Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-19

Toward American Men, Women and
Children, American Citizens, SOL
diers and Sailors Along and Across
the Rio Grande.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes was nomi-
mated friend said to him: Governor,
If the American people forget the Next
can disgrace they do not deserve to
have you for President" Quick as a
fash he replied: 1.-THE candidate who
lodges the Mexican disgrace does not
deserve TO be President" He did not
pass around his address of acceptance
for compliment or criticism In adj
vance of its delivery but the amount
of space he devoted to the Mexican
disgrace-"that confused chapter of
blunders "-Surprised no one who had
talked with him since his nomination.
II has been in his mind and on his
mind more than any other single prob
lem with which Mr. Wilson has pal
tered. To talk with him is to see at once
the reality OF his indignation over the
heartless manner in which American
men, women and children, American
citizens, soldiers and sailors have been
abandoned by the Administration along
and across the Rio Grande, the VIC
tins of Mexican armed forces, outfit
ted with American ammunition and
American rifles, Medcans whom Mr.
Wilson has coddled one day as pa
triots only to chase the next as
bandits.
1t is apparently the belief of Mr..
Wilson that the people of the United
States are not interested in Mexico.
His defenders have declared that IT
was on ''old story and out of date"
Mr.. Hughes has better opinion of his
fellow countrymen. He has proved
himself better judge of their feelings. !
He has made 1.-THE Mexican disgrace"
a foremost issue Of his campaign. He !
has assailed the record of the Admin |
istraion in that respect In almost |
every speech he has made. He has new
er failed to strike a responsive chord i
In the hearts of his audience, whether i
speaking in Carnegie Hall. New York, |
from the platform of his train at |
Grand Forks, North Dakota, to a vast
audience at Portland, at the E1posi- |
ton at San Diego or in the prairie |
states of the Middle West. He has re- |
futed the SANDER. sometimes heard in |
the efIete East, that the people OF the |
great West do not care what happens |
to their fellow citizens in Mexico or 1
TO the flag beyond the border No
man born In the West has a firmer l
faith in the fundamental patriotism |
and dominant Americanism'' of the |
people of that section than Mr.. |
Hughes. He holds them responsible
In large measure for the encourage
ment and support he received while
Governor of New York In his war
upon political graft and political boss
ism. He thinks they had much TO do
with conscripting him as the cham
pion of nationalism in the current cam
paign. He showed his confidence in
their practical idealism when he made |
"the Mexican disgrace" an uppermost
issue of his campaign. He has been
by the response his arraign-
ment of the Administration on this
score has everywhere evoked. From
Maine to California "the Mexican dis
grace" is a sore subject with red
blooded Americans today. But no
where between the oceans are the out t
RACES inflicted in Mexico upon Ameri-
can honor, life and property more
keenly resented than around the fire
sides of the great West. Mr.. Hughes
is no stranger to the West. His
straightforward talk on Mexico proves
it.