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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-28
WRECK AMERICAN CONSULATE

NfeXicans at TOrreOn Batter Building.
Want Americans Ousted.
Eagle Pass, Texas, June 26.-The
United States consulate at Torreon,
Mexico, was demolished June 18 by a
mob o. several thousand civilians led
by the mayor Of the city and a Car
ranza army band, according to Amer
lean refugees arriving here late to-
day.
De facto government soldiers in
cited the mob, the refugees stated,
and forced a crowd attending a bull
fight to join in the demonstration.
The mob rushed through the
streets shouting Death to all the
'gringoes'," and upon reaching the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-28
Call for Volunteers

A call for volunteers will be one OF
the first steps IL President Wilson
decides that war is unavoidable.
Two hundred and fifty thousand are
the number that will be needed,
roughly estimated. This would bring
the armed force up to $4,000.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
DECLINED TO PERMIT A
SQUADRON TO DEFEND
AMERICANS.

A. Tampieo there was q gen.
eraI movement OF attack by the
Mexicans on Americans and
other foreigners. We had
squadron Of American warships
In the neiehborhood. The VII.
con Administration declined to
permit this squadron to BE- used
to defend the lives Of American
men and the honor Of American
women. and the commanders Of
the German and English ships
at Tampico had to step In and
perform the task our repressn.
tatIve had % basely abandoned.
Al the very time that the Msxi.
can mob had surrounded the
building In which the Americans
had taken refuge, and was howl.
Ing for their blood. the AmsrI.
can fleet. In spite Of the pro.
tests Of the American naval
commander. and In. accordance
with wireless orders from Wash.
inoton. was forced to steam out
Of the harbor and leave the Am.
orleans to be massacred BY the
Msxieana or rescued BY the
Germans and English.-From
the speech Of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, delivered at Lewis:
ton, Maine, In behalf Of Charles
e. Hughes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
FIERY

"Direct violations Of q nation's SOY.
ereignty cannnt await v~indication In
suits for damages-the nation which
violates those essential rights must be
checked and called to account by d.
rect challenge and resistance
From Woodrow Wilson'S speech &C.
cepting the Democratic nomination for
presidency.
BUT
The American lag is still unsaluted
at Vera Cruz.
villa Is still uncaptured and unpun-
ished.
Carranza still slaps the United
States.
There still has been no accounting
for American lives and property de-
stroyed In Mexico.
The whole question of PREPARATION for
invasion Of American rights by var''
Gus warning nations 10 still sleeping
in a ~pigeOnhole.
AND -
All the direct challenge and resist
spce" noticeable to the average Amerl'
ran Is included In q series OF notes
said to possess high literary quality, II
nothing else In particular.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
The Wind From Maine.

The WIND From maine.
A wind that's from the rocks and sea
and scented by the pine
Sweeps through the sycamOres today,
and where seQuOias line
The ranks Of giant sentinels that guard
the western slopes,
The balsam of this briny breeze brings
heavy hearts new hopes.
The mountains and the rivers cry the
message that is Names
To men whose pride was shattered.
and their desperation wanes;
Again their hearts are raised to look
the future In the face
For Maine has been the clarion that's
heartening a race.
Twas shame that sunk the souls Of US
to depths We never knew
In days our dag was honored In the
harbOrs where It few,
When natiOns paid us homage, for
they knew our hands yer white.
Ere blood OF our own countrymen had
stained them like a blight.
And now again our songs we sing Of
deeds that We must do
To make the dream that passed away
come .marvelously true;
For the sturdy souls that breathe the
pine have brought to life again
The faith that flls a nations heart
that feels the wind from Maine.
EDWARD s. VAN ZiLE
IN. Z. Sun. Sept. IL.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
Wapbnno Woodrow.

Opportunism has claims that every
statesman must respect. but never
has there been an opportunist IN the
White House Of greater willingness
IN change than the present incumDent'
The country feared II had placed pow
or in the hands Of o d%octrinaire SCHOOL,
master incapable Of bending. 1T nhds
that 1t has a man Of remarkable p'as'
ticity OF Judgment, who one moment
stands for states rights n the he4s
for uationalismh. who one day u q pa
ciist. and the next 10 out-shOut,ng COL
Roosevelt for arms and ships, VINO ID
week Is for y barren neutrality ana
the next for war In behalf OF genera
righteousness, who n night IL lor
collective wage bargaining and aro''
trntion of Industrial disputes and the
next ia waving the dag OF decreelns
wages up or down as the votes OF the
larger number can be controlled
New York Globe and Commercial A.
yertiser.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
If ELECTION WERE ovER7
While Democratic Are Admittedly the
Champion Question Fisnds. II 10
Believed This Quiz 10 40 Un.
ansWsrabie 10 Their Most
ChIldtike Effort.

