El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-29
Letters To The Herald
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to the Office by the apostle OF the
new freedom, through the endorse
ment OF the now famous great com
mOner, he spent the first year OF the
service in newspaper contributions eX-
tOlling the grand character Of the man
who appointed him TO office de IS a
I least fifty years ahead OF the times in
discovering the greatness Of his
benefactOr, who as a solicitor OF
public endorsement received at the
polls less votes than the thrice discred-
tied Bryan ever had
Of course there was a time when
this plumed knight (goose-quin plune)
would have declared that any federal
officehoider who would settle down
10 daily contributions OF political
effusions limited entirely 10 the great
blown -in-the bottle feature of his ad-
ministratOn, should have been throl-
tied by the chief executive through
shame, or made an example Of as one
who systematically INDUCED in per-
nicious political activity, so justly con-
demned and censured by all self-re-
specting administrations
While being noted locally as very
open-faced, he shows at times a well
developed secretive faculty During
the construction Of that grand old
structure at Baltimore the democratic
platform on which the apostle OF the
new freedom appeared before the
American people-he secretly inserted
plank declaring that American cit
izenship should be sacredly protected
along our borders and in foreign landA
So quietly and secretiYely was this
plank inserted that to this day the
administration has not discovered II
When Senator Albert 3. FAIL that
giant defender Of American citizenship,
introduced a resolution in the senate
declaring for the protection Of Ameri-
can citizens in foreign lands cOuched
in the identical language Of the Bal
timore platform, prominent democratic
senators and the leading newspapers
OF that party derided the resolution
and declared that such rank heresy
and doctrines were never before heard
PROBABLY the plank had Just been
showed in somewhere for filling, any
how, II was disowned and dishonored-
But here, locally, on the border,
where the disgraceful and sickening
conditions OF Mexico could not be sup
pressed-0n the triumphal return from
the Baltimore JOust, a swelling PRIDE
compelled the author TO suggest that
this non de script woods colt which
was denied registry by the party, was
his and that he would father it Nat
urally his enemies. seeking to dis
credit him. would say that that was
rious consideration OF course. while
matter OF pride at the time, the colt
has proved very embarrassing to the
administration, and has been persfs-
tently kept in the back paddock There
are signs now, however, that he Is
being secretly exercised and quietly
rubbed down, and that when the next
presidential campaign draws on, his
fine coat and careful grooming Will
show that the administration is going
TO play him to the limit for the win
ming horse, and will probably scratch
all other entries from their stables.
All the time-honored procedures OF
our national government have been
relegated 10 the boW-Wows and the
collector Of the FL Pas0 port now has
a monopoly on the different functions
naNnnEnmE
branches OF government as delegated
and conferred by the constitution so
ferTently referred to in democratic
campaign speeches-notabIy state de-
Dartment, department Of justice.
weather observatory, etc. His duties
though official are dubbed "unofficiar'
and lead him into strange paths-In-
70 byWayS with Hector Ramos and
others, and to see that the neutrality
practiced here is not neutrality: and
that Nillaism does not get the worst
Of it.
On top Of the custom house must be
an observatory TO watch the drift or
affairs across the river-although or
ficlally declared TO be none OF our
business The air currents in the peri
meter OF the revolution have to be
carefully noted and reported, as well
as al indications of a counter change
OF transfers to other areas Of high
pressure as well as the registered |
readings OF the barometer on Mexican
politics Also prognOsucatiOns as 10 /
the date when Huerta and Orozco !
would be in perihelion.
These may seem trffling duties 20 /
some. but. taken in connection with /
one or two duties connected with his /
main Office, il is no pigmy's job. Then !
there is his official Investigation nro /
the charge that some American was |
found In Mexico with Villa counterfeit I
money when everybody knows II 4
ou@ht 10 be worth more than the gen ]
uine- superficial thinking persons /
may not appreciate that our collector
has to be cOmnlex and versatile TO 4
attend to all the different. delicate /
functions that our irexnerienced an
cestors delegated to various branches j
or the government but upon mature 4
reIlection when these few out OF the i
manE duties are seriously considered,
II should be patent that EI Paso-s |
claim for uniqueness and versatility I
cannot be successfully contested or
even approached.
And to crown the grand apex OF all
nls great achievements. the daily press
las Just announced that the collector |
declared that he has niDped "a ire
nenaouS revolution for Mexico in the J
ouo- Great Caesar. what a mfracu- !
-ous escape! It staggers ones fmagf- 1
lauon IKE the narrow escape OF being /
MI ~ comet Think OF it, Huerta |
tnu OrOZco both in perihe1fon and |
Jack Cobb stepping in ana interpos-
ms MS dimensions between the i'm
,enolnE forces OF the Cientiffcos and |
me batting hordes OF the Afontezunnas i
~ doesn't seem possible that one de-
-eImlned man could avert such on
'nnlnE horrors. but then Won must AZ |
The same time realize thar even
leahut placed at the right locality !
ND at the psychological moment can
top an avalanche
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