Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-10-07


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to that part of the plan that rslisves
the country VI lsrgs fret. ultimate sis-
biIify.
NATIONAL FAITH BROKEN.
An Isthmian canal has lprg been rss
hope OF our statesmen. and tre aVowed
aim OF the two --sat p.,rti-s. Ne their
.atfornss is the past show. Inc Pan
anna route having been selected. the
building Of the canal should ls pressed
to coaspietioa with AL Reasonable ca
pessition.
The methods by which the Execu-
tive acquired the Panama Canal rotste
and rights are q source Of rSRret to
many. To them the statement that
thereby = great public work w.s as
sured to tAs profit ~ our people Ia not
a sufAciest snswer 10 the charge of
violation Of National COED faith. They
appreciate that the principles and
healthy convictions which In their
working Wut have made us free and
great. stand nrmly against the srgu-
ment or suggeston that we shall be
blind To the nature Of the means en-
ploy ed to promote our welfare. They
hold that adherence 10 principle.
whether 1t works for our good or III.
viii have more benefcent influence
ON our future destiny than all our ma
terial upbuilding. aud that Ne should
ever remember that the idea Of doing
wrong TO smaller, weaker nation
than We, or even all mankind. may
have . resultant good is repugnsnt to
the principles upon which our govern
AisAt was founded.
Under - laws Of the Unite1 Rtates
the duty Is imposed on the es& stive
to psOceeA with due diligeDce In tbs
work ef csastructing the CAssl. THAT
duty seooA he promptly eforDed.
AMERICAN SHIPP1NG
Our ceQunerce In American bottoms
total exports and Imports For forty
years prior TO 1861. when the Republi-
can party came Into power. our mer-
chant marine carried an average of
eighty per cent Of our foreign com
merce. BY 1877 1T had dwindled to
twenty seven per cent. Now We carry
but contemptibly small fraction Of
our exports and imports.
American shipping In the foreign trade
was greater by almost one hundred
tn 1usand tons in 1slO-Wearly a hundred
years ago-than II was last year. In
the face OF the continuous decline IL
the record OF American shipping DUR
ing the last forty-three years. the
promise OF the Republican party TO re-
store 1t Is ". hout encouragement.
The record Of the Democratic party
gives assurance that the task can ~
more wisely entrusted to II.
1t 10 an arduous task to undo the ef-
feet OF forty years OF decadence. and
requires the study and Investigation
Of those best fitted by experiences to
lind the remedy-whlch surely does not
lie in the granting of subsidies. wrung
from the pockets OF all the taxpayers.
Recent disclosures, cou .,led With the
m pid augmentation OF government ex-
cation of every department of the
government. The Democrats In Con-
,ress demanded IL. The Republican
ma jority refused the demand. The
people can determine by their vote in
whether they wish an hon.
Ast and thorough investigation. A
Congress and Executive
y III assure II.
ARMY AND NAVY.
We are justly proud OF the of'iceu
md men of our Army and Navy. Both.
however. have suffered from the per-
,istent Injection of personal and politi-
,al influence. Promotions and appoint
nents have been frequently based on
"a vorItism instead of merit. Trials
md court -martials have been set
,side under circumstances indicating
political interference. These and other
buses should be corrected
IN PENSION ORDER.
The National Democracy favors lib
raj pensions to the surviving soldiers
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