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The Monroe Journ
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 77.
MONROE, N. G, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
BICKETT HADE THREE
SPEECHES IN ONE DAY
WAS FKESII AND YIGOROUS
IN 1.AST ONE A , VSI AL
kiM llcncliU of AininMratlon
mul Shows There Is No Enmity
Between IddMir Mini Ctipital IYiiw
er Sense of Justice Such s Thai
Sought y the Administration
Would Conserve Ilolli; Benefits
Aciuiin From Establishment nf
Federal Traile Commission.
High Point Dispatch. Oct. 21.
This was Bickett day in old Guil
ford and it was brought to a lifting
conclusion in tlu High Point armory
tonight when North Carolina's next
governor delivered the very finest of
all the political speeches made here
during this campaign.
Notwithstanding the fact that thin
was General Hick ell's third address
delivered in Guilford county today,
he was as fresh and as forceful In
every eloquent utterance as if he hail
rested specially for the occasion and
his every utterance carried with it
the force and convincing decision of
absolute truth and was received by
the vast audience which filled the im
mense armory with great enthusiasm
and profit.
General Bickett reviewed in care
ful and painstaking detail the won
derful and beneficial record of the
national Democratic party w ith many
vivid comparisons of Hughes and the
party he leads.
His splendid recital of the benefits
which have accrued to the nation es
pecially on account of the Federal
reserve banking law, the farm loan
law ana similar enactments was re
ceived with unbounded enthusiasm
and applause by all of his large audi
ence, whether business men, wage
earners or farmers.
The speech was a great vote maker
for the Democratic party and will
long be remembered as the greatest
effort of the entire campaign.
Democracy Fulr to All.
Mr. Bickett stressed two points not
heretofore mentioned in his cam
paign: 1st. Thnt by Its record the Demo
cratic party had proved itself a true
friend to the laboring man.
2nd. That by its record it had dem
onstrated that there is no natural en
mity between labor and capital, but
that a proper sense of justice woulc
conserve both.
In elaborating these points Mr.
Hickett said In part:
First of all the Democratic party
created a department or labor, made
a representative of labor a member
of the Cabinet, and for the first time
in American history gave the man in
overalls a seat at the council table
of the Nation equal in honor ana
dignity to the man in a dress suit.
The Workmen's Compensation Law,
the Seaman's law, the Anti-Injunction
Law which makes it impossible
for a Federal judge to put a laboring
man in jail because he wants to pro
tect the price of his labor all show the
keen sympathy of the Democratic
party with the laboring men of the
land.
Business: Man Not Forgotten.
The perplexities of the business
man have not been forgotten. His
distress was relieved by the Federal
Reserve Law, his perplexity disap
pears with the enactment of the Clay
ton Anti-Trust Bill and the establish
ment of the Federal Trade Commis
sion. Under the old Sherman law it
was impossible for a man to find out
whether a business was legitimate or
not except at the end of a law suit.
A suit in equity or a bill of indict
ment was the only method of testing
the legality of a business. This meth
od was both vastly expensive and
very dangerous, and at the end of a
test the man found himself In a bank
ruptcy court or in the penitentiary.
The method of testing th legality of
a business was not unlike the formu
la prescribed for telling mushrooms
from toadstools. The formula is
"Eat "em" if you live theyt are
mushrooms. Dut under the new rule
if a body of men want to engage In a
certain business and have any doubt
about Its legality they can carry their
trouble to the Federal Trade Commis
sion and say, "We are law abiding
citizens. Is it lawful to do these
things?" and while technically the
decision of the commission is not a
bar to a prosecution in the courts, no
living man will ever be hauled before
the courts who acts In good faith un
der the directions of that commission.
Again, under the old law If I thought
that any competitor was violating the
law and was attempting to destroy
my business by so doing, it would
take all of my time and all of my
money to prove,
1st. That my competitor was violat
ing the law, and
2nd. That he was destroying me by
so doing.
Benefit of Trade Commission.
