Gunnison news-champion., 1916-11-03
E|CHT.HOUR ATTACK
IGNOBLE. SAYS 0LNEY
Hughes "Ha!n't the Nerve" to
Demand Filbuster in the Sen
ate Against the Law.
.ILSoh'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member Of CIeveian5's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve
rlen;s and Policy Of
ssertiag War.

No American can speak with hi-her
authority Ou the issue, OF this GAIN
,aigu than l:ichHr,i Oiu.y. who was
President CI,y.iaud'- Attorney Gener-
Il during the fHilraad >irike Of 1894.
and President Cley.lnnd's Secretary
u state when the Venezuelan message
VAS Sent TO the BRITISH Government.
lie should know whether President
Wilson's action In aycrIns the rail
-Uad strike WIS u ''>ITr, nti,r To force"
"heiher TIA. Wilson foreign policy has
been ''t!mid and vsciilating.
Sir. olney seeks no political prefer
nent. his interes, Is that OF a retired
statesman. OF a wise. experienced. dis
passionate patriot. who is concerned
only with the welfare OF his country.
AIR. olney has written for the New
York World a signed article In which
le warns the American people against
he danger sure TO result from turning
over their affairs to Mr. Hughes and
the interests which would dictate his
policies foreign and domestic.
Where was Hughes Nerve7
son eight-hour law. MIR. Olney points
out that the Republicans OF the Senate.
II they had really wished more tipe
for consideration of the bill. could
have obtained ii by means of u filibus-
ter. as recognized Senatorial wea-
pom. h,ld adds:
why did not the Republican Sena
In 80 Iii -.
for deiiherstion they wanted? What
was Candidate Hughes doing that ne
did not make the wires hot with
messages to washinston-warnin
against the law the sesenty.four Re-
publican Representatives who voted
for Il and urging the twenty eight Re-
publican Senators to fiiibuster to the
last ditch7
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
l!berately elected that IL 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 ionobie game Of
politics never was conceived. In com.
parison. and in view Of the sudden and
extraordinary exisency sprung upon
the country. President Wilson's course
was characterized by ho'h courage and
common sense
OF Candidate Hughes conduct In the
campaign. Mr.. Olney remarks:
mo sooner was the nomination rs,
sured than the robes and ermine Of
the Judge fell from the candidate as
IL by magic, and there appeared in
their place the motley wear Of the or.
binary office seeker-a transforma-
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.
ever discrediring the United States
Supreme Court as trimming camp
for high political office
Has Kept Rudder True
In Its conduct OF foreign relations
he 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 the great European war.
Second-To insist upon the ex-
istence and vitality OF interna-
tional law as determining its own
status as a neutral. and defining
its rights and obligations as such.
Third-To deal with the Mexi-
can situation In a 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
in a state of anarchy.
Mr.. Olney shows that all these oh
jects have been attained through th.,
wise. patient and courageous diplo
macy of Woodrow Wilson: that til.
President has kept the country AZ
pcace without dishonor: thai under
his leadership the United States h.i.
rendered an inestimable service t.
belligerents and neutrals and to ali
mankind in steadily bearing aIOfi
the banner Of international law n
the standard under which all civilizes'
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr.. Olney finds particular cause 4
commend President Wilson's Mexican
policy. He stands with the President
in declaring that the Mexicans have
the right to work out their own destins
even through revolution
Closing by asking what y ukei.
to happen II the -Presideutial tiile'
passes into new hands. Mr.. Oines
1850. ,h,s YaUh<ms lnduremf0f n.