The Meeker herald., 1916-06-10
Roosevelt as a Member Of the An
anias Club

In Colonel Roosevelt's address to
his latest concio ad clerum-he appar-
emily followed the model of Lacord-
aire. For it was of him that Guizot
wrote: "His history and theology
were full of originality. Indeed they
were absolutely original, for he in
vented them as he wenton. This gave
to his sermons the charm of perpetual
novelty"
To the credulous Methodists, Mr..
Roosevelt made this statement: ~
was president seven and half years.
This nation during all that time never
for one moment permitted any power
to wrong this country or to wrong
Americans either in their persons or
property or to make us recreant to
our duty to others; and yet during
those seven and half years not one
shot was fired by any man In Ameri-
can uniform against any foreign foe,
and not one American man, woman
or child was smin by representatives
of any foreign nation"
His reference was to Mexico. Very
well, turn to the Tribune index for
1904, under "Mexico." We find the
entry, July 22: 1.-TWO Americans
shot In the year 1906, the record for
January ls is: II. A. Sanger murder
ed" and for January 22, "Yaquis Kill
-Four Americans" But the tell-tale
year is 1905 The ''insults" to our flag
were piled thick. Here are some of
the.entries: "American Fishing Boats
Seized;" "American Fishermen Jail
ed :" american Sailors Charge Tor
lures" 1t was In June of 1908 that oc-
Cured the crowning ''infamy"-as
Roosevelt would have called it II it
had taken place under Wilson. Read
this: How Americans Died at Can
anea." And then, oh, shame-faced
Americans, read this: Root Denies
American Troops to Cananea."
There had been murderous out
Americans we're killed. What did the
imperilled American survivors do?
They sent to Washington, through
the American council at Cananea, q
telegram urgently calling for help.
Even the Mexican governor of Sonora
was reported - asking that the Unit
ed States government send In mill
tary force. But what happened? Why,
fsecretary Root consulted the chief Of
staff and the ''law officer Of the war
department'-think of the disgrace
of actually looking up the law-and
decided that American troops "must
not cross the line" Imagine it, Uncle
Sam putting on a pigtail like that
when Roosevelt WAS president!
That this was a cowardly and abject
policy we know on the highest author
ity. For 1t was Mr.. Roosevelt himself
who laid down the eternally righteous
principle in that same speech OF his
to the Methodists. Referring to the
fact that Americans had been killed
In Mexico while Wilson was presi-
dent, he said: IF the very first time
such an incident occurred, we had
acted with instant decision and
crossed the border, not within two or
three days, but thirty minutes after
ward, had inflicted immediate pun
ishment ON the offenders, punishment
Of a kind which would have shown
the extreme unwisdOm of repeating
the offenses, there would never have
been repitition OF the offense. Ger
tain foolish pacifists at home undOubt-
edly have been lacadaisical over the
action but it would have saved hum
dreds of lives"
Alas, my brethren, the very first
time was when Roosevelt was presi-
dent, and instead of acting with in
slant decision and crossing the border
in thirty minutes, he paltered with
the affair like lackadaisical pacifist
and would not send the troops at all
though they were demanded by the
beleagured Americans at Cananea.
The great doctrine of 1916 was tramp
led upon In 1905 by the very man who
now propounds it.-New York Post.