Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-07-13

Nitit TIC recent primary election II
matter of history the interests of
the public are turning to those mat
tcrs that must be determined in the
fall. First and foremost is the mat
ter of the presidential election. Tho
opposing candidates will be cx-Justicc
Hughes, republican, and Woodrow
Wilson, democrat and the present ma
tlonal executive. -Four years ago
Wilson was elected as n result of the
split in the republican ranks when
Teddy Roosevelt organized the Pro-
grcssivc party, In popular vote the
democrats had less than half The
progrcasivca led the republicans by n
small lead, but the split gave Wilson
the big end Of the electoral vote
Wilson has had some trying prob
lens to meet While he has reversed
hlmacif repeatedly on his foreign pol
ICY, the general sentiment is that he
has done the best he could in the Eu-
ropcan matter The Mexican situa-
ton IS not 30 bright American sol
dicra have entered Mexican territory
twice, once mt Vera Cruz and later
across the international boundary
Some twelve thousand men have pen
ctraied almost to the heart of Mex
REQ, ben, on capturing Villa and his
band Of outlaws. Tho mission has been
unsuccessful and has complicated our
relations with Mexico to such a degree
that II was deemed necessary to call
out the entire national guard Only
by n complete backing up has IT been
possible to avoid an open rupture with
our southern ncighbor, and violent
hatred of the ''gringo" has been fos-
tered among the Mexican people AT
one point n detachment Of American
troops were ambushcd and half the
men killed Nineteen others were ia
Ken prisoners and held for some time,
later being released after being stoned
by mobs and stripped of nearly all
their uniforms.
1t Is y hard thing for any man to
say just how the Mexican problems
should have been handled The
universal sentiment, however, IS that
the United States should have amply
protected the border and kept strictly
out of Mexican internal affairs, or
thu" government should have prompt,
~ determined what must be done fol
the rcbcllion-torn Mexican ncighbol
and the final policy carried out to tho
end. The vaccilntinE policy of the nd
ministratlon is credited with much OF
the trouble and blood shed which ha.
resulted
Domestic problems have been large
~ lost sight Of in the more importan
foreign matters. Nevertheless, vii
son Is being condemned by many be
cause of that same vacillnting spiri
1T home. For instance, early in tn
term of the present administration
Wilson was pronounced in his view
that this nation was suitably prcparc'
and was roundly scoring the ngitator
for n better army and navy Later
he took the stump to force tnroug
congress large program of army an
navy enlargement The fact of tn
matter is that this nation is sufficient
iy large to demand reasonable arm
ana navy, without attempting to fos
ter the same military spirit which Pre-
walls IN Germany
Ever since the famous Wilso
speech relative to Americans bcin
too proud to fight" this nation ha
been having its hands full in sccurn
proper consideration and rccognitio
from foreign powers. At a later dat
Wilson even found it necessary to r,
fer To the fact that sometimes it b,
comes necessary to knock man dow
to secure from him n proper shown
of respect
hughes. on the other hand h:
made an excellent record during h
career. lie started things in Ne
York state by ovcrturninC the o.
New York state machine and securir
reputation as n trust buster" II
efforts landed him in the governor
chair of the Empire State He WI
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