardinal objection To the
Initiative and referendum system IL that II,
by an initiative petition, a change so radio
III and 10 ~irrevcrsible a. that involved in a
simon-pure SINGLE tax proposal should hap
pen t. b. brought before the people ut a
moment peculiarly favorable for its ac-
ceptance the count Of noses made M that
particular moment would be decisive. That
j. not the way in which a question Of such
moment should be settled: nor should the
community be- placed under the necessity
of keeping constant guard against q sur
prise GEAR otter year. Responsible voting
by identifiable legislators, after parliament
tary discussion, followed by approval Of
j. none too severe n process for legisla-
ton on any vitality important question to
be subjected to.-New York Evening Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-14
ssThen I'll Come Back to You
LARRY EVANS
AUTHOR OF ONCE TO EVERY MAN."

ard him. She rose the rext moment and
started slowly around the room. poking
demurely into corHers and oseted hooks.
Every eye was following her wheI he final
In found the thing Tor which I'm, was
searching. She drew n red felt. yellow not
toed cushion from beneath the deer hale
covering Il chair and held it up - that ali
might read ..What l. Hohe Without a
Fatheri" it ran. and when the JOY that
stormed through the room made il sure
that the exhibition needed no interpreter
Fat Joe turned and hid his face. Miriam
rose languidly and joined the other girl ia
an examination OF his handiwork. Smooth
face tinted by the freight. copper hair AZ
most disheveled in its disarray, she was an
cxquisitely lovely thing. In her alto voice
she expressed her opinion.
.:It's an entirely new stitch to me, Bobs,'
she averred. Il don't think | have ever be-
fore seen just this method employed" And
she turned 10 Stephen OMara. do yor
suppose. Mr.. 0'lIara," she asked. THAT
might learn it from the one who did this
work for ycu? It's rather'-and her head
tliltu 10 one siue-u rather y pltlt.N
thing"
Again they succumbed To mirth. and then
Joe rose, brisiling. and went forward much
a a gamecock might step out 10 do bat
tie. He took the cushion from the hands
Of the girls. who no longer had strength
enough even Ia hold it.
IF you are aiming 10 do any sewing
around this camp he stated. ...you can
start In sewing on buttons. This kind OF
work j. entirely too nerve wearing for anna
teurs.'
He carried the cushion across the room
and placed ii where il had been hidden by
the deer hide, but in ~colorful prominence
against the back of the chair. Long
after he had crossed with Steve and Gar
~ 10 their tents he continued Ia explode
with soft chnckles.
IL never did saw he defended himself,
.'that that sentiment was strictly appro-
PIRATE. | always stated that it was the
best ! could. And n for my technique
well, either of you guys try it some time.
You Just take d needletul Of that yellow
worsted and start tracking across a cou-
pie Of yards of red and painless desert and
see where you eone out. | know, because
I've done il. I'm q pioneer. But II ! ever
tackle another job Ike that its going to he
q crazy quilt"
And Joe considered in spite of the din
which answered him that his challenge was
ample.