II election day were past would
President Wilson make SO little OF the
principle Of arbitration In industrial
disputes? Would he he 40 sure thar
i Is more important to preserve peace.
when a great strike IL threatened. than
II IL to make judicial methods rather
than force the means OF settling dif.
ferenres between capital and labor?
" elprtion day had rome and gone.
would Mr.. Wilson Keep the national
guardsmen Of the country In camp on
the ground that they may he needed
to protect the United States against
Mexico? Would there he months Of
InactiOn and indecisinn In which no
use IL made Of slsyxe body Of citizen
soldiers? Would they not he allowed
to 60 home or else be set IN motion to
make Mexico as safe a neighhOr ~ the
Administration seems to think that II
Ia already3
n election day were past would the
President drive -thfAugh Congress Il
Ike the shipping bill which IL In
tended to embark tn federal govern.
ment, upOn a new venture In n hazard
.mISsheld and use $5O.OOO.OO Of the
peoples money to buy tonnage held
above its normal value or else so
owned that It cannOt he used without
peril 1T International complications?
Is sound public policy behind such
a measure or only csinpnign poIIncs?
II election day were not to he con.
siderpd would Woodrow Wilson use so
many high and mighty words in inter-
NATIONAL notes and do 30 little to make
them mean anything practical? Would
his deeds lag 80 far behind his
phrases?--Cleveland Leader.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
"HE DIDN'T % RIGHT"
Independent Voters Turning This Con.
viction Over and Over In Their
Minds and 1t viii Cost Mr..
Wilson Many . Vote.

A Democrat who never voted for q
Republican candidate for President ex-
cept In 1872, when he vas forced by
the lack Of a Democratic nominee to
cast his ballot for Horace Greeley.
says: Il expect to vote for Woodrow
Wilson. but | don't like his course In
the railroad dispute. He didn't do
right"
The railroad controversy has intro
duced u moral issue into the campaign.
Mr.. Wilson sacrificed principle 0 ex-
pediency, or what he judged to be
expediency, when he tamely surren-
dered to the demands Of the train,
service b~rOtherhOOds.
He put his own personal and party
need before the public good. He angle,i
for votes. He aimed u body blow at
the tried and tested arbitration method
Of settling differences.
"God help you; l cannot" he Is sud
to have exclaimed to the railroad man
ayers. who do not poll as many votes
as their employees. But he could have
helped them II he had stood impartial
ly between. them and the utterly reck-
less tralH-service representatives
who were bent on their rule-Or.ruln
programme.
HE didn't do right" The consci-
BUSINESS Of that fact Is sinking deep
into the American mind.
He didn't do right" That wide
spread conviction will cost him thou.
sands of votes on election day.
He didn't do right" He preferred
the weak. the timid,. attitude of the
born comprOmiser.
The American people like courage.
The like convictions. They like q
man who has the courage Of his con-
victions. They like a a who Is
willing to risk consequences for the
sake Of q just ause.
It was an unjust cause IN which
Woodrow Wilson enlisted when he &C.
cepted the brotherhood view that the
| chief item In their demands could not
be Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
FIVE THOUSAND A OAY.
EnroIIments In the Hughes National
College League.

The Hughes National College
League, 5ll Fifth avenue, New York.
IL receiving enrollments at the rate
of five thousand a day. They are
coming from all parts Of the country.
and the work Of organizing branches
10 all states and most OF the important
cities has been started. A large per-
centage OF the enrollments are from
men who give their usual political
affiliations us Progressive. Democratic
or Independent.
The league has received the en-
dorsement Of Governor Hughes, who
wired: IF there was ever a time
when the educated men of the country
who have its welfare at heart should
work for right principles and strong
government 1t ia nOw." Chairman
Wilcox Of the Republican National
Committee. ex-President Taft, and
John Hays Hammond have also praised
the work enthusiastically. as much on
the O Of the benefit to the men
themselves as Of, the real work 1t will
do to help elect Governor Hughes.
Families living In rural districts
where mail service has been curfailed
will be interested In knowing that
Postmaster General BurlesOn has sent
Secretary McAdOo a check for 5000.
600. representing surplus postal rev.
enues.
Mr.. Gardner should not quote wha,
Mr.. Wilson said while president Of
Princeton. His utterances are OntlaW.
ed by himself In seven days.
That man Hughes Is causing the
Democratic newspapers al endless
amount Of worry. Apparently they
Will never he satisfied until he turns
the management of his campaign over
to them.
Mr.. Hughes speeches are giving
poor satisfaction to the Democratic
press. which proves they are yer.
good speeches. indeed.
Secretary Baker Is developing au
agility In changing his mind that must
snd"ar him to bis d%!scovsrer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
COL. ROOSEVELT APPEALS
FOR THE ELECTION OF
Mr.. HUGHES.