Today, If my competitor In Inter
state Commerce is resorting to un
lawful and unfair methods to build
up his business and destroy mine, I
ran go direct to the Trade Commis
sion and without cost to me I can
have him cited before that commis
sion, have my grievance thoroughly
investigated, and if the commission
finds that the grievance Is just, that
competitor will be ordered to stop
his meanness, and if he does not stop
he will find himself Inside looking
out On the other hand the law dis
poses of the chronic grumbler and
the man with a grouch, for If when
complaint Is made It appears that It
is without foundation, as It so often
appears, then the Trade Commission
will tell that chronic grumbler to
chut up and go back tnd sit down,
and the man who Is engaged in a
clean, competent business will get a
clean bill of health.
In line with the Trade Commission,
and in harmony with the spirit of the
act is the bill recently Introduced by
Webb of North Carolina giving to big
businesses in this country the right
to combine fur the purpose of build
ing up trade in foreign lands.
Di'inocracy Is Constructive.
Every measure that I have men
tioned is a piece of constructive
statesmanship. Us ruling spirit Is to
bnily up and not to tear down. Tile
t.uiy things that Democracy desires to
destroy are those noxious things that
intcrterc with the inalienable right
of every man to u-e the facilities
God has given him. and to enter into
the reward of his own labors. Demo
cracy yearns to help the wheat, there
fore the thorns must be destroyed. Its
passion is to serve the sheep, therc-
fore the wolf must be slain."
In view of this record it is no won
der that big men in the business
world like Robert S. Lovett, presi
dent of the Union Pacific, the presi
dent of the Erie Railroad Company.
Henry Ford, and others are declaring
that it is sound business judgment
to reelect Woodrow Wilson. No
finer tribute from the business world
could be paid to President than is
found in the following extract from
the article of Mr. Lovett: "What
President has shown more loyal and
consistent personal and official
friendship for every form of legiti
mate business and enterprise. How
refreshing ly free from demagogy
every utterance of his upon the sub
ject has been."
Mr. Linney says that the opinions
of Mr. Ford and Mr. Lovett ought
not to weigh with our people for that
they are millionaires, but the Lord
knows that the poor man has always
been a Democrat, and when the mil
lionaires come and stand by his side,
it looks like the thing is unanimous.
DEATH OF MIL ILI HINSON
Oldest Man in Mecklenburg County,
A Native i.t I'nion, Died Saturday
Night.
Charlotte News.
Mr. F.Ii H. Hinson. one of the old
est end most esteemed rltlzens of the
county, died at his home at Arlington.
Clear Creek township. Saturday night
at 10:20 o'clock at the age of 9!
years. Yesterday would have been
his ninety-second birthday, his deat'i
occurring just and hour and 50 min
utes before the beginning of the day
that would have been his birthday,
which members of his large family
connection have celebrated for the
last 2 years.
Mr. Hinson was a native of Union
county but had lived at Arlington for
59 years. He is survived by the fol
lowing named children: Messrs. Wil
liam R. Hinson of Charlotte, Martin
Hinson of Arlington. Mrs. J. M. Phil
lips and Mrs. J. E. Lemmonds of the
Arlington neighborhood, Mrs. J. V.
Rrown of Charlotte and Mrs. II. M.
Lipe of Mint Hill. Mr. Hinson was
first married to Miss Tlrzah Biggcrs,
of Union county and afterward to
Miss Hicks of Iredell county. The
second wife survives.
Mr. Hinson was a member of the
P.aptist church from early life and
was one of the founders and influ
ential supporters of Arlington Baptist
church for more than forty yea is. He
was one of the pioneer members of
the Baptist church from Its founda
tion. He was a man of sterling
character and exemplary life and one
who wielded a great influence for
good in the community in which he
lived.
Pioneer (iold Miner.
Mr. Hinson was one of the pioneer
gold miners of this county and suc
cessfully operated the Surface Hill
mine in Clear Creek township for
many years. He was considered one
of the best Informed men on mining
subjects in the state and from time
to time during his life had much ex
perience in operating other mines
than the one at Surface Hill. In ad
dition to his mining operations, he
opeiated one of the most successful
country stores in thU section and
farmed on a large scale, being reckon
ed one of the most successful farmers
in the county.
