Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-03-09

FORMER GOVERNOR M H. GLYNN s ANSWER TO ROOT
At the convention of New York democrats held last We'd
nesday, former Governor Martin H. Gynn of New York
swered Ehu Roots recent speech crcsng President Will
and supposedly making campaign issue.
Denying that Mr. Root he keeper of national honor"
Mr. Gynn added fo Mr. Root has been the star
former at peace conferences and he condemns President
Wilson for maintaining peace"
For years, continued the speaker 'Mr Root has been
claimed apostle of and in 1912 awarded the Nobel
prize for the promotion of peace but he aes forth
drum and trumpet statesman.
''From cooling dove of peace Mr. Root suddenly trans
forms himself into a swoopng hawk Of war.
Years enthusiasts in Bohemia took the skin of John
ska the patriot and stretched it drumhead to his
followers to So today u Root would stretch the skins
of the victims of the Lusana the skins of the victims of the
Belgian invasion into drumhead to kindly sentiment
sympathy into cruel frenzy of
'Mr. Root may beat his drumhead and blare his trumpet
but President Wilson will right winning the paudts of
the American people by appealing to humanity and
and by keeping the United States the uncompro
missing champion of the neutral world and undauned maintain
of the principles which have guided this nation since 16
In his foreign policy the president Mr. Gynn sad was
following the example of Washington John Adams Jefferson
Lincoln and Grant.
The president" he declared, ''has only shaken his fin
ger when he has shake his the world will find it mailed
The president stands where George Washington
1793 when England in the with France seized held
hundreds of vessels floating the Stars and Stripes He pre-
pared for warhe built warshs he erected orts-but he did
not shoot He settled differences with England by nego
tiation, just Woodrow Wilson is trying do today. And
here parenthecaly let remark that while secretary of
state Eu Root IN speech in Argentina practically repeated
the great sentiment of Charles Washington uphold
ing the peaceful neutrality and this country while met un
moved the camor of the people wckedy crying for war;
greater than Washington crossing the Delaware taking
Corvallis sword at Yorktown Yet Mr. Root condemns
President Wilson for the policy for which he praised
George Washington
eff Mr. Root will declaration of Independence
he will find reminder that this is country which to
only after every other form of redress has failed
'He will find that before the American drew the
pistol they warned reminded appealed and conured the
British government to dsavow the usurpaon which they
complained Ihen Of free claimed the
right to be patient and hen of free not
falter IN final appeal to should their patience be- ex
hausted and all other of asserting be use
less AS nation deprecate the waste the horror
reason OF war; because masters of our destiny
The efforts of politicians like Mr. to make political
for this nation to follow respect to Belgium during the early
stages OF the present deserve and will receive
condemnation and rebuke the hands the most right think
ing and patriotic American
''No farmnded man question the wisdom and in.
tegrity of our Belgian policy
Former Governor Glym declared that Mr. Root himself
as secretary OF state adopted the policy handling the
Japanese situation despite protests of against
the domination of Japan and despite treaty between Korea
and the United States.
1.-The insncery of the republican party the speaker
asserted 'n its Belgian attitude is the words of Mr.
Taft and Mr. Roosevelt and by record between 1901 and
I9O9 In l903 occurred the Kshineff and for
many years after 1908 Macedonia red with bood 1905
the horrors OF the Congo officially pubished in 1905
Korea lost its Independence 1906 Morocco was parceed ont
by the powers and yet note of protest from the ep
mean party What reason, then has the republican
party to expect people to believe that would have acted any
differently in 1914 than it did in 1901 or 1902"
Echo answers, ''What reason?" '
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