El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-30
ROOSEVELT RAP5
WILSON REGIME
Declares President Fears to
Strike at Issues While the
Iron Is Hot.

I bdlLe Lreeh- MICH sept 3N--lu a
/ campaign speech delivered here today
in support of the candidacy Of Charles
E. Hughes for president on the Re
publican ticket, Col. Theodore Eoose-
welt vigorously assailed the Demo-
cratic administration. in which ne
said, in part:
1t is the presidents duty. no less
than it was Mrs. Caesars. TO escape
( reasonable suspicion of wronsdoing;
/ should he or any other official tell
I US. If you knew the facts. you
wouldn't blame me- We have a ready
answer; Give US the facts. and we'll
see
The only errors 1 have made in
. connection with Mr. Wilson We're due
TO incautiOusly accepting his state
ments and supporting his policies iu
tile effort TO stand by the president
- II was with deep reluctance that 7
was forced 20 the conclusion that the
effort 10 stand by him was iucompati-
BE with standing by the interests Of
mankind and the honor of this ma
ton The conscience of this people
has been scared. and its moral sense
dulled by the leadership of the ad-
ministration and of congress during
the last three years These false SER
wants Of the people have betrayed the
soul of the nation
president Wilson by his policy Of
tame submission 10 insult and injury
{ from all whom he feared has invited
the murder of our men. women. and
/ children by Mexican bandits on land,
and by German submarines on the sea
lie has spoken much OF the New
Freedom In International practice
this has meant freedom for the rep
resentatives of any foreign power to
murder American men, and outrage
American women unchecked by the
president
Too Proud To Fight
Immediately after the sinking Of the
Lusitania he uttered mis- famous sem
tence about being too proud T. fiEht'
In all our history there has never been
any other American president who has
used a phrase that has done such wide
spread damage TO the good name Of
America II is one Of those dreadful
phrases which, as by a lightning flash,
illumines the soul II the man using
II, and remains forever fixed in the
minds Of mankind in connection with
that man But this is not all When
the man IS president of the United
states. il is a sad and dreadful thing
that the shame is necessarily shared
by the nation itself; and il is com
pletely assumed by the nation IL IL
fails TO repudiate the man who uttered
the s,I Phr2 ass -, ....
for striking when the iron is cold and
rearing t. strike when the iron is hot.
Huerta's Case.
The other day discussing his refusal
to recognize Huerra. president Wilson
said IN his speech Of acceptance that
he would refuse TO recognize any title
based upon intrigue and assassination
and that he would refuse TO extend
the hand Of welcome to any one who
obtains power IN a sister republic bv
treachery and violence Fine words
only. as usual they are contradicted by
Mr. Wilson's deeds"
Applies Also To Carranza-
a -
piled with tenfold more truth and
weight against Carranza-
Mr.. Wilson took pleasure in -ex-
tending the hand OF welcome to Car
blood of murdered men and women of [
his own nation, and whose hands. un- {
like the hands Of Huerta. were also {
red with the blood Of murdered Amer 3
leans, Of murdered American civilians. /
and of murdered American soldiers /
wearing the American uniform. But /
president Wilson cared as little for the I
deaths Of these men as he cared for 4
the honor Of the uniform.
Lanes Statement.
"On September 5th there appeared /
IN the newspapers statement by sec
rotary Of the interior Lane, Of Mr. VIII
sons cabinet who is engaged in the
humiliatinE and disgracefu1 uegotfz-
tons Mr. Wilson's government 6s car
rying on with the Mexican Representa-
tives at New London Mr.. lane ex-
planned that in endeavOring TO get a I
settlement the American DELEGATES
will not resort 10 the note sending
plan and he adds that note sending
has not been a success. AIr lane is
entirely right. and his statement is a
condemnation OF the entire diplomatic
policy of the president in whose cabinet
he sits.
Our policy has been rufnous 20
Mexico, dishOnorable to ourselves. and
Infamous from the standpoint Of hu-
manity, while not the slightest prog
ress toward a permanent settlement
has been made
"Never Looks Ahead
President Wilson never looks ahead
either when he utters threats or when
ne utters fine phrases about humanity
On almost every question president
Wilson has occupied at least two dia-
metrically opposite positions
We cannot undo the mischief that
has been done during these three years
but If president Wilson is reelected. we
can make certain that this mischief
viii b. repeated and perpetuated We
must elect Hughes as president. and we
must in good faith take q policy the
direct reverse Of the present policy of
feeble vacillaJion and empty eIocution /
Let us provide for universal obligatory