The funeral services were held at
the home In Arlington yesterday ar
ternoon at 4 o'clock and were con
ducted by Rev. L. R. Pruett, pastor
of Ninth Avenue Baptist church, this
city, assisted by Rev. Reuben James,
of Marshvllle. The pall bearers were
members of the board of deacons. In
terment was in the church cemetery
at Arlington.
Cotton Market Twice Touches Xew
lievel.
New York Dispatch, Oct. 23.
The cotton market touched new
high levels for the season twice here
today, a wave of bullish activity
sending active months up to new
figures soon after the opening and
excited buying in the late trading
prices In the late trading forcing
prices to still higher figures. Be
tween times there was heavy realiz
ing causing slight reactions, but the
setbacks were only temporary and
the close was firm, within a few
points of the best. Advances of from
63 to 72 points were made during
the day.
January contracts sold at 19.22
and May at 19.49, or mere than
$3. SO a bale rbove the closing prices
of Saturday. Claims that the mills
could pay still higher prices for cot
ton, rumors of a falling off In gin
ning returns, a strong spot market In
the South and a bullish Liverpool
market were the. chief Influence be
hind the rise.
Mrs. D. C. Morgan has returned
from a visit to relatives in Jefferson.
l"OUTICS AND FIX
Rube, Hunk ami l"ratt Form an Ir
resistible Combination Oood
StHche and OikhI Fiddling.
Lemmond Brothe:s & Pratt Is the
style of the latest Rtuinp speaking
company that U invading the field in
the iuteiest of Democracy. They
started only a few days ago, but
their reputation is growing by such
leaps and bounds that calls are com
ing in Tor their service faster than
they can fill. Dr. W. J. Piatt is
the wit and the "announcer" of the
aggregation: Col. R. W. Lemmond Is
the "4 2-centimeter" of the party,
while his brother. Judge Lemmond.
is the fiddler and the humorist.
Their latest engagement was filled
at the Union Grove school house,
five miles from Monroe on the Mor
gan Mill road, last Saturday night.
Dr. Pratt opened the show. He said
that there had been a much mooted
question between the Judge and him
self as to which was the best look
ing. He admitted that he was, and
to use his own words, "when a law
yer admits a thing it is so." The
Judge came to his rescue with the
following words: "I notice that no
body but the gentleman in question
admits that he is the best looking,
so as long as natters stand that way,
I'm satisfied that I'm the best look
ing." Col. R. W. Lemmond then
butted into this little Innocent re
partee, and said: "Now, ladies and
gentlemen, the Judge and the Doctor
are both laying claims to be the best
looking, while everybody knows that
that I'm the best looking!" Thus
matters stood as to which was the
best looking, for the time being.
In introducing the Judge, Doctor
Pratt stated that on the way he had
asked which wanted to speak first,
and that "Bunk" said "let me speak
first, for if 'Rube' gets first whack,
there'll be nobody left to hear me.'
Accordingly, it was the Judge who
spoke first.
After making several convincing
arguments aa to why Democracy and
Woodrow Wilson should be continued
for four years longer, the Judge
made the request that If there hap
pened to be any Republicans in the
county who could come to his of
fice and say from the bottom of their
hearts that they feared for the des
tiny of this country under the con
trol of Wilson and Democracy, "why
ho d buy them a -cigar!"
At this Juncture Doctor Pratt
Drought up the good Iooks once
more. He brought to earth an old
anecdote once related by Zeb Vance
to prove his claims, which was: "A
man was looking at the stars. Sud
denly he turned around to a com
panion, and said: 'Bill, did you-know
that a star was hundreds of times
bigger than a man?' 'Huh,' respond
ed Bill, 'all Igot to say Is that It
shore don't show it.' So that's the
way with these other gentlemen
They may be the best looking, but
they don t Bhow It."
Col. Lemmond then secured the
floor. He lambasted Republicans
right and left. He urged the people
to come out and support Bickett.
Robinson und Wilson. He hurled
scathing denunciations at the Re
publican mis-rule in this state dur
ing the Reconstruction period and in
tho days of Russell and Butler. It
was a good speech and It will bear
fruit.
