The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-10

compares w 1lSOn CO LII"
coin and Draws Con-
tinued Applause By
References to His Pro-
gram That Has Al
ready Brought Peace
and Prosperity to the
United States Raps
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adoption by all other nations. The
President is hopeful of the ultimate
triumph of this system over all OBJ
stacles as well in regard. to Mexico as
, in regard to every other American
State. find the archives here full Of
complaints against the Mexican gov
eminent for violation of contracts and
spoliation and crueIties practiced
against American citizens, 1t is not
the Presidents intention to send for
ward such claims at the present mo-
ment. He willingly defers the per
fformances of a duty which at any time
would seem ungracious until the In
! coming administration in Mexico shall
=
/ its authority.
These words of calmness, of for
clearance, Of Justice, Of patience set
forth the policy Of Lincoln. Am I
wrong in assuming that they more
! Thoroughly and more honestly reject
the sentiment of America to-day than
the whirling and seditious words Of
Root and Roosevelt and other partisan
critics of the present Administration
j And yet, nay friends, we may be
forced into intervention. There IS q
limit to the patience and to the eudII-
france even of that great man in the
White House. There are powerful and
corrupt and wicked forces at work in
this republic, employing all the Wea-
pons of malice and s1ander to precipi-
tate a crisis with Mexico, Have not
the thoughtflll, fair minded men Of
America, who owe and acknowledge
higher duty to their country than to
their party. the generosity the cotlr-
! age, the patriotism and the Intelligence
to sympathize with the President ia
4 his efforts to maintain peace upon q
basis consistent with American tradi-
Etions2
The policy Of the President with
respect of Mexico has already brought
to our side the moral and intellectuaL
forces of this hemisphere. Both
Il North, and South America are a unit
in, their efforts to prevent the great
flame of war from laaping across the
isea. Already we have had eneourag-
hing assurances Of co-opeFation ana
i support from the nations Of South.
America that appreciate the reetitude
.fof our purposes and the value oE our
y Friendship. say that to impede the
President, to embarrass him, to rem
i der his work more difficult to maggie
over non essentials, is to miss the
/ greatest opportunity that has come to
s American citizens in a generation =the
II - - i ! "a.
undisputed moral leadership Of the
tworid
.At such a time it is discouraging to
lind a manfof Senator A1cLean's intel
Electua1 ability using such meaningless
words as these:
eThe great war in Europe has been
carried on in all its barharous details
precisely as It would have been + the
omce of President of the United States
had been vacant.
What shall We say of such words
( as these hope that it is not unlzind
], to suggest that they are the result Of
. cerebral chickering's which dc not quite
amount to mental processes, TheY
are charac teristIcl Of the efforts Of 8
Ibewi1dered partisan who is striving to
: square his political prejudices with his
patriotic duty Nor can the Senator
: Ibe regarded as either fair or helpful
Our army is equipped with MAJ
chine guns that viii not shoot at night
l and aeroplanes that win not hy by
day Our soldiers faint Il called upon
to march more than ten miles day
= IT assume that if this means anything
lat All it is Intended as criticism Of the
= Democratic management OF the army
: Under such circumstances 1t may not
Hbe ungraclous to point out that Presi-
dent Roosevelt reduced the enlisted
Roosevelt became President on Sep
: Itember IA. 1901. On the 34st day OF
May, 1902, the Secretary Of War. Mr..
Root, by direction of the President
DIR Roosevelt issued an order reducing
! the enlisted strength OF tbs cavalry
iron II, 862 to 17,742 and Of the in
Efantry from f3S,250 toa29.ss0. or 3 to-
1.-THE United States army Of 1850
tai reduction in the enlisted strength Of
Nor is the Republican record with
Preferences to the navy any better. Ia
J l1s06, President Roosevelt declared In
a message to Congress that ehe navy
fshould not be enlarged, that it was ada
Eequate for our national purposes, and,
If existing warships were replaced as
Hthey were abandoned, all our needs
: would be met. The Wilson AdulirIs-
Etration authorized in two years sew
enty million dollars to be spent on the
. chief fighting forces Of the navy as
Eagainst twenty-six millions authorized
! during the last two years Of the Tart
/ Administration. The i've dread
) Enaughts authorized under President
Wilson will mount thifty-six more
fourteen inch guns than the two aus
, Athorized by Mr.. Taft During the
: four years of Mr.. Meyers service a.
Secretary of the Navy he obtained sl4
, battleships. In the first two years
: of the Wilson administrators fve bat-
t tleships were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
European war began. Our enlist
ments in the navy have increased over