New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-01
SENATOR FALL an
SWER LEWIS TALK
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est CoIHeIS OF inc edTtn dt the CAL
of their stricken country in time o.
need, that in turn his Government
will support and protect him?
Sir, ! a mtold that the Serbs and
Bulgarians and the French and the
and French and English, have gone
to the assistance OF their country
Why? Not because of the love oil
Kaiser Wilhelm, not because of par.
tisan iealty to some crowned head
or some elective President, but be
cause of patriotism, the love of the
country; the very foundation stone
of patriotism, of love of country; i:
the mutual obligation tina tthc citi-
zen must protect and assist his coun-
try j ntime Of danger. and his coun-
try mus take over the protection Of
the "it;7e7 when he is in danger.
The very foundation Of govern
mcnt itself is the issue involved in
the McXican question in this cam
paign and you will meet it at every
crossroads and in every street ant
in every paper. You will meet it
from the White House to the hum
blest hut left standing at. Columbus,
in my state. Do not think you can
escape it. The American people
will be called on to know whether
they will hold you responsible for
the violations Of your platform
pledge that you would protect citi-
zens in Mexico.
say here and now, and defy you
to deny it, that the pledge OF the
protection of American citizens and
their constitutional rights on the
border and in Mexico was made in
l9l2 with a desire to create an issue
for the administration. Your return
ing delegates made those statements
and attempted to secure votes Upon
the platform pledge. What you
claimed was an issue with the Re-
publican administration, and upon
that you conducted a campaign in
the border states-in Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas and California; upon
the plank in your platform promis-
ing that you would protect our cit
in Mexico. Now, in The result
of the recent primaries in Texas you
have felt their resentment at your
abandonment of the issue which you
or attempted to make. You
carried all the southwestern States
along the border uuon this issue and
then when |. a Senator in this body
offered your platform pledge as a
resolution, without crossing a It" or
an Il" your caucus leader
objected to its consideration.
Ny desire was to take it out of
politics and make it the declart;oa
Of the united parties standing for
hmericanism in this body. Your
carcus leader objected to it; con-
and your statesmen spoke
against it Your colleagues were
against its consideration. and refer
red ii by the majority of your votes
| may say. by your power. t. tic
Relations Committee, where
your Democratic plank still rests
lndisthrbed, forgotten from that day
10 this-lost among the secret ar
thieves Of the Foreign Relations
just as you have lost
American honor on the plains, in
he deserts and in the mountains Of
Mexico.
Sir. the issue is the platform pledge
is your President speaking to
a telegram sent by him
u, 1913, as furnished me sew
,ral months ago by State Depart
kent. in which the Counsel general
vas instructed to notifv all officials,
Military or civil, exercising authority
hat they would be held Strictly re-
'ponsible' for any harm done TO the
or injury TO their prop
'rty." Further the counsel general
vas instructed that, as he might
AVE difficulty in reaching the coun-
his Of the northern states, they
would be reached directly from THIS
department.. I have here a copy of
he telegram sent to those northern
You would have never
.nforced or endeavored to follow up
he threat, that you proposed to hold
very official throughout the Repub-
Of Mexico, civil or military,
strictly responsible" for any harm
to an American citizen or for
ny injury to his property. You will
confronted with that promise.
nth that statement, by thousands of
fugitives driven from