Arizona republican., 1919-07-17
FORD FOUNDERS
 THROUGH MAZE OF
 SIMPLE QUESTIONS

These articles claim the support of history and history is something MT. Ford knows nothing about.
 Most Important Witness
 Mir. Stenvenson stated that he re- garded Mir Ford as the most import ant witness of the case and added:
 T conceive it to be my right and duty to examine Mir. Ford thoroughly on this subject so that the jury may understand just what MT. Ford's views were in order to determine whether ne was what we called him or not
 When the question of preparedness was under discussion Mir. Stevenson was pursuing Mir. Ford's characteriza- ton of preparedness advocates as mur- derers.
 'T advocated preparedeness after we got into war" said Mir. Ford. But you were speaking of 1915 and 1916, explained the lawyer. The witness in an apparent abstraction ignored the dates, and, following his own train of thought added:
 T was murderer just as well as anybody else
 You were a murderer" gasped MT. Stevenson.
 T was a party to it; one of the helpers" said the witness calmly. Do you mean that in 1917 you were the same kind of a murderer that ad- vocates of preparedness were in 1910 and 1916?"
 No we were in the war in 1917; ! in 1916 we were not" MT. Ford described an idealist as one who hleps to make people prosperous An anarchist. he said with conviction was one who throws bombs and seeks to overturn government. He thought that a 'ballyhoo" was a ''blackguard.
 Mistaken Identity
 Questioned further, witness, evi- dently with Arnold Bennett in mind. hazarded the opinion that the revo- lutionary traitor, Benedict Arnold, was a writer. He had forgotten what year the United States organized as na- ton and asked what the country was before that event, said that he guessed that it was land"
 He defined treason as anything against the government" and said that traitor, in his opinion, was anyone who advocated over preparedness, or war for aggression.
 Having stated that in his opinion the army and navy in 1916 were adequate for defense, Mir Stevenson asked him
 
 the army and the disposition of the : troops at that time, but witness was able to return only vague answers or none at all
 Did you ever hear anyone talking about having an American army to , invade any other cotntry?" queried the , Tribune lawyer.
 Yes, to invade Mexico
 And men who advocated training
 men to go into Mexico and pacify that
 country, you regarded as traitors?" Not to pacify; to burglarize"
 An objection cut short this line of in- quiry.
 [ MT. Stevenson asked what were the 3 relations between the United States f and Porto Rico We keep some of the army there,
 guess"
 Tribune Attorney Warned Judge Tucker at this point told Mr Stevenson that the question was fal outside the case. Tt is rather an intricate relation tC ask the witness to explain to vou. 5 said the court. This led to comment or , NIT. Ford's recent senatorial campaign This witness said MT. Stevenson . was candidate for United State. 2 senator. He was an educator of the people. Surely the standard that ap.
 plies to the average man who does no s assume to educate the people or ic i qualify as statesman, does not apply . to Mir. Ford?' . Mir. Ford interposed to say that ir
 five minutes. if he wanted to know. h, t could get man to tell him all abou S the Porto Rico relations. { You could not find a man wh, n would fill your place in the United n States senate snapped Attorney Stev s enson.
 | T never wanted to go to the United Q States senate replied the manufac , turer.
 e "I might add that the people didn' S want him either, but 1 won't" said MT f Stevenson.
 MT. Lucking declared that the remarl
 was dirty slur' and the court eau : toned the Tribune attorney. Q Read Wilson Speeches 1t Much of the session was taken up il ?. tContinued on Page Twol