La Junta tribune., 1916-09-16
riNCHoT SUPPORTS HUGHES.
Continued from Firs, page)

NHt most ahHH'ipAN dtNhth va 'oH@'F-
sation since Balllnger's effort To
turn Alaska over TO the Guggen-
helms
We have all heard him declare for
efficiency in government, and have
seen him set the pork-barrel first
and throw efficiency away have
known official Washington from the
inside for six administrations. In
that time the government business
mas never been so badly done and so
extrayagantly as i, Is now done un.
der Wilson.
We have all heard him announce
himself as the champion Of civil ser
vice reform; and have seen him
turn the government departments
over to the spollsmeu as no other
president has done In twenty years.
We have all heard him declare for
I'',i,ss publicity; and have seen him
conduct the most secret administra-
ton OF our time.
We have all heard him announce
himself as president OF all the peo-
Pile. and have seen him as the most
partisan president Of his generation.
aout and oppose the progressiyes.
whom now. because he needs them.
he seeks TO conciliate and enlist.
Worst OF all this; When every
principle Of freedom and equality
for which our fathers fought was
at stake IN the great way, when our
whole country eagerly awaited the
leadership Of the president. Wilson
dodEed. lie refused 20 take sides on
the greatest moral issue Of our time
He advised our people TO be neutral
even tn thought" undecided between
right and wrong While our friends
abroad were fighting for the prin.
ciplcs we held equally with them, he
taught us that profits and ease were
better than solf-rcspect. President
Wilson has done our nation the most
serious injury that any leader can do
TO any people by making us finch
with him from a great moral deci-
sion Thereby he weakened our hold
as a nation on the principles which
alone can make any people self-rc-
specting, safe and strong.
Having led Us wrong on the
ground that wc must be neutral iu
the face OF the deliberate breaking
OF the worlds peace. he has just re
Tersed hims"l. agnin. and In hi
speech at shadow Lawn now assure
us that NO nation can any longer
remain neutral a. against any einfuI
disturbance Of the peace OF the
world"
II b. bad enough that WI 1n's
foreign policy has loft MS. o. t.a var
draws toward It's end. without a
friend among The nations o. the
world. and without the respect 40 any
OF them what is wore b. that he
has kept us from standing up for
what wn know 90 be- right
The Iruohlc standard OF profit over
principle which Mr. Wilson forced
upon tho country lu our foreign re-
latIrur hr has applied 20 hEmafr az
Idrrt Iu shat hs baa aid.
don" auI left undour the record
shows him steadily dominated hs po-
lItIrbl cypoIIenry
These facts. aud many uthru like
them have forced mr 20 sor that
what Mr. Wilson says is mo- rIrn Of
ahat ho has done, pr what hn Hnl
do The ono thing hia record hrvs
Is that ahat be- stands FOR nov Dee is
not likely 20 stand Tor long DO
not care what his platform nr his
campaign declarations may hG. he-
cause the common experience ur as
an has taught US that 20 him tlcy
are simply "molassos 10 catch flies
Hughes, on the other hand. Is a
man of his word Hts record ar eov-
oruor of New York proves rhaf II
shows him TO be honest fearless. and
free from the domination OF rpneIai
interests and corrupt politician So
far as the conservation poligirs are
concerned, both what hc said and
what he did could hardly have hoen
better am confident thar under
him these policies will be safe IIe
Is a strong man who VIII dodge no
moral issues. and he will give us an
honest and efficient administration.
As progressive believe ia ma
tionallsm. So does flurhcs. ! am
certain that under Hughes the pro-
Fressivo policies will fare bcttar than
under Wilson. and that the safety,
honor and welfare Of tho country
will be- IN immcasnrably surcr hands.