The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-10-14
E|GHT.HOUR ATTACK
|GNOBLE. SAYS 0LNEY
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand FiIbuster in the Sen
ate Against the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member Of Cleveland's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve
ments and Policy Of
Avertinq War.

No American can speak with higher
authority on the issues of this cam
paign than Richard Olney, who was
President Cleveland's Attorney Gener-
al during the railroad strike of 1894,
and President Cleveland's Secretary
of State when the Venezuelan message
was sent to the British Government.
He should know whether President
Wilson's action in averting the rail-
road strike was Surrender to force;
whether the Wilson foreign policy has
been "timid and vacillating".
Mr.. Olney seeks no political prefer
ment; his interest is that of retired
statesman, of wise, experienced, dis
passionate patriot. who is concerned
only with the welfare of his country.
Mr.. Olney has written for the New
York World a signed article in which
he warns the American people against
the danger sure to result from turning
over their affairs to Mr.. Hughes and
the interests which would dictate his
policies, foreign and domestic.
Where Was Hughes Nerve?
Discussing the passage of the Adam
son eight-hOur law, Mr.. Olney points
out that the Republicans of the Senate,
if they had really wished more time
for consideration of the bill, could
have obtained it by means of filibus-
ter as a recognized Senatorial wea-
pom, and adds
"Why did not the Republican Sena.
for deliberation they wanted7 What
was Candidate Hughes doing that he
did not make the wires hot with
messages to Washington-warn
against the law the seventy-four Re-
publican Representatives who voted
for it and urging the twenty-eisht Re-
publican Senators to filibuster to the
last ditch7
"eut neither he nor the Republican
leaders generally had the nerve to face
the situation. With ample means in
their hands to prevent legislation until
after its due consideration, they de-
liberately elected that II should appear
to be enacted under coercion in order
that, after the great national deliver
ance had been effected, they might
object to the mode of its accomplish
ment.
"a pettier and more ssnobIe game Of
politics never was conceived. In COM
parisOn, and in view of the sudden and
extraordinary eXigency sprung upon
the country, President Wilson's course
was characterized by both courage and
common sense"
OF Candidate Hughes conduct in the
campaign, Mr.. Olney remarks:
mo sooner was the nomination as
sured than the robes and ermine of
the Judge fell from the candidate as
il by magic, and there appeared in
their place the motley wear of the or
dinary office seeker-a transforma-
ton as sudden as that made by the
wand of Harlequin in the pantomime,
and a transformation showing how
thin is the judicial veneer, and for
ever discrediting the United States
Supreme Court as training camp
for high political office"
Has Kept Rudder True
In its conduct of foreign relations
the Wilson Administration, Mr.. Olney
says, "has kept its rudder true and
has won and deserved the respect and
gratitude of the country"
The principles and objects of the
Wilson foreign policy as stated by
Nr. Olney have been:
First-To keep the country out
of the great European war.
Second-To insist upon the ex-
istence and vitality of interna-
tional law as determining its own
status as a neutral, and defining
it's rights and obligations as such.
Thrd-TO deal with the Mexi-
can situation in a spirit of per-
feet fairness and friendliness TO
the Mexican people, now suffer
ing from civil dlssensiOns and
revolution to an extent which
leaves a large part of the country
in a state Of anarchy.
Mr.. Olney shows that all these OBJ
| ectS nave Deen dtldlneu through th'
wise, patient and courageous diplo
macy Of Woodrow Wilson; that thu
President mas kept the country a
peace without dishonor; that unde
his leadership "the United States ha
rendered an inestimable service 4
beliigerents and neutrals and to al
mankind" In steadily bearing alof
the banner of international law a
the standard under which all dyiiize
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr.. Olney finds particular cause I
commend President Wilson's Mexica
: policy. He stands with the Presiden
in declaring that the Mexicans hay
the right to work out their own destin
even through revolution.
Closing by asking what Is likel
to happen II the presidential tile
passes into new hands," Mr.. Olne
says that Hughes inducement
change the existing foreign policies