Evening journal., 1916-10-26

and fork with which he ate his meals
until they almost made you believe that
it cost man $500 to get ready for
breakfast every morning. They elected
a President singing that song. We
helped some, | suppose, by trying to
elect two Presidents at the same time.
The Democrats put wool on the free
list and the price of clothing scared
away up. They put leather there and
shoes went up; lumber, and lumber
went up; cattle, and the price of por-
terhouse steaks went up. No wonder
the Democrats do not inscribe upon
their banner their promise to reduce
the high cost of living. Prices are
higher than ever before. Not an article
| have mentioned but costs more than
it did before the Democrats got in
power
Derides "Kept Us Out of War
"Then there is the cry, Hes kept US
out of warl' | wonder if the American
people can be hoodwinked again by that
palaver and wbangdoodle, if they can
be fooled once more7
Diplomatic malpractice from be
ginning to end. mess, a muss, inde-
scribable and unsavory. out Of which
doubt the President in the White
House can ever deliver u.s. declared
Mr.. Lands. who diverged from his ar
raignment of Democratic policies at
this point to give a brief resume of
the Mexican affair from the time
Huerta became leader.
"Huerta got control of things in
Mexico just before President Taft
went out OF office. Not desiring to en-
barrass his successor. Mr. Taft re
fused to recognize Huerta as Presi-
dent Of Mexico. although other large
nations of the world did so. Mr.. Will
son came in with Mr.. Bryan and de-
clared that he would never recognize
a man as President OF Mexico who had
secured his seat by force. He found
man by the name OF Lynn in Mime
sofa, a Swede. and sent him into Mex
leo to talk Spanish. Then he found a
man in Pennsylvania named William
Bavard Hale. and sent him to Mexico
TO watch Lynn.
"Straightway things began to hap
pen. There were hundreds Of Ameri-
cans in Mexico and millions OF Amer
lean money invested there. GunbOats
we're sent to Tampico. A body Of
American marines landed there and
were arrested by mistake on the part
of Huerta's men. They were released
Immediately and Huerta apologized.
but Wilson sent a note. He demanded
that to make the apology complete the
Mexicans must salute the stars and
stripes. Huerta agreed to salute the
American flag provided the honor were
returned. But Wilson would not con-
sent 70 this. He was willing TO be
salutee but not salutor
ITO enforce this demand Mr. Wilson
ordered an invasion of Vera Cruz and
American marines were landed In
the skirmish 10 American marines
we're killed and 20 were wounded. 100
Mexicans were killed and nearly 200
wounded. The troops took possession
OF Vera Cruz. But we were not at war
with Mexico!
| Huerta Never Saluted.
"Then President Wilson recognized
! Carranza one day and fiirted with
Villa the next"
Mr.. Lands related the Incidents
| leading to the mobilization OF Ameri-
can troops on the Mexican border.
"But we were not at war with Mex
leo" he ridiculed. I'VE had an exhi-
bition of preparedness Our machine
/ guns failed us, and the explanation
/ given was that they wouldn't work at
\ night. The government ought to have
4 crossed the machine guns with a
i lightning bug. then they might have
worked at night We spent millions for
i aeroplanes. These were all right save
in one thing. they wouldn't fly. Five
] hundred men. women and children
i have been killed in Mexico and mn
lions in money have been lost. and
vet we are not at war with Mexico,
How long will this state OF things
continue?
"rWhat would you do were you in Mr..
Wilson's placer perhaps you ask.
can only answer by telling what a
Republican President did in 1898
when conditions in Cuba were similar
to those in Mexico today A call for
protection came to this government
from Fitz-Hugh Lee and the Maine
was sent to Havana. II was blown
ND. Congress gave President William
Mckinley the same authority as II
gave Mr.. Wilson. and as a result
/ Dewey was sent to Manila, Schley and
Sampson 10 Santiago Bay, and Roose-
welt I'D San Juan Hill, and Spain was