New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1916, Page 5

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1915. Attack on Wilson Feature Of Talk o JEstabrook, Candidate for G. n Preparedness 0. P. Nomination, Trains His Guns on Administration at Third Ward Club’s Lincoln Dinner. Raps for Roosevelt, bangs for Bry- _ an and welts for Wilson comprised the principal dish at the annual Lin- coln dinner of the Third Ward Re- publican club last night in hall. Henry D. Estabrook, candidate for the G. O. P. nomination for president, was the principal speaker and his line of talk was extremely pleasing to the large gathering. Mr. Estabrook was scheduled to speak on ‘“Preparedness” but he disgressed from his manuscript on a number of occasions and paid his respects to what the republican party considers the terrible trio, Wilson, Bryan and Roosevelt. In fact, the greater - part of Mr. Estabrook’s speech was devoted to an attack on the administration now at Washington and his slams at the First Citizen of Oyster Bay were merely for old time's sake " Speaking on preparedness, Mr. Es brook said he believed in creating an army and a navy sufficiently strong to meet the needs of the countr: “Insurance costs money but it worth the price and America iz ablo | to pay for this insurance,” Mr. Estabrook caused roars of laughter when he said Willlams Jen- nings Bryan had hi crossed when he said “God ou” 1o President Wilson. Referring to the president, the speaker sald he was like a codfish who lays ma cggs and who must cackle about it afterwards. Better Late Than Never. ile the dinner was scheduled to start at 7 o'clock sharp, there w2 censiderable delay, which the orc tra made merry. It was exactly 7:25 o’clock when H. E. Erwin, a member of the com- mittee, signalled the orchestra to strike up the tune, ‘“Hail to the Chief” and amid thunderous ap- plause State Treasurer F. S. Cham berlain ushered in Governsr H comb accompanied by Mr. Estabrook, Mayor George A. Quigley and Presi- dent Baldwin of the club. « Following in short order were the other digitaries of the party each receiving a cheer, even Councilman 18 POUNDS OF BLOOD he said. is the average quantity in a healt;xg\ adult, but it is the quality of the blo that determines our strength to resist ~sickness. With weak blood we: find cold hands and chilly feet; in children an aversion to study, and in adults rheumatic tendencies. In changing seasons get abundant fresh air and take a spoonful of Scott’s Emulsion after meals, because Scott’s Emulsion is a rich blood-food that will increase both quantity and quality of the blood while it warms the body and helps carry off the impurities. When multitudes of people are to- day taking Scott’s Emulsion to avert winger sickness, and are giving it to their children, it is careless to neglect its benefits. Look out for substitutes. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 15-26 O. I". Curtis not being forgotten. A few minutes later when Senator G. W. Klett made his appearance 1t seemed as if pandemonim had broken loose, and the cheering did not sub- Turner | side until the senator had disappeared behind the scenes Seated at the speakers table the following: Mr. Estabrook, Judge W. F. Henney, Speaker Frank E. Heale Mayor | Quigley and President Baldwin. Lieutenant Governor Wilson a% rived later and he was tendered an ovation. After the orchestra had started the “Star Spangled Banner,” the on- slaught on Caterer Froeba's offerings | of roast beef and fixin's was on, and jall seemed to have their appetites with them, for in a brief time, the heavy laden platters resembled what is left after a newshoys New Year's dinner. were Notables Present. The following prominent members of the party from various parts the state occupicd seats on the stage: | Senator Tuttle of East Haven, Sheriff | Dewey of Hartford, Senator Peasely and Chairman Makepeace of Water- bury, Representative Carter and Stanley Gwillim of Plainville, Repre- sentative Griswold of Berlin, Chair- man Webster of the Berlin republican town committee, Senator Isbell of New Haven, State Central Committee- man J. Henry Roraback of Canaan, | Colonel Robert O. Eaton of New H: | ven, W. Scott Eames of New Haven, Deputy Sheriff Latham of Hartford, | Deputy Sheriff Lord of West Hart- | ford. Representative Deming of West | Hartford, County Commissioner An- drew Steele, Assistant Prosecutor Creeden of Hartford. Chairman Clark of Terryville, Elijah Rogers of South- ington, Labor Commissioner Hyde of Manchester and Representatives E. WSchultze and E. Clayton Goodwin of &nis city. After the cigars had been passed and their aroma began to waft through the hall, an individual