Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-27
Trenchant Paragraphs
in ROOseUeIt's Letter

1T Is impossible for us progres.
sives TO abandon our convictions, but
It rs "a fact thRi, as things actually are,
the progressive national orga nilation
no longer offers the means whereby
We can make these convictions effect
I've IN our national life. llnder such
circumstances, our duty is 10 do the
hest We cam ANA not 20 sulk hecause
our leadership is rejected.
Il regard Mr. Hughes as man
whose public record Is a. guarantee
that he viii not merely stand for a
programme of clcan-cut. straight -out
Amorieanism before election. but will
resolutely and ia good faith put Il
through IL elected lie IL beyond all
comparison better fitted TO he presi-
dent than Mr.. Wilson. II will he a
grave deiriment ia the country TO re-
elect Mr Wilson. | shall, therefore.
strongly support Mir Hughes, such
being the case, il is unnecessary 10
say that ! cannot accept the nomina.
ton on third ticket. | do not believe
that there should he third ticket.
Mr.. Wilson has been tried and found
wanting His party, because of it's
devotion TO the outerown theory of
state rights. and because OF It's reh-
ance upon purely sectional support.
stands against that spirit Of faf
siehted nationalism which is essential
II we are to deal adequately with orr
graVest social ana Industrial problenis.
Mr.. Wilson and his party have in ac-
tual practice lamentahly failed To
safeguard the interest ana honor Of
the United states. They have brought
Ms TO impotence abroad and the d.
A. a ffst.
have accustomed US TO see the highest
and most responsible Offices of gov
eminent filled by Incompetent men
appointed only for reasons Of partisan
Iolitics They have dullcd the moral
sense of the people They have
dnlled the moral sense Of the neoplc.
They have taught MS that peace, the
peace OF cowardice and dlshonor and
Indifference TO the welfare of others.
Is to be put above righteousness, above
the stern ana unflinchlng perform
anee of duty whether the duty is
pleasant or unpleasant
Yet in Mexico they have failed ev-
on to secure the peace when they
have thus sought; ana they have failed
In spite of the most ample opportunity
and most ample warming, to prepare
In amy real fashion 10 meet the crisis
which their own policy invited
'"Fhcy have taught us to put sat,
ly first. safety before duty and hon.
or, TO put that matcrialism whleh ex-
presses itself In mere money making.
and IN the faited ease OF life, above
all spiritual things. ABOVE all the high
and fine instincts of the soul. They
have taught as to accept adroit cocu-
ton as Il substitute for atraightfor-
ward and efficient action. They have
raised INDIGESTION, hesitnncy ana tacil-
llaton into setil al governmental pol
ley
MIR, Hughes has shown In his ca
recr the instinct lf efficiency which
Will guarantee that under him. the
government will once laore work with
vigor ana force lie peHsesseb that
habit of straightforward thinking
which means that hts words viii be
correlated with his deeds au1 trans
lated into facts Ills prst career is
the warrant for our belief tiiat he will
be the unfalterng opponent OF thnt
system of invisible government which
finds expression In The domiaatian of
the party boss ana thn ,arty machine.
His past career Is n guarantee that
whatever he saws before election will
be made GOOD by his acts after clcc-
ton. Morally, his public recor,l shows
him to be u man of unhending integ-
rity; intellectually it shows him 10
be a man Of original ana trained abil-
ity."