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11 SAYS WILSON
POLICYIS INFAMOUS
Sacrifice of National Honor Is
Charged Against Demo
V, cratic Administration.
ADAMSON LAW. ATTACKED
Hope and. Fear -of Political ProIH
Seen Colonel Admits He Tried
for 1 8 ,Months to Support
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Executive In Crises.
( Continued From Firat Pag.)
PITHY POINTS FROM THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH AT
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., LAST NIGHT.
I ask you to test the character and courage of Mr. Hughes and
Wilson by comparing- their attitudes as regards the demands of
Mr.
.A damson bill Colonel - Roosevelt de
clared that an increase of wages and
not the eight-hour day was the real
issue.
"Let President "Wilson apply this
sacred eight-hour law to the servants
In the White House and see how far he
will get." said Mr. Roosevelt. "I be
lieve In the eight-hour day as the gen
eral rule toward which we mut strive,
but I recognize that special needs must
be met in special industries and that in
all such cases there must be a very
careful consideration of all the condi
tions before final action is taken."
Election of Hughes Urged.
Roosevelt closed his address with a
plea for the election of Charles E.
Hughes. He urged the voters to "re
pudiate Mr. Wilson because only by so
doing ean they save America from that
taint of gross selfishness and cowardice
which we owe to Mr. Wilson's substitu
tions of adroit elocution for straight
forward action."
The circus tent was crowded and
thousands were massed around it long
before Colonel Roosevelt, who started
speaking at 4:1ft o'clock, arrived. Sev
eral speakers preceded the Colonel. Ex
Senator Lafayette Young, of Iowa, dis
cuBsed National politics, but broke off
his speech sharply when the crowd,
seemingly restless, began to cry "We
want Teddy."
Colonel Roosevelt declared that fear
and hope of political profit caused
President Wilson to force the passage
of the Adamson eight-hour-day bill.
Wilson Yields to Labor Leaders.
"President Wilson yielded to the dic
tation, of the heads of the brotherhoods
and made no effort to find out whether
the demand was right or wrong," ne
added. "He took his orders from that
one of the parties interested which he
most feared. The question at issue
was not one of the hours of labor. It
was one of wages. The settlement was
due partly to fear and partly to hope
of political profit.
"I believe in labor unions. But I be
lieve first and foremost in liberty and
justice obtained through the "Union to
which ali of us belong the Union of
all the people of the United States. I
believe in the eight-hour day as the
general rule toward which wo must
strive; hut I recognize that special
needs must be met in special Industries,
and that in all such cases there must be
very careful consideration of all the
conditions before final action is taken.
, In this case,, however, the eight-hour
day is not the Issue. The issue is an
increase of wages, given by law, with-
! out previous investigation, or knowl
edge. The principle of the eight-hour
day is not at issue and is adroitly in
voked merely to cloak the real issue.
Careful Examination Favored.
"Eight hours may be the outside
limit of proper work time in Mr. Ford's
factory, where the man is all the time
working at just one thing Intensively
and without vacation; but eight hours
that includes periods of doing nothing
but sit around, and also change of oc-
cupatlon. may not he long enough.
Moreover, there are occupations of in
termittent activity, where to limit the
total time on duty in any one day to
eight hours would be an ahsurdity; and
there are others where excessive activ
ity on one day is compensated for by
complete leisure on the next day.
"The case at issue is pre-eminently
one that comes In the category of those
that can be settled only after careful
investigation and full consideration of
many Important conflicting elements. I
believe in the eight-hour day, on moral
and sociological grounds, as being the
ideal towards which we should strive.
I believe in wages being just as high in
any business as is compatible with
square treatment to the other parties
in interest. But if the Government is
to intervene in order te secure shorter
hours and better wages, it must do so
only after full knowledge, and not
merely under the duress of threats.
Public Bights Upheld.
