The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Dematl Id Filibuster in the Sen.
al e Against the Law.
WlLsOl VS. ACT COURAGEOUS
Member VI cIeVeIand's Cabinet Praises
Presidents Domestic Achieve
ments and Policy Of
Averting War.

President Cleveland's Attorney Gener-
al 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-
road strlk was surrender to force
whether the Wilson foreign policy has
been ''timid and validating.
Mr.. Olney seeks no political prefer
ment; his interest is that of a retired
statesman of wise, experienced. dis
passionate patriot, who Is concerned
only with the welfare of his country.
Mr.. DIN ey 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
over their affairs to Mr.. Hughes and
the interests which would dictate his
policies, foreign and domestic.
Where Was Hughes Nerve2
Discussing the passage of the Adam
son eight hour law, Mr.. Olney points
out that the Republicans Of the Senate,
IL they had really wished more time
for consideration Of the bill, could
have obtained 1t by means of fIibus-
ter, as a recognized Senatorial wea-
pom, and adds:
'Why DID not the Republican sena-
tors resort to Il and get all the time
for elaboration they wanted? What
was Candidate Hughes doing that he
Hid xnsfa. I'D
messages to shlngtOn-warnina
against the law the seventy-four Re.
publican Representative who voted
for It and urging the twenty-eipht Re-
publican Senators to filibuster to the
last dlteh2 4at
"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 de-
liberately elected that 1t should appear
to be enacted under coercion in order
that. after the great national deliver
ance had been effected, they might
object to the mode of its accomplish.
ment.
"a pettleT and more ianoble game Of
politics never was conceived. In com.
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, MIR. Olney remarks:
"No sooner was the nomination as.
sured than the robes and ermlne Of
the Judge fill from the candidate az
II by magic, and there appeared in
their place the motley wear Of the or
binary Office seeker-a transforms
ton as sudden as that made by the
wand of Harlequin In the pantomlme
and Transformation showing how
thin Is the judicial veneer, and for
ever dlscrediting the United States
Supreme Court as a training camp
for high political Office"
Has Kept Rudder True
In its conduct OF foreign relations
the Wilson Administration, Mr.. Olney
says, "has kept its rudder 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
Mr.. Olney have been:
First-TQ keep the country out
Of the great European war.
Second 70 insist upon the ex-
istence and vitality of interna-
tional law Rs determining Its own
status as d neutral, and defining
Its rights and obligations as such.
Third-Tb deal with the Mexi-
can situation in a spirit Of per-
feet fairness and friendliness to
the Mexican people, now suffer-
Ing from civil dissenslons and
revolution to an extent which
leaves a large part of the country
In q state OF anarchy.
Mr.. Olney shows that all these OBJ
jects have been attained through this
wise, patient and courageous diplo
macy OF Woodrow Wilson; that tbs
President has kept the country al
peace without dishOnOr; that under
his leadership ''the United States has
rendered an inestimable service t.
belligerents and neutrals and to al
mankind" In steadily bearing aloft
the banner Oh international law al
the standard under which all civilized
peoples must eventually gather"
Mr.. 0lney finds particular cause tC
commend President Wilson's Mexican
policy. He stands with the President
in declaring that the Mexicans have
the right to woE nix out their own destiny
even through revolution.
Closing by asking what is likely
to happen IL ME presidential tillei
passes into ne " hands," Mr.. Olney
says that Hughes inducement tC
change the existing foreign policies Of
the country will be very great.
1.-THE Americ hn people can hardly
fan to realize tie danger and to refuse
to put at risk the continuance Of q
foreign policy which, as a whole
must have thell hearty approval
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