The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-06-19

me SNuefn congress passed mani
/ c0mmcndable acts increasing the eff
cheney OF the army and navy: makinl
the militia Of the states an integra
part of the national establishment.
authorizing Joint mancuyers OF th'
army and militia foriiiylng new nava
bases and completing the construction
OF coa'ing stations, institutlng a fe
male nurse corps for naval hospital.
and ships and adding two new battle
ships ten torpedo boat dostroyers
three steam colliers and eight sub
marines 90 the strength of the navy.
eve adhere 90 the Republican doc
trIne of announcement 90 American
shipping. and urge such legislation a.
win revive the merchant marine pres
tige of the country. SO essential 90 ma
tional defense the enlargement of for
eign trade and the Industrial prosper
ity of our own people
Democratic Party's lnoapacity.
owe cali The attention OF the Ameri
can people TO the fact that none of the
great measures here advocated by the
Republican party could bee enacted. and
none OF the steps forward here pro
posed could Doe taken under a Demo
cratic administration OF under one in
which party responsibility is divided.
THE tariff could not Dee revised. O
permanent currency system could not
De established. the federal supervision
over railroads and large aggregationi
of capital could not Dee extended. non
could any of the new duties confront
ing the country Doe performed by q
party which is unable 20 agree within
itself on any public question and is
unwilling to cooperate with o parts
that can agree.
The continuance OF present policies
therefore absolutely requires the con
tinuance BOZ power of the party that
believes in them and possesses the ca
pacIty TO put them into operation.
beyond platform declarations there
arc fundamental differences between
the Republican party and It's chief op
ponent which makes the one worthy
and the other unworthy of public trust
Difference Between the Parties.
"ln history the difference between
Democracy and Ropublicanism is that
The one stood for secession. the other
for the Union. the one for slavery. the
other Tor freedom, the one for a dc
based currency the other for a purc
currency. the ono FOR free silver. the
other for sound money. the one for
free trade the other ior protection. /
tho one for the contraction of Amori /
can influence. the other for lts oxpan
sion the one has been forced t0 aban F.
don every position taken on the great
issues before the people the other has
held and indicated al
'In experience the difference be /
tween Democracy and RopublIcanisn /
is that one means advorsity while the
other means prosperity: one means
Iow wages the other means high one
means doubt and debt the other means
confidence and thrift
"ln principle the difference between
Democracy and RepuhlIcanism is that
lne stands for yacillation and t'midity
In government. the other for strength /
md purpose. one stands for Obstruc
Non. the other for construction. one
promises. the other performs. one
inds fault the other finds work
Tendencies Of the Parties.
"Tho present tendencies of the two
PARTIES are even more marked by In
ierent differences. The trend of De
nooracy is toward socialism. while the
Republican party stands Tor a wise
ni regulated individualism Socialism
would destroy wealth. Repuhlicanism
would prevent Us abuse Socialism .
would give to each AN equal right to
AXE. Republicanism would give o.
ach an equal right 20 earn Socialism
f0uid oncr equality of possession.
which would soon leave no one any
hing 90 possess Ropublicanism would
ivc equality Of opportunity. which
'0uld assure 10 each bis share of the
onsfantly increasing store OF posses
ions