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BLUNDERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION Wilson Has Failed In Foreign and Domestic Policies. ROOT SHOWS HIS ERRORS. Addrsss at Temporary Chairman of Naw York Republican Convention Pointa Out Slna of Oamocralic Com mission and Omiaalon "Wa Hava Loaf Influence Bacauaa Wa Hava Baan Brava In Worda and Irraaoluta In Action." In 111" address nx temporary chair man of the New York state Itcpuhllcan convention, delivered In Carnegie Hull. New York, the lion. EUhu Hoot aald: We aro entering upon n content for the election of a resident and the con trol of government under condition eascntltilly new In the experience of our partj and of our country. 1'he forum mid inethmla which we are about to follow nre olil nml fninllliir. but the gmunila for action, the deninnd of grent eventa for dix-lslnn titnn na tional conduct, the moral force!) urg ing to n nulut Imi "f vncnely outlln 0 queatlona, the tretnemloua con fMM of wisdom or fully In nntlou al poll, y, nil these nre new to the great max of Atncil'iin voter now living. Never alti'-e IMS! hna an elect Inn I fraught wlili QOBMQBOBBM o ltnl tn national life. All the ordinary consid eration which piny o great a pint In our presidential cmupiilgiiH are iih.l ought to he dwurfixl Into Insignificance. Democratic Party to tha Bar. For the firm time In twenty yenra we cuter the Held nn tie party of oppnxl tlon. and Indeed It U n much longer lime, for In INU4I, In nil rexpecta ave Ihe tnrlfT. the renl optioHltlon to the aliirdy nt.il pat riot I nrxo of Pn si dent ileMluel wn to lie found In the lnrty t lit) t followed Mr Itrynn. It lx our duty lia Ihe opposition to bring the Democratic pnrty to the l.ur uf public Jildcnicnt to put It IBM It defense Mo fin n we nee JiihI und substantial groiniilM to crltlclac Ita . . . j i 1 1 1 t mid to ask the voter of the country to decide whether that pnrty. rgnulred nx It la. repret-i nted na It Iiiin been since It mine Into power. has shown Itaelf compel. -it to govern Iba country na It ahoiild bo gowiueil mid whether ItH aplrlt. lis poll.'ies. mid Ita performance are the best ilmt the American people uii do In t In- wuy of popuhir nvlf gov entt t In the Held of domestic affairs some fm Is relevant to tlies, ipicxtlnus hid already heeli ll-ielt lined In II III Ail gust, lull, the great European war Im-kiiii. luirliig the jiar und a half of lieiuo.inll. control of gov eriitueut In a pelllsl of pr.ilMlllill pi lee lliell- led i. ti ii iteady decreeae In American production, In tinortl Mini I'l revenue-. Ji tul ii I -1 . 1 y lie I In liiiorts und epei.IIIUes. Kniel -M- . 1 1 III lllllteil 'ihe Dan rati.- tut ill' liild lii ell If. lined upon mi grOWCd icpinllutloii of till pro (i tlotl, lioweM-r I leiiile und reitaon nhle. end bfMBBM nil notoi lion wus repudiated pi'in tli-ilh nil liiforiuatlou from . omp, lent witnesses as to the ef fect new provision would lime upon bllxlncnx wax rejected. It wan with Just tMN that the enterprise of the einiiitry hnlted. tlinld nml Irresolute. BBBMOO It felt nml feared tho hostility of government Foraign Competition Aftar War. The great win hna not changed the laaaou which We hud already learned when It liegan. It hna but oh .cured further demonstration It has cmist-d an eiiormuiis ileinnud for Home things which the I'nilid States la ulile to pro dine In Isrm- ijiiaiitlllex. and In these IIiioh of production, while other Indua trlea Mill l.imjulsh. there have Ix-cn e teiishe employment oi Inlior. gnat ex i and a great In till x of money Hut thin la leuiiorary It must anon cease, ii i ill when the fin -torlea have Otopned mid their lalsuors tire no Innpar employed are taual foal with a altiiullou for which wise forethought should make provision. More liupor taut ait ill. the war hits inrulv.ed the peaceful IndiiHtriea of all Europe and liu si..) ped lluit competitive foreign priHliulK.ii which In July, 1814, hud al ready entered American tnurketa to supersede Amerlciin products under the lariff law- of HH;t The war 1ms thus gheli to Auieilcaii products an Immunity from compotirton far mori' effective thun any possible protective tariff. Hut that In teinpnnir.v, und