Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD he
SUSTAINED.

President Wilson has fired the
opening gun In his preparedness cam
paign. His speech in New York CITY
IL marvel of clear thought clearly
expressed, and should be convincing.
lie indulses IN no tricks of oratory
lie tells a plain story Of the nations
aspirations and Ideals and shows how
necessary 4 IL that We shall be able
20 defend them agalnst attack
The president Is ono Of The most
peaceful Of mrif He hates war or
violence Of any kind. lie Is paci-
fist. just as far as common sense and
the honor Of tho nation permits him
60 be. But he knows that we nre
beset By envious and powerful nations
and that we cannot hope to maintain
our rights as free people unless we
make the sacrifices necessary for the
defense Of those rights.
Tic people OF the United states are
particularly fortunate In having
man ut The head OF the government
nation In peace. realizes that tihe only
SURF way 10 that end h preparation
20 rcpcl any attack which might be
made upon Us from any quarter.
We have in the United states two
extremes Of thought and leadership.
The extreme pacifsts led BY William
Jennings Bryan. are for peace al any
price They oppose Preparation for
defense upon the ground that if we
do not resist none will attack Us. A.
the other extreme is Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt who would plunge the coun-
try into war with or without cause.
For the peace. the prosperity and /
the general wellbeing OF the nation,
the positions taken by Bryan and |
Roosevelt are equally bad. The one |
would put this country In position /
10 be hulicd and the other would /
make Of the nation bully Wilson |
stands between the two He would /
fight for the preservation Of any vital
principle. but he would not go out OF
the path OF duty to hunt for some
nation 10 whip. merely for the pur-
pose Of demonstrating our strength
and imposing our will.
AS the president says. this is a /
year Of accounting, The two great !
political parties VIII come before the
people fer endorsement at the ballot
box. What the voters viii do no one
can ms 1T The present time. but what
they should do ~ 70 endorse the adj
minlstfation Of Woodrow Wilson by
rejoicing him 90 the presidency
Also thes should elect members of
the house az representatives and oi
the senate in harmony with his views
and policies.
Aside from his preparedness policy
the president has declared for o seicn-
tfle tariff. duties on imports to he
imposed according to The needs of
the country, by non partisan board
Of experts In taking this position,
the president is la harmony with the
recommendation Of Grover Glove
land, William Howard Taft ana Thco-
dore Roosevelt. among our presidents.
II is also known that. had ne lived,
President Mckinley soon would have
declared Ia favor OF taking the tariff
out u politics hy the very means now
urged upon the country by president
Wilson.
There Is no policy OF the president
which might not be endorsed by the
voters Of New Mexico. once the tariff
controversy Is eliminated ON that
vexinR question republicans have made
mistakes and been fepudlated by the
people just as the democrats have
made mistakes and been repudiated
for sodoing Tho voters Of the country
overwhelmingly stamped their disop-
prevail q the ayne-Aldrch law. and
the Underwood Law vas working far
from satisfactorily when the European
war came on Ia the light Of this
experience. and IN view ~ the changed
conditions Of the world. the president
is urging that The tariff Ia the future.
be not left to the hazards 81 inexpert
legislation
The voters Of New Mexico Will have
opportunity 1T the next election 10 20
on record as favoring a president who
has kept the nation out Of war when
all other great nations were AT war,
and who, AT the same Time. has been
able to preserve ever American right
and rescue from the maelstrom the
general rights Of all neutral nations