New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-08-04
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sent war we are at liberty to maxi
and to make it may throw some ligIl
forward upon the future to max,
and to make it may throw Some ligi'
forward upon the future, as well a
} backward upon the past" Since "
are not concerned with its causes an
objects, why make the one observa
ton. This dictional deiation on til
part of Woodrow recalls 8ernar,
Shaws remark:
"Since history repeats itself and tn
unexpected always happens, how cal
we profit by experience"r
Must Have Majority
The President is to take a vacation
at Lake Kawaguesaga-- with the &C
cent on the "gues"
Mr.. Hughes's insistence that bu
half victory will be gained if the
Repub) )icans fail to secure sub
stantial working majority in both
the House and the Senate is an in.
dication of the political unselfishness IS
of the Republican candidate. It is
in refreshing contrast to the general
attitude of Mr.. Wilson, which is
based on the assumption that he is
the whole show, that his personal
success and the success of his ideas
in legislation and administration are
the paramount features which the
country must pass upon.
The meddlesome Mr. McAdoo is
credited by Washington rumor with
the responsibility for the dssensions
which are coming to the front in the
ranks of Mr. Wilson's campaign
managers As son-in-law to the
President, McAdoo has manifest ad-
vantages over all other seekers of
the presidential ear and recent po-
litical and legislative history is elo-
quent of the manner in which this
privilege has been utilized.
"America", said senator Lewis to
his colleagues, "has not one friend
among all the nations of the world.
She has offended all of them during
this war" Now, as Democratic Sem
ator, we would like Mr.. Lewis's OPT
nion as to just how all this offending
came about and just how far the pre-
sent administrations foreign policy
is responsible.
At Washington the opinion pre-
walls, even among many Democrats,
that the government armor plant for
which Congress has appropriated
81 100000 will never BIZ built and
operated. 1t is intimated that the
to do so will be used
,y the administration as a club over
he heads of private manufacturers
If armor plate to compel them to fur
lish armor at cost or less. In other
words, the plan of Josephus Daniels
will be to equip the new navy by
,lackmal.
The entraining of the National
iuard of New Hampshire completed I
he mobilization of the citizen SOL
iers of the North. The States which ;
ave not sent a man to. the border {
re Delaware, West Virginia, North S
'arolina, South Carolina, Florida, I
ieorgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten /
essee, and Kentucky. 1t was Con- I
ressman Madden, we believe. who c
rst called the attention of the coun- S
~ to the fact that while Democrats r
retend that the rich shall pay while d
lie poor shall fight, their practice is C
} load the taxes onto the States il
hich also provide the soldiers.
A study of the biography of James r
ay, whom Wilson has appointed to t
lie Court of Claims, shows that he p
nee served as States attorney in i,
irginia--but that was many years s.
20. Mr.. Hays youthful experience Fl
negros for chicken steal a
6 will be splendid equipment for
rvice on an important Federal
,nch.
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The Chairman of the Democratic m
ational Committee announces that e,
r. Wilson will not receive the for II
al notification of his nomination ST
It'll after the Congress adjourns.
lie President, we are told, does not 10
sh to occupy his mind with poll de
S just now--and besides, there are ht
II some pieces of pet legislation nc
itch he wishes to see enacted in tr
ne to make mention of them in his ne
eech of acceptance. be
IN other words, the session of Con- av
ess is to be prolonged for some lii