The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-27


Arizona, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
Americas most distinguished citizen,
outlined the meaning of true American
ism to seven thousand Arizonians at
Phoenix last Saturday. Colonel Roose-
velt devoted himself almost entirely to
the Mexican situation and the admins
tration's policy as regards the slaughter
of Americans in Mexico. Colonel Roose-
welt said:
"Mr. Chairman, and you, my fellow
citizens: Before 1 begin my speech 1
want to express in a word my personal
gratitude for the way in which l have
been met here in Phoenix. want to
thank the ladies for the decorations,
and I want to say that appreciate the
courtesy Of the merchants in closing
their shops for this afternoon. That
was mighty nice way to act. And 1
appreciate it, and / know it meant some
sacrifice on their part And in what 1
have to say-you know what l came
for. 1 came here to advocate the cleo
ton of Mr. Hughes and come to make
my appeal, not in any mere party sense,
but to make it in the name of sound
Americanism to all good Americans.
And 1 want to call your attention to
a perfectly characteristic difference be-
tween Mr.. Hughes and Mr. Wilson as
shown in the statement of Mr.. McAdoo,
Mr.. Wilson swell, l should say he is
his right-hand man only don't wish to
offend Messrs Daniels and Baker, but
he is secretary of the treasury.
1.-THE other day Mr.. Hughes was ask
ed by some one in the audience: How
would you have stopped the Lusitania
sinking?' and Mr.. Hughes answered in
effect: The minute the warning was is
sued by the German ambassador, I
would have seen him and seen that he
understood that would hold them to a
strict accountability in case any acci-
dent happened to the Lusitania.'
"And now Mr.. McAdoo at once made
a statement, saying: 'Ah ha. But now
look, Mr.. Hughes only said what he
would say. He did not say that he
would have then acted on what he said
And Mr. Hughes answered him-I think
it was yesterday or the day before Ito
the effect that that just showed that
Mr.. McAdoo could not understand Mr..
Hughes nature; that when Mr.. Hughes
did not think 1t necessary to add when
he said thing he meant 1t. Whereas,
Mr.. McAdoo's association with Brother
Wilson evidently made him understand
that to say something had not any
earthly reference to what was after
ward done.
Nov fundamentally, my appeal to
you is for Mr.. Hughes because his rec
ord has shown that he possesses the
intellectual straight forwardness that
enables us to count upon his doing ex-
111,k h. hos I1o do
and you don't have to-take and exam
Inc it with microscope to see If there
is a loop-hole key-hole by which he
can get out We can count upon his
keeping his word; and when Mr.. Wilson
tells us what he is going to do, the only
knowledge thereby conveyed is that
what ever he may do he won't do the
thing he said he would.
A Single Track Mind.
"And Mr.. Wilson has told us that he
has single-track mind. Perhaps but
If so he has unexampled switching fa
cilities.
"And now, want to say at the outset,
special word of greeting to which l
know none of the rest Of you will oh
ject, and that is to the men who wore
the blue and to the men who wore the
gray in the great Civil War, the veter-
ans of the Union and Confederate ar
miles, each Of whom spent all that there
was in him to serve the right as God
gave him to see the right; and we can
be equally proud of both. But there is
one man of that day from whom nobody
is proud to be descended, and that is
the man who was too proud to fight on
IA L H. &1.ak
two of my uncles, my mothers brothers,
fought In the Confederate service. Now,
If had been old enough 1 would have
carried a musket or a sabre in the blue.
But / am mighty proud that my two
uncles followed their convictions and
fought for them And would not have
been at all proud if they had merely
indulged in Evolutionary exercises. Isn't
that straight doctrine from both sides?
Exactly.
To Spanish Americans.
"And want to say another word by
way of introduction, especially to the
citizens of Arizona and New Mexico
who are themselves of Mexican descent.
During the last three years, there has
been only one body of Mexicans who
have been we'll off, and they have been
those who were here in the United
States. Now isn't that faet2
"Now, in my regiment had, think,
fifty or sixty men, perhaps hundred,
who were of Mexican blood. One of my
captains, Luna, was Of that blood.
have appointed men of that blood while
was president, to high office. One of
them was governor of New Mexico un-
der me. But appointed them because
they were Americans, and nothing else.
Take Luna, the captain of whom spoke
to you. He came to me when there was
a question of Ieaving-we had to leave