appeal to my fellow citizens
that they shall elect Mr.. Hughes
and repudiate Nj. Wilson be.
cause only BY 20 doing can they
save America from that faint Of
gross selfsshness and eowardiee
which we owe to Mr.. Wilson's
substitution Of adroit elocution
for straightforward action. The
permanent interests Of the Amer
lean people lie. not in ease and
comfort for the moment, no mat
ter how obtained, a. Nj. Wilson
would teach Us; but in resolute
championship Of the ideals Of
national and international dem.
oeratie duty, and In prepared.
ness to make this championship
effective by our strength. Presi.
dent Wilson embodies in his per.
son that most dangerous doc.
trine which teaches our people
that when fronted with really
formidable responsibilities we
can shirk trouble and labor and
risk, and avoid duty by the sim.
pie process Of drugsino our
souls with the narcotic Of mean.
inoless phrasemonsering. Mr..
Hughes, to the exact contrary,
embodies the ideal Of service
rendered through conscientious
effort in the face Of danger and
difficulty. Mr.. Wilson turns his
words into deeds only II this
can be achieved by adroit poIit.
ieai maaeuvsr4nSs BY, barterins a:
debauched civil service for con.
%qressionai votes on behalf Of
some measure which he had
solemniy promised to oppose.
Our own %self-respect demands
that we support the man Of
deeds done in the open against
the man Of furtive and shifting
political maneuvers; the man Of
service against the man who
whenever opposed by 4 danger.
Gus foe always takes refuge in
empty eioeution. - From the
Speech Of Col. Roosevelt at Bat.
tie Greek. Michigan. in Behalf
Of Mr.. Hughes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
That Is Campaigns True Angle
and Not the Trite Question
with Which HeckIers Are
INaeging the Republican.
Standard Bearer.
ACHIEVEMENTS ASSURANCE
LAUNDERING IS NO HABIT
Winding Democrats Trying to Run
Away From the Record Of the Ad.
mlnistrstIon and to Invelgls the
Voters Down Rhetorical 6y.Paths.
All In the Thiniy- Disguised Effort
to Change the Subject.

When Mr.. Hughes criticises the rec.
ord of the Administration the spOkes.
men Of Mr.. Wilson cry: "What would
you have done?" They forget that 1t
is Mr.. Wilson and not Mr.. Hughes
who Is on trial. They forget that
four years ago Mr.. Wilson criticised
Mr.. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt through.
out the campaign and that Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt defended their re-
sp-ctive records. instead Of crying
what would you have dOne?" They
forget these things or they refuse to
confess them. They are trying to run
away from the record of the Admins
tratinn and induce the people to fol.
low them down some by-path OF rhe-
torical hypothesis, all In the effort to
change the subject.
ny their fruits ye shall know
them" When Mr.. Hughes was Gov.
ernor of New York he did not pay
polirical debts by filling the public
Offices with unfit men. He did not
champion certain principles during bis
campaign and r~epudiate them after
he entered Office. As Governor. he
did nor resort to brave and beautiful
words as n substitute for firm and con.
sistent deeds. He was careful In his
use of words hut he backed his words
with deeds. He did not promise what
he could not perform. He did not
plaster the people with compliments
they did not deserve. He was not q
rhet0rician. he was not q f1atterer, he
was not "tno proud to ight" for labor
or for capital. for the strong or the
weak, when the right was on their
side.
MIR. Wilson'S spOl;esmen seek to di.
vert attention from the attacks Mr..
Hughes Is making upon the record OF
the administration by asking him:
What would YOU do?" they are un.
consciously helping Mr.. Hughes. They
are recalling to- the memory OF the
people the record he made throughout
his two terms as Governor Of New
York. 1t was then that he first said
"puhlic office shall not he a private
snap under my administration" and
made performance square with prom.
Use. There Ia this about Mr.. Hughes
that makes him so different from Mi.
wilson: Hughes means what ne
says" SO 1t Is that the campaign Is
really a contest Of character between
rwo men. with sincerity as the lhe
entiating and deciding factor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
Oh, YoU J%osEPHUs!

