Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-17

die ground between the mush and mill
tarism.'
Criticism from the Republican side
of the Wilson preparedness program
seems inconsistent The Spanish war
in 1898 developed the weakness of our
military system, but nothing to remedy
it was done during the years prior to
the present administration which in
herited a chaotic state from it's politi-
'al ancestry"
"Mexico?" suggested the interviewer.
eft is not for me to discuss or apollo
gize for what many think are mistakes
in regard to Mexico. Personally, 1 con-
tend that it is neither wise nor right
eous to send our best young men who
are in the several states militia. 20
fight Mexicans. / would be unalterably
opposed to interference in Mexico on
any plan that embraces using up our
valuable material for so small game.
According to the Republican at
tack" Mr.. Underwood was reminded,
"the complaint against President Will
son seems to be based on the fact that
he has changed his mind at times"
He laughed and said: Possibly that
is because he has a mind to change.
Conditions are always changing. The
man who says he never changes his
mind is capable of two interpretations:
he NAV be inaccurate in his statement,
or he may have no mind to change.
Who can imagine a worse condition
than to have a president who is gov
erned by preconceptions rather than
by the needs of the presents"
Mr.. Underwood was asked about Bel
GUM 81 do not remember that a
Republican in congress or on the stump
clamored for an Official protest" he
said. Certainly not for a long time
Not until it was thought that the peo-
pie were ready for 1t. Then the poll
ticians, with their ears close to the
ground, came out strongly for 1t.
BUNCOMBE OF POLITICIANS.
"Most of the stuff in the newspapers
is not the honest talk of Americans,
but buncombe of office seekers arousing
sectional feelings, which some OF us
had hoped were forever eradicated-an
ATTEMPT to revive Civil war hatreds-
to set section against section, and by
the advocacy of sectional feeling de-
strov what some of us had hoped was
national unity.
"Some of our political friends are
lending their support to every foreign
government that is in controversy with
the United States. They are willing to
discredit America for the purpose of
discrediting the president.
Sometimes when 1t has seemed that
a call to arms in defense of American
rights was pending, the political enc
mics of the administration have de-
nounced it as inept and reckless. When
circumstances and wisdom carried us
past the crisis it is attacked for being
changeable.
-. "In my opinion the fight against Pres
ideRt Wilson has no larger aspect than
a greatly unpatriotic clamor of the outs
for the possession of the things now
in the hands of the ms
1.-THE spectacle of one hundred mill
lion people properly governing them
selves under democracy is a problem.
To my mind it is a question whether
we will be able to solve it, and that is
all the more reason we should be sane
and decent and try to make the effort
from the viewpoint of all concerned.
"A great man has said that 1T is I'M
wise to swap horses in the middle OF
the stream Changing executives every
four years does not make for good.
Leave what is well enough alone