Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-01
"A. 0. Eberhart of Mime
sofa Believes Necessity
Demands His Election.
WILSON A BLUNDERER
Official Points Serious Mis-
takes Made in Present
Administration.
(By A. o. EBERHART)

National necessity requires the cleo
tlon of Charles h. Hughes as presi-
dent Of the United States.
While the broad answer of patriotic
necessity meets the question of why
NJ. Hughes should be elected, the out
standing problems which render such
result imperative are easily capitu-
lated.
The outbreak OF the European war
confronted this country with new
problems which developed the neccs-
sity of foreign policy. They re-
quired flrmness Of action and definite
ness of purpose. These problems were
met by an administration supine. in
different, inconsistent and woefully
lacking in breadth OF understanding
Instead of keeping us out of war. as
It's advocates claim, by announcing a
program of hesitating timidity. 1t in
Nited a situation which nearly drove
us into the war In spite of the fact
that the American people did not want
to engage in it and that II spelled
calamity for one side or the other of
the European belligerents If we had
engaged in it, AS IL is all our troubles
are put off until tomorrow. Nothing
is settled. The allied powers continue
to flaunt us or interfere with our
mails and our commerce, while the
submarine program has merely been
postponed ana not Settleu
The Mexico Blundcr.
In Mexico the same fatuous policy,
without starting point and without
terminal facilities. has resulted in
St"'e of anarchy in which American
lives and property have been sacri-
IA anton disregard OF the
inherent rights our nationals possess,
The administration has waged peace
more deadly than war, has played one
bandit against another; has winked
at the murder OF Americans and the
violation of women; remained undls-
turbed while our soldiers were mas
sacred, conducting an expendition so
feebly conceived that II Is wonder
that it has no more blood stains than
are recorded at Parral and Carrzal.
The problem which Confronts this
country today-a problem that Will
have to be met within the next four
ycars-is that Of adjusting the United
States of America with the rest of the
world. To do this requires policy of
preparedness in order to insure peace.
Mr. Wilson with his ear to the ground
after having stood out against pro
gram Of preparedness al the time
when its imperative necessity was rec
ogniZed by all, suddenly discovered
that the world was on fire, after the
conflagration had waged for "a year
and demanded preparedness pro-
gram. The net result of his appeal
was his shameful acQuiescence in the
HAY army bill, which aids only few
soldiers to the regular army at the
rate of ten thousand a year, an ac-
dluesoence which sounds supremely
ironical in view OF the recollection OF
the presidents statement that the
need for a greater force was "impera-
tive and now. The naval prepared
ness bill, more elaborate in character,
contains clause which leaves 1t to
the discretion Of the president to de-
termine whether or not the program
shall be carried out. In view of Mr..
Wilson's well-known attitude in the
past, openly declared up to the time
of his too proud to fight" declaration
at Philadelphia, there can be no
doubt that he has agreed with the
little army and little navy men of the
south to abandon this policy as soon
as possible.