Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-02

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New York. oct, 80. 1915.
| Hon. A. b. Fail.
Care of George r. Craig,
Albuquerque, n. NJ,
Il learn with amazement that the
president has wired to the socialist
candidate for senator in New Mexico
asking for your defeat on the ground
that you have not been a supporter
of the administration, The socialist
platform of 1917. which was reaf-
firmed in August, 1918, denounces the
war and declares for what is in eff
feet Germanized peace in language
which makes ii out of the question Ia
treat as Il loval American any man
who in this crisis runs on such a plat
form. when the president attacks
Won IN message 10 your socialist
competitor, which message must he
regarded as hnlntui 10 that connect
tor, he distinctly takes the ground
that he puts loyalty to himself above
LOYALTY to the war and this. although
III believe it to be the general udg-
ment of good Americans that at this
time complete loyalty to the country
necessarily includes complete loyalty
TO the war No American represent
alive in either house of congress dur
ing the last five wears has made a
more absolutely straight American
and war record than yours. You
wore the American uniform in the
Spanish Anne gican war. and YOU have
proven by your speeches and your
votes and by your acts that in this
crisis and IN all our dealings with
foreign nations YOU consider nothing
but the cause of American national
aims and IA" no heed whatever to
any question Of partisanship, You
have shown this in YOUR attitude to-
ward Mexico no less than in your at
titude toward GeI many. Since, this
war began you have supported the
president on every war mCa' ure. on
every measure for making our part
| in the war as speedy and efficient ~
possible and you did this when hall
of the leaders Of the presidents own
party in congress were Opposir" these
measures and seeking TO make our
participation in the war Intellectual
Yet the president has sunk all sense
of responsibility TO the whole people
which his high office should impose
upon han and comes out as the mere
partisan leader asking for the defeat
of the loyal Dro-war and pro-Ameri-
can senators and congressman whc
dared probe into corruption and eX-
travagane and to censure delay ant
inefficiency and asking for the cleo
ton OF the anti-war and therefore
nu-AmeriCan senator's and congress
men who, although against the ad-
ministration of measures as to which
the administration was pro-war new
| L, nISr,1 Oh Il
ton and damaged the cause of Amer
lea by seeking to obStruct our effort
to uncover or nut a stop TO ineffici-
ency, waste, delay. extravaganza and
corruption. You have won the right
to the support of all loyal and true
hearted American patriots and
earnestly hope that the good people
of New Mexico will return you to the
senate with practical unanimity
(Signed)
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
While delivering his blow at Sena
tor Fall through the socialist candi-
date in New Mexico, Woodrow Will
son and his advisers in Washington
made every effort to conceal the
presidents action. His telegram how
ever, was wired to eastern newspap-
ers. Theodore Roosevelt, William n.
Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge, VIII Fl.
Hays, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, and other American
leaders refused at first to believe that
the president of the United States had
committed this enormous political
blundeg they believed the Wilson
telegram to be bungling forgery
and wired repeatedly for confirma-
ten Once certain that the high Of
flee OF president of the United States
had been used in this way to trick the
voters of Il commonwealth, they
spread the news broadcast through
out the nation and took it to the sem
ate of the United States where the
democrats are using every means at
their command to force adjourn
ment from day to day TO prevent its
public discussion before the election
This Is the same kind of an effort
Woodrow Wilson has made in other
states to dictate to the voters the men
whom they shall send to congress
| The difference is that this attempt tC
| impose an autocratic rule upon the
people has been more crudely done
| in New Mexico than elsewhere.
| Woodrow Wilson tried it in Maine
and was overwhelmingly defeated: he
tried to beat Lenroot with IL in Wis.
consin, and the voters raised mp anG
| repudiated-not q Lenroot-not the
president of the United States-bu
! Woodrow Wilson the partisan politi
clan. 1t was tried in Indiana witt
| the same result II is being tried nov
| in Kansas and Kansas is prepared tC
elect a Republican governor and a re
! publican senator by 100, 000 majority
The tide in the nation has turned
against Woodrow Wilson, the partisan
dictator; he will be overwhelmed ant
his party driven out of control o
congress next Tuesday.
This is the reason for the desperat,
last-minute effort in New Mexico
The house CT representatives is lost {,
Wilson's party--that loss is conceded
by all democrats. There is on
chance that Woodrow Wilson may re
tain control of the senate; that chanc
is in the election of the "Rubbe
Stamp" democratic candidate in New
Mexico-William r. Walton.
Do your duty Tuesday: your patri
otto duty as American citizens; uphoI
your right to choose your representa-
tives granted YOU under our consti
tuition; that is true patriotism.