Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-06
EIGHT HOUR ATTACK
IGNoBLE, SAYS 0lNEY
Hughes Hadn't the Nerve" to
Demand FiIibuster on the Law.
WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS.

WILSON'S ACT COURAGEOUS.
Member Of cIsvsIand's Cabinet Praises
Prssidsnt's Domestic Achievements
and His Policy to Keep Country 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-
road strike was surrender to force;;"
whether the Wilson foreign policy has
been "timid and vacillating."
Mr.. Olney seeks no political prefer
ment; his interest is that of retired
statesman, of wise, experienced. dis
passionate patriot, who is concerned
only with the welfare of his country.
Mr.. Olney has written for the New
York World signed article in which
he warns the American people against
the danger sure to result from turning
oyer their affairs to Mr.. Hughes and
| the interests which would dictate his
policies, foreign and domestic.
| Where Was His Nervs7
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 fill.
buster, recognized senatorial weapon.
and adds:
"Why did not the Republican sena-
tors resort to 1t and get all the time
for deliberation they wanted7 What
was Candidate Hughes doing that no
did not make the wires hot with mes.
sases to Notwithstanding against
the law the seventy -four Republican
representatives. who voted for il and
urging the twenty eight Republican
senators to fiibustsr to the last ditch?
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 delib-
erately elected that it should appear to
be enacted under coercion in order that
after the great national deliverance
had been effected they might object to
the mode Of it's accomplishment.
"a potter and more i0nebIs game Of
politics never was conceived. In COM
parison and in view Of the sudden and
4 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:
mo sooner was the nomination a.
sursd than the robes and srmins o'
the Judge fell from the candidate .,
IL by magic, and there appeared in thsi'
place the motley wear Of the ordinary
t Office sseksr-a transformation as sud
den as that made by the wand OF Har
i, )aquin in the pantomime and trans
formation showing how thin is the ju
IL UlCldl NSuccI, UAu AOAVNVA OASSA VSASAAAe
the United States supreme court as
training camp for high political office
Has Kept the Ruddsr True.
In its conduct Of foreign relations
> the Wilson administration, Mr.. Olne.
s says, ''has kept its rudder true and ha
won and deserved the respect ant
"a gratitude Of the country"
: The principles and objects Of tn
Wilson foreign policy as stated by Nj
Olney have been:
First-To keep the country out Of
IS the great European war.
i Second-To insist upon the exist.
ence and vitality Of international
I'll law as determining its own status
: Is a neutral, and defining it, rights
and obligations as such.
Third-TO deal with the Mexican
situation in a spirit Of perfect fair
ness and friendliness to the Next
+ can people, now suffering from civ.
I'll II dissensions and revolution to an
I'll extent which leaves a large part Of
el the country in q state Of anarchy.
MI. Olney shows that al these OF
1ects have been attained through tn
wise, patient and courageous diplt
macy Of Woodrow Wilson; that tn
n president has kept the country Q
It peace without dishonor; that under hi
J. leadership 1.-The United States has ren
e dered an inestimable service to bellil
!. erents and neutrals and to all man
kind" in steadily bearing aloft tn
banner of international law a. tn
standard under which all civilized pee
pies must eventually gather"
isl Mr.. Olney finds particular cause {
h commend President Wilson's Mexica
d policy. He stands with the presiden
In declaring that the Mexicans hav
" the right to work out their own del
;. tiny even through revolution.