The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-03
CHoATE's PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE,

Tt the critics Of President Wilson,
policy in Mexico, big and little. ricl
and poor," says The Duluth Herald
we commend the example set b,
Joseph H. ChOate, a lifelong repubIi
can, in the speech he delivered in New
York the other day:
What Is the most stirring thing
that agttates the hearts OF the
american people today? 1t is
Xxi What are we going to do
with Mexico, or what is Mexico
going to do with us? I should like
very much to discuss the policy of
the United States in regard to
Mexico. 1 think l could occupy
the whole evening with tiff I
only knew what that policy was.
But there is n man who knows
hat policy, and he very wisely
keeps his own counsel. 1t Is q very
trying situation; it is a very
dangerous situation; but one thing
L know and for one thing | appeal
TO the heart and the head of every
gentleman present in this chamber
tonight: That in this trying sit
uation there is but one duty for all
Of us, and that is to stand by the
president of the United States.
" '" III" q II bIplDlIldllC DuS-
mess, you may call it executive
business, but it is fair to assume
that the president is in possession
,.,s. OF information vastly superior to
- that which ever all of the mem
i bers Of he chamber of
i possess. He knows what he is
about. He knows what he is aim
ing at.
r "One thing we are sure Of: That
IA III 10 fHrs :, fIn% - = ~
@ serving peace at all hazards, and
that by no act Of his shall this
q nation be plunged into a destruc-
D tive n a dreadful war. He is
3. entitled to hat from us without
regard to party and without re-
- gard to creeds. We must stand by
~ our president through thick and
4. through thin, and we shall come
. out right in the end.
+ After the prolonged cheering which
greeted this patriotic sentiment aat
ceased, Mr.. Choate continued:
Il This president of ours has been
~ In office now for nine months,
n he has been working very
r hard, with the most honest Dur
81 poses in the world; with, as | be-
q HeVe, no other desire in his heart
A. except to serve the American peo-
II pie with the best Of his ability;
rs and he has accomplished q great
III deal.
H has passed a bill for the re-
formation Of the tariff. I do not
M know whether that is q sore or a
* joyful subject in this
but for one 7 think he has done
z exceedingly we'll in that business.
n He has satisfied the yearnings OF
Il the American people thai have
been suppressed for the last twen-
% ty years.
What Mr.. Choate remembered, bu
what the little critics who bark at tn,
presidents heels as they barked a
Washington's, at Jefferson's and a
Lincoln's--they or their breed-for
! get, is that Woodrow Wilson is no
a democrat, but the president Of TIL
United States; that he is not the lead
er or the chairman Of a political party
but the duly elected and uualifet
spokesman for the American peopl
and their needs and aspirations; an,
that the government of the Unitea
States is not a catspaw to be used il
pulling private chestnuts out Of for
seign fires, but an instrument wit
which the American people wish t
bring about Justice to mankind an,
peace and prosperity, both at HON
and abroad SO far as its inf1uenc
shall reach"