The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
E|GHT.HOUR ATTACK
|GN0BLE. SAYS OLNEY
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand FiHbuSter in the Sen
ate Against the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member of CieveIand's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve
ments and Policy of
AvertIng War.


paign than Richard Olney. who was
President Cleveland's Attorney Gener-
al during the railroad strike of 1894,
and President Cleveland's 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 q 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 a retired
statesman, of q wise, experienced, dis
passionate patriot, who is concerned
only with the welfare of his country.
Mr.. Olney has written for the New
York World a signed article in which
he warns the American people against
the danger sure To result from turning
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 the Republicans of the Senate,
if they had really wished more time
| for consideration of the bill, could
have obtained it by means of a filibuS-
| ter, as a recognized Senatorial wea-
pom, and adds:
"Why did not the Republican Sena-
tors resort to it and get all the time
dal
| was Candidate Hughes doing that he
did not make the wires hot with
| messages to Washington-warning
against the law the seventy-four Re-
publican Representatives who voted
for it and urging the twenty-eight Re-
publican Senators to fiIibuster to the
last ditch?
"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 it 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 ignobIe game OF
/ politics never was conceived. In com
| parisOn 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 as
sured than the robes and ermine OF
the judge fell from the candidate as
if by magic, and there appeared ir
their place the motley wear of the or
| binary office seeker-a tranSfOrma
| ton as sudden as that made by tn,
| wand of Harlequin in the pantomime
| and a transformation showing how
thin is the judicial veneer, and for
| ever dScrediting the United State:
Supreme Court as a training camp
for high political office"
Has Kept Rudder True
In its conduct of foreign relation.
the Wilson Administration, Mr.. Olne!
says, "fas kept its rudder true anC
has won and deserved the respect anC
gratitude of the country"
The principles and objects of thu
| Wilson foreign policy as stated b,
Mr.. Olney have been:
FirSt-To keep the country out
of the great European war.
Second-TO insist upon the eX-
istence and vitality of interna-
tional law as determining its own
status as u neutral, and defining
its rights and obligations as such.
Third-To deal with the MeXi-
can situation In q spirit of per-
feet fairness and friendlineSS TO
the Mexican people, now suffer
ing from civil dissensions and
revolution to an extent which
leaves a large part of the country
i'm a state of anarchy.
Mr. Olney shows that all these OF
'jectS have been attained through tn
wise. patient and courageous diplo
macy of Woodrow Wilson; that tn
| 1TtSlueul HtS htpl the NOuhtls
peace without dShonor: that unde
his leadership the United States ha
rendered an inestimable service [
belligerentS and neutrals and TO a
mankind" in steadily bearing aloi
the banner of international law a
the standard under which all civilize
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr.. Olney finds particular cause
commend President Wilson's MeXica
policy. He stands with the Presider
in declaring that the Mexicans hav
the right Ia work out their own destin
even through revolution
Closing by asking what il likel
- happen If the presidential title
passes into new hands, Mr.. Olne
: says that Hughes inducement
change the existing foreign policies
the country will BE- very great.
The American people can hardl
fail 10 realize the danger and 10 refus
!, to put at risk the continuance OF
foreign policy which. as Who'll
must have their hearty approval"
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