South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-29

/ nation DN the SEIZURE OF nine sailors
from beneath the stars and stripes,
without cause. was explained by Sen.
Shively. He declared that the presi-
dent took action against certain
faction in Mexico which was backed
10y Huerta who hoped 10 draw this
country into a general war with the
little southern nation "Huerta would
/ rather have surrendered TO the United
/ States than De driven from his own
| country by its citizens asserted SCI.
: Shively in explanation Of the seizure
/ OF the American sailors and occu-
pancy of Vera Cruz.
Laments War i'm Europe.
Leading up to the presidents peace
policies. Sen. Shively said:
THE conduct of the national ad-
Z ADMINISTRATION is to be approved or dis
I approved in November. No one Will
pretend that the appalling conditions
I that render the present time excep-
tiOnal in the worlds history Is due
TO any failure or delinquency on the
I part of this administration. No one
will claim that anything has been
done that should have been left IN
done. nor anything left undone that
should have been done. The demands
/ of a perilous time have been met
with infinite tact and calm courage.
| An increasing sense of security has
come each day TO the people OF the
: United States from a president that
] meets every crisis with precisely the
! appropriate word and action. The
worth of a man with the courage of
the warrior. but determined to lead
and keep his people in the paths OF
/ honorable peace, is everywhere felt.
/ The conduct, the policies, the record,
the attitude, the worth of that man
is to be appraised on election day.
The whole outside world will note
whether the people of the United
States approve or disapprOve that
president and his course.
Foreign cabinets will scrutiniZe
with interest a proceeding that TO
/ them will test whether the people of
1 the United States approve a policy
! that has kept them exempt from the
/ immediate Affections of war or pre-
fer a course that might precipitate
the great republic into the bloody
maelstrOm that now involves over
half the population of the world. l
shrink from no issue that may be pre-
scented; but the expert or layman that
| cannot see at this juncture in the
worlds affairs that the welfare of the
I country demands an overwhelming
| endorsement Of Pres. Wilson can have
little conception Of the momentous in
! ternational politics confronting this
country.
Change Wouldn't Help.
I Think you ii is good time To
change the political complexion of
| either house of congress- Think you
| il would strengthen tn ; cause of hon
orable peace either at home or abroad
to repudiate the Wilson policies in
our department of government
! Think you it would strengthen our
political, diplomatic and commercial
position before the world TO repudiate
by vote of want of confidence the
defenders Of that position?
| ION the tariff the democracy re-
deemed its pledge. In the currency
| they performed a gigantic and noble
! service. On the trust question they
met the demands of many years in
| disentangling remedies for veXed con-
| ditiOns In the general processes of
! administration they have taken the
people in their confidence and made
government the execution of the as
certained public will In all these
| they claim a verdict. We're no other
considerations involved, the record
would still furnish a vastly greater
chapter of achievement than is ex-
hibited by any party in time of peace
in all our history.
! But amid all the busy days of this
work the administration has been
confronted with the most delicate, in
lvolved and far-reaching questions and
! the most menacing situations in our
| foreign relations. The whole country
realizes now the import of some Of
these questions and the value Of that
comprehensive insight and unshaka-
BILE courage that held the country true
against armed Intervention. and kept
the high moral and political prestige
which the whole world today grants
as ours.
More Than Human Mission.
ours is an almost more than
human mission. What of our duty?
Shall we meet it in the manner be-
gotten of great opportunity or shall
little politics about little things en-
gross our attention while the oppor-
tunity of the ages passes on the other
side? In the adjustments following
that awful struggle where would you
look for the great moral factor, the
trusted counsellor, the sympathetic
friend of smitten and bleeding ma
tons. the softening and composing
! agency to bind up wounds and diffuse
healing among distracted people.
save to this great continental repub-
lie? And TO whose lofty courage and
clear vision through the trying or
deal of the past Is months is due our
splendid strength before the world
Il believe in party responsibility
and do not shrink from any test of
stewardship. But over and above the
injustice of an adverse verdict on our
I domestic policies would be the un-
speakable folly OF a sentence of dis
approval before the world of the for
eign policy which is our great shield
and strength in this fateful hour of
the worlds history"
Party Keeps Pledges.
Continuing. he said: During the
last campaign the democratic marty
made solemn pledges and those
pledges have been faithfully carried
out. In the first place, let us consid-
er the tariff question. There are
many devices for the cheating of
common citizens. We all are famn-
lar With the shell game, the three
card monte man. the Bohemian oats
sWlndle and other games calculated
10 secure the funds of the unwarv.
But the worst device ever invented to
sponge up the money OF the millions
OF this country and place il in the
pockets OF the few was the DingIev
and Payne-Aldrich tariff bills. The
democratic party revised the tariff