"When any labor trouble becomes of
such ize as to involve the public, the
public has a. right to interfere, to in
sist that there shall be no interference
with the welfare and safety of the pub
lic, and therefore to insist on arbitra
tion, that is, for just decision by the
Government, after an investigation con
ducted through a commission which
will get all the facts and lay them be
fore the executive and legislative rep
resentatives of the public for what ac
tion they deem necessary. These were
the principles which by actual deed
when I was President, I upheld in the
teeth of violent opposition from the
most powerful corporations in the land
representing the employers interest.
"The opposition of these great em
ploying corporations was asserted in
every possible way against me through
; out the period when I held public of
fice or was a candidate for public of
fice. I absolutely disregarded it, be
cause I thought that only by disre
garding it could I do my duty to the
country. In just the same way, and
from just the same motives. I shall now
disregard any opposition by the repre
sentatives of misguided labor unions
to the principles which I then put into
effect, and which they then applauded
roe for putting into effect.
Welfare of Labor Important.
"As I said when I was President, ' I
believe that the welfare of the labor
ing man, with the sole exception of the
welfare of the farmer, is more important
to this country than the welfare of any
other citizen; I shall do all I can to
secure his permanent welfare; I shall
do everything in my power for the
working man. except what is wrong;
but I will do wrong neither for him nor
for any other man.
"The question at issue was not that
of an eight-hour day at all. The ques
tion was whether the President and
' ' Congress should enact a law, without
inT-jstigation and without knowledge.
to give increased wages to a certain
portion of the body or wage earners.
Thelcbor leaders on this issue, with
out regard to the right or wrong Of the
mattr, first coerced the President, and
then, with his aid. coerced Congress.
"The question at issue was not one
of the hours of labor. It was one of
wages. And it was settled by the Pres
ident and Congress without investiga
tion and without knowledge. - The set
tlement was due partly to fear and
partly to hope of political profit.
- Popular Side Favored.
"President Wilson, in his speech on
the 23d OT this month, sought to explain
and Justrfiy hisj action- He stated his
the railway brotherhoods, which culminated recently la the miscalled
elght-hour-legrislation at Washington.
The question at issue was not that of an eight-hour day at all. The
question was whether the President and Congress should enact a law,
without investigation and without knowledge, to give increased wages
to a certain portion of the body of wage earners.
I believe in labor unions. But I believe, first and foremost, in the
liberty and justice obtained through the Union to which all of us be
long the union of all the people of the United States.
I believe in the eight-hour day as the general rule toward which
we must strive; but I recognize that special needs must be met in spe
cial industries; and that in all such cases there must be very careful
consideration of all the conditions before final action is taken.
The principle of the eight-hour day is not at issue and is adroitly
invoked merely to cloak the real issue.
I believe in wages being just as high In any business as is com
patible with square treatment to the other parties in interest.
When any labor trouble becomes of such size as to involve the pub
lic, the public has a right to interfere, to Insist that there shall be no
interference with the welfare and safety of the public, and, therefore,
to insist on arbitration that is, for just decision by the Government,
after an investigation conducted through a commission which will get
all-the facts and lay them before the executive and legislative rep
resentatives of the public for what action they may deem necessary.
There is grave reason to believe that the course the President fol
lowed was directly opposed to his convictions. The President is now a
candidate for office, and speaks well of labor. Until he became a can
dldate for office, and as long as he was president of a University, he,
with entire safety, ignored or assailed the labor unions.
The course actually followed by the President and the majority of
Congress put the Interests of the oountry second to considerations of
unhealthy political expediency.
We of the United States lavite disaster, we sacrifice every princi
ple of manhood if we raise a breed of men in this country who deter
mine vital issues in such fashion.
If our people follow the President who has kept them In the easy
path of temporary comfort and material ease at the sacrifice of Na
tional honor and of Americanism and of the Immutable principles of
righteousness, then as a people we shall lose all moral greatness in
the present and most assuredly we shall see this loss followed by the
loss of material greatness in the future.
President Wilson was cowed by the big labor leaders, exactly as
he had already been cowed by Germany and by Mexico.
And President Wilson let the public pay.
I appeal to my fellow citizens that they shall elect Mr. Hughes and
repudiate Mr. Wilson because only by so doing can they save America
from that taint of gross selfishness and cowardice which we owe to
Mr. Wilson's substitution of adroit elocution for straightforward
action.