This is a free advertisement for
Life" issue Of September IA:
II you want to lind a reflection OF
your own inward opinion of the pres.
ent amiable, inconsequential and be-
muddling Secretary Of the Navy, here
it's; for life" dedicates an entire Is
sue to our own oficlous, omniscient,
ontological. oleaglnous. Oiigarchical
Sir Joe.sea-fuss!
ineompetsn-sea.
= i~nstficien.Ssa.
/. Idiosynera.sea.
inadequa.ssa.
peiInqusn.ssa.
Impsrmansn.Ssa.
h~ypocrl.Ssa.
Also, with q mind to the juice that
has made our State and Navy Depart
rnents famous, Life" proposes this
toast:
Grape Nuts! Bryan and Daniels !"
Hic Jacetl
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
GREAT GROWTH OF HUGHES
NATIONAL COLLEGE LEAGUE.

NAvION%e SV@@6Ns SsVSS'
Thirty thousand college alumni
have enrolled so far In the Hughes
National College League, 511 Fifth
avenue, New York. The Oldest living
graduate of Brown University which
graduated Governor Hughes, enrolled
this week. He. is Rev. John Hunt
of Springfield, Ohio, ninety-three years
old, Brown, 1872.
The league challenged the Woodrow
Wilson College Mems League this
week to join 1t in Having any repu-
table audit company In this city check
up Immediately from the original
cards your actual enrOllments Of
Princeton alumni and ours, your total
enrollments and ours. and your en-
rollments from any college you may
select and ours"
The college men in the National
Guard along the Mexican border are
Joining In droves, according to the
officers Of the league, and many have
written In to signify their discomfort
with the Administrations handling Of
the Mexican situation.
william Il. Moody, son OF Dwight
Lyman Moody, the famous evangelist,
wrote to the league Offering his as
sistance in East Northfeld, Mass, and
said:
II am among those who feel very
strongly that 1t would be a National
disaster to have the present Admin
~istration continued another season,
feeling deeply the humiliation to
which our country has been subjected
In the sight Of the world. by the lack
Of any foreign policy. and by the
vasuatiop q IT. dealings"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
The Soldier Vote.

A significant feature following Tue
Mime election was the nature Ut the
soldier vote.
1t Ia reported that n Maine bat
tulion mixed 60 miles 10 two days Tor
the purpose OF exercising N IRAN
Chise.
And we know how they v0ted!
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
WILSON CONSISTENT ONLY
IN HIS vAciLLATiON.

As 1t Is with "war," so 1t Is
with intervention" President
Wilson has again and again said
he would not intervene" In
Mexico. AS a matter Of fact
he has interviewed continuously
SO but as he never fol-
lowed any policy Of either inter-
ventiOn or noninterventiOn with
any observation-disclosures yielding
at the critical moment to some
bandit chief of whom he became
fearful-bOth his Spasms Of in
tervention and his spasms of
nOninterventiOn have alike been
entirely futile.-From the speech
Ut Col. Theodore Roosevelt, de-
livered at Lewiston, Maine, in
behalf OF Charles f. Hughes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
Editorial Comments

II you had " dollars to invest
would you trust It to the business
sagacity Of Josephus Daniels3 Then,
why let him handle the millions that
r to be spent on the new navy?
Judging by the signs Of War Depart
ment activity the Administration ia
cunningly arranging to bring the
militlamen home just In time to enable
them to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
A train Of thought on a 0ne-track
mind has to be composed Of shuttle
cars. p. y
Three years & Woodrow Wilson
was explaining that hard times we're
psychological, but he isn't trying to
sQuirm out Of responsibility for the
present prosperity.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
WILSON ADMITS he
pREciPlTATED WAR

Whon MI. wilson tor0ete MIN.
self he admits that We have
been At war; Ter example, on
May II, 1914, In an address over
the dead marines at the navy
yard In Droskiyn, he said that
the marines had been engaged
In "a war 81 SERVICE" A war
Of service 70 whom Or 10 what7
Certainly not to the United
States; nor to Mexico; nor to
humanity at large. Was Il to
Mr.. Wilson2-frem the speech
Of Col. Thsedsrs Roosevelt, do.
ilvsrsd at Lewiston, Maine, In
behalf Of Charles e. Hughes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
MR.. WILSON TOOK PLEAS.
URE IN EXTENDING THE
HAND OF WELCOME
TO cARRANZA.

