Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1916 — WILSON DEEMED IT FUTILE TO STAND FIRMLY. [ARTICLE]

WILSON DEEMED IT FUTILE TO STAND FIRMLY.

President Wilson seeks to justify himself on the ground that It was “futile” and dangerous to “stand firmly.” This Is an appeal that can with equal truth be made by every soldier who runs away In battle. He further alleges his belief that the cause he championed “has the sanction of the judgment of society In Its favor.” I remember —thirty-odd years ago In the Black Hills a local vigilance committee which was In doubt about hanging a suspected wrongdoer. While they were discussing the matter, there appeared overtbenelghborlngdlvide a frowsy, elderly horseman in a Unen duster, who promptly galloped towards them waving his arms and shouting “Hang him! Hang him!” The leader of the vigilantes at once asked the frowsy stranger what he knew of the facts, whereupon the stranger answered: “I do not know anything about the facts, and I never saw the man before; but there’s eleven of you and only one of him, and I believe In majority rule!” This Is merely a picturesque paraphrase of what Mr. Wilson calls action under exemplifies t.he principle upon which President Wilson has acted In those public matters, Internal and external, where he was threatened with the use of force. —From the Speech of Colonel Rodsevelt at Battle Creek, Michigan, in Behalf of Mr. Hughes.