Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-10-31
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand FiI.buster in the Sen
ate Against the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS
Member of CleveIand's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve
ments and Policy of
Averting War.

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 surrender to force;
whether the Wilson foreign policy has
been "umid and vacillating'.
Mr.. Olney seeks no political prefer
ment; his interest is that of retired
statesman, of 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
over their affairs to Mr.. Hughes and
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 Il tilibus-
III, 90 a lCScSl4iGCN SNittlciioi wa
pom, and adds:
"Why did not the Republican Sena-
tors resort to it and get all the time
for elaboration they wanted? What
was Candidate Hughes doing that he
did not make the wires hot with
messages to shington-warning
against the law the seventy-four Re-
publican Representatives who voted
FOR it and urging the twenty-eght Re-
publican Senators to filibuster 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
Eaent.
"A petter 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 in
their place the motley wear of the or
binary Office seeker--a TRANSFORMER
ton as sudden as that made by the
wand of Harlequin in the pantomime,
and a transformation showing how
thin is the judicial veneer, and for
over discrediung the United States
Supreme Court as training camp
for high political Office"
Has Kept Rudder True
In its conduct of foreign relations
the Wilson Administration, Mr.. Olney
says, has kept its rudder true and
has won aud 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 cx-
istence and vitality of interna-
tonal 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 Il spirit of per-
feet fairness and friendliness to
the Mexican people, now suffer
ing from civil dissensions and
revolution 10 an extent which
leaves Il large part of the country
in a state of anarchy.
Mr.. Olncy shows that all these oh
iccts have been attained through the
wise, patient and courageous diplo-
macy Of Woodrow Wilson; that the
President has kept the country at
peace without dshOnor; that under
his leadership "the United States has
rendered an inestimable service 10
hcligercnts ana neutrals and to all
lll3iIhlDu III SltddllJ bEdIlur avn /
The banner of international law as
The standard under which all civilized
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr. Olncy finds particular cause to
commend President Wilson's Mexican
policy. He stands with the President
in declaring that the Mexicans have
lie right 10 work ont their own destiny
even through revolution.
Closing by asking what is likely
80 happen if the presidential tiller
passes into new hands," Mr. Olney
SAYS that Hughes inducement to
change the existing foreign policies Of
the country viii be very great.
The American people can hardly
fan 70 realize the danger and to refuse
10 put 1T risk the continuance Of a
foreign policy which, as whole,
must haze their hearty approval"