El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-22
DICTATION BY THE PRESIDENT
RESENTED BY THE SENATORS:
MISREPRESENTATION ALTERED

that the president is justified in the
demands upon NictoriauO Huerla for
uLles ocal amends to tne government
u me United States for the affrouts
tllu IIulSnltles committed against the
soEernInent by Huerta and his repre-
The senate was opposed to the per-
soIaI reference 10 Huerta. The house
INQUIRY Gu IN the senate's amendment
No Action On Money Budget.
Majority leader Underwood an
Houhceu today that he did no- expect
tne house TO act on any bill appro-
prlallnS money for war purposes in
Mexico at the present time.
e nave plenty Of money now I'M
less the president expects to march
70 MeAlco CITY said ". Underwood
AS Tar as 1 know, the president has
no such intention"
Battle News Exeites Washington.
An air OF excitement and grave con-
Germ prevailed the chamber when the
senate reconyened Tuesday night The
crowded galleries and the floor were
alive with the news that four Amer
lean marines had been killed and %
wounded in taking Neracruz-
senator Root opened the night ses-
Lodge substitute
The resolution senator Root said
caAed Tor 'torceful armed compulsiOu
OF the deIacto government Of a friend
suit 10 the flag Of this country"
senator Root reviewed the TampicO
lncldenI as the avOWed Unsatisfactory
or Ine president He said the Incl
dent was an insult TO our flag"
This was the natter in DISPUTE be-
tween this government and the de
Iacto government of Mexico and this
Is the justification upon which the
resolution now before the senate is
based he said
Justification Inaauafr
This justification. it seems 90 me
IS painfully Inadequate. II this is
ali that there is between this gov
eminent and the poor, harried people
But is this ALP We learn tonight
that Neracruz has fallen; that four
american marines lie dead; that 20 lie
S Sdfb5.ns . from ON wounds. Is there
number Of suns-the form and cere-
mony Of a salute-to Justify the sac
riftce Of American lives?
Deeply is the president desires 70
limit the scope of his action in the
maintenance Of peace. all history sug-
SeSts that once lighted the fires OF
war cannot be Quenched at will It
Is war IN It's essence that we are 10
vote TO Justify tonight What the re-
suit Of these incidents no man can
tell Men viii die-men dear 10 us
VIII die because OF the action we are
10 take tonight. American. MONIES will
so through life fatherless because Of
the action we will take tonight and
Wneu they turn back the page 10 find
why their fathers died are they TO
lind that il was about the number of
guns OF the form OF salute2
More Justification Needed.
W are 10 justify What2 II the rep
reseutatives Of this greatest democ-
racy prides itself before the world.
then il must prove that democracy. can
pc peaceful and just Is there no jus
Jilcaton that we can lay before the
world, before the Judgment seat OF
history. except a dispute about the
number of guns2"
Senator Root paused, raised his
hands heavenWard, and turning to the
senators about him. said:
How can We Justify ourselves II
We have not iustification2 "
Senator William Alden Smith said.
in the senate debate today, that in
the Spanish war case. no iron clad
resolution was presented to congress
b% the president as embOdying the
viii Of the executive"
President Mckinley" he said, had
no personal pique to crafty. There
was no studied hatred Of individuals
in his great heart
Should Not Abet BnndItH.
The president told MS yesterday
that the citizens OF the Pnited States
have been singled out for insult and
injury in Mexico. No other nation has
treated Mexico as we have treated
her I have never criticized but
have thought that about the least re-
spectacle thing our government could
do was 10 aid and abet banditry and
reyolutionists in a friendly state" he
said
The present revolution in Mexico.
senator Smith said had been backed
and encouraged by an organization
with officials in the city of Washing
ton He named the Mexicans whom
he claims were connected with the or
SanizatiOn- These included Mrs. Fran
cisco MaderO. widow of the murdered
president of the republic, and her
brother, Manuel Perez Romero
Three Could Have Prevented Battle
Senator Smith. asserted that Fran
cisco MaderO, ST. DR.. Francisco V.
Gomez and senior LimantOur, met In a
New York hotel TO discuss the Mex
lean situation and could have pre-
vented the battle Of Juarez had they