After the Colonel sat down, the
eyes of the audience unconsciously
strayed In the direction of the
Judge's violin. Dr. Pratt then intro
duced the Judge for the final act. not
as a stump speaker, but as the "darn
ed best fiddler In the world."
The Judge commenced to hitting
'em up. First came "Mississippi Saw
yer," and following in quick order
"Leather Britches," "Arkansas Trav
eler," "Old Black Joe." Katie Wells."
"Pea Ridge." and last, at the request
of Sam Warllck, "The Downfall of
Paris." Still the audience was not
satisfied, and to get away, the Judge
had to promise to go back again.
Posse Kills Illmk Who Wounded
White.
Sandersvllle Dispatch.
Charles Smith, a negro, who shot
and painfully wounded Deputy Sheriff
B. A. English last night, was located
by a posse, fifteen miles north of
Sandersvllle and riddled with bullets,
His body is being brought here.
When shot the officer was attempt
ing to arrest the negro near War-
then. Early in the night Smith had
begged an old white man to let him
ride up the road with him on his wa
gon. The old man's boy was with
him and remarked that his father
had considerable money with him, as
he had sold a bale of cotton and a
cow that day. Soon after the negro
pulled his pistol and made the white
man give him all the money and
then jumped into the woods and es
caped. Mr. English was called to the
scene of the robbery and, together
with a party, started a search for the
negro. An uncle of the man lived
near where the robbery occurred ana
Mr. English stopped to Inquire of
the whereabouts of the man he was
looking for. He wa stold to come in
In, and as soon as he stepped on the
Inside of the house the negro he was
looking for jumped up and shot him.
The bullet entered the right breast
and came out Just below the right
shoulder blade. He was put in an
automobile and rushed here to the
sanitarium. The physicians report
that he Is In no serious danger.
Mr. Wilson Is said to be confident
that he will be reelected. He will
receive the return of the election at
Shadow Lawn where has has been
making speeches to the delegations
visiting from all sections of the
country.
TOOK SAFE AND CONTENTS
YOUXfi WIIITK MEN RAIDED
MIC II. I PRICE'S STORE.
Cloy Ikvsc mid Jeff Williams Broke
Into Store Sunday Night, Carried
Off tl.e Safe and Hid it in the
vwnmi .ii rest .ii Mily A cMorday,
.Morning uml l iiIcmh1 the Deed.;
Cloy Deese and Jtfi Williams, two
young white men of Sandy Ridge
township, were lodued in jail yes
terday morning by She. i.T J. V. Grif
fith and Officer T. 11. Laney after
having confessed to breaking into
Mr. Henry Price's store and bodily
stealing a small safe and its contents.
The safe contained about $600 in
cash, and papers to the value of
13.000.
The theft, which was one of the
most daring that ever occurred In
this section, was committed about
9 4'clock Sunday night. They ef
fected an entrance through one of
the back window by cutting off the
blind bolts with bolt clippers. The
safe was then loaded on a pair of
trucks, carried several hundred feet
from the store, then loaded on a
buggy and carried to a spot about
two miles down the road and left in
the woods.
Mr. Henry Price discovered the
theft when he opened the store early
yesterday morning Beside noticing
the absence of tho safe, he also found
some meat that had been taken from
a lox and laid carelessly t ) one side.
The young men later admitted that
they had done this to mislead the of
ficers into thinking they had taken
other stuff than the safe. A pistol was
aiuo missed by Mr. Price, but it was
later recovered.
Deese claims that he wat led in'.o
Ihe affair by Williams. Ho is in a
very penitent mood just at present
and much sympathy is being express
ed In his behalf. He averred fur
ther that Williams had beea urgiii"
lii m to take a part in the rubbery lor
vtfks, but that he did not succumb
to his pursuasions until Saturday.
Deese is a son o; the late Mr. Bob
Deese, who died about a year ago.
He bore, a (rood reputation up ur.t I
the Sunday r.Uht affair. Williams M
a son of Mr. Ezekial Witlians. who
lives two miles north of Mr. Heniy
Price. So far as known, this Is 'he
first time young William i hus ever
been In the clutches of the law. Wil
liams is perhaps 25 years old and
Deese eighteen.
