The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-08-02
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party Is the party of extravaganza,
while the Democratic party is the par
ty of economy. The figures prove 1t
beyond peradventure. Republican
extravaganza grows with what 1t feeds
on. and upon that issue alone we
ought to sweep the country. The
only way to secure economy is to turn
the Republicans out and put the Dem
ocrats In.
A Washington dispatch to the st.
Louis Republic says:
Senator Culberson found opportunity to
make an address in the senate on the
finances of the country under President
Roosevelt. The statement showed that,
exclusive of the Panama appropriation,
the increase of expenditures In 1904 over
1908 was $50. .49G, 995; in 1905 over 1904. $40
1885, 2S3s in 1906 over 1905, 81, ,903, ,S3G.
1t does not stand to reason that the
American people will deliberately in
dorse such amazing waste Of the pub
lie money. The big stick policy comes
high, and the figures will set the tax
payers Of the land to thinking, and
after they have digested the totals
they will conclude that sWe are paying
too much for the whistle and will pro-
ceed to fire the Republicans, who have
proved themselves utterly incapable Of
cutting appropriations to the bone"
The Rio de Janeiro ~conferenoe.
Congress appropriated 100000 to pay
the expenses Of Mr. Secretary Of State
Elihu Root and his suit to the Rio de
Tnr nd tha Arm.
ment sent them down In great style in
q battleship. All of which should
greatly Impress our Central and South
American neighbors as to our gran
deur and prowess. They are unfortu-
nAely none too fond of us. IN fact,
they entertain deep seated suspicion
that we are preparing to swallow them
q Ia the anaconda, just as we swallow
ed Hawaii, Panama, Porto Rico, Guam
and the Philippines. Il is to be hoped
that Mr.. Root and his battleship will
remove these suspicious and cause
those peoples to look upon us with a
friendlier optic. Wbat the secretary
of state ought to do is plain enough.
Instead OF wasting his breath ex-
pounding the Monroe doctrine and en-
larging upon its beauties he should
bend every energy to establish better
trade relations with the republics to
the southwark. We intend to maintain
the Monroe doctrine at all hazards. not
so much for the benefit of these other
republics, but for our own benefit. or
course they are beneficiaries Of it-in
fact, could not have existed six
months but for 1t and could not exist
now If we should notify the world
that we would no longer uphold it
but nevertheless we forced 1t into the
code of international law because we
needed it for our own protection In
1898. While we do not need it so much
now, we will continue to maintain 1t
as a matter of pride and principle.
Consequently the Central and South
American republics will continue to
be sheltered by it whether they so de-
sire or not
What we most need now Is a broader
market for our surplus products. and il |
we acted with the wisdom we ought to
exercise we would have the bulk of the |
trade with every nation to the south of |
us. They are our near neighbors, and |
ought to be our friends. Nothing but |
n continuance of the unwise and unjust |
policy of the Republican party can pre-
vent our capturing most Of this trade.
We make things they want in great |
abundance. and they produce many |
things that we cannot produce. Why, |
then, not exchange these articles? The
barrier Is the idiotic code of laws Gre
ated by Republicans. If Mr.. Secretary
Root will do anything to remove that
barrier the 100000 and the cost of the
battleships trip will not have been
spent in vain, but II he does not i'm
prove our trade relations 1t is a sheer