The Twin City star., 1916-09-30
HUGHES P|T|LESS ON
MEXICAN DISGRACE
In His Mind and on His Tongue
More Than Any Other Single
Problem With Which Mr..
Wilson Has PaItered.
CRAZY CHAPTER OF BLUNDERS

No One Can Hear Him Speak Withou.
Seein. the Reality Of His lndisna.
tion Over tho HeartIess Policy Of
the Democratic Administration To.
ward American Men. Women and
Children. American Citizens. Sol.
diers and Sailors Along and Across
the Rio Grande.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes was nominal
ed friend said to him. "GOverncr. II
the American people forget the Mexi.
can disgrace they do not deserve to
have you for president. Quick as a
dash he replied. "The candidate who
lodges the Mexican disgrace does not
deserve to be president" He did not
pass around his address of acceptance
for compliment or criticism in cd
vance Of its delivery. but the amount
of space be devoted to the Mexican
disgrace-"that confused chapter Of
blunders'-surprised no one who had
talked with him since his nomination
1t has been In his mind and on his
mind more than any other single prob
lem With which Mr. Wilson mas pal
tered. To talk with him Is to see at
once the reality of his Indignation ovel
the heartless manner in which Ameri
can citizens. soldiers and sailors have
been abandoned by the administration
along and across the Rio Grande. the
victims Of Mexican armed forces. out
fitted with American ammunition ard
American rifles. Mexitans whom MIR
Wilson has coddled one day as patriots
only to chase the next as bandits.
1t Is apparently the belief of MIR
Wilson that the people of the United
States are not interested In Mexico
His defenders have declared that It
was an "old story AID out Of date
Mr.. Hughes has a better opinion Of his
fellow cOuntrymen. He has proved
himself better Judge of their feelings
he has made "the Mexican disgrace
q foremost issue of bis campaign. He
has assailed the record of the admin
istration in that respect In almost
every speech he has made He has new.
er failed to strike a responsive chord
in the hearts of his audience. whether
speaking IN Carnegie hall. New York.
from the platform Of his train al
Grand Forks. N. D.. to a vast audience
at Portland. at the exposition at San
Diego or in the prairie states Of the
middle west. He has refuted th. SIAN
der, sometimes heard In the effete
east. that the people Of the great west
do not care what happens to their Eel.
low citizens in Mexico or to the dag
beyond the border. No man born In
the west has a frmer faith IN the
fundamental patriotism and dominant
Americanism" Of the people of that
section than Mr. Hughes He holds
them responsible In large measure for
tn encouragement and support he re-
ceived while governor of New York In
his war upon political graft and O.
litical bossism. He thinks they had
much to do with conscripting him as
the champion Of nationalism in the
current campaign He showed his con
6dence in their practical idealism
when he made 1.-The Mexican disgrace"
an upperD ,st issue Of mis- campaign
he has been vindirated by the re-
sponse his arraignment Of the admin
istration oA this score has everywhere
evoked. From Maine to California
the Mexican disgrace" IL sore sub
ject with red blooded Americans TO
day Bnt nowhere between the oceans
are the outrages inflicted In Mexico
upon American honor life and prop.
erty more keenly resented than around
the fresides Of the great west Mr.
l'ughes Is no stranger to the west
His Straightforward talk on Mexico
proves It