The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-26
.E|CHT.HOUR ATTACK
|GN0BLE. SAYS 0LNEY
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand Fi|ibuster in the Sen.
ate Against the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member Of CIeveland's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve.
nents 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 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'.
A1r. 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 signed article in which
he warns the American people against
the danger sure to result from turning
over their affairs to Mr.. Hughes und
the interests which would dictate Ills
policies, foreign and domestic.
Where Was Hughes Nerve7
Discussing the passage of the Adam
son elght-hour law, Mr.. Olney points
cut that the Republicans Of the Senate,
II they had really wished more time
for consideration Of the bill, 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
4 for elaboration they wanted7 What
was Candidate Hughes doing that he
did not make tho wires hot with
messages to MISUNDERSTANDING
(: against the law the seventy-four Re-.
Z, publican Representation who voted
tor It and urging tho twenty-eioht Re.
publican Senators to fiIibuster to the
last ditch7
"6ut 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-
lliberately elected that it should4appear
ito be enacted under coercion In order
that, after the great national deliver.
ance had been effected, they might
object to the mode of it's accomplish
ment.
- "a pettier and more ignobIe game Of
politics never was conceived. In COM
frrisOlI, 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 az
sured than the robes and ermine OF
the Judge fell from the candidate as
III by magic, and there appeared in
their place the motley wear OF the or
binary office seeker-a stransforma-
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
l ever discredit1ng the United States
/, Supreme Court as training camp
for high political office.
Has Kept Rudder True
In It's 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 tile great European war.
SecOnd-'rO insist upon the ex-
istence and vitality Of interna-
tional law as determining It's own
status MS neutral, and defining
Its rights and obligations as such.
I,hird--To deal with the Next
can situation in spirit Of per-
" feet fairness and friendliness to
:, the Mexican people, now suffer
ing from civil discussions and
revolution to an extent which
leaves a large part of the country
in state Of anarchy.
Mr.. Olney shows that all these oh
jects have been attained through the
wise, patient and courageous 1iplo-
macy Of Woodrow Wilson: that the
President has kept the country at
peace without dishonor; that under
his leadership 1.-THE United States has
rendered an inestimable service to
6elligerents and neutrals and to all
mankind" in steadily bearing alOft
the banner Of international law as
the standard under which all 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 II the presidential tiller
passes into new hands," Mr.. Olney
says that Hughes inducement to
change. the existing foreign policies of
the country will be very great.
y ssrrI,n 4 morican nf,ODla cnn hardly