The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-27

1Ney appreciate tle't 'iiN ~
and healthy convictions which in thelr
working out have made us free and
great. stand firmly against the argu-
merit or suggestion that We shall be
blind to the nature OF the means en-
ploved to promote our welfare. They
hold that adherence to principle.
whether it works for Our good or Ill.
will have a more benehcent influence
on our future destiny than all our
material upbuilding, and that VIC
should ever remember that the idea
of doing a wrong to smaller, weak
er nation that we, or even all man
kind, NAV have a resultant good IS
repugnant to the principles upon
which our government was founded.
Under the laws of the United States
the duty is imposed on the executive
to proceed with due diligence IN the
work Of constructing the canal. That
duty should be promptly performed.
American Shipping.
Orr commerce in American bot
toms amounts to but nine per cent.
OF our total exports and imports;
For seventy years prior to 1901, when
the republican party came into power,
our merchant marine carried an aver
age of eighty per cent. OF our
foreign commence. By 1877 1t mad
dwindled to twenty-seven per cent
Now we carry but contelnptlDiy
small traction OF Our exports and III.
ports.
American shipping in the foreign
trade was greater by over one hun-
dred thousand tons in IS1o-nearly a
hundred years ago-than it was last
wear. In the face Of the continuous
decline in the record of American
shipDing during the last forty-three
wears, the promise OF the republican
partv to restore it is without encour-
agement. The record of the demo-
cratic party gives assurance that the
task aan be more wisely entrusted TO
it.
Il is an arduous task to undo the et-
feet of forty years of decade" .e, and
REQUIRES the study and Investigation
Of those best fitted by experience to
find the remedy,-which surely does
not lie in the granting OF subsldes'
wrung from the pockets of all the
taxpayers.
Investigation Of Government Depart
ments.
Recent disclosures, coupled with
the rapid augmentation OF govern
1nent expenditures, show need OF
an investigation of every department
of the government. The democrats
in congress demanded it. The re-
publican majority refused the de-
mand. The people can determine by
their vote in November whether they
wish an honest and thorough lnvestl-
cation. A democratic congress and
executive will assure it.
Army and Navy.
We are justly proud of the officers
and men of Our army and navy. both'
however, have suffered from the per-
sistent injection of personal and po-
litical influence. Promotions ana
appointments have been frequently
based on favoritism instead OF merit.
Trials and court-martials have been
set aside under circumstances 1nd1cat-
inc political interference. These ana
other abuses should be corrected.
Pensions For Our Soldiers and
Sailors.
The national democracy favors lib
eral pensions to the surviving soldiers
and sailors and their dependents. on
the ground that they deserve l'5"ral
treatment. 1t pledges by its plat
form adequate legislation to that end.
But it denies the right of the eSecu-
tive to usurp the power of congress
to legislate on that subject. Such
usurpation was attempted by Pension