somewhat un- der the influence of red and rebelious liquor, gave a clear and distinct idea of the absolute need of preparedness, when in the costume of a militiamen he insisted in giving a demonstration of his ability to use his feet to advan | tage by marching through the aisl much to the amusement of the dinc They're Off. President C. H. Baldwin, the pres ing officer, opened the speech maki He used as his topic the life of Li coln in which he spoke of him as th noblest and moest inspiring America that ever lived. He spoke of his earl, life and the trials and tribulations thar he encountered in securing an educa- tion, and when after taking up the study of law, which he perfected jhe became a candidate for president and was elected, in most trying times. He said one of the aims of the martyred president was to see that justice was done, and he urged tbat all lovers of Americanism try to emulate the prin- | ciples of the man-they had gathered to honor on the occasion. Holcomb Raps President. When Governor Holcomb was an- Governor Holcomb, | nounced as the next speaker it was the signal for an outbreak of applause that was deafening and which lasted for several minutes. He said he came to the stand so that he would mnot have to use a megaphone to say, “How are you? The governor tcld of his entry into politics when but a yvoung lad and said he remembered very distinctly the time when Lincoln, Fremont and Fillmore were opposing each other for the presidency. Lincoln was elected and with him came the salvation of the United States. 1If the election had not resulted in favor of the republi- can party at that time, there w telling just what would be the condi- ticns today, Governor Holcomb sal Tn his connection with politic ¢ said that he had seen three ¢ presidents, Cleveland twice | and Wilson once, and the last was worse than the rest. “New Britain is the one bright spot in the republican ranks in the state,” he said. “It stood | nobly by Taft in 1912 and was the cause of sending your congressman to Washington at the recent election.” | He said he hopead to see the coming election Unanimous, and was glad to meet the “boys” again. Judge Henncy's Remarks. Judge Henney said that it had been ! his good fortune to he able to assist the local committee in securing the | speaker of the evening, for if there was ' one place that deserved the best that could be obtained in the line of speakers it was New Britain, which had stood o loyally by the republican party in the past. He spoke on the duty of every man toward his city, | state and country and urged that all make a study of the laws governing | | the same €0 as to be able to distin- | | guish what were just laws when they ! came up. He spoke of the important matters that are ieft to commis: and said this was a bad iractice for one commission @id not believe as i predecessors did, so many changes oc- cur. Judge Henney said there was too much autocratic government at pres- ent because citizens were too lazy ¢ take action against laws that were un- desirable. He said proper government could not be obtained unless citizens took an interest in it. Touching on politics more deepl Judge Henney said he was not going to warn abo.at contests in the ranks. He said it was essential that the party have something to spur it on and when a candidate is selected all should take cff their coals and Jump in and do their best to elect him. Boom For President. President Baldwin in his introduc- tion of the principal speaker said, “We live in a hardware city, where we all know more or less about machin- ery. Now sometimes it happens that a certain piece of machinery is sup- posed to have worn out its usefulness, ind is ready for the discard, when long comes some energetic agent who vises that his type of machine be 'stalled to take the place of the old 1e. This is often done only to find hat it is not as good as the old one. he same thing happened to the polit- ‘cal machine some time ago, when it was felt that a new piece of machin- ery was nceded for the government and after three years it has proved to be not as good as the old one. In the summer when the republicans meet in Chicago, TI1., at the convention with their machine, many important qu tions will be brought up and the ques- tion will arise who will operate it, and } 1t is with pleasure that I present to von a man who is fitttd for that place, Mr. Estabrook.” The speaker said in part: Bryan Misrepresents Middle West. “¥For the last six months I have been preaching throughout the west the A Hard Nut | to Crack When a cold hits you in the head or throat, it’s hard to get rid of it. Don't experiment. Break it up with Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Prompt and effective. Alldruggists, 25cts. a bottle. othache Drops duty and nec ty of military prep: edne; for national self-defense. J notice that Mr. Choate attributes Mr. Bryan's opposition o any program of | preparation to the fact that he lives in Nebraska—my old home in the middle west—where the danger of in- vasion is not so imminent as it is along our seacoast If this fairly accounts for Mr. Bryan's oppugnanc; then Mr. Bryan, as usual, misrepre sents the people of the middle wi who, from my observation, need no conversation to the doctrine. They | realize that they are the very heart of a mighty organism whose welfare as a whole depends upon the welfare | of all its members, and I claim to represent their sentiment better than Mr. Bryan when I say to you that, in these days of growing apprehension, the men of the middle west will give carly notice to their countrymen, as | far away as the Atlantic and Pacific states, that the government which, in 1860, they fought to save against the aggression of enemies from within, they nd ready at all times to de- fend against aggressions of any pos- ible enemy from without. “And America has more than h physical possessions to defend. Th and her opportunities, she willingly shares with all who come to her. But the thoughts that are hers, the ideas that are hers and hers alone—she is bound to defend always, in all wa and against all comers! . Bryan Imbecile Wandering Voice. “It is true that no nation threatens in so many words; but who is ob- livious to hints and intimations that speak louder than words? We boast our strength to repel attack when we know it to be mere bounce and hom- bast. While every other nation has been preparing for agression, we have not made ready even for defense. Is this state of imbecility to endure? Shall we continue to listen to a wan- dering voice as imbecile as our con- ditions? When this Voice was re- cently removed from the consuls of our nation we thought, good easy souls, we had gotten rid of it. Has Mr. Bryan proved himself so good a prophet in the past that we can afford to trust him for the future You recall what direful things were sure to happen, according to Mr. Bryan, if this country failed to repudiate a moiety of its honest debts by giving to fifty cents’ worth of silver the magic name of dollar. Personally, I have never believed in Mr. Bryan's wisdom, and I grant him sincerity only because the point is not worth arguing. “And vet I would heartily advocate Mr. Bryan's policy of non-re mee policy of half-pre- paredness. I had rather scrap every gun and warship we own if we are not to add to them For if we were without strength to oppose invasion we could at least claim the privilege of the weak and surrender at discre- tion, with a moral claim even to the pity of the invader; whereas to fight half armed and with a certainty of rather than any Seldom Are Economies So Great Or Values So Attractive In Good Quality Home-Furnishings As Here and Now During Our February Mark-Down Sale. During this sale we are ¢ ffering at reduced prices practi- cally every article throughout our extensive stock of GOOD homefurnishings. 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Overlooking The Capitol Grounds — 40-56 Ford St., Hartford. “Where quality is higher than price.” losing would he nothing short of mur- der, for which you and 1 and every taxpayer in the United States would be measurably responsibl “To Proud to Fight “To say that we are too big or too proud to fight in self defense i, with all respect to the estimable but nis- is Abs taken gentleman who ud it absurd and puerile, and 1 am glad to note that he himself has come to that conclusion. To say that a moh of i« million or so of untrained citizenry would leap to arms to fight the bull tested soldiery of Asia or Turop is worse that puerile—it is murderons, stupidity. The machinations against this government at the moment more subterranean t n submarine. Our duty is to defend against both We are permitted no alternative. We must forthwith spend money for de- fense, and lots of it. We must know that we are safe from the temptation of attack Our peace and future hap- piness depend upon this assurance. Haldane, you know. answered the ay peal of Lord Roberts for better mil itary cquipment with a beautiful phase worthy our own bresident or a Spencerian copybook. Said Halda ‘we should prepare for the reason able probable, but not for the logi- | cally possible’ There spoke the | lawyer, the optimist perhaps, but not the statesman, Haldane discredited.