When the war la over, when foreign production licglnn again, the Auicrl. uu iniiil.ct compared Willi Impoverished Kuropa will he BM than ever before lie olijccl of dcsnc und effort, and we Ahull Iks -ome (he dumping ground of tho world to the dent rucl Ion of our own industries unless thut Is prevented by a wise and competent government How CaaWe Dolend Ouraolvaa? Hut ii In imt from il.uncsii, ijues tioiis I luil the most dilliciilt problems of this duy tii-ixc The events of the lust few years huve tuuglit us many I, We have learned that civ ilUa- tlon Im but u veneer thinly covering the aavuge nature or mini How cun thin nation, which loves DOB00 und intends Justice, uvoid the ciime of lulllturUui Hlid ut the same time preserve tin In dependence, defend Its territory, pic I t the lives mid liberty nml proper ty of its citizens? How cun wo pre vent the eanio principles of action, the same pollen of coml tct, the aatna force of mflltnry power which nre ex hibited In Europe from laying bold npon the vast territory and practically undefended wealth of the new world? Have we still national Ideals? Will anybody Hie for them? Would any Intdy dla for them? Or are we all for ease and comfort and wealth at any price? Confronted by audi questions aa these and the practical altuatlcns which give rise to them. Is the coun )ry aatlafled to trust Itself agnln In the banda of the Iictnocrntl'- pnrty? Impotant Intafaranea In Max loo. The United stntea had rights and duties In Mexico. More than 40.000 of oar citizens hud sought their fortunes and made their homes there. A thou aand mllilonx of American capital had been Invented In that productive ronn try. But revolution had come, and rnctlonal warfare fii life. Americans had tieen murdered. American proper ty had been wantonly destroyed, the lives and property of all Americana In Mexico wera In danger. That was the situation when Mr. Wilson became president In March. 1013. Ills duty then was plain. It waa. first, to uae hi powera as president to secure pro tection for the Uvea and property of Americana In Mexico and to require that rule of law and stipulations of treotle should bo ebserved by Mexico toward tha t'nlfed States and Ita cltl reus. HI duty waa, second, aa the head of a foreign power to respect the Independence of Mexico, to refrain from all Interference with her internal affairs, from all attempt at domtnu tlon except aa be wa Justified by the law of nation for the protection of Amerlcnn rights. The president of the fnltcd Btatea failed to ohaerve either of thoxe duties. He delllx-nitely aliSIl d.m.d them Ixith and followed nn en tlrely different and Inconsistent pur poae. He Intervened In Mexico to aid one fnctlon In civil strife ngalnat an other. lie undertook to pull down ll'ierta and set rarrnnta up In his plnce. Arm and munitions of war were freely furnished to the northern forces and withheld from llucrtu l-'lnally the president ent our army and navy to Invade Mexico and cap ture It great aoart. Vera Cruz, and hold It and throttle Mexican commerce until llnerta fell. Amarleana Outraged In Masleo. The government of the I'nlted Ktntea luteiveninl In Mcvlco to control the III temnl affairs of that Independent I MM try mid to enforco the will of the Ainerlcun pre-ldent In thoao nffalra by threat, by economic pressure nml b foroa of arms. Cpon what claim of right did thin Intervention prm-ced? Not to reure MBM for American rights, not to protect the Uvea prop erty Of our cltlelix, not to ll.xselt Ihe Inw of nations, not to eotnel observ anco of the luvv of immunity n the contrary, lluertri'x wnx the only power In lel o to winch lipi'elll ciutld bt made for pr.ccoilon of life or property. That ffM the only power which. Ill fact, did protect either Amerlcnn or BfOpMB or Moxl-nn. It was only within the te'lllory where lliiert.i ruled tluit i onipnnillve pence and or der irev:illed The terrlt.uy ovei which the urnied power of inirmizn am) Vllln mid their ushih lutes -Meiulcil waa the theater of the luoxt npplllllng iTlmcs Hands of rol,l,ei- roved the country a ltd unbrUia i lit an Amcr Iciiiis and Mi-.i a. in ul.'