River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-10-19

III Lie betrayal OF tbs country TOT
| the Qualification of Personal Ambi-
| tion-A Democrats Patriotic Stand.
The av0Wal of the cause of Mr..
| Hughes by Colonel George Harvey is
| one Of the distinct features of the
| present campaign. 1t would be sig
| nificant in itself that a man of his
| prestige, who had always trained with
the Democratic party, had espoused
the cause Of the Republican candi-
| date. But in Mr.. Harvey's case the
| significance is very much greater, as
| we'll as the Importance of the event.
| He has been not only, Democrat,
| but a Wilson Democrat. Moreover,
| he was the first man of prominence
| to advocate the election of Woodrow
| Wilson as President and for many
| years one of the closest friends and
| advisers of the present occupant of
the White House. Mr.. Harvey not
| only proposed Mr.. Wilson for the
| Presidency but as early as 1910 in
| tereSted United States Senator Smith,
a Democratic leader of New Jersey,
! in Mr.. Wilson, and this resulted In
| the Wilson nomination and election
as Governor of New Jersey.
Mr.. Harvey not only comes out for
Mr.. Hughes, but gives very intelli-
gent reasons for his action in the
current number Of his North Ameri-
can Review" In his judgment there
are two vital questions to be answered
| before election. One is, which of the
| two great parties at this particular
| juncture in our progress as nation
| is the better eqipped and the more
| likely to render the highest public
service? The other is, which of the
| two designated leaders is the more GER
tain to preserve, protect and defend
!! the Constitution of the United States?
Such an issue as the Democrats claim,
that Mr.. Wilson has kept us out of
war and therefore is entitled to re-
| election, is brushed aside as some
thing that has no proper place in
the mind of the voter Of this year.
In Mr.. Harvey's judgment, only the
most insane partisan would venture
! to suggest a possibility of Mr. Will
son or Mr.. Hughes melting or inviting
War with any European or Asiatic
| Power, and therefore there is no fair
| issue between them on this question.
There are three clements that are
! involved in the answers to these two
| questions, those of military and in
| duStrial preparedness, government by
! and for the people, and national honor
| and opportunity. SO far as all of
these are concerned, the answer is
| the same: Mr.. Hughes is the man
| who should be chosen from each and
| every StandpOint-both us the repre-
| sentative of the Republican party and
| as an individual The best interests.
of the country are to be served by
| his election.
Mr.. Harvey calls attention to the
| fact that the utter absence of self
seeking on the part of Mr.. Hughes
| throughout his entire career, confirms
| the belief that he does, in, fact, from
| the very nature of his being, stand
| for America first"
/ VII lHC OtitCl nv 1000 Cry
and most disappointment, happenings
| Of the past two years eliminating in
! the betrayal of his country for the
! qualification OF personal ambition,
| prove incontestably that Mr.. Wilson
| stands for Wilson first. That is Mr.
| HarYey's opinion. In his judgmen
| there is no need to seek cOnclu-
| sion; it finds itself. The summing
ND of the situation is that upon the
| clearly-marked issues as between the
! candidates. there is no reason why
| any progressed Republican, any
| thoughtful Progressive or any prin-
| cipled Democrat should not, and every
reason why every patriotic Republi
| can should vote for Mr.. Hughes for
| President.
| Such advice from such source
| should make deep impression upon
| the American electorate. 1t certainly
| is not given through any prejudice
| against Mr.. Wilson, for its author
| would naturally be predispOsed in ia
yor of the President. Nor does it come
] from any lack of knowledge of Mr..
intimacy of the two men has been
| TOO long and too close to admit of
! any lack of knowledge on Mr.. Har-
| vey's part. The man who, as Mr.
/ Wilson'S friend, first started the
movement for him for President, now.
| after test of Mr.. Wilson in the
| White House, advises the American
| people to vote for Mr.. Hughes. There
should be no hesitancy on the part
| of the voters to follow this advice.
| Mr.. Wilson has become so thorough
| Nv neutral that he looks with grave
SUSPICION on the American contention
| i'm any international dispute.
The President has kept us out of
| war;" but would you like to have him
| boss the job if someone should force
xyor on uS2 ;