.Sheriff Griffith and Officer Laney
wVrVsummoned to tl.e scene early
Monday morning. After making a
thorough investigation, they discov
ered Rome pplinters that had fallen
from the buggy while the safe wn;
being loaded upon It. With this to
start upon, evidence against Deese
and Williams rapidly accumulated.
A measurement of a mule track
found near the store corresponded to
one found near Deese's home. A re
ceipted bill, made out to Mr. Joe
Deese, a brother of Cloy Deese, made
It plain that the apprehension of the
thieves was near. It turned out that
Cloy had worn his brother's overall )
Sunday night and the paper dropped,
from the pocket. I
At the Williams shop the buggy i
was found which had been used in
transporting the sate as evidenced
from the fact that the splinters se-
cured by the officers nenr the sto:v:
fitted into the sides exactly. WII-'
Hams and Cloy Deese were at the:
shop, and the latter finally came up;
to the officers and admitted his
thiire in the robbery. I
Williams was carried to his home'
where his bed was searched. Under;
the mattress the officers found Mr. I
Price's pistol, which caused Wii-j
Hums to confess. The young mwi
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had been sawed off and the dial
knocked off. The contents had not
been molested, as the men were un
able to open it during the night. It
is believed that they intended return
ing last night to finish the Job.
The affair caused n great deal of
excitement in Sandy Ridge township,
as this Is the first theft of any Im
portance that has been reported from
there in a long time. The citizens of
the community did all In their power
In assisting the officers to find the
guilty ones. Mr. Charley Winchester
was also of great assistance to the of
ficers. The preliminary has not yet
been set. Deese was released yester
day afternoon under $1000 bond.
The safe was brought to Monroe
yesterday for the purpose of getting
it open. Mr. Henry Austin did the
job. The contents were tousled about
a good deal but of course were
not Injured. The boys had knocked
off everything they could when they
carried the safe out of the store.
Finding that they could not open it.
they loaded it on the buggy ana
carried it to the woods for the pur
pose of making another try the next
night. About a quart of pennies
were taken from the cash drawer
and put under some trash near a tree.
Cloy promptly went to the spot and
turned these over, too.
Card of Thanks.
We desire thank our friends and
neighbors for the kindness shown us
during the sickness and death of our
daughter, Carrie. We had all the
sympathy and kindness shown us
that was possible for good friends to
give. J. C. Foard and wife.
Our shipment of brood mares and
mules will arrive tomorrow. Be on
hand while they are fresh. Fowler
A Lee.
Today Mr. Flughes starts west on
another campaign tour and will be
kept busy till election day. He will
go as far west as Indiana.
WHY COLL' DIDN'T COME
Got Huy in taw Suit at Last Mo
ment and Could Not Get Away
Fair a Surreys.
Hundreds of people who had ex
pected to hear Hon. Cole Ulease
journeyed to Marshville Saturday for
'no other reason than to treat limn
selves to sight und Mund of thi.
much talked of man.
Not that th'-v
(ii.l not wih to see the lair for t!:at
was uil right, but that they made the
point of beim; there on Blease d;;y.
Ewrybody in the county knows, oi
cour.se. by this time, that Mr. iiicase
did not appear. In justice to Un
fair management it can be sail thai
it was no fault of theirs. Mr. Mease
accepted the invitation by letter of
August Gth. On last Friday, the day
before he wus to speak in UarsbvilK
in the afternoon, he wired that an
important law suit in which he was
engaged prevented his coming. Th'
fair management immediutely wired
for him to send a substitute, but this
Mr. Blease was unable to do. Arte!'
this news came there was no wny v.
means to advertise the fact.
Tlie lair was in all other re.-pects
a great success. The new hustlin?
spirit of Marshvillr. had by Editor
Betts. has vindicried itself and
shouid receive (lie heartiest congratu
lations from all sections of the coun
ty. It was no slight tiling to under
take to hold a lair in a town where
none had ever been thought of heroic.
And the labor and enterprise neces
sary to pull off the job so successful
ly are to be commended.