. aafO ut their ineii.v. und Amerlcnn limn were mur denxl and American women wer out rngixl with ltiiiinlty. '1'hoiisuiid ware rmliiced to povertv by the w union do atructlon of the Industrie through which they lived Vet the government of the I'liited Htutes Ignonsl, con doned, tha murder of Amerlcnn men und the rux- of Amerlcnn women and destruction of Amerlcnn property and Insult to American nfneer and defile ment of the American flag and Joined itaelf to the men who were guilty of all (lies tilings to pull down the pow er of llueita. Why? Tho president himself has told it. It wa because he adjudged lluertn to be a usurer. because he deemed that the common ptoplu of Mexico ought to have great er participation in government and share In the land, und he U-llevtsl thut furrunzu and Villa would give them these things. We unlit ull a) mputhlze with these sentiment, but thero la nothing more daiigurou Ihuu nils plu.e-1 seiitlinent. When our army landed nt Veru Cruz Carrutiau himself, w ho w aa to bo tho chief U'lieHclury of the uct, publicly proteated aguluat it Bu strong was the resentment thut be could not havu kept his follow era otherwise. When llucrtu bud fallen the now government which for the day bud succeeded to bis place iM.-reuiptorlly demanded the withdrawal of the American troop. The unlveraal sentiment of Mevteuus reipilnd the inremplory ilemund, and tin troops were withdrawn. Still worse than thut. the taking of Vera Cruz destroyed confidence in the aiu cerlty Of the Americuu government in Mexico, because every intelligent man In Mexico believed that the avowed reason for the act waa not the real iciison The iirowod purpose wa to tonipel a anlute to the American Hug Throe hundred Mexicans were report inj killed; seventeen Culled Htutes ma rlnea were killed and muuj were vvouuded. At that very time Mr. Hry an, with the prealdeut'a nppiovul, was signing treutlea with hull the w.rld igreelng thut if any controversy should urisc It should be submitted to n Joint commission uud no action should be taken until after u full year hud OkaBB ml. This controversy, alight aa it wus. arose on the 0th of April, and on the '-Tat of the bume mouth Veru Cruz wus tukeu. With the occupation of Vera Crux the moral power of the I'nlted Slates In Mexico ended. Wc were then and we ure now billed for what we did to Mexico, und we were I lien and we ure now despised for our feeble and Irresolute failure to protect the Uvea nnd right of our citizen. No flag la so dlslionorml nnd no cltlzcnnhip so little worth tho claiming" In Mexico a our. And that I why we have fnlled In Mexico. Policy of "Watchful Waiting." Incredible na It seem. 11 uct In had been turned out by the nsslstntne of the American government without any guaranties from the men who were to he set up In hi plnoe, and so the mur tiering and burning and ravishing hare 0B0 on to this day. After llueita ad fallen and the Vera Cruz cxpedl on had been withdrawn President vVllson announced that nn one wa 'Milled to interfere in the affair of Mexico; that she wa entitled tn settle them herself. lie dlsclnlm nil re spondblllty for what happens In Mex ico and content himself with a pol icy of watchful waiting. And for the death and outrage. .ho suffering and ruin of our own brethren, the hatred nnd contempt for our country nnd the dishonor of our nanie In t tint land the administration nt Washington share rcspoiiMlilllty with the Inhuman brute with whom It tnnde common cause. When we turn to the administra tion's conduct of foreign nffalra Inci dent to the tTOBl wnr In Kumpa wa cannot fall to perceive that there la much dlssutlnfactlon among Ameri cans. Dissatisfaction 1 not In Itaelf ground for condemnation. The itu atlon created by the war ban been diffi cult and trying. Much of the corra spnmlfuco of the state department. espislnlly since Mr. Lansing took ! charge, has been characterized hy ac I curate learning and skillful statement of specific American right. Three Error In European Policy. A study of the administration's pol icy toward Kuropc since July, 1014. reveal three fundamental errer: l'lrat, the lark of foresight to make timely provision for backing up Amerlcnn ill plomacy by actual or assured military and naval force,; ecnnd, the forfcl ttiro of the world' IffjoBOtl for our