Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-20
Candidate Quotes Cabinet Of
ficer as Making DiSreSpect-
full Remark About Washing
TONS Veterans,
MEN OF VALLEY FORGE
ON PAR WITH MExICANS
Also Calls McAdOo to Task for
Questioning Statement Re-
garding the LuSitania Trag-
edy

tut soRsina JousHAL srsoIAL LtAssp wiEHi
Youngstown, O., oct 10.--Charles
J. Hughes, reiteratrg that he meant
What he said in Louisville the other
light about the course he would have
ollowed with reference to the Lusi-
ania tonight replied to recent ut
eranee of Secretary McAdoo, with
he declaration that apparently it
seemed impossible to the admlnistra-
ion that one could mean what he
said
Now rises the secretary of the
treasury to complain that this was
not a statement OF what | would have
done had the sinking occurred Mr..
Hughes said, after reiteratlng that he
would have stated his position, "une-
In Advance of the sink
ing. FL was under the Impression
that when | said what | would have
stated in advance as to what | would
do. everyone would know that | stated
what. in fact, | would have done in
the described event. The secretary's
remarks shows in an Illuminating way
this administration conception OF the
value Of words.
Means What He Says.
1T apparently seems impossible to
Observation-Disclosures that one can mean
what he says That is its difficulties
with it, a threat OF action does not
seem TO mean anything but words. My
position 4 somewhat different.
Il mean what / say aad because
this woul1 have been well known ami
we shoul, ,ual, have had q reedit-
! lion for fh and correct poaeies
/ repeat that Lusitanio would not have
been sunk
Mr.. Hughes spoke before an audi
ence in the theater here He also re-
piled TO statement attributed to See
rctary Baker in a recent speech In
which Washington soldiers in tho
march to valley Forge in the days OF
the American revolution, we're said to
( be Just as bad characters as the Mex
/ leans.
Il never supposed the day would
come Mf Hughes said, when tho
representative Of an American admin
istratlon would say that Of those who
gave our liberties,
Reads Lansings Words.
| After quoting the statement attrib-
| utcd to Secretary Baker, Mr. Hughes
read from Secretary Lansing's de-
scription in June last of the atrocities
in Mexico, contained in a note to tho
de facto government of Mexico MIR.
Lansing recital of the civil strife IN
.J,l.co. with its attendant loss Of
American life and destruction of
American property, and that portion
of the note relating to the santa fsa-
bel massacre. were read by MT.
| Hughes verbatim,
AN administration imbued with tho
spirit of true Americansm, Mr..
Hushfg~said. would be incapable of
the statement attributed to the secre-
tary of war It must bring the blush
of shame to the cheek of every Amer
lean that apologies for the deplora.
Die record ia Mexico should be made
after this fashion
Mr.. Hughes speech here tonight
was the last of his third presidential
campaign trip. lie left here at II p.
ma for New York, where he is due to-
morrow afternoon The day was
spent travelling, with three short adj
dresses at Bay city Saginaw, and
Flint Mich 1t was raining and the
damp weather affected the nominee s
voice
In his speech here tonight, Mr..
Hughes said
"The president of the United states
is the trustee Of executive power.
Placed i'm control Of our agencies of
international intercourse he is the
guardian Of the rights of the Amert-
cam citizens. He has no authority To
surrender them. no right to impair
them Upon his firmness in maintain
ing that depends our security and
our peace. The democratic platform
four years ago promised that the oon-
stitutional rights of American citi-
zeus should protect them on our bor-
ders and go with them throughout the
world When il promised full protec-
ton for American lives and property
abroad. it stated an established
American principle.
cone Of Americas greatest jurlsts
speaking for the supreme court of the
United states is to demand the care
and protection of the federal govern
ment over his life liberty and prop
erty when on thd high seas or within
the jurisdiction Of foreign govern
mCut
NOW we ara told that The admins.
tution has turned his back on the
American doctrine of fun protection.
That is what its leading apologist
finds its record in Mexico to mean,
It is reversal without authority ana
In violation of the specific pledge upon
which il was elected Instead Of fol-