South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-04
NOVEMBER 4, 1910.
OH, YES! WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR
ONE PESKY WAR AFTER
ANOTHER
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of Mexico recognize election TO the presidency
BY murder just about as much those of the
United states do
The excuse for dragging Secy Baker into
the speech involved the republican press dope
story regarding the secrctary's address, in
which he was said have Hkened Washing
ton go villa and the continental army to Mcxi-
can bandits. 1t referred the mis-
stated misquoted incident reccrtIy misappro-
priated by that ultra-partisan committee of
three-FIoyd o. JeTison, Clarence Stout and
Ivan f. Edwards.-ghO backed by seven other
ultra-repubIican members of Harry o. Per-
kins camp, United Spanish War Veterans,
took it upon themselves to demand the court
martial of Secy Baker, in the hame of the
camp
Such men. resOrting TO such lies misapprO-
printing organization OF such sort for pO-
IitcaI effect, a disgrace TO the uniform that
they wore "a spanish veterans. They are
no better than villa themselves, and John
Harlan with them. the only difference being
that they are only partisan bandits, rather
than of the semi military Order-just a Diff
ference OF weapons, and not in state OF heart
mind.
-ee'v PatC- never IiScned villa to Wash
fngton, OF compared their followers. save I'm
t.lc D-ht of their purpOses-fighting for free
dom from a political and economic bondage.
In this he was right and every republican with
an ounce OF rightly informed brains in his
head or a similar weight OF principle
patriotism I'm his heart, knows that the secre-
tary was right Mr. Harlan i'm this, merely
joined with the local trio, i'm the cheapest
kind of political pettifoggery-akin police
court shystry.-and ought to- If half the
of his. father that Mayor Gaylor OF Niishawaka
tried TO make him out to be. be ashamed OF
his own red face.
But anyhow, we know now that we have been
at war. constant war, almost from the moment
that Pres't Wilson went into Office. Every
time anybody Is killed under Wilson'S admin
istration il was war. We suppose il
Calumet and at Ludlow where striking
miners shot down by militia, but of
course not - ut Lowell, for, the riots at Lowell
were put down under Prcs't Taft. Neither
was il war when Taft sent the federal troops
to II Paso and to BrOwnsviIle-just when
Wilson sends them TO Columbus and Glenn
Springs.
At one point. however. there was some
merit To Mr. Harlans argument. IL pertains
to the heroes of Vera Cruz The affair at
Vera cruz simply must be called war; else
the mothers, and sisters. and maybe wives
of the marines who lost their lives there, are
TO be deprived of the glorious privilege of
remembering their loved ones as having bled
and died at war. Really. we were captiyated
BY that idea and almost decided TO vote for
Hughes: il had such an important bearing on
that point.
OF course. Wilson didn't keep Us out of war.
Every cat i~ht Is a war in these piping times
Happily Vi 4srs. Hughes, Harlan. ETC. haven't
taken any part in them, except with their
mouths else they might not have had occasion
to visit us and tell Us how cOwardly. and dis
honorable we are, that more have not been
killed around Mexico than there have been.
War extra! War extra! Six hundred becyes
were killed on the Hearst Babr1cOra ranch by
ViIIas's men last week. says a dispatch. II is
believed by Hearst that war between the Unit
ed states and Mexico Is inevitable.
Roosevelt tells Us the remedy he would
prescribe for sick Mexico. thus; we must
restore our neghbor republic 20 its proper
governors, just "a was done in Cuba" Wall
II will please furnish revised list of proper
governors.
Mr.. Harlan says he j. brushing up on his
Spanish. and beginning Ia pronounce Villa,
.Vecah." he anticipates an carly interzen-
tion in Mexico and would like to be able TO
converse in the Mexican tongue though we
doubt very much if he means 20 get close
enough To converse i'm that tongue .vish any
Mexicans.
Assuredly not. Hughes Intervention couldn't