The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-08
Continued from Monday MOrning)
Nenunelations Of Theorists.

NenunCiatonS OF hcortSts.
Under these circumstances those
who do not know the nature OF the
professional international philanthro-
pists would suppose that these apos-
ties OF International peace would have
been overjoyed with what we had
done. As matter OF fact. when they
took any notice of IL at all IL was
10 denOunce IL: and those American
newspapers which are fondest OF pro
claiming themselves the foes of war
and the friends Of peace violently at
tackled me Tor avcrting war from. and
bringing peace to. the island. They
insisted / had no power TO make the
agreement. and demanded the reiec-
ton Of the treaty which was TO per
petuate the agreement. They were,
OF course, wholly unable to advance a
single sound reason OF any kind fer
plantation was partly their dislike OF
me personally, and unwillngness 10
see peace come through or national
honor upheld by me. and in the next
place their sheer. simple devotion 10
prattle and dislike of efficiency. They
liked to have people come together
and talk about peace, or even sign
bits Of paper with something about
peace or arbitration on them. nut they
took no interest whatever In the prac-
teal achievement of a peace that told
for good government and deCency and
honesty. They we're Joined by the
many moderately wcil-meaning men
who always demand that a thing Be
done, but also always demand that b
be not done iu the only way in which
50 Ga. as "a matter Of fact possible 10
do b. The men of this kind Insisted
that OF course Santo Domingo must
be protected and made To- behave 10
self and that OF course the Panama
Canal must be dug, but they insisted
even more strongly that neither feat
should b. accomplished In the only
way In which b. was possible TO ac-
COmplish % At all.
The Senate shirks lie Duty.
The Constitution did not explicitly
give me power 20 hring about the nee
css8rv agreement with SantO Domin-
90. But the Constitution did not for
bid my doing what 4 did / put the
agreement into effect. and continued
iis execution for two rnars before Tho
Senate acted. and I would have con.
tinuod DO until the end of my tosm DO
necessary without any action by Con
rrrss But 10 was far preferable that
there should hU action By Congress.
so that We mieht be- proceeding under
"a treaty which was the law Of the
land and not merely by "a direction of
the chief executive which would lapse
when that particular executive left OF.
flee. ! therefore dld my best to get
The senate t0 rnffy what ] had done.
There was good deal OF dimCulty
about o. With tho exception OF one or
two men like CLARK of Arkansas. the
Democratic senators acted Iu that
spirit OF unworthy u1rtisanahID which
subOrdinatna national interest to some
i1ncl'd partisan advantage. and they
were cordially backed by an that Dor.
tun OF tnr press which took be- I'm
SEPARATION from Wall street. and was
violently hostile tO tho administration
because OF it attitude toward great
corporations
Most 40 ~ the Republican Senators.
under Che lead or Senator Lodge stood
By mo-. but some ~ them. % the more
..ou"rrf Hfire. or rrarfIuuarv tvuc. who
ucr. already growing hostile % me on
fne frHat question. FIRST proceeded o.
sneer at What had been done. and 20