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Belletonte, Pa., September 29, 1916
HUGHES DODGE ISSUE
ON EIGHT HOUR LAW
Attacks Wilson’s Plan. but Won't
Tell Public What He Would
Have Done.
ONLY WAY TO AVERT STRIKE
Republican Nominee Is Asked to De-
clare If He Would Have Vetoed the
Bill With Certain Assurance of
Industrial Disaster.
So tusy has been Charles E.
Hughes criticising the deeds of the
Wilson Administration that he has
had little time, or has purposely
evaded, telling the public what he
would have done had he been Presi-
dent under similar circumstances.’
Lately Mr. Hughes has turned his
attacks upon P’resident Wilson's suc-
cessful settlement of the crisis in the
railroad world by causing to be
passed by Congress the Adamson
eight-hour bill. Mr. Hughes has char-
acterized this action as a ‘‘surren-
der to force”; he is “opposed to being
dictated to by any power on earth
before the facts are known”; and he
would not act until he had had a “fai
investigation and candid treatment.’
Taking issue with the Republican
candidate's attitude the New York
Times, in an editorial, asks:
“WHAT WOULD MR.
HAVE DONE?
“Well, what way would Mr. Hughe:
HUGHE?
have taken?” continues the Times
“What would he have done? Here
was Mr. Wilson's position: The
brotherhood refused arbitration, the
railroad presidents would not accep
the settlement Mr. Wilson proposed
granting the eight-hour standard da)
with provision for an impartial inquiry
into its working. There was no law
on the statute books to enforce arbi
tration. : :
“The President knew, knew wit}
certainty and beyond question, that
he could not get such a law from the
Congress now in session. The sure
and inevitable alternative to his ac-
ceptance of the eight-hour standarc
day measure was a strike, the sus.
pension of railway service, freight and
passenger, zll over the country, be-
ginning on the morning of Sept. 4th.
WOULD HUGHES HAVE DONE IT?
“Mr. Hughes ‘would not surrender
to anybody in the country.’ Then he
would have surrendered the country
te the disturbance, immeasurable loss,
tnd peril of a strike. Would he, in
fact. have done that? Had he been
President. confronted by that situa-
tion. would Mr. Hughes have brought
on a strike by refusing to sign the
Lill granting a wage increase? There
was the strike in plain sight. a few
hours away. sure to come. Would Mr.
Hughes have vetoed the bill? On the
contrary, would he not have done just
whut Mr. Wilson did, sign it?
“The Republican candidate stands
for two things: ‘First, for the prin-
cinle of fair. impartial, thorough, can-
did, arbitration; and second, for
legislation on facts according to the
necessities of the case.” Mr. Wilson
ttands for those two things and, much
more, has pledged himself to use all
his influence to secure them.
“What more could Mr. Hughes do?
Would it be too much to ask the Re-
publican candidate to put a little com-
ton fairness into his speeches? Is
lie afraid to tell his audiences what
the President actually did urge upon
Congress?
“As a true champion of arbitration,
President: Wilson recommended that
arbitration judgments be made rec-
ords of a court of law, in order that
their interpretation and enforcement
uy not lie with the parties to the
cgispute, but ‘with an impartial and
authoritative tribunal.’ It was his
purpose in this recommendation to
provide ugainst future emergencies,
to prevent tlic recurrence of such
dangers as then confronted him and
the country.
ADVICE TO RAILROADS.
“The people of the United States
are not going to be put off with the
misinformation as to what the Presi-
dent did to avert a strike and to pre-
vent the threat of future strikes. We
have reason to believe that the full
vevelation of what he did, what he
tried to do, and what he ncarly sue
ceeded in doing in the White lIouse
conferences would put such a face
upon the matter that Republican ef
forts to make an issue of it would
fall entirely flat.
“But the people do know, for it was
before them in the President’s addres¥
to Congress, that he proposed, not a
single emergency act, but a broad
program of legislation to meet a pub-
lic need and permanently remove a
bublic danger. It was a program
which we are convinced the railroads
would be very wise to accept in its
entirety.
“Certainly it seems to us that they
are ill advised to pray for the elec-
tion of Mr. Hughes, who, if we take
him at his word, would have brought
on the strike, with all its irreparable
injuries to the country’s business and
peril for the country’s peace.”
