Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-10-05
E|GHEKOUR ATTACK
|GNObLE. SAYS 0LNEy
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand FiLbuster in the Sen.
ate Against the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member Of CIeveIand's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve.
ments and Policy Of
Avertins War.

HNCIS'"S
No American can speak with higher
authority on the issues of this cam"
paign than Richard OlneH, who was
President Clevelands Attorney Gener-
al during the railroad strike of 1894,
and President Clevelands 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 Il wise, experienced, dis
passionate patriot who is concerned
only with the welfare of his country.
Mr.. Olney has written for the New
York World Il 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 he Republicans of the Senate,
If they had really wished more time
for consideration of the bin, could
have obtained it by means of tilibus-
ter, as recognized Senatorial wea-
pom. and adds:
"Why did not the Republican Sena.
tors resort to it and get all the time
for elaboration they wanted? What
was Candidate Hughes doing that no
did not make the wires hot with
messages to misunderstanding
against the law the seventy-four Re-
publican Representatives who voted
for it and urging the twenty-eight Re.
publican Senators to flibuster to the
last dtch7
but 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 1t 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 ignoble game Of
politics never was conceived. In com
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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 srmine Of
the Judge fell from the candidate as
If by magic, and there appeared in
their place the motley wear Of the or.
binary office seeker--a TRANSITIONAL.
ton as sudden as that made by the
wand Of Harlequin in the pantomime,
and 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
Mr.. Olney have been:
FirSt-To keep the country out
of the great European war
SccOnd--To insist upon the eX-
istcnce and vitality of interna-
tiona law us determining its own
status as II neutral and defining
its rights and obligations as such.
Third-To deal with the Next
can situation In Il spirit of per-
feet fairness and friendlinesS to
the Mexican people, now suffer
ing from civil dssensions 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
jects have been attained through the
wise, patient and courageous dipo-
macy of Woodrow Wilson; that the
President has kept the country ut
peace without dshonor; that under
his leadership ''the United States has
rendered an inestmable service to
beligerents and neutrals and to all
mankind" In steadily bearing aloft
the banner of international law as
the standard under which ali civilized
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr.. Olney finds particular cause to
commend President Wilson's Mexican
policy. He stands with the President
in declaring that the MeXicans have
the right to work out their own destiny
even through revolution.
Closing by asking what is likely
to happen If the "Presidcntal tilcr
passes into new hands," Mr.. Olney
says that Hughes inducement to
change the existing foreign policies Of
the country will be very great.
"The American people can hardly
fail to realize the danger and to refuse
to put at risk the continuance of
foreign policy which, as a whole,
must have their hearty approval"
The campaign agents who two years
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