Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-21
AMERICA MUST
Be PROTECTED
SAYS NOMINEE
Essential That Prestige Of United
States Be Maintained, De-
clares Hughes
WAR NOT NECESSARY
TO PRESERVE POWER
Candidate Cites Crimes in Mex
leo as Examples, in Thrilling
Speech

OungSLOW0, OnlO, OCL. IU.-CudTlcS
Evans Hughes, Republican candidate
for president. was greeted by an en-
thusiastic audience at Youngstown
Thursday evening. The nominee:
spoke with fervor and sunk his facts
into the hearts of those in attendance.
He said in part: ~
"The president of the United States
is the trustee of executive power.
Placed in control of our agencies Of
international industries he is the
guardian Of the rights Of American
citizens. He has no authority to sur
render them, no right to impair
them. Upon his firmness in main
tanning them depends our security
and our peace When the Democrat
ic platform four years ago promised
that the constitutional rights of Amer
ican citizens should protect them on
our borders and 60 with them
throughout the world, when it prom
ised full protection for American lives
and property abroad it stated an es-
tablished American principal. Zone
OF Americas greatest jurists. speak
ing for the supreme court Of the Unit.
ed States, said year ago, another
privilege of citizen Of the United
States is to demand the care and pro-
lection of the Federal government Tor
his life, liberty and property when on
the high seas or within the jurisdic-
tion of foreign government
Administration Fell Down
"Now we, are. told that the admins
tro hoc = Af,1S1n06 hoo oly fhic Amor.
lean doctrine, Of full protection. That
is what it's leading ,apologist finds it's
record in Mexico to mean. 1t is re-
versal without authority and in vic.
lence of the specific pledge upon
which it was elected. Instead Of fol-
lowing it's clear line of duty. It en-
gagged in personal vindictive war
leaving the lives and property Of our
citizens to be destroyed.
This deplorable course lowered in
ternational prestige when the admin
istration did speak for American
rights the words were not taken seri-
Ously, it had made its reputation
Can Protect Without War
FIFTY unfortunate Americans start
ed by train from Chihuahua to visit
the Cus mines after having received
assurance from Carranzista authori.
ties in the state Of Chihuahua that
the country was safe, and that guard
on the train was not necessary. The
Americans held passports, or safe
conducts issued by authorities of the
of the de facto government, January
10, the train was stopped by Villa
bandits and IS of the American party
were striped of their clothes and shot
in cold blood, in what is known as
''the Santa Ysabel massacre" "Wath'
in month after this barbarous
slaughter of inoffensive Americans it
was noticeable that Villa was oper.
ating within twenty miles Of Cusihur'
iachic and publicly stated that his
purpose was to destroy the American
lives and property. Villas unhinder-
ed activities eliminated in the unpro-
voked and cold blooded attack upon
American soldiers and citizens in the
town of Columbus, on the night OF
March 9, the details Of which do no.
need repetition here in order to re-
fresh your memory with the heinous-
ness Of the crime.
"An administration imbued with the
spirit Of true Americanism would be
incapable Of permitting such outrages.
It must bring the blush of shame to
the cheek of every American that ap-
ologizes for the deplorable record in
Mexico should be made after this
fashion,
True American Spirit Essential
1--WE want peace; we want an endur-
ing peace. We cannot have peace ii
we have decadence OF American
spirit. We need an administration
that is not comparing those who
fought and preserved our libertys to
murderers and raping bandits. We
want an administration which will
preserve the honor of the American
name"