—For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office,
IF THE G. 0. P. ELEPHANT
COULD SPEAK THE TRUTH
VOTERS of the U. S. A—
We, the Republican party, being at
our wits’ end and desperate, put if
up to you:
For nearly four years now a Demo
cratic Administration has been ip
power. Contrary to every law of
reason, every principle of progress.
the country is at peace and alive
nay, humming with prosperity. Busi-
ness is rushing. Wages are high. The
only discontent is the discontent of
those who are reaching for bigger
chunks of plenty.
We are flabbergasted. All this has
happened during a period when the
rest of the world has been agog, when
international crises were impending
on all sides, when we would have
sworn only Republican statesmanship
could pull the nation through.
No war has engulfed us. No panic
has paralyzed us. No nation has
with impunity continued to infringe
upon our rights.
We can’t deny what has been done.
All we can do is take our oath we
could have done it better. How, we
do not know. If only we said it loud
and long enough we hoped the coun-
try would believe us.
But the country is busy and our
voices grow hoarse. We are having a
hard time.
Woodrow Wilson has nothing to
show but what he has accomplished.
He has none of the glamour of the
what-might-be. We, on the contrary.
have our old promises and policies,
mellowed by age, but still bearing
the stamp of the nation’s solid inter:
ests. Protection, privilege, govern
ment by influence—surely the country
has not given them their last trial.
Wall street is with us. Big busi
ness is with us. But O, Voters, we
confess it, we need you. Don’t keep
looking at the peace and prosperity
around you. Try to get our point of
view. Whatever Wilson has done, the
man is a Democrat, and neither Fed
eral Government nor Federal oflices
were meant to be forever in such
hands.
Let’s forget issues and talk as
friends. Turn him out
a chance!
and give us
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES
TO FARMERS FULFILLED
Benefits Under Wilson Set Forth in
Official Pamphlet.
The Democratic platform of 1912
made this promise to the farmers of
America:
“Of equal importance with the
question of currency reform is the
question of ral credits or agn-
cultural finance. Therefore we rec-
ommend that an investigation of
agricultural credit societies in for-
cign countries be made, so that it
may be ascertained whether ua sys
tem of rural credits may be de-
vised suitable to conditions in the
United States; and we also favor
legislation permitting national banks
to loan a reasonable proportion of
their funds on real estate security.
“We recognize the value of vo-
cational education, and urge Federal
appronriations for such training and
extension teaching in agriculture in
co-operation with the several states.”
These pledges, with many other
services to the farmer, have been com-
pletely fulfilled in the legislation of
the present Administration. The rec-
ord of Democratic Performance is of-
fered in comparison with the Repub-
lican record of broken promises to the
farmer, in an attractive pamphlet is-
sued by the Democratic National Com-
mittee. Copies have been furnished
to every Democratic State Commit:
tee for free distribution.
AN ANTI-CAMPAIGN?
As a candidate Mr. Hughes has not
yet come up to expectations. The
trouble is that he has not yet told the
American people positively and con-
cretely just what he proposes to do
if elected President. The American
people want to know what construc-
tive program Mr. Hughes has to offer
them. They demand of a leader a
demonstration of leadership. There
Is a serious danger that the Repub-
lican candidate may become an “anti.”
And it never pays in this world to
be an anti-anything.—The Indepen-
dent.
PRAISES WILSON’S STAND
IN BEHALF OF SUFFRAGE
The action of the National
Suffrage Association at Atlantic
City, N. J,, in rejecting by an
overwhelming vote the proposal
to make the suffrage movement
a partisan annex of the Republi-
can campaign, was further em-
phasized by Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, “the sage of suffrage,” in
an interview published in the
Philadelphia Press, a staunch
Republican organ.
“The President, in his speech
to the convention, promised all
he could carry out,” said Dr.
Shaw. “If he had promised
more we would have known that
he could not carry it out.
“Not the Republicans alone,
nor the Democrats alone, can
bring suffrage. If it could be
done that way I would favor it.
But it can't. We must get
enough Democrats and Republi-
~1ns together to do it.”
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HELP EN CCE EO OSE E SEEING EOE O EEOC CoN ess N Cees
PSE KJ BOCES ,
Weeds Hay Fever Cause, Says Kru-
sen.