| himself, but, worst of all, he discredit- ed his country. The words of our own Washington are the words of a states- man, a soldier, and a patriot, and they cannot be repeated too often or become too fam : repare for war,’ said he, ‘i mo. effective ways of preserving peace. A free peopie should not only be armed, but, disciplined. To that end a uni- form and well-adjusted plan is re- quisite.’ Let Military Experts Say How. “Has Washington ever been di credited? If so, when? Where? By whom? Has not time vindicated his right to warn Americans? To instruct them in their duty, to safeguard, even from the grave, the priceless heritage which he and his compa- triots bequeathed to them? A free people, says Washington, should Dbe armed and disciplined according to a plan. Whose plan? I should y that the recommendation in the first in- stance should come from our military experts, and that insofar as their recommendations were unanimous they should be adopted without much debate and regardless of cost with the understanding, however, that the sole purpose to he subserved is not conquest but self defense. This sim- plifies and limits the problem as well as the expense. It means, obviously, a big navy big as any navy in the world- flying. diving, amphibious auxiliary that can add to its effectiveness, and with all the munitions and means to boot—muni- tions for a year's npaign at least always in cold ge. It means @ many naval officers and men brains and technical training. this sort of men can lucrative employment in n ! which means that the government must outbid the market for their services. Insurance will cost money. but it is worth the pric ind th is no nation in the world that has <o many thir to insure and 1 so \fford to pay the premium. emply 150,000 in Standin “Washington’s ‘well-adjusted’ plan likewise include a skeleton army, but a skeleton capable of ta ing on flesh at a moment’s notice— a standing army, say, of a and fifty thou a decimal of army of, say, million-and-a-half, always in reserve. I admit that a large standing army, like those of Kurope, is ¢ perpetual menace to the very gov ernment {hat creates it. History shows that armies have mutinied and over- thrown the governments they were expected to protect. They have bheen at once the incubators and tools of kings. So nat the least debt of grat- itude which America owes to Pro dence is her immunity from this dan- ser. Army. must There is no instance of record that T know of where a navy, how- ever big, has wantonly turned agains the vernment that fo. ed it; and in the very nature of things a : lacks the opportunities as 11 as th incentive of foment rebeilion. Where- fore, a large navy and relatively small anding army must he our own program. But, says Washington, a free people should he disciplined and 1 think he 1 ant the who people. He certainly did not limit the percent It has Deen sug- gested that t State Miiitias should be brought under Federal combina- tion. This ot to be done, of course. The first duty of American volunteer should be to his country not simply to a locality. It may cost the militia of our several states the companionship of those who join their ranks for a summer outing ra- | ther than for business, but those who do join will be soldiers neither of tin nor tinsel, but of a different metal and a better mettle. Bryan Has His Fingers Crossed. “Thus far I have been urging Qa ‘get-together’ policy that transcends partisan politics and appeals to the citizens as such. In the light of re- cent events this would almost seem to be superfluous. For even Mr. Wil- son having gotten from under the hypnotic spell of his late secretary of state—whose unctuous ‘God you' on leaving the spoken with his fingers crossed and evidently meant quite the opposite— | even Mr. Wilson has recently said | that ‘we feel justified in preparins | ourselves to vindicate our right to independent and unmolessted action by making the force that is in un- ady for assertion.” These words, translated out of the Wilsonese info the vernacular, can only mean that if anybody slaps us in the face we | will deem ourselves justified in being | prepared to swallow our pride and forget our size and biff him in the slats.” Mr. Estabrook concluded his “pre- paredness” address by switching off into politics in which he rapped Roosevelt and the national conven tion of 1912 when, he said, the re- publican party had a brainstorm. ile also modestly stated that the party must be united on onec man. bless | cabinet was | A DAY GAINED IS A DAY WON A DAY LOST IS LOST FOREVER SO YOU MU REALIZE YOU HAVE NO TIME TO LOOSE IN GET- TING A SUIT, OR OVERCOAT AT THE BIG TRUSTEE BANKRUPT SALE OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF THE T. 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