Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-30
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 80. 1918
THE PRESIDENTS TELEGRAM TO
MR.. METCALE.

Tn response 10 a telegram from
Hon. w. p, Mctc:-lf of Aibuquei que,
socialist candidate fer United States
senator from New Mexico, President
Wilson has. teleGraphcd that he would
not be willing TO depcrd upon Sera-
tor Fairs support in settling our for
eign relations. The presidents tele-
gram. printed rs part CT politi al
advertisement in Tie JON nal yester-
day. Is quoted therein as follows:
Your question whether would
he willing to depenl upon Sena-
tor Falls support in getting our
foreign relations is easily an
swered. would not. He has
given such repeated evidence OF
his entire hostility to this admin
istration that would be ignoring
his whole course of Tction if | cid.
no one who wishes TO sustain me
can intclligently vote for him. II
that is the issue the voters Of New
Mexico wish TO vote upon it is
easily determined
OF course the president is unwilling
to depend upon Senator Falls sup
port in settling our foreign relations
after this war has been won In the
first place Senator Fall favors peace
with complete victory, We do not
know at this time what kind OF a peace
the president favors. The president
has laid down as part of our future
foreign relations The doctrine
Of NO ECONOMIC BARRIERS
which in effect means FREE TRADE
between the nations signatory to the
peace treaties, includ ng, of course,
Germany. To remove all economic
barriers between this nation ard Ger
many would be, as tho Journal point
ed out yesterday, to leave Germany the
victor over the United States in this
war
The question, therefore for the vot.
ers OF New Mexico to whose contin-
ued prosperity protective tariff is
absolutely essential, is whether they
want 10 send to the senate man.
upon whom the president can depend
for absolute compliance with his will
in determining our. foreign relations
after this war, or whether we want in
the senate man on whom we can de-
pen dto act courag eously for what he
deems TO be best for our state.
As to the remainder of the presi-
dents telegram, it will be noted that
it is carefully worded, He refrafns
from mentioning Senator FAILS record
in hearty support of the war and his
constant stand in the senate for un-
limited power to the president TO carry
on the war, He says, merely, that Sem
ator Fall has been hostile to his, Will
sons administration.
OF course Senator Fall has been
hostile to the Wilson administration.
1t has been democratic. administra- \
ton. 1t has sought to make this a.
democratic war and to use repebli-
can soldiers and republican money
in fighting it while retaining its di-
rec;ion in all its phases in democratic
hands; when every other government
allied with us has called in all its re-
sources of brains and ability, by means
of a coalition government.
IT will be noted that the president
oinits any reference to the relative
abilities of Senator Fall and Mr., Wal
ton. his democratic opponent, The
president is wholly consistent in this,
with his appeal to the nation to return
for him democratic congress. 1t is
not ability for service TO state and ma
ton the president seeks: it is a con-
gress that will be absolutely dominat-
ed by his will in settling our foreign
relations, and likewise in determine
ing our future domestic policies
AS for the advertisement in which
the telegram appears. the Journal
fails to see in it any argument that
will appeal to intelligent voters. favor
able to the election of Mn. Walton
Mr.. Metcalf himself, is the socialist
candidate for the senate. lie, at least.
has a broad understanding of foreign
relations He knows at sight the diff
ference between a foreign relation and
domestic row, which can hardly be
said for Mr.. Walton. Moreover, Mr..
Meteailss, an avowed advocate of social
list doctrines, Is heartily in favor of
government ownership and its extern
sion in all directions. and is therefore
much more in sympathy with the pres
ident's well-knowns attitude than is
Mr.. walton. who Is a corporation law
yer and who in his legislative careers
In this state served consistently as a