Mohave County miner., 1916-09-16

is not courageous enough to say what he would have done under the circum- stances or to make any promises as to his future conduct? What do you think of an organization which seeks to foment trouble among our own citi- zens for partisan purposes with the certain knowledge that the warning nations of the world will be impressed with the idea that we are a divided people and that they may freely vio- late the laws of neutrality without fear of either punishment or repara- tion? Are you dissatisfied with pres ent conditions? Are you willing to be plunged into war which may sacrifice the best blood of the republic, rend us into factions which decades may not again reunite, and dissipate the re- sources of the most prosperous and contented people on earth for the cool ing of the hot blood of some few men who have gotten too close to the con flagration to remain calm and self poised Americans? Don't you know that the one thing which would have rendered the reelection of the presi
 dent a certainty would have been to engage in war? Do you want to pun ish him for the peace which comes at eventide like a benediction upon every home and for her hand-maiden, plenty, which cheers and warns our hearts?
 But those who criticise say the president is an infrm American. Now it so happens in this country not birth nor religion, but loyalty to America constitutes the American. Any blood and any faith and any party that as saults an American president because he chooses to ignore blood and church and party in the cause of peace would suffer less by committing hari-kari. So that it may becloud the real issue, the Republican party has sought to copy right the phrase Firm Americanism" without defining it. By this phrase they want the English-born to under stand that if the president had been firm American Belgium would not have been invaded and the Lusitania would not have been sunk. This is what the late strategist at Armaged- don is supposed to believe. On the other hand, to that small portion of the people who think more of Ger many than America, that phrase is supposed to mean that had he been a firm American, the German emperor would never have been called upon to admit breach of neutrality in sinking the Lusitania. In my opinion, the average American wants to know who is in the partnership with Candidate Hughes in this firm Americanism"
 Does the firm consist of Hughes and Roosevelt, of Hughes and Hohenzol- Tern, or of Hughes, surviving partner of the firm of Hughes and Huerta, closing out a shabby stock of shelf worn political patent medicines not guaranteed under the pure drug act?
 Another phrase copyrighted without definition by the Republicans is American Honor" Now everybody knows that there are as many kinds of honor as there are kinds of men. A gambler believes that honor consists in paying his gaming debts. A crook be- lieves it consists in shielding his pals and a thief in fairly dividing the booty. Individual honor changes with the ages. Alexander Hamilton thought that honor demanded that he give Aaron Burr a chance to kill him, but we now do not think so. The honor of America is simply the com posite opinion of the American people as to when and why we should go to war. We have an Americanism in this country. We have a sense of national honor. It does not belong to the men who are holding office nor to the men who want office. It is the composite opinion of the American people as to what conduct constitutes cause for war. The whole history of the repub- lie from Washington down, is filled with illustrations of the taking of American life, and the destruction of American property, but the instances are rare in which American honor was so assailed that the people deemed it necessary to maintain that honor by force of arms. Neither the president nor the people have lost the American spirit. Whether native-born or for eign-born, an overwhelming majority love the flag and are loyal to our in stitutions. Let any organized govern ment upon the face of the earth through its governmental authorities,