The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-09-30

operate. and defend the canal was %
efeat that cur opponents do no vsn-
tars 70 raise the issue In s%traightfor-
ward fashion: for II 10 raised there
would be no Issue"
Democratic Misrepresentation.
ne charges Misrepresentation on the
paft Of tho democrats IN the statements
o. the conduct OF the foreign policy Of
D administration and the operations
Of the navy. and asks:
DO our opponents object to the way
In which the Monroe doctrine has been
strengthened and uphcld7 Never be-
Tore has this doctrine been scauicscod
10 abroad az II Is nov. and yet. while up
holding tho rights Of the weaker Amer
lean republics aralnEt foreign agrees
sion. the administration has lost no OPP
portunlty 10 point out % these rcpub-
ices that those who seek equity should
come with clean hands. and that Who
ever claims liberty rs a right must ac-
cspt the responsibilities that 90 with the
exercise Of the right DO our ~opponents
object to What was done In reference
10 the petition ~ American citizens
against the Kishonev massacre, or 20
the protest against the treatment % the
Jews In noumsula7 or 10 the efforts that
bavc been made In behalf " the Armen-
isns In Turkey7 80 other ~administra.
ton In our history. no other govern.
mont In the world. has more consistently
stood for tho brosdost spirit Of brother.
hood IN common humanity. or has
held n more rcsoiuie attitude Of proies,
against every wrong that outraged the
civilization Of the age. At home or
abroad. do opponents object TO the
Tact that the International tribunal NJ
b Harue was rescued from impotence.
and turned Into a potent instrument foi
peace among the n%ntions7 This govern
mcnt has used that tribunal. and ad-
vocatod lta Use by others. IN pursuance
OF Its policy TO promote the cause Of in.
terna,ional peace and good will by all
honorable methods. In carrying out
this policy. II has settled dispute after
dispute by arbitration or by friendly
agreement. II has behaved towards alt
nations. strong or weak. with courtesy.
dignity and justice: nLd n II now on el-
collcnt terms with al.
DO u opponents object 10 the set.
Element Of the Aiasla boundary line,
Do they object 10 the fac, tina. after free
lng Cuba we rave her reciprocal trade
ADVANTAGE with the United States. while
NJ the same time keeping naval stations
In the island and providing against lts
sinking into chaos. or being conquered
by any foreign powcr7 DO the, object
20 the fact that our iiag nov flcs over.
Porto Rlcof DO they object 90 the ac-
auisltlon % Hawaii? Once they hauled
down u Tag there; w have holst.d
II again; do they intend oncc more 10
haul II DOWN DO they object TO the
part wo played In China7 Do they not
know that the voice OF the United States
would CONT for nothing 10 the far
east n we had abandoned tho Philip
pines and refused ~ DO what WAS done
In China' Do they object 10 the fact
that this government secured n peace
full settlement Of the troubles In vene-
rueia two years aso' no the, object 10
the presnoo ~ the ship-of-war on
Colon when the revolution broke out IN
Panama. and when only the presence Of
this ship saved the lives Of American
citizens. aud prevented insult 10 tho fiagy
Do they object 20 the fact tina, American
warships appeared promptly at the port
OF Beirut when an EFFORT had been made
assasslnate an American onicial. and
In tho port ~ Tangicr when IN American
citizen had been abducted? and that IN
each Gaze the wrong complained ~ was
righted and espiatei' and that within
the last few days the visit Of an Amer
lean squadron 10 smyrna was followed
by the ~ionr-ceiaycd concession Of their
Just rights to thosc Americans con-
cerned IN educational work In Turkey,
DO they object 10 the trade treaty with
China, so full % ad vantage for the Amer
lean people In the future1 DO they OBJ
the national fag now have q higher
standard then ever before In marksman-
ship and In seAmanship. a Individual
units and a. component parts Of squad
rons and fects' u they object 10 any
or all Of these things. we Join Issue with
them.
Executive Eneroachments."
Vaf 'ft't'f'' fI'fh W. W."
eroachments" by the executive upon the
authority Of congress or the judiciary.
apparently the act they ordinarily have
In view 10 Pension order No. rs. Issued
under the authority Of existing law.
This order directed that hereafter any
veteran OF the civil war who had reached
the age Of G2 should be ~presumptively
entitled TO the pension of ak dollars a
month, given under the dependent pen
sion law to those whose capacity TO earn
their livelihood by manual labor has
been decreased 20 per cent, and that by
the time the age Of 70 was reached the
presumption should be that the physical
disability was complete: the axe bsilg
treated as an e~videntiai fact In ench
case. This order was mato in the per-
Torrance Of a duty ! iposei upon the
president by an act Of congress which
requires tho executive TO make regula-
tons to govern the sub~ordinates Of the