New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-10
MORALS or 4 FESTIVAL.

The closing weeks of the Presidential can
va,s will be interrupted by the Columbus colc-
blation, but there will be lcisurc during the
interval Of festivity for public reflection upon
National policies One Of the earliest demon
STATIONS numbered on the Ncw-IOrk pro-
sramme is naval review in honor of the
successful voyage of the santa Maria and her
sister caravcl>. 1t will bring into line Amcii-
can and European vcSSclS-of war. and will
enable thronCs Of spectators to compare re-
suits of the art of shpbulding at home and
abroad. If a feeling OF patriotic PRIDE he OK
cited by the lines. dimensions or ornaments
of representative ships OF the new Navy, the
country's obligations to the Republican party
will have to he recognized The movement for
q new Navy received It's earliest impulse from
the Arthur Administration. The Cleveland
Administration entered upon its career of dis
turbance by making determined effort to dis
credit the first four ships which had been built,
and it succeeded in running the contractor and
bringing him in sorrow to the grave. Then II
sought to build an English American Navy by
purchasing plans abroad and diSparagng our
own designers 1t was net until the Harrison
Administration was in power that the policy
OF DllllGlnS Navy lHdl SlOlli w III '''I. S'lH'
American was carried out in detail. such prog
rcss has been made under Republican admin
istration that every ship which is now launched
is the best of its kind afOat
Not long after this naval parade will occur
the formal dedication of the Worlds Fair, and
that will c.Fer another excellent opportunity for
popular reflection upon the tendencies of pollt-
cal parties. The Exposition was organized under
an act passed by Republican Congress. but in
the course of time it became necessary for the
management to ask for additional legislation
at Washington. As the National conventions
of both parties had adopted resolutions i'll favor
of this great enterprise, there was apparently
no reason to expect a political division on the
subject. The Republican Senate passed gen
crous measure, but As soon is 1t was reported
to the House the Democratic majority had
violent attack of constitutional quamS. Then
was witnessed the strange spectacle of a fort
nights flibustcring raid led by Mr.. Holman
against the measure and final compromise
with conscience on a question OF unconStitu
tional legislation" at the rate of 30 cents on a
dollar. An act of impaired efficiency received
the reluctant sanction of n Democratic caucus
after the most desperate efforts had been made
on that side to defeat it altogether and not
until the party pledges made at Chicago had
been repudiatcd During that diSgraceful
struggle the Republican minority remained
consistent supporters of the National undertake
ing which had been begun under the Harrison
Administration.
This Worlds Fair, for which a Democratic
House in the end was forced by public opinion
to enact relief measure, will be the most
complete exhibit of National industries ever
witnessed. That exhibit, which already prom
Uses to be one Of the marvcls of the modern
world, is a testimonial to the utility and com
prehensiyc scope of Republican legislation. The
Republican party by protecting home industry
has wrought one of the greatest miracles of the
worlds progress. After thirty years Of SyS-
tcmatic support and life-gving legislation
American manufacturing interests in volume
Of production, in superiority of workmanship,
in Investigation of employment and in i'm
provement of mechanical processes are now I'M
riya!led in the Industrial world. For this great
triumph of American enterprise and genius, of
which the Worlds Fair il 10 bear witness, the
country is indebted almost wholly TO the Re-
publican party. Democracy has always been
hostile to the polcy by which industries have
been Great d, developed, multiplied and SyS-
tematically sustained. Even in this Columbus
year. when the Worlds Fair is to be dcdi
Gated, il is on record As denouncing that policy
as unconstitutional" and as "robbcry" Of
the many for the benefit Of the few