New Britain herald., 1915-01-14
WILLIAMS SAYS WILSON
 WILL BE REELECTED
Borah Claims President is for
 Party More Than P6opc.

Washington. D. C., Jan. 14.--An attack on President Wilson's use of his constitutional powers and criti- clsm and support of his Mexican pol icy, and political speechmaking min gled yesterday in a senate discussion of Senator Cummins' resolution ask ing what the United States intends to do with the taxes collected during the occupation of Vera Cruz.
 John Sharp Williams, defending the administration said it was well known that the money was to be turned over to any government in Mexico eventually recognized.
 John Sharp Williams Defense.
 ''You cannot emharrass the admin istration nor befoozle the American people with any such resolution said he, launching into a defense of the presidents policy He declared if "a certain American had been in the White House. there would have been stern messages to congress eli maxed with Come on, boys! Charge.'"
 ''Woodrow Wilson will be renom- mated for the presidency said Sem ator Williams, and reelected, not as a minority but as majority candi-
 
 ican people have found him not only good enough to take the place of men about whom they were quarrel ing, but also good enough to Stand in his own stead.''
 Congress Should Decide.
 Senator Cummins insisted congress, not the president, should decide what shall become of the Vera Cruz money and then paying a tribute to President Wilson's integrity and ability, added:
 II am simply objecting to his po- sition that he is trying to run the United States. 1t appears in every utterance that falls from his lips. He assumes that under the cOnstitu- tion he is the final arbiter of all of these things. I have no doubt he assumes it with perfect honesty and with the most careful consideration.
 Indianapolis Speech Assailed.
 Senator Borah assailed the pres- dents Indianapolis speech, character izing it as an admission by the pres ident that he had arrived at the con- clusjon that he preferred to be the leader of his party rather than the chief executive of the whole people,
 II wish to quote the most signif1- cant statement ever made by a presi- dent with regard to a coordinate branch of the government" he said. No such statement has been made since the days of Andrew Jackson. will not say that the spirit which actuated is the same, but it calls for serious consideration of every man. I quote the presidents statement as follows:
 Presidents Statement
 If any group of men should dare to break the solidarity of the demo- cratic team for any purpose or from any motive, theirs will be most un- enviable notoriety and responsibi- ity which will bring deep bitterness to them"
 The president did not say for any evil purpose or any unwise prin- ciple, but for any purpose or any reason
 Such is the sole and central prin- l ciple upon which any corrupt po1iti- | cal machine was ever organized or put into existence. There is no diff | ference between what he said and what Tom Taggart said to his Indi- ana followers, eighty of whom plead ed guilty yesterday to the crime of corruption. There Is no difference between it and the orders issued by Murphy of Tammany hall, to his sat alites to follow the dictates of the | captain regardless of the dictates of 1 conscience or judgment"
 New Republican Ideas.
 To refute the presidents state ment that the republican party had | ir Senator Borah instanced the Sher- l man antitrust law; the interstate | commerce, parcel post, postal sav- senators acts.
 The cost of living on August i, 1914, he said, was higher than at any other time in the country's his- tory, yet, he declared, an emergency war tax bill had exacted $100,000,- 900 additional from the people. At tacking the presidents Mexican pol icy at length. MT. Borah declared l that one result of taking Vera Cruz was notification to foreign powers to keep hands off, which, he insisted, would bring trouble in the future be- cause this government had assumed | moral if not legal responsibility for foreign citizens in Mexico. Senator Borah insisted that the United States had not let Mexico alone and that | conditions today were as bad as they could possibly be in civilized | or semi-civilized community
 Must Protect Citizens.
 Insisting that the time had come when American citizens in Mexico should be protected, the senator as-