Evening journal., 1916-09-29

"a officials compel the miners to buy
tho gold al prices greatly In excess
OF the regular exchange rates. Eighty
per cent Of the mining operations in
the country have been suspend
cd and the report says that under
Carranza "the conditions have grad
ually become worse instead OF
better" AS President Wilson has
never even demonstrated with his
friend Carranza because of his order
decreeing trial by a military court
martial and death 70 all railway strik-
ers and to all who befriend or show
sympathy with such strikers in any
way the miners hardly look for re-
lief as the result OF anything this Ad-
ministration may do but they felt It
their duty 10 place the facts formally
in the hands 81 Secretary Lane.
who's Tlmid!
Apropos Of President Wilson's dec
laration that he IS ASHAMED Of the
timidity Of American businessmen" in
the face Of their foreign competitors,
Leslie NJ Shaw, former Secretary
Of the Treasury. points out that the
late J. J. Hill showed no such timid-
ity. that on the contrary, he showed
great courage and enterprise in es-
tahlishing a steamship line TO the
Orient. that the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company. did the same thing
and that President Wilson by signing
the LaFollette bill. signed the death
warrant Of American shipping on the
Pacific. turning Il over 10 the jap
anese. and Governor Shaw points out
further that II was fear and trom-
bling" IN the face Of what he con-
ceivcd 10 be the wishes OF the labor
voters which made Mr. Wilson sign
the Stewardship bill lie says further
that the late r. H. Hartman con
ceived the idea Of great railway
system 10 traverse Mexico and con
meet this country by rail with all the
Latin American republics and that by
his Mexican policy Mr.. Wilson has set
back that project az least half cen-
fury. and that most Of Mr.. Wilson'S
Mexico policy has been prompted by
his fear and trembling lest he lose so
much political capital as might be
made by the Democratic slogan, He
kept us out Of war"
Hughes Defcs Wilson.
While he is exercising the utmost
self-control 10 avoid attacking the
personal character OF Woodrow viii
son. which, after all. is the real issue
Of this campaign. Governor Hughes is
gradually coming 20 censure Mr. VII
son far more severely than he did at
first. In Ohio Mr. Hughes has defed
President Wilson Co deny that he in
structed his personal representative,
John Lind. that he, the President, had
decided that Huerta must go. and that
II domestic means could not be found
TO drive Huerta from Mexico other
means would be employed Mr. Hughes
pointed out that The World. the Of
fetal organ OF the Wilson Administra-
ton. had sought a denial of Mr..
Hughes original charge, and had
been refused, the Administration
merely saying that Secretary Lansing
or Secretary Daniels would answer
not deny-the charge in due time. II
now challenge the Administration 10
deny that the authorization was Civ
en-" said Mr.. Hughes.
Missouri In the Senate.
AS a reason for supporting the
railway wage-increase bill. Senator
Jim Reed Democrat, OF Missouri,
said 81 talked with man who is
manlfestly a nervous wreck He used
80 pull the Twentieth Century Limited
between Chicago and New York He
told me that by actual mathematics Il
could he demonstrated that upon that
run the engineer holding that throt-
tic had to read and record in his own