When I was President I never complained of any attack on me un
less it was fclse, and if it was false, and the man making It was im
portant enough, I clearly showed its falsity. I apply to others only
the standard by which I ask that I myself be treated. I never uttered
one word of criticism of President Wilson until one year and a half
after he was elected President.
When once I became convinced, as I am convinced, that the conscience
of this people has been seared and its moral sense dulled by the lead
ership of the Administration and of Congress in the last three years,
then I say these false servants of the people have betrayed the soul
of the Nation.
President Wilson, by his policy of tame submission to Insult and
injury from all he feared, has Invited the murder of our men, women
and children by Mexican bandits on land and by German submarines
on the sea.
effort to stand by him was Incom
patible with standing by the interests
of mankind, and the honor of this na
tion. But in my view there was no
alternative for any honorable man.
when once I became convinced, as I
am convinced, that the conscience of
this people has been seared, and its
moral sense dulled by the leadership
of the administration and of Congress
during the last three- years. These
false servants of the people have
taught us to enjoy soft ease and swol
len wealth in the present without tak
ing one effective step to ward off ruin
ous disaster in the future. These false
servants of the people hive, betrayed
the soul of the nation."
Mr. Roosevelt's closing words were
a plea for Mr. Hughes election. "I
appeal to my fellow citizens that they
elect Mr. Hughes and repudiate Mr.
Wilson, because only by so doing can
they save America from the taint of
gross selfishness." he said.
GUARDSMAN IS SUICIDE
Temporary Insanity Believed loe to
Bite of Scorpion.
BEACON. N. Y., Sept. 30. Temporary
Insanity induced by illness following
the bite of a scorpion while on the way
with his regiment to McAllen. Texas.
In July. Is believed to have caused the
suicide here yesterday of Sergeant
William Santee. of Company K. Third
Infantry, New York National Guard.
Santee was a veteran of the Spanish
American war. '
accuracy when he said that before he
undertook to settle the controversy he
had "learned that the whole temper
of the legislative bodies of the United
States was in favor" of what one siae
announced to be its contention. In oth
er words, he had made up his mind in
advance; and he had made it up because
he believed the majority of the Con
gressmen (for the most part pure poli
ticians) were on what they deemed to
be the popular side.
"In this speech he explicitly admitted
that in this controversy the main part
ner was left out of the reckoning," be
cause the two parties declined to con
sider "what rights had the hundred
million people of the United StatesT
And President Wilson eagerly joined
with these men in refusing to consider
the rights of these hundred millions of
people.
"If the Improper course which the
President followed had been due to
mistaken conviction, to erroneous prin
ciple, its effect would nevertheless
have been evil. As it is, the effect is
far worse, because there is grave rea
son to believe that the course he fol
lowed was directly opposed to his real
convictions.
Wilson Once Foe of Labor.
"The President is now a candidate
for office and speaks well of labor. Un
til he became -a candidate for office,
and as long as he was president of a
university, he, with entire safety, ig
nored or assailed the labor unions. In
deed, he was then their bitter, ungen
erous, and often unjust, critic At the
People's Forum, on February 25. 1905,
he said: 'Labor unions drag the high
est man to the level of the lowest.' In
an address at a dinner in the Waldorf-
Astoria on March 18. 1907, in speak
ing of the capitalists, he said: "There
is another equally formidable enemy
to equality and betterment of oppor
tunity, and that is the class formed by
the labor organizations and leaders of
this country. In a letter written Jan
uary 12, 1909, he said: 'I am a fierce
partisan of the open shop." In June
of the same year, speaking at Prince
ton, he said: 'The usual standard of
the employe in our day is to give us 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 confess. I need not point out
how economically disastrous such a
regulation of labor is. The labor of
America is rapidly becoming unprofit
able under this regulation. Our eco
nomic supremacy may be lost because
the country grows more and more full
of unprofitable servants.
"I have no question that when Mr.
