The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-02

In Time for Fair
The llIc-Duuung Construction .
company OF Oklahoma City. contractors .
for the grandStand JOB, report, that It /
will have the work completed IN am F,
pie time to assure IT, beng used dur /.
ing the fair.
not a few. of our own people thank
God whose fortunes are invested in
grca, properties IN Mexico who yet
see the case with true vision and assess
its issues with true American feeling
The rest can be lett for the present out
OF the reckoning until this cnSlaved
people has had It's day OF struggle to
ward the light | have heard no one
who was free from such influences pro
pose interference by the United States
with the Internal affairs OF Mexico Ger
ta,nly no friend OF the Mexican people
has proposed il.
Striving for Right.
The people OF the United state, are
capable OF great SynpathieS and no.
bic pity in dealing with problems OF
this kind As their spokesman and rep
rcScntatlvc. ! have tried to act III the
spirit they would wish me show The
people uf Mexico arc striving for the
rights that are fundamental to HE and
happlne,s 100000 oppressed men,
Ovcrhurdeucd women, and pltitul chill
dgn IN virtual bondage in their own
hAp,n OF tavt,ls iatlc ,pI la q hi,
treasure Some OF the leaders OF the
revolution may often have been mis-
taken and violcn, and selfish. but the
revolution itself was inevitable and is
light The unSpcakahlc llucrta be
I'raved the very comrades he served,
Itrai'orously overthrow the goycrnmcn,
| ot which he was a trusted part, I'M
Dudcntly spoke Tor the very forces that
had driven his people to the rebellion
with which he had pretended to sym.
Ipathlyc The men who ovcrCamc him
and drove him on, represent az least the
/ fierce passion OF reconstruction which
/ hes at the very hear, oi liberty. and
so long as they represent, however i'm
perfectly such a struggle for deliver
ance, am ready to serve their ends
when can.
More Interested in People.
so long as the power OF recognition
rest, with me the government OF the
United States will refuse tn extend the
hand ui welcome to anyone who obtains
power m sister republic, by trcarh-
cry and violence No permancncy can
be given the affairs Oi any republic hy
a title based upon intrigue and aAAaAAl.
nation declared that to be the policy
oi this administration within three
weeks after assumed the presidency.
! ! here again vow 1t. | am more in
tereSted in the fortunes OF oppressed
men and pitiul women and children than
in any property rights whatever. Mis-
takes. have no doubt made, in this
perplcxing business, but not in purpose
or object
All America Looks On.
More is involved than the imme-
dlate deStinieS OF Mexico and the rela-
tionS OF the United States with a dis.
trcSSed and distracted people All
America looks on. Test is now being
made OF Us whether We be sincere low
cr, Of popular liberty or not and are
indeed To he trusted tn respect national
sovereignty among uur weaker neigh
bors We have undertaken these man,
years to play big brother to the rcpub
lies OF this hemisphere This IS the
day OF our test whether we mean. or
have ever meant to play that part for
our own benefit wholly or also for
theirs Upon the outcome OF tha, test
its outcome IN their minds, not in
ours depends every relationship oi the
United States with Latin America,
whether IN politics or in commerce and
enterprise These are great issues and
lie at the heart OF the grayc>t task,
oi the future, tasks both economic and
| political and very intimately inwrough'
with many OF the most vital ol the new
issues oi the politics oi the world. III,
republics " America have in the las,
| three wear, been drawing together IN d
new spirit of accommodation, mutua
understanding, and cordial co.opera
| ton Much ui the politics oi the wurlt
IN the wears to come will depend upo,
their relationship with ono another
1t is barren and provincial statesman
ship tha, loses sight OF such things :"
Reviews New Laws.
At the outset OF his references TO III
| legislative achievements ot his part
the president enumerated the law
/ placed on the statute books relating I
Il bu,ne,, including ,ariii revision, anti
tru,, laws, revision OF the banking an
currency system, rural credits rehabil
tatlon Of the merchant marine an
creation Of the federal trade commits
II sion.
Il What other party has underStdo
Il the task so well or executed II So IL
II tclligen,lv and cncrge,ically'" h
II asked What other party has attempt
| ed i, a, all2 The republican lcadeI
y app,rcntly know Of NO mcT NJ a.si,