The border vidette., 1926-09-11
HAYDEN ASSAiLS ANONYMOUS
CIRCULAR.

and SlanderOuS attacks under
the mantle of anonymity is CO.
wardly," said the Hon. Carl Hay,
den, member of Congress and
candidate for the Senate, in q
vigorous speech here today be.
fore the state convention of the
American Legion.
AS q member of the Amer.
ican Legion. continued Mr.. Hay
den, II fully appreciate it's non
partisan nature, and fully ap
prove that attitude, but the fact
that parties unknown to me have
sent to Legion men scurrilous
and anonymous circular, gives
me, I think, the privilege of say.
ing something about it.
THE matter contained in this
,, circular is what would be expect
ed of q person. or an organiza
tion, that lacks the courage to
reveal his or its identity. The
whole thing is a mass of eight
year-old, mossgrown, and com.
pletely disapproved stuff. No
wonder it went out in a plain
envelope and without sign
ature.
II cannot conceive why per.
sons responsible for this bunk
should have thought that it
would influence members of the
American Legion, to whom this
sort of cowardice is repugnant.
Every Legion man who has call
ed my attention TO it--and they
are many-have been indignant.
They were indignant at it's fal
sity, and they we're indignant at
the cowardly manner of the at
tack.
Take the last item quoted an
attack on me published, so the
circular says in the New York
Sun of October IS, 1918. This
was completely repudiated, re.
traced, and apologized for on
October 80, several days after
its actual publication. OF course
the anonymous circular does not
mention the retraction and ap.
ology."
Taking up the various items
in the anonymous circular Mr..
Hayden read the facts from the
Congressional Record and other
authorities that completely dis.
approved the statements quoted
regarding his military record
and his record vote on war mat.
ters.
My attitude. and my vote, on
war matters, was based on the
expressed desires of the admin.
istration," said Mr.. Hayden in
conclusion. Il believed that
Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States and Command
erin Chief of the armed forces
of the nation, and his secretary
of war, knew what was needed,
and what should be done, to win
the war and win it promptly. and
believing that, I voted as they
desired to give them the powers
and the backing the emergency
demanded. I have no apology
to make for having obeyed the
Commander in Chief"
COPIED from Arizona Repub
lican, October 20, 1918.
New York Sun Retracts Late
Editorial on Major Hayden.
Some time ago there appeared
in the Republican a political ad,
vertisement containing q repro.
duction of an editorial from the
New York, Sun rejecting upon
Representative Carl Hayden, who
has just been appointed q major
of infantry. Since then the Sun
admitted that it had been misin.
formed as to the facts on which
the editorial was based and has
printed q retraction. The Re.
publican feels that as it became
a part of the machinery for the
circulation of the editorial, here,
by in fairness it prints the cor.
rection.
Under the head of Correction
as to Major Hayden" the Sun
on October 19 said:
we regret that the informa.
tion from Arizona upon which
we based our recent comment
on the commissioning of Repre-.
sentative Carl Hayden, of Ari.
zona as major in the army,
now appears to have been incor.
rect and incomplete, although
furnished US from sources that
should have been fully trust.