Evening star., 1932-11-04
HOOVER IS J0STLED
BY FRIENDLY MOB
President Caught in Rush
of 10000 in Gary,
Indiana.
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drew what he called an analogy" be-
tween the issues in this campaign and
those when the Civil War President
was reelected
The speech was made public aboard
the Presidents train as he campaigned
through Indiana and Illinois toward |
Springfield to make the address
The President said that in 1864, with
the country in deep gloom and the
Democrats demanding a change of
leadership at Washington, the Nation
untried policies and experimental
leaders and reelected Lincoln.
The same alternatives are before the
country today that lay before 1t in
that momentous campaign of nearly |
three-quarters of a century ago he |
said The choice that the American |
people made in 1864 was made on No |
vember 8, the choice they are called !
to make in 1882 will be made on No
vember s. My fellow-citizens, can We
doubt what the choice will be?"
The turn in the tide of the Civil !
War was made at Gettysburg. The |
turn in the tide in this crisis was made |
in the last Winter, and Just as after !
Gettysburg, long months of continual |
battle were required to bring about the |
saving OF the Union, in the same man |
ner We must continue the fight today |
to recover our prosperity and to pre- |
serve the social and political principals |
for which Abraham Lincoln stood"
Reiterates IL Policies.
In his speech prepared for delivery in |
the heart of Illinois agricultural area |
the Chief Executive reiterated the u |
policies he enunciated in his Das !
Moines speech month ago today. for !
the relief of agriculture, and COM
mented on Franklin D. Roosevelt's "ap- |
parent reactions" to them.
The Democratic candidate has de-
veloped one of the greatest mysteries |
of this whole campaign in his proposal |
for relief to agriculture" Mr.. Hoover |
said. He has not been willing to state !
the method by which he proposes to
secure the advance of agricultural |
prices. He has stated with great care |
six methods by which he can escape |
from any demand that he make good |
on his mysterious proposal.
1T seems to me cruel to hold out |
hope to a suffering people by vague
plans the most specific parts of which |
are the ways of escape from putting 1t |
into action. The only thing we know |
Of the plan is that he is unwilling dur
ing all these many weeks to submit it |
to debate"
Draws Analogy.
Turning aside from the agriculture !
problem the President said: Il would !
like to give to you an important analogy |
with the whole situation We are now
IN" Then he told Of Lincoln being |
called to the leadership OF the Nation /
at the beginning of crisis that |
threatened its destruction" and being !
presented with "a multitude OF con-
fiictinp counsels" Through all this |
tunult of discordant opinions the !
President said. and under the terrible /
strain of discourag cement and apparent !
failure Lincoln kept his head. He i
thought straight: The Union must and !
shall be preserved He never was dl- !
verted from his goal He never faltered |
And in the end the policies he had |
adopted. the forces he had set in mo- ,
ton, carried the country through. The |
Union was saved
Present Economic Conflict.
1--WE are assembled here today in the |
midst of gigantic economic conf1lct,
President Hoover continued. For tne
last three years we have been beset by |
forces IIldL lIIIbdltIltQ ONl CNCiASAii4N
structure as truly as the forces un-
leashad in the war between the States |
threatened the structure of the Re
public. /
Here at Springfield. with its histori-
cal associations, it is appropriate to re- |
view briefly the events Of the carrier i
struggle and to consider some OF the
sirnilarities to the situation of the last |
three years.
I'VE must not press analogies too far, !
but I believe you will agree with me as |
VIC examine the record that certain |
phases of the conflict between the |
States will help to a better understand !
ing of recent events
Reviews Civil War.
Reviewing the history of the Civil !
War. with its period OF almost un-
relieved gloom for the Union forces, F!
and the approach of the presidential |
campaign in 1864. the President SAID: |
I'VE know now what could not be !
known at the time that the real VIC
tory had been won at Gettysburg; that
the forces against the Union, gallant |
as they we're and actuated by the deep
est convictions, has been overcome IN
the long struggle Of the proceeding
wears. Yet this fundamental fact was
still obscured by the smoke Of battle.
Lincoln was renominated. But the
country was profoundly disheartened. |
It felt it had made enormous sacrl-
fees and made them in vain. Inc
wave of discouragement that sWept
over the country in the Summer of 1854
was so extreme that on August %
Lincoln prepared his famous secret
memorandum: This morning, ne
wrote, as for some days past, 1t seems
exceedingly probable that this admin
istration will not be reelected. Inen
it will be my duty to so cooperate WIN
the President elect as to save the Union
between the election and the lnaugura-
ton. as he will have secured his cleo
ton on such ground that he cannot
possibly save it afterwards.
Opposed BY Mcclellan.
six days later the Democratic Ma
tional Convention met at Chicago ana
declared in its platform as the sense
Of the American people that after 1our
wears of failure to restore the Union by
the experiment of war justice. liberty
and the public welfare demand that m
mediate efforts be made for cessation
OF hostilitieS.
"On that platform. with it's appeal to
discouragement, discomfort and suffer-
ing. the Democratic Convention noml-
mated Gen. George B. Mcclellan OF
New York for President
Lincoln Reelected.
Then Mr. Hoover told of the events
leading I'D to the Union victory and
LincOln's reelection.
Il believe this brief outline OF the
progress of events in a crisis that con-
frontcd a previous generation may help
us to adjust appreciation of what has
happened in the years just past and
what is happening today he said.
In 1860 as in 1929, the country was
unexpectedly faced with a great
calamity Then as now, the disruptive
forces gathered strength and for time
their progress seemed irresistible. Then
as now the resources of the Nation