aa sertlon of rights by pursuing the policy Of making thrcatn nnd falling to make them good) third, a OHM of the moral forcen of the civilized world through failure to truly Interpret to the world lie spirit of the Anierlonn democracy III It attitude toward the terrible events which BMOOOBMlOl tho early singes of the wnr. Klmt, as to pewer: When the war In I'nros began, free, IH'Uccuhlc llllle Switzerland Instantly niolilbz.ed up in her frontier a grent nrtny of trained clll.en soldier. Htur dy little Holland did tho same, and both have kept their territory and their ' lllilcpellllclli u Inviolate .'nut. p, aceiil le America was farther J removed ruin the WW Hit. Hut her ti ii.- und lii r i IttoOM iraM-led ou ev ery sea. Ordinary knowlelge of l'u It plain that the var araa i by acetdoBt but With pn ' 0 v M' Ii would imt 000B ' rcUmiul ' d OnUnntj kaowlodBt of nill'tai: e -uts BBdO It plain fn in the . i vi '. " (bo '' ' hi lnvn slon luried from tbo buttle of the OnBI I was crtahi tn ' '..liiuiry l.nowl- isi-o of biitory of our oi b b I cj during the Napoleonic wui n le it plain thai In that n'lilll.-l neiitrnl riulils Would be (TOItbloOO unless poweltllilv lualiita rilllc g'Vi inment 01 Wash lligli'll did led B e Ii saw it, ilia! I In 'r opinion found vulic. Mr. ;e urged It, Mr. Stlmsi'ti urii'-ri it. Mr ( BBffd It. but their argument mid ur gency were I . riled to poHliCOl Ii." Ilve. nml ll.e president 1 it,. 1 them with ii siusr as nervoi. rid Wilson Ha SbiftaJ Qrcund. Hut the wurnliig rOOBM would not ls ntol.d. The opinion that we ought no longer lo remain defenseless Is came pub'lc opinion. Its expression grew BON gci.eiul and Insistent, and finally Ihe p!i-lle'it. not leading, hut follow ing has si Iftad bin ground, ha revers ihI Ills position and uskn the country to prepare against war Cod grant that he be not too late. Hut the licuux-rat-Ic parly has not shifted its ground. A large part of Ita members In congress are endeavoring uow to sidetrack the movement fur national preparedness, to muddle It by ameudincut and turn It Into channels which will pristine the least possible result hi the increase of national power of defense What sense of effectiveness In this effort cun we gather from the presence of Jose phus Mantels ut the most critical poet of all the head of the navy depart mil, I when we are that where preparation bus been possible It baa not been made, when We see that con struction of war-hips already author lot ,1 lias not la-en preaaad and In souiii (uses after long deluy ha uot even ix-cn begun? If an Increase of our country' power to defend Itself against aggression la authorized bj the present congress It must bo largely through ltepuhllcan votes because all the trudltious and convictions of that party ure for na tional ponrOT and duty und honor. As to tbu policy of threatening words without deeds: When (Jet-many gave notice of her purpose to sink men-hunt vessels on the high seas without safeguarding the lives of innocent passenger our gov ernment on the loth of February one year ago informed Germany lu unmis takable terms that In attacking and sinking veaael of the Culled Stale and In destroying the liven of American citizens lawfully traveling upon mer chant veeaoht of other countries she would act at her is?rll They pledged tht power and courage of America, with her hundred million people and her vust wculth. to the protection of I er citizen, an during all her history through the days of her youth and weakness sho had PTOtOOtOd them. Uu the 28th ot March the passenger "HE UNIVERSAL CAR. There is only one reason why Ford car are defended by over half Km car buyer In thin country. They are better cars. The Ford ha demon atrated it superiority by all the teat of time, in every kind of ue. The de mand I great because tho value 1 great. Detter buy yours now! Runa bout 1390, touring car $440; Coupe lot 590; Town car $040; Sedan $740. All price f. o. b. Detroit. X -. MSaUiS ' OM X THOS. F. COWARD, Agt., Ontario The Cost of Living is Actually Lowered by the Electric Range J it..U 111 9nW9M " il a.' TBI 1 O0B0- 111 SOTBMMS- vuJ ..BoiaaMaMBsaMiaBisvairxaaKi,sf We Guarantee that when you cook with Electricity at our regular