The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-30

the Democratic Administration
Toward American Men, Women and
Children, American Citizens, SOL
diers and Sailors Along and Across
the Rio Grande.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes was nomi-
mated a friend said to him: Governor,
if the American people forget the Mexi-
can disgrace they do not deserve to
have you for President" Quick as a
flash he replied: 1.-The candidate who
lodges the Mexican disgrace does not
deserve to be President" He did not
pass around his address of acceptance
for compliment or criticism in adj
vance of its delivery but the amount
of space he devoted to the Mexican
disgrace-"that confused chapter of
blunders"-surprised no one who had
talked with him since his nomination.
1t has been In his mind and on his
mind more than any other single prob
lem with which Mr.. Wilson has pal
tered. To talk with him is to see at once
the reality of his indignation owe the
heartless manner in which American
men, women and children, American
citizens, soldiers and sailors have been
abandoned by the Administration along
and across the Rio Grande, the vic
tins of Mexican armed forces, outfit
ted with American ammunition and
American rifles, Mexicans whom Mr..
Wilson has coddled one day as pa
triots only to chase the next as
bandits.
1t is apparently the belief of Mr..
Wilson that the people of the United
States are not interested In Mexico.
His defenders have declared that 1t
was on "old story and out of date"
Mr.. Hughes has a better opinion of his
fellow countrymen. He has proved
himself a better judge Of their feelings.
He has made 1.-THE Mexican disgrace"
a foremost issue of his campaign. He
has assailed the record of the Admin
istration in that respect in almost
every speech he has made. He has new
er failed to strike a responsive chord
In the hearts of his audience, whether
speaking In Carnegie Hall, New York,
from the platform of his train at
Grand Forks, North Dakota, to a vast
audience at Portland, at the EXPOSE
ton at San Diego or in the prairie
states of the Middle West. He has re-
futed the SANDER, sometimes heard in
the effete East, that the people of the
great West do not care what happens
tO fhair Follow, oi+;1Onc II NTo,fao -.
to the flag beyond the border. No
man born in the West has a firmer
faith in the fundamental patriotism
and dominant Americanism" of the
people of that section than Mr..
Hughes. He holds them responsible
in large measure for the encourage
ment and support he received while
Governor of New York In his war
upon political graft and political boss
ism. He thinks they had much to do
with conscripting him as the cham
pion of nationalism in the current CAM
paign. He showed his confidence in
their practical idealism when he made
1.-THE Mexican disgrace" an uppermost
issue of his campaign. He has been
indicated by the response his arraign-
ment of the Administration on this
score has everywhere evoked. From
Maine to California "the Mexican dis
grace" Is a sore subject with red
blooded Americans today. But no.
where between the oceans are the out
RACES inflicted in Mexico upon Ameri-
can honor, life and property more
keenly resented than around the fire.
sides Of the great West. Mr.. Hughes
is no stranger to the West. His
straightforward talk on Mexico proves
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