Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-09

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moral Of that Is merely what | have
already been pointing out 20 you, that
neither party In its regular member
ship has a majority. DO not want 70
make the Independent voter too proud
Of himself, but l have got to admit
that he Is our boss and am bound
to admit that the things that he wants
are go far AS ! have seen them mem
toned. things that ! want.
Party II Not an End in Itself.
II am not an Independent voter but
can claim to be an Independent per-
son. and | want 20 say this distinctly;
! do not love any party any Longer
than il continues to serve the imme-
date and pressing needs OF America.
/ have been bred In the democratic
party; | love the democratic party
but / love America a great deal more
than ! love the democratic party and
when the democratic party thinks that
| II Is an end in itself then 1 rise up
and dissent. II Is means to an end
and its power depends and ought TO
depend upon its showing that 1t knows
what America needs and Is ready to
give 1t what II needs That is the rea
son J say to the Independent voter YOU
have got us in the palm of your hand.
] do not happen to be one Of your
number, but l recognize your suprem-
acy, because / read the election re-
turns. and ! have this ambition. my
democratic friends can ayow il on
Jackson day
Plea for Democracy.
i want 70 make every independent |
voter in this country democrat It
is little cold and lonely out whore he |
is, because, though he holds the ball /
ance of power, he is not the majority |
and | want him to come in where It is !
warm. | want him TO come In whore /
there Is a lot Of good society, good /
companionship, where there are great |
emotions. That Is what / miss in the |
republican party; they do not seem
to have any great emotions. They !
seem to think lot Of things, old /
things, but they do not seem to have
any enthusiasm about anything.
Now there is one thing 1 have got |
great enthusiasm over--l might al
most say a reckless enthusasm-aad
that is human liberty The governor
has Just now spoken about watchful
waiting In Mexico. | want to say
word about Mexico, or not so much
about Mexico as about our attitude to- /
wards Mexico. hold it as funda-
mental principle. and so do you. that /,
every people has the right to deter
mine its own form Of government; and
until this recent revolution in Mexico,
until the end OF the Diaz reign, so
per cent Of the people Of Mexico never
had 'look-in' in determining who ,
should be their governors or what
their government should be. Now, II
am for the so per cent II is none of
my business and it is none Of your
business how long they take in deter
mining IT,
IT is none of my business and none
of yours how they 80 about the bust.
ness. Tha country is theirs. The
government is theirs. The liberty il
they can set it--and God speed them
In getting It's theirs. And as far
as my influence goes. while | am pres
ident, nobody shall interfere with
them.
Mexico May Go II Alone.
That is what | mean by great
the great emotion Of sympa-
thy DO YOU suppose that the Amer
lean people are ever going to count
"A small amount of material benefit ,
and advantage to people doing bust ,
ness in Mexico against the liberties
and the permanent happiness of the I
Mexican people? Have not European |
nations taken as long as they wanted /
ana split as much blood as they E,
pleased in settling their affairs; and
shall we deny that to Mexico because
she is weak? No. SAY / am proud
to belong to a strong nation that says
This country which we could crush
shall have Just as much freedom in
her own affairs as we have. If ! am
strong, | am ashamed to bully the 2
weak In proportion TO my strength
Is my pride in Withholding that e
strength from the oppression of am S
other people. And ! know when
speak these things mot merely from [
The generous response with which /
hey have Just met from you, but c
from my longtime knowledge of the G
American people, that this is the SEN
iment of the American people. {
With all due respects to editors of :
great newspapers ! have to say to
hem that | never take my opinion
II the American people from their
editorials. So that when some great
Iailes not very far from where ] am =
temporarily residing Numbered with S
'ising scprn at watchful waiting. s
Woodrow sat back in his chair and .
'huckled knowing that he laughs 4
best who laughs last, knowing, in
'hort, what were the temper and
of the American people. d
II ! did not az least think | knew. r
would emigrate, because I would y
lot be satisfied to stay where / am. a
There may come a time when the i
american people will have to judge q
whether ! know what i am talking n
ltout on not But at least, for two i
ears more, am free to think that I h
10, with a great comfort in immunity n
n the time being i
Next Congress Democratic. +
And Il Is, by the way very com q
orting thought that the next CON
,ress OF the United States is going to h
le very safely democratic and that n
therefore, we can altogether feel as +