Arizona republican., 1916-10-01
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fort above the principles for which their forefat hers suffered and died.
 We of the United States invite disaster, we sacrifice every principle of manhood. if we raise a breed of men in this country who determine vital issues in such fashion Such men when they face any issue merely ask if it is difficult to meet it hon. estly and hravely; and if it is, they instantly proceed to meet it dishon- estly and timidly They measure the acts of their public men in terms of immediate material content and ease. They do not require them to act In terms of right and justice. They say that they stand for the admins tration because it has kept us out of war, and has averted a strike They refuse seriously to consider, as all high minded Americans ought to con- slider. the presidents refusal to do his great crises honorably and courag- eously.
 Afraid To Stand Firm
 President Wilson seeks to justify himself on the ground that it was futile" and dangerous to stand firmly" This is an appeal that can with equal truth be made by every soldier who runs away in battle. He further alleges his belief that the cause he championed has the sane tion of the judgment of society in it's favor" I remember thirty-o odd years ago in the Black Hills a local vigi- lance committee which was in doubt about hanging suspected wrong dOer. While they were discussing thu matter, there appeared over the neigh boring divide a frowsy. elderly horse man in a linen duster, who promptly ! galloped towards them waving his arms and shouting Hang him! Hang hIm." The leader of the vigilantes ' at cnce asked the frowsy stranger what he knew of the facts, where upon the stranger answered: T do not know anything about the facts. and I never saw the man before; but there's eleven of you and only one of him, and I believe in majority rule!'
 This is merely a picturesque para phrase of what MT. Wilson calls ac- | Iion under the sanction of society" | It eXemplifies the principle upon which President Wilson has acted in those public matters, internal and ex- telnal, Nhere ne was threatened Wltn 1 the use of force.
 Hughes And Wilson
 l I appeal to my fellow citizens that they shall elect Mr. Hughes and re-
 pudiate MT. Wilson because only by so doing can they save America from | that taint of gross selfishness and
 cowardice which we owe to MT. Will
 sons substitution of adroit elocution
 for straightforward action. The | permanent interests of the American
 people lie, not in ease and comfort for the moment, no matter how ob-
 tained as MT. Wilson would teach us; but in resolTte championship of the ideals of national and interna- tional democratic duty. and in pre- paredness to make this champion ship effective ny our strength Presi- dent Wilson embodies in his person
 that most dangerous doctrine which
 teaches our people that when fronted
 with really formidabie responsibilities we can shirk trouble and labor an5 risk, and avoid duty by the simple
 process of drugging our souls with the narcotic of meaningless phrase mongering. MT. Hughes, to the exact ! contrary embodies the ideal of ser
 vice rendered through conscientious
 effort in the face of danger and diff culty. MT. Wilson turns his words
 into deeds only if this can be achiev-
 ed by adroit political maneuvering,
 by bartering a debauched evil service
 for congressional votes on behalf of
 some measure which he had solemnly
 promised to oppose. Our own self
 respect demands that we support the
 man of deeds done in the open against
 the man of furtive and shifting politi-
 cal maneuvers. the man of service I against the man who whenever op-
 posed by dangerous foe always takes refuge in empty elocution. There is nothing that we of this country so much need as to practice the doctrine of service. As a people we need the sterner virtues ever more than we need the softer vir- tues. Material prosperity, bodily ease, money. pleasure, are all desir- able; but woe to us if we consider them as the be-all and end-all ot our private lives or of OUT collective national life! Woe to us if our ma terial prosperity brings in it's wake lethargy of spirit and deadness ol soul! Let us in our lives apply the great doctrine of duty and of service Above all let us realize that lofty profession is mischievous shan l when it is not translated into effic. tent performance Among the com. panions of Lucifer in Milton's might, | epic there was none among tn, | fiercer fiends so dangerous as he wht With words clothed in reason garb.
 Counsellad ignoble ease and peace