Arizona republican., 1916-10-14
ROBERT BACON HOTLY YREbUKES
 THEPRES|DENT.
Special to The Republican)

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Robert Bacon who was a candidate for the repub- lican United States senatorship from New York at the recent primary cleo ton. made public tonight copies of an "open letter. he has written to Presi- dent Wilson, with a caption saying that it is a reply to an attack upon him by President Wilson in the course of his speech at Shadow Lawn last Saturday. MT. Bacon wrote:
 Sir: In your capacity of candidate for public office you have seen fit, in a public address, to criticize more than 10000 citizens of this state who hon. ored me with their votes at the recent primaries with the intention of making it appear that my candidacy for the republican senatorial nomina- ton was supported by men who would involve this country in war You spoke of me as a man whose avowed position in respect of international af- fairs was unneutral, and whose inten- ton was. if he became a member of that great council upon international affairs at Washington, to promote the interests of one side in the present war in Europe And you argued that if the republican party should succeed, one very large branch of it would in- sist upon a reversal from peace to war
 '"The statement that 1t was my ipten- ton if elected senator 10 promote' the interests of one side in the present war in Europe and thereby violate my oath Of office is beneath contempt. My respect for the office of president of the United States prevents me from characterlzing such statement as it deserves. 1 leave the judgment of its falsity to the public. Either you have not read what I have said many times publicly on the subject of our neutrality or you have deliberately misstated my attitude in an attempt to raise a false issue.
 With the accurate, carefully con- sidered, arraignment of your foreign policy by Mir Hughes, MT Roosevelt and Mir. Root. l am proud to agree. In your anger and desperation as the ring of truth closes in about you, you seem to be trying to make a false issue. You say that your re-election means peace, and that Mir. Hughes election means war. Of course nothing could be farther from the truth It is inconceivable that a president of the United States should so insult the in- teiligence of the American people $ The statement that a large number of your fellow citizens because they condemn your weak, vacillsting policy | wish to plunge this country into the | horrors of war, is prepOsterous. . | The contention that you or the demo | cratic administration have kept this | country out of war is spacious anG ] unfounded in fact Nacillating timidity l and weakness in asserting our rights | inability to perform our duties, confu- | sion of words, a constant change ot attitude, threats unsupported, cannot l possibly keep this nation or any other l out of war. l. is the fear of those who
 will vote against you that such con. l duct of our foreign affairs will inev.
 tably lead us into war.
 1 "A strong, determined clear policy | can alone preserve for this country
 the respect of other nations whici
 will insure peace. It is unworthy tC
 assert that a large number of you l fellowmen, Americans~of undivided al legiance, of whole faith, of sublim, | trust in the honor and righteousness o | their country. would seek to plunge tn, | United States into the horrors of war | Such statement you must know f,
 be false.
 "If a million votes were to be your
 for making such a misstatement
 you believe 1t to be the only way t | win a desperate cause, you shoul
 scorn to misrepresent the people of
 country which has elected you to it,
 tContinued on Page Five)