The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

| the country. of the waterways. har- bors and great lakes, whose natural of tSs an to the rsn.. trs s,s of benign providence.
 The sixtieth Congress passed many commendabIe acts increasipg the en- steney ,1 Gf the afmy sn snd navy ,makng part of the national establishments, authorizirG maneuvers of the army and | militia. fcrtifying new naval basis, and stations; institutins female nurse | corps for naval hospitals and ships. and adding two new battleships. ten torpedo destroyers, three steam col | Hers and eight eubmarines to the strength of the navy. Although at | peace with the world. and secure in | the cousciousness that the American yoke . war with any other country, we | nevertheless declare our unalterable devotion to q policy that will keep this republic ready at all times to defend her zens at home and abroad and assure | her an appropriate part in promoting permanent tranquility among the na- American statesmanahip.
 The conspicuous contributions of l American statesmanshin to the great cause of. international principle so generally advocated in The Hague con- and qualification. At the last session of the Senate of the United States eiev- en Hague conventions were ratified, es. of war on land rest restrietion ogutgSs of submss ,nM rine mines, limiting offer for the coll iectiion of contractual debt. governing ssss opsn,inf of hostiIIties. extending and In many ways iessening the evils of war and promoting the peaceful set clement of international controversial. A, the same session twelve arbitration conventtons with great nations were connrmed, and extraaition, boundary and naturalization treaties of supreme Iu1portance were ratined. We indorse duty nstion ean pertosm es saPsspss. sPa pfo. claim the obligation of further strengthening the bond of friendship and good win with all the nations of l We adhere to the republican doctrine of encouragement to American ship ping and urge such legislation as will revive the merchants in the country, so essential to national American shipping and urge such legislation as | will revive the merchant marine of the country. so essential to national defense, the enlargement of foreign
 trade and the industrial prosperity of our own people.
 | We indorse the movement designed
 to secure the organization of all ex- Into 8 single national health depart | mant and favor such legislation as | VIII enect this purpose.
 | Another republican policy which must be ever maintained is that of | generous provision tor those who have | fought the country's battles and for the widows and orphans of those who nave fallen. We commend the increase
 In the widows pension made by the
 last congress and we declare for a lib- eral admInistratlon of all pension laws | to the end and that the peoples grati- tude may grow deeper as the memories
 of heroic saerihces grow more sacred | with the progressing years.
 The American. government in re-
 sss ana s sis o SorfS ReoS Sss ssc | Philippines where our nag waves, and begun the constrpetion of the Panama Sans csralca, sns present. Sona.tions in Gpea between the republic and this imperishr | able bonds of mutual interest and the hope is now expressed that the Cuban sunle complete sovereignty over their
 In Porto Rico the government of the and patriotic support order Id and pros. pros. perity prevail and the we'll being peo- ple is being every respect promoted
 in the Philippines insurrection has been suppressed. life and property
 Education and practical experience the people Tor government and the policies of Mckinley and Roosevelt are leading the inhabitants step by step to rule ever Te Sas GgaE.a Ss Ss ss.stos Ss of the Panama route for the great Isthmain canal, and events have shown the wisdom of securing full authority be built. The work is now progressing with 2 rapidity. and energy far beyond expectation and the realisstion of q vision of near future We cali the att tention of the American people to the fact that none of the great measures forward here proposed could be taken under admiration, or under one n which party yesponsibility is divided manent currency system could not be established. the federal supervision could any of the new duties confront, Ing the country be performed by. a party which is unable to agree within
 ssf on any wS sna pary in that Gan agree The continuance of present policies. therefore absolutely requires the continuance ID power ol the party that believes in them, and that possess the capacity to put them into operation.
 Deinocraey and RePublieanian:
 Beyond platform declarations. there are fundaneutaI differences between the RenubIican Party and it's chief ep- ponent which makes the one worthy and the other unworthy of public trusts. In history the difference be- tween Democracy and RepublieaHism is that the one stood for secession, the other for the union. the one for slavery. the other for freedemj the one for debased currency. the other for pure currency; the one for free silveF, the other for sound money; the one for free trade, the other for protection; the one for the contraction of American in- fuence. the other for it's expansion; the one has been forced to abandon issues before the people. the other has held and vindicated all
 In experience the difference between Democracy and Republieanism is that one means diversity while the other means prosperity: one means low wages, the other means higher: one means doubt and debt the other means
 in principle. the difference between Dem ocracy and epubleanism Is that ove stands for vacillation and timidity in Eovernment the other for strength and purpose one stands for .ohstrue- tion, the other for construction; one promises. the other performs; one hnds fault. the other hnds work:
 nartiss are even more marked by in- herent differences, The trend of De- nocPacv is toward Socialism. while the Repubiican Party stands for a wise and regulated indlviduaiism related tndi- vidualism. Socialism would give to each an equal right to take; Repub; iicaniSm would give to each an equal % equality of possession, which would soon lave no ona anything to possess.