The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-06
EIGHT HOUR ATTACK
1IGtoBLE SAYS oLNEY
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand Filibuster on the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS.
Member Of cleVeland's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achievements
and His Policy to Keep Country Out
Of War.

S"u TVS Fo'tCy TO NeeP NounkTy Out
Of War.
No American can speak with higher
authority on the issues of this cam
paign than Richard Olney, who was
President Cleveland's attorney general
during the railroad strike of 1894 and
President Cleveland's secretary Of
state when the Venezuelan message
was sent to the British government.
he should know whether President
Wilson's action In averting the rail-
read strike was a surrender to force"
whether the Wilson foreign policy has
been .'timid and ya~cillating."
Mi. Olney seeks no political prefer
ment; his interest is that of a retired
statesman. Of a wise, experienced. dis
passionate patriot, who is concerned
only with the welfare Of his country.
Mr., Olney has written for the New
York World a signed article In which
he warns the American people against
the danger sure to result from turning
owe their affairs to Mr.. Hughes and
the. interests which would dictate his
policies. foreign and domestic.
el Whore Vas His Nerve?
Discussing the passage of the Adam
son eight hour law, Mr.. Olney points
out that the Republicans of the senate,
II they had really wished more time
for the consideration Of the bill, could
have obtained 1t by means of a fill
buster, a recognized senatorial weapon,
and adds:
why did not the Republican sena-
tors resort to 1t and get all the time
for deliberation they wanted? What
vas Candidate Hughes doing that no
did not make the wires hot with mes
sages to MISUNDERSTANDING against
the law the seventy-feur Republican
representatives who voted for il and
urging the twenty eight Republican
senators to flibuster to the last ditch?
Is but neither he nor the Republican
/ leaders generally had the nerve to face
the situation With ample means In
! their hands to prevent legislation until
after Its due consideration. they DELHI
erately elected that 1t should appear to
be enacted under coercion In order that
after the great national d%eliverance
had been effected they might object to
the mode Of Its accomplishment.
"A pettier and more isnoble game Of
politics v was conceived. Ip conn.,
parison and In view of the sudden and
extraordinary exigency sprung upon
the country President Wilson'S course
was characterized by both courage and
common sense"
OF Candidate Hughes conduct In the
campaign Mr.. Olney remarks:
.""No sooner WAS the nomination as
sured than the robes and srmins Of
the judge fell from the candidate az
If by magic, and there appeared in their
place tho motley wear Of the ordinary
office seeker-a transformation as sud-
den as that made by the wand of Har-
leqnin In the pantomime. and q trans
formation showing how thin Is the ju-
dfcial veneer, and forever ~discrediting
the United States supreme court as a
training camp for high political office"
Has Kept tie Rudder True.
In Its conduct OF fore. IN relations
the Wilson administration, MIR. Olney
says. has Kept its rpdder true and has
won and deserved the respect and
gratitude OF The country
The principles and objects Of the
Wilson foreign policy as stated by MIR.
Olney have been:
q First-TO keep the country out Of
the great European war.
ann Seeond-To insist upon the exist
Yenee and vitality of international
law as determining Its own status
as a neutral, and defining its rights
J and obligations as such.
lo HThird-To deal with the Mexican
situation In a spirit Of perfect fair
ness and f%riendliness to the Next
car people. now suffering from civ
discussions and revolution to an
extent which leaves a large part Of
the county in a state Of anarchy.
MI. QlAey shows that all these OBJ
jects have been attained through the
wise, patient and courageous diplo-
macy of Woodrow Wilson; that the
president has kept the country at
peace without dishonor; that under his
leadership the United States has ren-
dered an mestimable service to bellig-
erents and neutrals and to all man.
kind" In steadily bearing aloft the
banner of international law as the
standard under which all civilized peo-
pies must eventually gather"
MIR. Olney finds particular cause to
commend President Wilson's Mexican
policy. He stands with the president
IN declaring that the Mexieans have
the right to work out their own des-
tiny even through revolution.
Closing by asking what is likely to
happen II the presidential tiller
passes into new hands" Mr.. Olney
says that Hughes inducement to
change the existing foreign policies of
the country would be very great.
1.-The American people can hardly