cooking rate of 3 and 21 cents, you are using the cheapest fuel on the market. DONT BURN MONEY ELECTRIC INVESTMENT CO. THE UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENT Thirty year ago the t through personal initiative a necessity within the reach uess had but one telephoue that business ha service wl nent broad, aud every bran ery other by an Intercommu The telephone haa earne now 8,000,000 Bell telephoue 26,000,000 talk daily. eh of Every Bell Telephone is Malheur Home elepuone woo a luxury. Today, and private enterprise, it has become of everybody. Wiiere once a busl- wlth a limited talking range, today til a range throe quarter of a couti- every business la linked to ev- uicatlug telephone system d ita responsible place and there are s in this country, over which go a Long Distance Station. Telephone Co. We seem, to, to have heard ot one Colonel l 'odd Ever heard a pig grunt, brother? Well, don't do It yourself. Latest report from Mexice: (De leted by the censor.) 0. S. L. TIME TABLE Westward No. Lar1 v 17 Oregon Wash. Ltd 4.1 m. 76 Huntington pony f 85 -i. m IB Oregon Wash Exp. :13 p. m. 6 Fast Mall lilt p tB BBtBBBf 18 Oregon Wash Ltt.. 7.61 .. m. 7 6 Hulao Pony f' - m. 4 Eastern Evprec, lltOl p. m. 8 Oregon Wash Exp 6:aS p. m. OKKUON KA ,TKKeJ I ilANCH tBBtB0Bi No. I,ave 139 Mixed dad- except t-.ind.iy fn- Itln raid 12.20pm. vAI.i. tlROtiAN lilt M II Westward No. Leave 1 4 1 Mixed Va.e Brogan Daliy exept Sunday 10:00 a.m. B' P . -.le dally 7:00 p m. I HSt Hill 140 Aliml from Rlvenide daiiy except Sunday 12:0lp ni. 98 I'ass from Vale, dally 8:40 a. in. i41 Mixed from Brogau A v'nle dally except - Sunday 3:30 p. m. The Homedale train leave Nyiao at 1:30 p. in. nn Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, returning aame day, rlvl-.g r.t .itirin n 5: T.9 p. m OFFICIAL DIRECTORY I'nlted State president Woodrow Wilson Vice-President Thoa. It Marshal Secretary of Slate. .. Hubert Ianing Secretary of Treu.,. . W. O. McAdoo Secretary oi War, ,.L. M. Oarrlaoa Attornny-Qenerul,, Tho. W. Gregory rostmater-t n-'ii.l. . . . A. Burleson Secretary of Navy J. Danlolo Sac'y of Interim ..Franklin K.Lano Sec'y of Agriciltute,, 1). F. Houston Secy of Comm-ire. Win. C. Itedlleld Secretary of l.nlit r. . . .W. B. Wilson Sec'yto the Prea J. P. Tumulty IT. H. Muprrtci Court Chief Justice. ... Edward i K'hlio Associate Justice, Joseph McKciinu Oilier Wendell Heme Wllllum It Day Jainea C Mclto. -loltiii Churles K HugliCH Willis ViinDovnniei Joseph I! '.ulnar Muhlon I'llney Vale l'. 8. Ixsn ..DOIorra. Heglaiar Tl.o. .J. Kecelver M. N Fe, ly Ktatc oiil. .-is. (inventor James With) com Hoo'y of State Ben Olco Treasurer 1 J. Ka? Attorney Ueueral, . .tJeo. X i lown Supt of I'uhllc rnsli in lion J. A. I nutililH Dairy and Fond Cominlsslonei, J. D. Mnale State Printer A. W. Lawieoc V. S. Senator. Ilsry K. Lane O. E. Chuuiberlaln Congressmen, C 1 1. 1 vv ley N. J. Slnnot C. N. McArthur HUte supreme Court i l.l.-f Justice Frank A. Moor Associate Justicea, Thouiaa A. McBrtda ii--in v J. Bean (leorge II. Burnett Robert Eakln Henry L. Benaon Lawrence T. Harris Ninth Judicial Dlxlrict District Judge Dulton Blggo District Attorney W. 11. Brook Senator iWth l.gixlatlvo Assembly Joint Senator, -for Orant, Malheur, aud Harney Counties, . .coring V. Stewart oil, K, (IMI. era County Judge O. W. McKnlght County Clerk John P. Houston Sheriff Ben J. Brown f County Commissioner, John F. Weaver Melville Kelley County Treasurer, J. Ralph Weaver Assessor. Lewi E. Hill School Supt Fay Clark County Survayor B. F.Farmer County Coroner R. O. Payne Truant Officer A. R. Mclntoah Justice of the Peace (Ontario Dis trict O. L. King Circuit Court Circuit Court for Malheur county meet In Vale, the county seat, on the second Monday In Jauuary; on the fourth Monday in April; and on the first Tuesday in September tor regular sessions Hon. Dalton Bigga, Circuit Judge; W. H. Brooke, Dist rict Attorney; John P. Houston, Clerk. County Court. The County Court of Malheur County meet in regular session at Vale on the first Wednesday of Jan uary, March, May, July, September and November. Couutv Judge, Geo. W. McKnlgU; M. D. Kelley and John F. Weaver, Commlaaionera; John P. Houston, Clerk