As to hay fever and its prevention,
Director Krusen, of Philadelphia,
says:
Beginning like an ordinary cold at-
tended with blocked nasal passages
and characterized by paroxysms of
sneezing, the disease may at first at-
tract little attention, especially
among children, when it is often miis-
taken for the usual cold. Unlike the
latter condition, however, the nasal
discharges usually remain thin and
watery and became thickened only
toward the termination of the dis-
ease. Cough is a common symptom
while asthmatic attacks may often
occur. These symptoms are depres-
sing to patients, who often become
; etandpoint,
low-spirited. The disease is caused
by the action of pollen of certain
plants which is carried by the winds
and finds lodgment in the nostrils of
persons whe are particularly sensi-
tive to this affection. The chief of-
fender is the common ragweed. It
grows to the height of one to five feet
and blooms from August to Qctcber
or later, and can be found on almost
every vacant lot, neglected field, or
the roadsides and in uncultivated
gardens and lawns. Its pollen is
abundant and is readily distributed
by the wind. From a public health
therefore, such noxious
weeds are a nuisance and a menace.
Persons who are mindful of the
health of their own families and that
of others should not wait for the en-
forcement of any ruling, but act in
conjunction with the health authori-
ties in abating such disease-producing
nuisances. The best method of eradi-
cating hay-fever weeds is the cultiva-
tion of neglected grounds, but where
this is not feasible the weeds should
be uprooted or cut down before the
flowering stage. This prevents the
formation of pollen and the produc-
tion of the seeds.
As a forceful admonition to every
citizen the Director suggests that “if
you hear a passerby sneeze remem-
ber that the hay-fever season is on
and help the community by destroy-
ing noxious weeds wherever found.”
Animals That Come Apart.
ster or crab doesn’t mind. He simply
grows another in its place. Even one
of the lobster’s big claws is no such
great loss. He knows that time and
patience will give him another just as
good. A lizard cannot afford to lose
a leg, but if you ceize him by the tail,
he says “Good-bye, tail!” and scurries
off over the rocks, leaving it in your
hand. As for the starfish, the price
broken off in a short time mends mat-
ters by growing a whole new body to
fit that piece.—Selected.
How She Remembered Him.
Howard—*“Did your aunt remember
you in her will 7”
Henrry—“She sure did. Directed
her executors to collect all the loans
People who lose a leg or an arm
feel it a great misfortune. But a lob-
she had made me.”—Puck.
IN CLOTHES FOR MEN & YOUNG MEN
In heralding the arrival of our new
+ “High Art Clothes” for Fall and Winter we are inspired to
say a word on the suject of clothes economy.
There is an economy slow to manifest
itself but sure—it is that of paying a fair price for a de-
pendable garment and reaping the benefits in the long and
satisfactory service it gives—this is true economy.
Then there is that instantaneous sav-
ing of buying clothes iow in price but short in service,
which is dear in the long run.
Our policy is never to sacrifice quality
for price and so our customers remain our friends.
See our assortment of fresh new gar-
ments for men and young men and appreciate the substan-
tial economy enjoyed by wearing
HiGH-ART-CLOTHES
MADE BY STROUSE & BROTHERS, BALTIMORE, MD.
Bellefonte’s Best
Clothing Store.
FAUBL
Brockerhoff House
Blk, Allegheny St.
Shoes.
Shoes.
Dry Goods, Etc.
YEAGER’S
Shoe
Store
$3.00
$3.00
Special Bargains in Men’s
all Solid Leather Working
Shoes.
We have made a special
purchase on
Men’s Working Shoes
These shoes are made of all
solid leather.
The price on
all shoes has advanced, but
this purchase was made
for less than the old price. |
If you are in need of good
Working Shoes
AT A LOW PRICE
you had better purchase
now.0OYour choice $3.00.
—-——.,-—— lL
H. C. YEAGER,
THE SHOE MAN,
Bush Arcade Bldg,
58-27
BELLEFONTE, PA.
The Fall and
Winter
display of
\ [ais
Children’s
COATS
SUITS
are in full readi-
ness for your
inspection.
These cuts show two of
the many nifty styles
that will interest every
woman who wants the
most up-to-date gar-
ments.
A visit to our store
will more than con-
vince you that we are
showing the most up-
to-date models at the
lowest prices.
LYON & CO.
"BELLEFONTE, PA.