El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-08
At
MESSAGE Of
TAFT
Ell Pasoans Agree That the
President Is Not Guarding
Americans Properly.
LOCAL MEN ON
THE SUBJECT

FL Paso aWoke Thursday afternoon 1
to the realization that this thriving city |
is not on the map which hangs on the /
south wall of the presidents room IN 1
the white house.
When The Ell Paso Herald appeared /
on the streets with the president !
message to congress on the front page !
with FL Paso completely disregarded n /
the presidents reference to foreign re-
lations. especially with Mexico; ana
its leading editorial cenouncing this /
oversight FL PasOans began TO Doll |
with righteous indignation. so.,
Where do we come in, or get or /
one prominent citizen asked another
equally prominent.
dependents of MeXico?' querled an AZ
torney who has been forced 20 take MS |
claims to Mexico.
THAT the % American citizens who /
were killed or wounded IN II Fa sO /
should have been entirely overlooked |
the fact that for three days Fl Edsp 4
was under a fire Of high power nnoueIh I
rifles and long range rapid IRE ma
chine guns should have been ignored |
completely by the president ana tne I
matter dismissed after the aqua PEleId |
battle with the two insignificant mes I
i am glad to say that no IurIner III
vision of American rights Of any sub
stantiaI character occurred thaI W. /
the knockout WallOp for self respect
ing FL Pasoans, who openly denounceu
the executive and gave approVal, 70 |
every word contained IN the IeauiAS
editorial of The Herald.
Message of Protest.
message to the president protest.
ing against the oversight of such an
important part of the entire border
history was suggested by a number OF
FL PaSO business men, lncludlng re
pubIfcans and Democrats. 1t was open
" asserted on the streets that Sucn &C
ton would meet the approval OF Ile
people of FL Paso and tn9l Ihe p L-s;l,
dent had given his political enemies
the best kind Of campaign maternal 70
be used against him In the approaching
election. It was generally CONCEDED lnat
the real man behind the whole aIIalr
was secretary Of state Phllander e.
Knox. whose attitude toward the Dor
der situation has been anything but
friendly. the attorneys VINO are press
ing claims against the Mexican gov
eminent, contend
After having virtually ordered the
claimants to take their cases against
Mexico by reason OF the revolutionary
activity before a Mexican consultative
commission in Mexico City, the atlor-
news and claimants say that the presl-
dents elimination of the important part
that FL Paso played in affairs aIons
the border is the last bit Of chaff which
followed the straw which broke the
4 drOmedary's spinal column.
Kelly Is Sarcastic.
IF the president is as well informed
upon all subjects which he presents 70
I
the Mexican border situation mayor
c. z. Kelly said, particularly as II
applied to the killing Of American clu-
zens on American soil. his message
must have a profound effect upon that
I body. deep sarcasm-l honestly be-
/ lieved the president has been misln-
I formed regarding the true condition OF
! affairs. Maybe the army and the civil
authorities took such good care Of the
/ people here that the president did not
/ know anything about it." CAiore and
= 1~-an =1-- y
! 1T was a rank oversight which can
hardly be ignored by the people OF Fl
| PasO. From the presidents message
one would be led TO think that q peo-
pie killed and wounded in FL PasO made
no particular difference to the author
/ tiles at Washington" said alderman
/ Percy McGhee.
! Former mayor Joseph Z. Sweeney.
whose clients have a number of claims
against Mexico for personal injuries
| and damages which he is presenting to
: the state department, was especially
( bitter against the government author
/ tiles for the attitude which they have
! taken throughout the entire Mexican
! affair He has sent a number of red
hot letters to Washington in reference
! to the cases Of the Americans who were
/ killed in their own homes or on the
/ streets while pursuing their daily
/ business. He also represents the cases
I of the two American railroad men,
| CObler and Webster, who were i'm
pressed in the service of the Mexican
! federal army at Casas Grandes and
made to run troop train to Bauche
! by Gen Rabago Under threat OF being
/ shot if they refused. and then being
| subjected to a fire from the same fed
/ eral troops after they had performed
/ this important service for the federal
/ army and saved Juarez from the first
| siege by the insurrectOs.
| American Failure Notorious.
/ THE failure of the American govern
ment to protect American citizens in
I their own and other countries has been
notorious" the former mayor said. when
! Shown the presidents message. "As a
/ result Of this policy. the American flag
I and American citizens are insulted and
/ ridiculed in all countries and no respect
] is shown the American citizen by rea-
| son Of his governments failure to pro-
/ tect him. The British subject is an ex-
/ ample Of the difference between the
/ American and other governments.
! country, the British subject knows he
/ will be backed up by Great Britain and
! that his government Will see that he
/ gets fair play Unfortunately this is
not true Of the United States"
| Sentiment Is Unanimous.
! o II. Baum said: THAT was a dinger
( Of an editorial in The Herald Thursday
night and I approve Of every word OF
/ it I am going to write q letter and tell
I The Herald so, too. I am a Republican,
but that message ignoring us down
/ here was too much for me"
J NJ. Wyatt, cashier of the American
| National bank, said: That was an ex-
tremely weak action on the part Of the
nation. The act Of the United States in
this matter is unspeakable and unbe-
/ lievable."
H. B. Stevens said: I'VE are going to
ask for a great deal from the admins
tration and 1 would suggest we go a
little easy on the presidents action in
this matter, as 7 believe It was unin-
territorial on his part. That IS now an
cfent history and we have much to ex-
J pect from the Washington government
with our dam and pOstOffice and post
enlargement. and we cannot afford to
put ourselves in a hole with the admin
istration at this time"
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