The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
HUGHES P|T|LESS ON J
MEXICAN DISGRACE
In His Mind and on His Tongue
More Than Any Other Single
Problem With Which Mr..
Wilson Has PaItered.
CRAZY CHAPTER OF BLUNDERS

No One Can Hear Him Speak Without
Seeiny the Reality Of His indigna-
ton Over the Heartless Policy Of
the Democratic Administra alton To-
ward American Men, Women and
Children, American Citizens, Sol
disrs and Sailors Along and Across
the Rio Grande.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes was nominal
ed a friend said to him, Governor, IL
the American people forget the Mexi-
can disgrace they do not deserve to
have you for president" Quick as a
flash he replied, THE candidate who
lodges the Mexican disgrace does not
deserve TO be president" lie did not
pass around his address of acceptance
for compliment or criticism in ad-
vance OF its delivery, but the amount
OF space he devoted to The Mexican
disgrace-'that- confused chapter of
blunders"-surprised no n who had
talked with him since his nomination.
II has been In his mind and on his
mind more than any other single prob.
lem with which Mr.. Wilson has pal
tered. To talk with him Is TO see at
once the reality OF his indignation over
the heartless in which Ameri
can men, women and children, Ameri.
can citizens, soldiers and sailors have
been abandoned by the administration
along and across the Rio Grande, the
victims of Mexican armed forces, out
fitted with American ammunition and
American rifles, Mexicans whom Mr..
Wilson has coddled one day as patriots
only to chase the next as bandits.
1t Is apparently the belief of Mr..
Wilson that the people Of the United
States are not interested In Mexico.
His defenders have declared that II
was an "old story and out of date"
Mr.. Hughes has a better opinion Of his
fellow countrymen. He has proved
himself a better Judge of their feelings.
He has made "the Mexican disgrace"
a foremost issue Of his campaign. He
has assailed the record Of the admin
~istration In that respect In almost
every speech he has made. He has new
er failed to strike a responsive chord
In the hearts Of his audience, whether
speaking IN Carnegie hall, New York,
from the platform Of his train at
Grand Forks, n. d., to a vast audience
at Portland, at the exposition at San
Diego or In the prairie states Of the
middle west. He has refuted the Sian
der, sometimes heard In the effete
east, that the people Of the great west
do not care what happens to their fell
low citizens in Mexico or to the flag
beyond the border. No man born In
the west has a firmer faith In the
fundamental patriotism and dominant
Americanism" of the people Of that
section than Mr.. Hughes. lie holds
them responsible In large measure for
tn encouragement and support he re-
ceiyed while governor of New York In
his war upon political graft and %
litical bossism. He thinks they had
much to do with conscripting him as
the champion of nationaiism in the
current campaign. He showed his con
1dence I'm heir practical idealism
when he made "the Mexican disgrace
an upperm )st issue Of his campaign.
lie has been indicated by the re-
Spouse his arraignment Of the admin
lstration on this score has everywhere
evoked. From Maine to California
"the Mexican disgrace" is a sore sub
iect with red blooded Americans to.
day, But nowhere between the oceans
are the outrages inflicted in Mexico
upon American honor, life and prop
erty more keenly resented than around
the fresides Of the great west. Mr..
rnghes Is no stranger to the west
His straightforward talk on Mexico
proves 1t.