Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-14
CONGRATULATIONS ALL AROUND.

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/ The president and the secretary OF
state are both to be congratulated on
the result Of the cabinet crisis.
/ Mr.. Bryan, TO take the less impor-
| tant first, is to be congratulated be-
cause he has retired-even if under
| fire--from q place for which he was
never fit and in which he never fit
ted. lie has for two years been merely
ridiculous in his office; he was lately
becoming fast an object of seorn and
contempt Affixing his signature and
giving his apparent approval TO com
municatlons that We're downright con-
tradictions of his proclaimed princi-
pies his actions might be excused BY
infatuated apologists with the plea
that the country's emergency required
them, but the mass of the people were
beginning to regard him as callous TO
everything but money and patronage.
Nothing that Mr.. Bryan has done
since he entered office has reflected
as much credit on him as his leaving
office.
The president is even more to be
congratulated, for at last he can be
himself in the presidency He has
heretofore been In d difficult situa-
ton. Two conflicting forces have
been present in his cabinet and on al
most every issue that has arisen he
has been subjected to the influence of
both. The consequence has been va
clllation. uncertainty alternate re-
sponsiyeness in turn to Bryanistic rad
icalism and peace-at-any- price ideals
and to the conservative and firmer
policies of the element represented in
part by men like Garrison and in part
~ NJ ri IN pa
Mexican muddie was one, but only
one, of the consequences. The recent
history of the administration Is q con-
tinuous exhibition of reversing on q
series of issues that earlier in the VIII
son term had been decided in ways
directly contrary to the late declara
tons Of intention about them.
With the Bryan force removed, Mr.
Wilson can now formulate his own
policies and carry them out. IF his
desire Is 70 conduct his administra-
ton SO that posterty may pass com
mandatory judgment on hlm-and It
Is a proper desire for any president
to cherish-he can write the record
he wishes to leave for history and not
one misrepresentation of himself be-
cause it must be framed according to
shifting conditions of political ext
gencies. III he wants to appeal TO more
immediate Judges and his thoughts
are fixed on the applause OF his con
tcmporaries. he can at least realize
that now the nation viii begin TO have
clear-eut, stable vision OF him as
he Is. Thus far the Wilson outlines
have been blurred to the general view
by his constant waverings.
Perhaps the country Is to be con-
graduated on this cabinet change even
more than either Of the individuals d.
rectly concerned, but as to that 1t will
be well to reserve opinions for a short
time. The change may mean a change
IN the whole foreign policy of the adj
minlstration or II may prove to have
come from nothing more important
than irreconcilable definitions Of
phrases. from divergence over the
method of expressing theoretical as
pirations. When the text of the Ger
man note is published and It Is pos
slble to study the matter which
brought about the cabinet crisis
clearer judgment will be possible than
now on this point. Until that momen-
tous paper is given to the press the