Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-11

isPeSlAI CoRRESPohoEHcE TO MORNING JOU
Washington, June 1Q.-People of
central west want return to an era
of old-fashioned Americanism. They
want waste and inefficiency legislated
out of business, want economy en-
forced, and taxes reduced, and want
other reforms which come close home
to everybody This is the opinion ex-
pressed by former Representative w.
Ii, Hinebaugh of ottawa, Illinois, who
when in congress was the chairman
of the congressional committee of the
progressive party.
Since April, 1917" Judge Hine-
baugh says in a letter to a friend in
Washington, "the people of the CEN
trail west have subordinated all pot
itical financial and personal aspira-
tons to the one great purpose of win
ming the war. Like every other section
of our great nation they gave their
sons their money and their energy
for their country's cause. Since No
Vember II, 1918, they have endeav-
ored to analyze dispassionately
think, the conduct of the responsible
leaders of the government during
and since the war. They are begin
ming now to understand that the ma
tons war deht aggregates the enor-
nous total Of thirty billion dollars;
that many millions of this vast sum
was wasted by democratic inefficien-
cy; that airplanes, heavy guns and
much necessary equipment for our
soldiers in France never left our
shores although the money was spent.
They We're told this war was being
fought to MAZE the world safe for
democracy, and they are now wonder
ing whether or not the United States
is part of the world. They know
many thousands of the flower Of
American manhood lie buried in the
soil of FranCe--that their money has
been spent-that the taxes imposed
upon them by their government arc
in excess of all the dreams of aYarice
under the most autocratic govern
ment in the history of the world. They
know that the men whose duty it Is
under the constitution to look after
the interests of the people of the Unit
ed States have transferred our cap
ital to foreign soil.
Dodging Fourteen Points.
''They know that while our stee
mills are banking their fires because
of inability to obtain settlements upor
government contracts, the responsible
heads of our government are engaged
in the laudable occupation of making
the world safe for the democratic par
ty, and lodging what is left of the
presidents fourteen points.
IF l can judge the signs of the
times correctly. the people are sicl
and tired of world democracy, anC
would greatly appreciate little goot
old fashion straight Americanism
They want to hear their statesmen
talk more about America and hel
needs, and less about Serbia, Bulgaria
Turkey and Montenegro. They wan
waste and inefficiency legislated on
of business. They want immediate
legislation curtailing unnecessary ex
penses, and making substantial re
duction in federal taxes. They wan
the hobbies taken off the American
business man. They want their gov
eminent to go out of private bushes
and allow individual initiative anc
brains to assume control of publi
utilities.
81 believe a majority of the peopl
of the great west are opposed to wa
and all its attendant horrors, and b.
the same token I believe that sam,
majority oppose with all their strength
league of nations which would binC
our country to go to war to pollc'
Europe at the command of an execu
tive council controlled by foreigners
"Once more the republican part
has great opportunity to make his
tory.
"The chairman of the national dem
ocratic committee declares that tn
league covenant is the greatest docu
ment Of human liberty ever prepared.
If this is true. why not let the peopl
whose covenant it will he have an op
portunty to study it and express thei
opinion at the ballot box
Rcpudiatcd ut the Polls.
THE men who have been the fore
most sponsors of the league of ma
tons have been repudiated at tn
polls by the American people
I'VE out here in the great centra
west believe it is childish and crimi
nal to talk about the United State
being the mandatory for Constantine
pie and the far east, while trains arr
being stopped across the border IL
Mexico and Americans taken off, linet
up and shot because they are .Ameri
cans. The west wants a change
government purely American, with lot
of lime in its spinal column.
"If the republican party will dea
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