The Washington herald., 1916-08-09

in any corporation in Chicago. That u
to say, instead of having responslpie
project presented by the executive with
showing OF what we have got TO speno
OF what the demands are that are ap'
proprtate to be met, with a responsible
mind, examining all requests ana cutting
our coat according to our cloth, we nave
a heller skelter. unworthy system of ap'
propriations which will result In waste
and extravaganza just as long as IL IL
continued.
I'VE have a great number or com
mittees examining particular estimates
Of particular departments and bureaus
and instead of there being Q general su
pervision and a responsibility in securing
that limitation of appropriations ina
sensible business perspective. we haV'
every inducement to waste because we
have lack of business-like financial ad
ministration What We need in thli
country Is the WILLINGNESS to stand by tht
facts. We cannot tell now just what Is
gong to happen when this war Is over
But I tell you we can have fair Judg'
ment that it is going to put us TO
test the like of which We have never
Known And l propose that we snail mee'
that test with reverence for the opinion
of men who know facts and for the
Facts themselves
w htspeCt LOT bhe"'
Il have no respect for the idea that be-
cause democratic government Is a gov
eminent OF the people and for the people
1t is government of the foolish. FOL
the foolish and by the foolish. The
more democratic the government is tht
more you need hard sense and expert
knowledge and a willingness to listen to
people who know what they are talking
about.
Now. my friends. we want not only
American efficiency in business. we want
the American flag unsullied and the
American name honored throughout the
world
Our friends on the other side are very
sensitive about Mexico. That record is
an imperishable record of weakness and
vaCillation that forfeits or should forfeit
the confidence OF the American people
The question is not simply as to thai
act or this act, but II is record which
Is so changeful. so full of wrong headed
ness, so inConstant, SO destitute of cor
rect purpose that we cannot review II
save with the conclusion that we cannot
safely entrust the welfare of the Ameri-
can people, the honor of the American
name and the protection of American
citizens
Doesn't Defend Huerta.
Now, l shall not review it in detail
Let me say that I do not defend Huerta
have nothing to say with respect to the
recognition or nonreCOgnition OF Huerta
in itself. The point was that while the
administration might have refused rcCog'
milton to Huerta, If it was satisfied thai
Huerta could not discharge the interna
donal obligations of Mexico, the admin
istration had no right to make war or
H..
of destroying the only government Mex
Co ever had.
What the administration could have
done is plain. But it had no right t
commit this country to a course of con
duct which landed Mexico in anarchy
left our citizens a prey to the rayages o
revolution, and made our name a wore
OF contempt in a sister republic
why. one of the foremost apologist
of the administration arose in the Senat'
the other day and took the Republican
party to task for interfering with tn
administration desire TO recognize tina
eminent Sunday school scholar Villa.
Did anyone ever doubt that Villa wa
an assassin, a bandit whose whole Caree
J was one OF murder and pillage? And We
this apologist for the administration sal
only the other day in the Senate, Villa
platform and performances sounded a
Of the virtue of American doctrines. lib
erty. Justice for the poor-for mankind.
Travesty of Policy.
Here is a man with a government o
some kind processing to be provisiona
president
We say down with him, up with tn
revolution, Let anarchy prevail Destro
| the government, Destroy the only gov
ernment that Mexico has. and then be
cause we do not like the moral characte
of Huerta let us rush TO the arms OF thi
patriot. this disciple OF American doc
trine. the bandit Villa I say it is
travesty of international policy, dis
grace to the American people.
Now the correct way was this: We
| have no desire to get anything from
Mexico but our rights. If the admins
tration had at the outset said to Huerta
! we will recognize YOU If You can per
form your international obligations. 4
you have got real government that car
discharge its duties-we won't recognize
you unless we are satisfied that yOl
have. But there is one thing that yol
and every one else must understand anC
that is this: American life and property
of American citizens in Mexico must be
protected. and we will see to it..
The Correct Policy.
That was the straight and correct
policy. That was the one thing that the
administration ought to have done and
the one thing that it did not do.
1T is said that the administration has
kept us out of war. How about the bat
tie Of Vera Cruz? How about the battle
of Carrizal and the soil of Mexico wei
with the blood of our soldiers? We have
not been kept out of war We got into
miserable war from which we backed
out ANONYMOUSLY
I'VE have got today in the same prob
lem. That problem is protection of the
lives Of the property of American citi'
zens according to recognized rights under
international law
Let it be known that this is what We