New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-01
OPPOSITION
TO PRESIDENT
INCREASING
REASONS OF A LIFELONG
DEMOCRAT OF MICHIGAN
HOW NATURALlZED AM
ERlCANS ARE REGARDED.
MCADOO MAKING
MANY EXPLANATIONS

IHE CON DID ENVY Or Mn
BRAINRIDE COLBY. SEC
RETARY REDFIELD FAIR
EXAMPLE OF THE WILSON
DEMOCRACY.
Washington. August 3o-Specia
! Correspondence It is very notice
able that thousands Of Democrats
who intend to scratch Wilson anc
vote for Hughes this year are not
taking that view because of person
al grievances but because they real
ize that Wilson has not made good
as President and that the welfare
of the country demands the substi-
tuition Of a man and a party that can
adequately represent the real opin-
ions and aspirations of the country
Among the Democrats who haze
vigorously expressed their views IS
Mr.. Lewis F. Rowley, Of Lansing
Michigan. whose letter giving his
reasons for voting for Hughes was
nIaced in the Congressional Record
few days ago by Representative
I w Fordnev. of the same state.
\ norton Of Rowley'S letter reads
as follows
81 supported Woodrow Wilson in
1912 in the full conviction that he
would make great and worthy
Democrat successor of Grover Oeve-
land who combined a high idealism
with a powerful practical Judgment
"I am opposing Woodrow Wilson
in this campaign in the equally firm
conviction that he has neither the
the Saving common sense" of the
man whose administration shed such
luster on the Democratic name.
az supported Woodrow Wilson in
1912 because he stood for "open and
disentanelcd process OF govern
mcnt," for "pitiless publicity" and
ior the restoration of the authority
of our legislative bodies" which. he
declared was necessary to the re
covcrv Of their self-poSsesion and
selfrespcct." and in order that "the
people may again depend, and de-
pend with confidence, upon their
legislators. and not lean as If for
resche upon their Executive"
az am oposing Woodrow Wilson
in this campaign because as Presi-
dent he has done more to discour-
age "open and disentangled process
es OF government" to stifle publici-
ty. to belittle legislative bodies and
to teach the people to Clean as u
for rescue upon their Executive" than
any other president since Andrew
Jackson. whose arbitrary conduct
to quote from that DISTINGUISHED
work, Woodrow Wilson's History OF
the American people-"broke the
course Of all settled policy, forced
every question to square itself with
the Presidents standards. altered
the elements OF parties" s"-bccauSe. IN
a word. by his secrctivenesS. his ac-
ademic arrogance and his studied
caontempt for Congress he has will
fully and pcrsistently belied his own
oft-repatd and iascinatinglv phrased
announcements on these mate, q
supreme Democratic concern.
az Supported Woodrow wilson il
1912 because firmly believed that
he would be counted upon 20 carry
ou- with a measurable deEro' ~
faithfulness to the pledges contained
in the Dmocratic PLATFORM OF that
which he himself
vauntingly declared SAY wha- they
mc2n and mean what thev saw
81 am opposing Woodrow Wilson
IN this campaign because he hae re-
pertedly and defiantly flou,el ard
repudiated some of the most imp #
ant oi these pledges. thus Taltc'irr
with both his party and country IN
double sense. breathing tee word
of promise TO the ear and brcalin-
ii To the heart.
az have briefly set forth in the fore
going some OF the principal reasons
why four years ago ! gave my voice
and vote for Woodrow Wilson, but
7 have stated only a few of the rea-
sons nhich have impelled me 10 :2ke