Wilson thus spoke he expressed his sin
cere convictions. Less than two years
later he was in public life and immedi
ately his attitude changed. There is
no reason to believe that his convic
tions changed.
"The course actually followed by the
President and the majority of Congress
put the interest of the country second
to considerations of unhealthy political
expediency. It appealed to timid and
short-sighted men outside of Congress
no less than to those within Congress.
It la upheld now by certain men, who
say. 'Thank God, President Wilson
averted a strike. just exactly as they
and those like them say. Thank God,
President Wilson has kept us out of
war.
"These persons do not ask whether
he averted the strike honorably or dis
honorably, any more than they ask
whether he averted a war honorably
or dishonorably. They have not con
sidered in either case whether tempor
ary safety was to be ignobly purchased
at the cost of future disaster. All that
they have demanded was- that war
should be averted in one case, and a
strike averted in the other case, in or
der that they might not have to under
go risk or temporary material discom
fort. They have been too timid and too
short-sighted to make any sacrifice for
the sake of right and justice, or to un
dergo any risk in order to preserve the
foundations of Democracy and of free
government in America.
"These men have shown entire will
ingness to submit to organized tyranny
both from outside our borders and from
inside our borders, if only at the mo
ment they could avoid inconvenience
and financial loss. These men are not
the heirs of the Americans who
brought the Revolutionary War to a
successful close; nor of the men who
wore the blue and the gray for four
long years in the great struggle of the
Civil War. If the American people of
today are willing to accept such leader
ship, they will give justification for
the belief that they prize ease and com
fort above the principles for which
their forefathers suffered and died.
Disaster Is Invited.
"We of the United States invite dis
aster, we sacrifice every principle of
manhood, if we raise a breed of men in
this country who determine vital is
sues in such fasmon. Such men, when
they face any issue, merely ask if
it is difficult to meet it hon
estly and bravely; and if it Is.
they Instantly proceed to meet it
dishonestly and timidly. They meas
ure the acts of their public men in
terms of Immediate material content
and ease. They do not require them
to act in terms of right and justice.
They say that they stand for the ad
ministration because it has kept us out
of war, and has averted a strike. They
refuse seriously, to consider, as all
high-minded Americans ought to con
sider, the Presidents refusal to do his
plain and honest duty by meeting great
crises honorably and courageously.
"I never uttered one word of crlti
cism oi president Wilson until a year
and a half after he was elected Presi
dent. If he had stood by the honor and
interest of the American people. 1
would have thrown up my hat for him,
and would have supported him heart
and soul. I not merely kept silent
during the first 18 months or two
years. I tried actively to support him.
The only errors I have made in con
nection with Mr. Wilson were due to
incautiously accepting his statements
and supporting his policies in the ef
fort to 'stand by the President."
- Nation Declared Betrayed.
"It was with deep reluctance that
was forced to the conclusion that the
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Sept. SO. The School of Education,
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schools over the state, has been able
to estimate the average number of
hours required for study In the high
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The average time required for studv
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While 6hoe men may boast, "with just pride
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done in the class or assembly-room.
The students of Oregon study about
one hour a day less than the Eastern
ers. A question as to whether these con
ditions could be improved or not
brought forth various answers. About
50 high school principals replied that
they had tried to get more studying
done but had failed, while 13 replied
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Cottage Grove Strong for Hughes.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept. 30.
(Special.) Officers of the Local
Hughes Club are really being embar
rassed by the numerous requests for
buttons, which they are unable to fill.
Several supplies received from state
headquarters were exhausted quickly
and watch fobs, etc. put on sale at the
stores, bearing the Republican stan
dard bearer's picture, have been quick
ly bought up. Elbert Eede. president,
and Mrs. Clara Burkholder. vice-preri-dent,
expect to attend the big rally
at Portland next Friday. There prob
ably will be several other delegates.
Leader of Auto Thieves Guilty.
CHICAGO. Sept. 30. Earl Deer was
found guilty by a jury as being at the
head of a band of automobile thieves,
was fined 11000 and sentenced to
serve a year In prison by Judge Sab
bath todsy. -
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