The Washington herald., 1916-10-23
BAKERS RESIGNATION
DEMANDED BY women
Societies Condemn Secretary's Speech
as Un-American.
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Tetary or war. HOW President Wilson
will meet this demand for the resignation
of member of his Cabinet cannot be
forecasted. but 1t IS believed that it will
prove matter OF serious embarrassment
| to him.
The preamble of the resolution quotes
Secretary Bakers speech at Jersey City
In defense Of President Wilson's Mexican
policy, in which he declared that the SOL
! diers OF the Mexican armies in their muir
dering, plundering, stealing and general
lawlessness have sunken to no loves
levels than did the soldiers OF the Cont
mental army in their ravishing of this
country, and that for that reason Amer
leans should be able to more readily un-
derstand President Wilson's Mexican
policy and to have more sympathy with
conditions in Mexico now Declaring this
to be an "odious comparison" the resolu-
ton then demands Secretary Bakers i'm
mediate resignation.
| Following is the resolution with the
Endorsements of officers of the societies.:
| Whereas, Newton D. Baker, Secre-
tary of War, in the Cabinet OF President
| Wilson, in making a political speech in
! defense Of the Mexican policy OF the ad-
ministration at Jersey City on the night
| of October 16, 1915, made the following
! comparison between the Mexican bandits
| supporting the various leaders in that
country and the soldiers who fought the
war for American independence in I776,
as follows:
" Some people say they cannot under
stand the Presidents Mexican policy. and
! l want to tell you why. They have for
gotten our own history, and the DecIara-
| tiOn of Independence. and the President
has not forgotten either. Why are we
/ impatient at the MexiCans? We say
they do not respect the lives and prop
erty OF our people. Perhaps they don't
! We say they do not pay their honest
debts. They don't. We say they are a
! raggamufin lot We say their money is
not any good. That's true. 1t is only
worth 2 or cents on the dollar We say
they do not respect church property. That
! is also true.
{" The amazing thing is that people
never respect these things in a revoIu-
tion. We had revolution. and from the
beginning to the end OF that the condi-
tions in this country were so like Mexico
that 1t is perfectly astounding to read
" 'Washingtons soldiers in the march
to Valley Forge stole everything they
could lay their hands on. They stole the
silver vessels from the churches and
melted them up to buy drink. They drove
ministers OF the gospel and preachers of
| churches out OF their churches and out
! of the country. The money of the So
that when they tried to make the mer-
chants take 1t. the latter hid their pro-
| visions in the cellars
" The President of the United States
| is in favor of letting the 100000 people
] in Mexico who have not had an oppor-
tuntty to do so. fight out their independ-
enCe the way we fought ours. Whenever
you hear anybody say they cannot under
stand the Presidents Mexican policy, tell
] a .
! Independence and the Golden Rule
And Whereas. the above is a steno-
graphic transcript of Mr.. Bakers re-
! marks. and there can be no reasonable
doubt as to the intention to characterize
the patriots who followed Washington
| from Bunker Hill to Yorktown as thieves,
church looters. and disreputable charac-
! ters generally;
BE It resolved; That we, officers OF
patriotic societies of women, with head
quarters in the District of Columbia, do
hereby demand the immediate resignation
OF Newton D. Baker as Secretary of War,
! on the ground that a man OF such amaz-
/ ing ignorance Of history and so lacking
in ideals. is not fit head for the army
! OF the United States Of America, and
would tend to seriously injure fits morale.
! And be it further resolved: That, we
the officers Of the said patriotic societies,
/
repudiate this comparison of Mexican
bandits with Washington's continental
| army made by one of his Cabinet Min
listers in defense of the Presidents policy
! in Mexico.
And be 1t further resolved: that as the
| utterances Of such libelous and false
statements in regard to the officers and
men Of the American revolution are un-
patriotic and dtsloyal. and must be most
pernicious in their effect upon the loyalty
| and patriotism of the youth of our ma
| ton, we therefore call upon every loyal
and patriotic man and woman in America
to repudate this odlous comparison and
unjust and untrue attack upon our fore
fathers. the founders of this republic and
the Declaration of Independence.
And be it further resolved, that copies
| of these resolutions be sent TO every pa
triotic organization in the United States,
to President Wilson, and to Secretary of
| War Baker Signed.
National Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution-Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood. founder and chaplain general:
Miss Grace NJ. Pierce, registrar general;
Miss Catharine B. Barlow, curator GEN
eral; Mrs George T Smallwood. ex-State
regent or the District of Columbia and
ex-Vice president general; Mrs. G. NJ.
Brumoaugh, State regent and ex-registrar
SSilSl al NTS. CnaFleS w. Brown, chapter
regent; Mrs. Francis ST. Clair, CHAPTER
regent; Mrs. Noble N. Potts. chapter re-
gent; Miss Celynda Ford chapter regent; ;
Mrs. Celynda Werner Ford, chapter treas
urer.
National Society Of the Children of the
American Revolution-Miss Grace NJ,
Pierce. vice president; Miss Catharine
Custis, recording secretary; Mrs. G. NJ,
Brumbaugh, corresponding secretary:
Mrs. Catharine E. Custis, registrar: Mrs
Charles W. Brown, chaplain; Miss Helen
! stout, District Of Columbia State director.
Daughters of the Founders and Patriots
Mrs. Francis ST Clair State president
Mrs. G. NJ. Brumbaugh; Stale vice presi
dent; Mrs. Charles w. Brown. national
corresponding secretary.
United States Daughters of 1S12-Mrs
Noble N. Potts, State recording secretary.
Mrs. G. M. Brumbaugh, State registrar,
Legion Of Loyal Women-Mrs Ada H
Weiss, president; Miss Grace NJ. Pierce,
vice president
Woman's Relief Corps-Mrs. isabel
Worrell Ball. national senior vice presi-
dent.
Danes Of the Loyal Legion-Mrs. John
A. Logan, honorary president; Mrs. Mary
Logan Tucker, acting president.
National Lineal Society Of the Spanish