One Of these "unciviiized"
acts was committed on Septem.
Der 2sth, when some Of carran.
za's soldiers captured an Ameri.
can trooper, killed him and cut
of his head and ears. Exactly
twenty days later. on October
18th, Mr.. Wilson expressed
pleasure. In informing carran.
"a that he recognized him!
Since the recognition, carranza's
troops by his orders have
treacherousIy attacked and muir
dered American soldiers on at
least two occasions. II the acts
above reeited-which are merely
samples Of the course Of con.
duct carranza has already pur.
| sued-do not constitute "in.
trigue and assassination, treaeh.
cry and violence" then the
words have lost their meaning.
Mr.. Wilson took "pleasure" In
Extending the hand Of wei.
! come" to carranxa, whose own
! hand 10 red with the blood Of
! murdered men and women Of
! his own nation, and whose
! hands, unlike the hands Of
/ Huerta, were also red with the
! blood OF murdered Americans,
! Of murdered American civilians,
and Of murdered American sol.
/ diers wearing the American uni.
/ form. But President Wilson cared
/ as little for the deaths Of these
| men as he cared for the honor
/ Of the uniform. He with "pieas-
/ ure" extended the hand Of
welcome" to the man guilty Of
! their murder.-From the Speech
! Of Colonel Roosevelt at Battle
( Creek, Michigan, In Behalf Of Mr..
/ Hughes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12
Political lettings

II plans ITO get villa" r aban-
dOned villa should reciprocate and
refrain from organizing expeditions
ITO get" American citizens.
The fact that Mr.. Wilson could
endorse this Pork Congress shows
that he isn't seasick, anyway.
Mr.. Pinchot also seems of the opin.
ion that God Hates u Qultter.
The man who quotes the Baltimore
platform Is regarded as q political
archeOlOgist.
HE kept the country out Of war;"
but he robbed it OF Its peace.
Up In Maine they are nov rhyming
Hughes with Moose. And there is
reason as well as rhyme connecting
the two words.
"vIctory," MIR. Fairbanks told Okla
homa Republicans, "surely will perch
ON our hammer" But Champ Clark
tied 1t up 10 a neater and more CON-
pact bundle when he said: "They
licked hell out Of U.s."
Members Of President Wilson'S cabi-
net are ready to do anything to re-
,lonx ,h,i,, ,bfnP nvnort rnSlun
Writes a former Princeton man: AT
first we called him w. W.; then we
made 1t 4. W. W."
That one term plank In the Demo
cratic platform of l8l2-it 10 more
than likely TO hold. after all.
When President Wilson called upon
the Mexicaa commissioners at New
London he revived old presidents, but
did he wave the Stars and Stripes?
A man 10 Washington has made q
bust Of the President, thus anticipat-
ing MIR. Hughes by several weeks.
Discussing the Endorsement by the
Democratic convention OF Texas OF
Mr.. Wilson'S Mexican policy. the
Houston Post (Dem.) fatty declares:
ut is not believed anything like a
majority Of the people of Texas In
dOrse u Mexican policy, and those 10
a. position to know seriously doubt
that the platform adopted expressed
the real sentiments of the convention
ITSELF"
The Omaha Bee couples woeful
waste with watchful waiting as q
Democratic failing.
Boiled down, the best that has been
said of President Wilson's Mexican
policy was that he had good inten'
tons. We've often heard OF q road
paved with this kind Of material.
The President Is deceived II he be-
lieves that the history he has written
IL not more praIseworthy than that
which he has made.
President Wilson signed the Philip
pine bill as moving picture cameras
clicked. There is u man who Is moi
afraid to have his mistakes recorded
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-12

The disaster to the Memphis caused
very little excitement, Americans be-
Ing used nowadays to seeing the navy
on the rocks.
This Democratic Congress has pass
ed into history-profane history.
President Wilson's speech Of accep-
lance could have heen phrased even
more succinctly In the graphic words
of Boss Tweed, what are you going
to do about III"
We see by the interviews with the
Mexican commissioners that the CAM
paign slogan this year In the Sonora
bandit belt Is ''Thank God for Wood.
row Wilson"
Mr.. Wilson's eulOgy of Lincoln at
! H0dgenville a more literary but
less sincere than the one he pro-
nounced upon himself at Shadow
Lawf.
The new half dollars will have m
olive branch on n side and on the
other an eagle. in full flight. Wilson
! money.
Motto of the AlcAdoO shipping law:
1.-THE sun never rises on the American
flag"
A Democrats Idea Of an Ideal watch
dog Of the Treasury Is a Pommeran-
ian.
MIR. Wilson Is now busily engaged
working the other side Of the suffrage
street.
The campaign agents who two years
ago We're busily engaged thanking God
for Woodrow Wilson seem to be TAX
Ing their vacations just now.