Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-08-14
CRITICISED POLICY
Says II Is Foolish and IdiOtiC For
President Wilson
TO SEND LIND TO MEXICO
Debate on Socialism Held Close Attention of
Audience

The latest action Of President Will
son in commissioning ex-Gov. John
Lind Of Minnesota to Mexico with
the understanding that he become ac-
quainted with the situation through
out the country has caused severe
criticism to be leveled at the admin
istration. During an interview with
Hon. J. Adam Bede OF Minnesota last
Thursday it developed that Mr.. Bede
was among those who have very little
faith in the policy that President Viii
son is endeavoring to promulgate in
regard to the Mexican trouble. Rel
ative to this important question and
to present day legislation, Mr. Bede
said:
an sending John Lind to Mexico
President Wilson is showing his in
capacity TO deal with matters of such
great weight The policy is foolish,
idiotic and not becoming to men of
such caliber as we are to suppose Mr..
Wilson and his secretary of state
capable OF furthering In my judg-
ment the administration is dealing
with affairs that are too big and be-
cause OF this lack of previous train
ing, can't help but act like kids in
politics. AS | see the Mexican matter,
we can not issue orders for a man to
enter that country as spy on the
conditions in the country and the
people and expect that we are going
to gain any assistance in solving the
question. Before this government
can accomplish anything it has got
to take a stand either with Huerta
or the opposing party If it can't
decide, guess they had better let
some of the foreign nations in and
drop the Monroe doctrine entirely
Il believe in a moderate tariff If
the people at Washington consider
it is the best policy to revise the
tariff, then let us try it and see if it
will work. Ii it does, all right. They
will have accomplished great bene-
mt for the entire country. But yet I
am little skeptical over the situa-
ton and would rather see them go a
little easy. | believe in keeping our
capital at home and adequately pro-
teCted If an open door is maintained,
| firmly believe that our genius and
money will go to other countries, be-
cause the cost of production is cheap
er, and then return it to this coun-
try and receive the same price that
the article would sell for if manu-
featured here. This is my belief, and
if the idea works out any different
we want it, and | am in favor of it
then but let it be tried out reason
ably first
president Wilson does, | think,
know what he is talking about in the
currency question If he is let alone
and not made the victim of so much
suggestion by his fellow democrats,
| think he will get something through
that will be of great credit to him.
But this everlasting jangling certain
ly shows that the administration has
been warped because of lack of ex-
perience.
Conditions in the country are
good, think, although there certain
ly is a money stringency, which
would not take very much to develop
into awful hard times. I have been
on the Chautauqua platform since
May and have visited the south and
north, and if times aren't hard there
is a lot of danger of their being in
the immediate future"
Mr.. Bede was in very good health
and discussed matters of every nature
to some length. The debate with
Emil Seidel at the Chautauqua was
keenly enjoyed. Mr. Seidel is an
orator who demands attention. He
lacks the humor of Mr. Bede, but
the humorist of the House made up
for the lack on the part of his oppo-