LI YE BITS FROM UNION" VILLE
Mr. Gririin Wants the Yolcis of the
New IVecliu t to Register Sunday
School Rally a Great Success.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Unionville. Oct. 23. Mrs. Dallas
Mckaughan and little daughter,
Ruth, of Elkin are visiting Mrs. Me-
kaughan's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Secrest.
Miss Mary Secrest, who Is teaching
at Monroe, spent the week-end with
her parents.
Mr. T. E. Helms, who is at work
at Badin. is spending some time with
his lamily here.
Messrs. H. M. Williams, Lemuel
I Little, Alfred McWhirter of Wlngate.
'liotieit Presson and Claude Benton
motored to Badin to view the phc
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McWhirter of
: , " l., rJ-TV, 'n
MiJ lieT. ri,reDt8' Mr' Bnd
it m. V A-'. JJflllfMJ.
Mr. I. A. Willilord of Bostic Is
visiting his parents here
Miss Ruhy Tomberiin delightfully
entertained the young people of the
village Friday night in honor of her
guivt. Miss Myrtle Robinson, ot
Charlotte. All pre;e''t reported u
most delightful tinieV'
Mr. Boyd Griffin has requested me
to announce that all who wish to
register niU':t do so before Saturday
night, the 2Sth, as the books will be
closed at sundown. He said that if
you wished to vote you must have
your name on the books. This is a
new precinct and hence all voter
must be registered In it.
The Goose Creek township Sunday
school rally which was held at the
Presbyterian church here yesterday
was well attended rnd was voted by
all a success from every point of
view. In tlie morn ins theie were
short talks by tho surerintendents
and representatives of th, various
schools in tlie township, followed by
a moft able rpeech by Mr. W. li.
Love of Monroe tin fie "Funda
mentals of Walk'ng with God." Till i
was followed by dinner which was
served on the grounds. Then th"
audience was delighted with a fine
address on "Reasons For the Stu.1v
of the Bible" by Rev. Lee McB.
White or the First Baptist church of
Monroe. After this came the organi
zation of the township Sunday school
union. Prof. 11. M. Uaucoiu was
elected president. Dr. A. D. N. Whit
ley, vice-president and Mr. T. L. Price
secretary' nd treasurer. The super
intendents and pastors of the differ
ent churches were appointed as pro
gram committee. The audience was
then delighted with an excellent ad
dress on "The Greatness of the Bible"
by Dr. J. E. Abernethy of Monroe.
Every one present enjoyed the day
immensely and we hope to have these
good men with us again soon. The
writer wishes to congratulate the
singer from Siler who rendered "The
Church In the Wildwood" ana
"Speed-away" so beautifully. The
union hopes to meet quarterly at the
different churches In the township, to
be announced later. Wild Rose.
John M. Parker of New Orleans
has returned to his home from a
campaign tour of Ohio, Massachusetts
and New Yoik. He Is the nominee
of the Progressive Party for Vice
President and since Roosevelt desert
ed the ticket and went to Hughes,
Mr. Parker has been campaigning
for Wilson.
CITY OF MONRO". ORDINANCE
Xo. CT.
(a) That all water and light rent
notices shall be sent out on or before
the fifteenth day of the month fol
lowing the month in which said water
or lights are used and said water and
light rent shall be due and payable
within seven days after the said no
tices rre sent out, and it shall be the
duty, and the power Is hereby given
to tho City Tax Collector to cut off
all water and lights not paid for with
in the said given time.
(b) That a fee of fifty cents shall
be charged and collected for water
and lights rut on after the same has
been cut off for failure to pay under
this ordinace, the said fee to be col
lected before said water and lights
are turned on.
ORGANIZED LABOR IS
FOR PRESIDENT WILSON
I AMERICAN" FEDERATION OF
LABOR M KS CALL TO VOTE-
Siis K.'hls of Human Itciiri-. Ate
5iie; IVomoied Char tut I. mus
In Tliis Ciiiiiiuii;:!! Item ceo Work
er and Evploitci- Prvsidi-nt Kr
kept Cmiiury Out r War l at
Same Time Maintai::el 1 auiii
Right.
