Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-06-26
MERE FACTS

Commenting on a paragraph
printed in the News-Herald
: last week expressing astonish-
; ment that the Journal had
spoken in a commendatory
way of Senator Jones as an
, able man, the Albuquerque
Journal of a recent date, un-
der the caption of MERELY
! Stating Facts" says:
"The Journal merely did
justice to Senator Jones. 1t
pointed out that he had done
little for New Mexico, and
that he hasn't tried to do
much, and that he has made
some bad political blunders.
"But the Journal also said,
that New Mexico has two of
the ablest men in the United
States senate, and they are so
recognized at the national
capital. Senator Senator Fall
readily ranks as one of the
three ablest men on the repub-
lican side, and Jones, while
not the best speaker, is the
ablest man on the democratic
side. y
"Now as regards "nagging
at President Wilson," the
Journal calls attention to the
following facts: 1t has stated,
and states again, that Wood
row Wilson is very able man,
who has done great and not
able service for the nation and
the world; but he has made
grave mistakes. The Journal
has called attention in a laud-
atory way to his services; but
| it also has called attention to
his faults and mistakes.
GAS a war president, Wood
row Wilson did much toward
clarifying the issue between
the central powers and the al
lies. He laid down great prin-
ciples, which were adopted by
the nations of Europe. But he
kept Baker at the head of the
war Department. more inef-
ficient man than was Russell A.
Alger during the Spanish
American war.
Again we mention the fact,
now we'll known, that the
United States, after spending
sixteen hundred million dol
lars on airplanes, had only 1O2
fighting planes in France
when the war ended.
"The president himself
would doubtless admit that he
made a great mistake when he
insulted millions of voters by
asking the country as a pat
riotic duty to defeat at the
polls every republican candi-
date for congress, with two ex-
ceptions in hopelessly republi-
can states.
"When the president issued
that request he had simply lost
his head in the cloud Of praise
that had been showered on
him at home and abroad. He
had lost his sense of proper
ton.
"That he made a mistake in
urging the sacrifice of the
Monroe doctrine in the league
of nations covenant he has
since admitted specifically.
The Journal pointed out that
mistake some weeks before he
admitted it and was roundly |
abused by democrats for so do
ing.
"He made a mistake when |
he urged the admission of Japs |
and Chinese, on equality with
the white race, to this country
another concession to the
league of nations"
This is astonishing again,
and also gratifying. We are
glad to see the Journal coming
back to a broader and saner
view of public affairs and pub
|lic men than it has exhibited
for the past eight or ten
months.
It is true that the Journal
has heretofore commended
President Wilson, but not since
its change of policy shortly
preceding the last election.
That it can now commend
President Wilson as in the
foregoing, is an encouraging
sign, giving ground for hope
that it will soon return to rea-
son instead of partizanship as
a guide.
The statement that Secre-
tary Baker is more inefficient
than was Secretary Alger is a
mere assertion-not a fact.
We confidently assert that it
would be impossible to find a
more glaring and exasperating
case of inefficiency and mud
ding from beginning to end
than was the war administra-
ton of Secretary Alger. In
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