Cañon City record., 1904-09-01
THE PANAMA CANAL.
oEMocRAcxpEsERves NO CRED.
IT FoR PROPOSED WATERWAY.
1ts Dsciaratisas Are Isesrrsss n ~
Least Two Psrtsculars = 0trssssua
Poiiey Advocated In Piatssra -
Witch BuchA.an haAs Ksis Rsss.

Ths Democratic platform undertakes
70 make the party the guardian Of na-
tional and international honor By attack
Ing the administrations Panama Canal
policy. The platform says:
our party having long and earnestly sd
ceesnic e.ssI fa, son,sraetlon ,sn Of 2. is,sr,
defcnse and commerce between the state
snd With foreign natisns, We fsver the
But. while making this declaration and
accepting the results as an accemp plished
ana snd irrsversihle fact. We cannot TOO ferci-
Cd. by which. in Disregard Of the ssssss
and obligations Of International law SAA
scqufred. o. loo .oiemniy record cord our @ Heps svs
may never be used against rs to sar Aa-
II the Democratic party has ever ad-
vocatcd the construction Of an isthmian
canal Its advocacy has been purely aca-
dcmic. No Democratic administratien
has ever taken step os lifted finger In
that direction.
Ds1ocratic PlAtfor. of 1885.
As to the question of methods the
party Ia on record In favor Of the most
strenuous policy for the establishrsnf
and maintenance Of isthmian transat-
The Democratic platform of 1896, en-
which James buchanan was nominstsd,
contained the following:
RESOLVED. That the great highway
ssstes most immediarefy interested 10 IL
maintenance. haa marked oct fer frps
seInuniestion between tAs AtIsssie ssd
feefec oceans. constitutes one Of the most
spirit Of modern tiinea. In the uaeouqusr-
ssis sosis b. Ct eur ps'p .nd usi sas nS %
en1cient exertion OF the control whirh ne
1, ncys u. rtss, to A sI.Ip oys. It; and as
ference With relations that nay snit sus
.ss :ss Of e. :.
within whns< dominions Il lies; vs can un-
der no drcnmsfances snrr~nder sus Pre-
tions arising out Of IT,
When the resolution was adopted the
question Of an isthmian canal was not
being axitatesi. as II never was In any
practical way by the Democratic party.
Ths resolution refers to the maintenance
Of overland isthmian trnnsit- which had
been interrupted By Nicaragua under .
pretenss that her sovereignty was being
invaded. The resolution virtually ssssrn
the paramount right Of the United suts
10 maintain and control the tranait ruufs.
which was an important part Of conn
and all cpmers.
Burhaaan's Message.
In his annual message Of lsos Prsuf
dent Buchanan said the trapsit serves
the isthmus was "a highway which
must BE- open to the world and that
''the commerce Of other nations il NOT
to stand stiil and await the adjustment
OF such petty controversies" n thcss
which Nicaragua had raised. The
government Of the United States expect
no more than this" he added. -and they
will not be satisfied with less"
Thess were brave and true ustcrancss.
but no Democratic administration ever
did anything to make them good. Still
less did the Dcmocrntic party ever at
tempt to apply them to the construction
Of an intrroceanic canal. Il was left
for q Republican administration TO do
that President Roo-cveit'- Panama
Canal policy has mov~d steadily and
firmly towards assuring the construction
OF the canal. and his methods havv not
savored Of deficient diplomacy AZ much
as did those Advocated by the Demo
cratic party In 1886