Organized labor'? fir:l official op
l"'ul to its meiiilx r. i;i; in behalf of
President Wilson's ree'ection was
made public Saturday at the Ameri
can Federation of L; ti; r head quar
tets, it is in the fon.i of a circular
letter to all officers c! organized la.
jbor. calling on them tu hold special
iiK-etings if necessary to consider the
issues of the campaign, and see to it
that wage earners e0 t0 the to
protect their interests against "Wall
Street."
The letter is signed by Samuel
jOompers. president; James OCon-
iieii, vice-presMient ana j-ran!: Mor
lison, secrelaiy, as tho Pedoiation'
labor representation committee, ana
it h.is been rert to the heads of all af
iiliat;d orgunizatious. In reviewing
the record of the administration, it
praises Mr. Wilson's course in lort-ign
affairs, deciai'ng that without v.ar bu
has secured all the protecti-.i:i ana
benefits that would have accrued,
from p. succei,slul war, a-.d :is..eit.
that at heme the labor movement
"has been able to secure :.-ot;niii,a
for the rights of human Uciius anci
opportunity for all to pariiei;i:ito in
the affairs of the nation in u i.egree
that never before has been accom
plished." The letter in part rays:
"Greeting: Never at any time with
in the last fifty years have the work
ers had more at stake In any political
campaign than in the one th.it Is to
be decided in the election of Novem
ber 7.
"During the present administra
tion and particularly in this cam
paign there has developed a clear cut
issue between the winkers tho pro
ducersand those who manipulate
the products of the labor of others
the exploiters. The issu? is repre
sented in the campaign by the con
flicting interests represented by la
gor and Wall Street.
"During the present Administra
tion the organized labor movement
has be'en able to secure recognition
for the rights eif human beings and
opportunity for all to participate ia
the affairs of the nation in a degree
that has never before been accom
plished. "This recognition has taken the
form of legislation necessary to pro
tect the interests of wage earner
and In the ideals of humanity that
have guided and directed national
policies both nt home and in our re
lations with other nations.
"Though half or the world has
been involved in a terrific conflict
and it seemed at times as though our
nation must be drawn into the vortex
of human daughter, yet the cliier
executive of our land hus been nbii
to manage tlie affairs of ihe nation
and the interests of our cituous so
that without the horrors of war hi'
lias established ur.d maintained pro
tection ot human life and human
rights in the somewhat vague domain
of internr.tional l:;w.
"What has been true in the cast'.'
of the European war is also true I:i
the case with the relath ns between
our country and Mexico.
"The interests that have been
seeking to plunge our country Into
war not only with European coun
tries but also with Mexico are the
interests that are represented by the
most selfish and mott conscier, 'ileisst
element of Wall Street.
"So far as the internal affairs of
our country are concerned the or
ganized labor movement, as the au
thorized representative of the wage
earners, has demanded for them the
right of participation in all the af
fairs of the nation and has secured
recognition of that demand to a io
gree never before realized.
"During the past four years there
has been enacted by Congress and
signed by President Wilson humani
tarian protective legislation unprece
dented In amount and scope."
Arter mentioning the eight hoar
day act, the seamen's law and tne
child labor law, the letter adds:
"On November 7. election dav. a.
decision will be made which will de
termine the future development of
our country and the spirit of our na
tional life for years to come.
"As representatives of the organiz
ed labor movement, which Is the mili
tant protective organization of all
the workers and which stand pri
marily for human rights, we uree-
that the Issues be considered at a
regular or special meeting held by
your organizations.
"The meeting should be a general
one, and, if necessary, called, espe
cially for the purpose of seeing that
tnose who have so much at stake
should go to the polls to protect their
interests.
"Wage-earners cannot afford to
lose their rights and opportunities
tnrough negligence and Inaction.
Meet, discuss the great Issues to
be decided on election day, November
7, and then go to the pedis, cast rortr
vote as your conscience directs for
labor, justice, freedom and hu
manity."
The Premier of Austria hrl
and killed Saturday while dining tn
a hotel bv an editor v ' o :vk n hi
reason that he did not like the way
tne premier was conducting the af
fairs of the country.