Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-27
DEMOCRATS TURN
AWAY FROM WILSON
Leading Men in Party Are Dis.
tressed at His Abandonment
of American Rights.
MEXICAN POLICY VITAL

New York, Oct. Zo.-(Special lele-
gram. )-William B. Anderson one OF
the most prominent members of the
New York bar and lifelong demo-
crat, has enrolled in the National
Hughes alliance. In his letter joining
the alliance, Mr.. Anderson wrote that
he had always voted the democratic
national ticket except when Bryan
ran against Mckinley. He voted for
Wilson in 1912.
THE conviction has been growing
in me very strongly during the last
year." he said, "that we can not longer
look for distnterested motives in Mr.,
Wilson's official acts. His vacillat-
ing, uncertain, weak Mexican policy,
his attitude first against and then for,
then against honest preparedness is
not indicative of a man of principle
acting with a mind singly for his
country's good, but rather of man
seeking the easiest way out OF difficult
ties, afraid to decide lest he nigh Of
fend one body of citizens, or another,
a man unable to make strong friends
and yet seemingly fearful Of making
enemies, always self-conscious and
viewing all public questions chiefly
from the standpoint of their relation
to himself; and then at the last comes
the browning positive proof Of his
weakness and self-interest, his settle.
ment, God save the mark! of the
railroad controversy.
Yields Under Threat.
"A man who hands over his own
property under bare threat is bad
enough, but one who turns over some
millions of dollars belonging to other
people under like circumstances is
not the type that | have learned to
admire, nor do | believe that any
honest man, even among those bene-
fitted by his act, will respect him for
it.
"His attempt to, disguise the real
nature of his act by juggling with
the word, 'eight-hour day is wholly
unworthy of his intellectual ability"
Honor Above Politics.
81 have not ceased to be demo-
crat, but | place national honor above
party politics.
That is the declaration of James H.
Blount of Macon, Ga, in response to
an invitation to join the Wilson and
Marshall Democratic association Of
Washington.
Judge Blount is one of the most
widely-known democrats in the coun-
try. He is the son of Paramount"
Blount, who was in congress for
many years and who investigated the
insurrection in Hawaii for President
Cleveland. Judge Blount was a vol
unteer officer in the Cuban campaign,
Spanish-American war, serving as
General Woods Judge advocate gen.
eral at Santiago. Afterward he served
in the Philippines and was COM
mended for bravery in action. Later
he was judge of the court of first in
stance in the Philippines and did
much to break up outlawry in the
southern provinces. He was the per-
sonal envoy of President Wilson in
an investigation of the trouble in Ha-
wall, having practically the same
powers as John Lind in Mexico.
"Too Much Of High Brow"
"Mr. Wilson's handling of the Mex
lean situation and its collateral is
sues, to say nothing of other matters,
has convinced me, much against my
will, that he ought not be reelected
president" said Judge Blount.
"A man who will stand by, an idle
spectator, watchfully waiting while
his neighbours house is being burned,
the neighbor murdered and the neigh
boris wife and daughters outraged by
beasts in human form and excuse his
non-interference on the technically
that to go to the rescue might in
volve trespass is too much of high
brow for me-
THE most important issue before
the American people in this campaign,
in my judgment, is our future policy
toward Mexico, intimately related as
it is to our future relations with the
rest of the countries to the south of
US and to the question of how far they
may murder our citizens sojourning