El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-27

IN messages to senator William i.
Smith. mayor Tom Lea sunday night
- Borah and congressman W r.
paid his respects to the Wilson admin
istration's Mexican border policy. is
DO better TO try not to wound Carran-
E's sensitive feelings and do nothing,
aud thereby permit something TO hap
pen by reason Of unpreparedness that
would surpass in shame Santa Nsabel
or Columbus the mayor asks in his
message 90 senator Borah 1T is just
such Il weak. Vaccilating, sickening
policy that has been INDUCED in for
the past five years that has brought
american citizenship into disrepute and
shame and that will lead the United
States into just the thing that should
have been avoided, war with Mexico"
the mayor adds.
Mayors Message to BOrah.
The message Of the mayor to SEN
ator Borah read:
AT a cabinet meeting Friday the
matter Of being prepared on the Dor
der was presented TO the cabinet and
the cabinet decided conditions were
satisfactory and El Paso had no cause
for alarm 1t is not question Of
alarm. and the people Of Texas are
not afraid. as for example, we cite the
cabinet 10 the story OF the Alamo.
Under the presidents latest state
ment all reports from the border are
false and 10 be viewed with distrust
II his information comes from such
men as George Carothers or consul Ed
wards and men Of their stripe, then
2 agree with the president Person
ally / resent the imputatiOn cast
against the citizens of the southwest.
of not Texas alone, but New Mexico
and Arizona. We know conditions We
know the Mexican people and we speak
not OF the intelligent MeXicans who
frF - a.fna
try. hut Of the type and class that now
claim TO run Mexico.
NO one here wants 20 see interven-
tiOn for intervention's sake, and we are
hoping against hope that the clouds
may dispense even vet, and that &c
would be the rankest folly for our gov
eminent not to be prepared here on
the border for any contingency.
rs it better to try not to wound
CarrauZa's sensitive feelings and do
nothing and thereby permit something
to happen by reason of unpFeDaredneSs
that would surpass in shame Santa
sabel or Columbus? It is Just such
"a weak. vaccilatinE, sickeninE policy
that has been INDUCED I'm for the past
five years that has brought American
citizenship into disrepute and shame
and that viii lead the United states
into just the thing that should have
been avoided--war with Mexico.
II PasO Quiet. OminOusIy SO.
1T is not my intention, IN my num-
BILE capacity. to embarrass the admin
istration. but n it is my duty as n
citizen 90 call attention Of our sane
and honorable servants in Washing
ton 10 their duty TO the people on the
border and that is an embarras sment
TO them, can see no reason for regret
ON my part. ] do not desire to be mis-
understood. lei Paso is quiet-OminOus-
1y so-there are $4,000 people here, law
abiding. peaceable and patient and it
IS for them. for their homes and their
Industries that ] request and demand
tine government to be prepared and 7
believe they are just as much entitled
10 the protection OF the federal gov
ernment as the citizens OF any Othe-
state
1.-THE things that we have seen on the
border the past five years. the MUIR
dering Of our citizens in Mexico, the
shooting Of citizens in FL Paso and
Douglas by fighting just across the