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The Washington times., 1912-08-01
Injustice Is Done
To Honest Men.

In the work of rousing the people to
the danger that threatened our civiliza-
ton from the abuses of concentrated
wealth and the power 1t was likely to
exercise. the public imagination was
wrought upon and a reign of sensational
journalism and unjust and unprincipled
undertaking has followed, in which In
justice has been done to honest men.
Demagogues have seized the opportuni-
ty further to inhame the public mind
and have soughU to turn the peculiar
conditions to their advantage.
We are living in an age in which by
exaggeration of the defects of our pres
ent condition. by false charges of re-
sponsibillty for 1t against individuals
and classes. by holding up to the fever
ish Imagination of the less fortunate
and the discontented the possibilities OF
d millennium. a condition of popular un-
rest has been produced. New parties
are being formed. with the proposed
purpose of satisfying this unrest by
promising panacea.
In SO far as inequality of condition
can be lessened and equality of oppor.
tunity can be promoted by improvement
| Of our educational system the better.
ment of the laws to insure the uuich
administration of justice, and by the
prevention of the acquisition of privi
| lege without just compensation, In sc
| far as the adoption of the legisla tioT
above recited and laws of a simlai
! character may aid the less fortunat,
in their struggle with the hardshipl
of life, all are In sympathy with a con
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Hopes for Peace
Being Restored.

am hopeful that the present Govern
ment is now rapidly subduing the insur-
rection and that we may look for tran
ouillity near at hand. The demonstra-
ton of force which felt compelled to
make In the early part of the disturb
ance, by the mobilization of some 1900
or 10000 troops in Texas, and holding
maneuvers there, had good and direct
effect, and, as our ambassador and con-
5uls report, secured much increased re-
spect for American and foreign property
In the disturbances that followed. Sim
liar questions have arisen in Cuba, but
We have been able to av9id intervention,
and to aid and encourage that young
republic by suggestion and advice.
l am glad to believe that we have had
more peace in the Central American re-
publics because OF our attention TO their
needs and our activity in mediation be-
tween them than ever in the history of
those republics.
The dignity and effectiveness of the
Government OF the United states, to-
gether with Its responsibility for the
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What Administration
Has Accomplished.

The normal and logical question which
ought to be asked and answered In de-
termining whether an administration
should be continued in power Is, How has
the Government been administered? Has
1t be economical and efficient? ?
Has 1t aided or obstructed business
prosperity? Has 1t made for progress
in bettering the condition of the people
and especially of the wage Garner? ?
Ought Its general policies to approve
themselves to the people?
During this administration we have
given special attention to the machinery
of government with a view to increas-
ing its efficiency and reducing its cost.
For twenty years there has been con-
tlnuous expansion in every direction of
the governmental functions and a nec-
essary increase in the civil and military
servants by which these functions are
performed.
have normally increased from year to
year On an average of nearly per
cent. There never has been a syste-
matte investigation and reorganization
Of this governmental structure with a
view to eliminating Implications, to
uniting bureaus where union Is possible
and more effective. and to making the
NS.ole organization more compact and
its parts more closely co-ordinated. Az
beginning we examined closely the
from year to year under the natural
tendency Of the bureau chiefs.
The first estimates which were pre-
sented to us we cut some $4,000, 900, and
this policy we have maintained through
the administration and have prevented
the normal annual increase in Govern
ment expenditures, so the result is thai
the deficit of S5S, 735, 900, which we found
on the LIST of July, 1909, was changed or
the 1st of July, 1910, by increase of tht
revenues under the Payne law, includ
ing the corporation tax, to a surplus Of
l5,ScSQ00; on July /, 1911, to surplus
of $47, 2S4, 900, and July /, 1912, to sur
plus Of $36. $4,000.
The expenditures for 1909 were $662, 1924.
600: for 1910. $659, ,7O5, 900: for 1911, 1854 1885,
900; and for 1912. were 1854. $4,000 Thes'
| figures of surplus and expenditure d.
| not include any receipts or expenditure
| ON account of the Panama canal.
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times that which thus far the people
have been willing to assume; and thus
they propose remedies which instead OF
exciting the people to further interest
them into such an indifference as still
further to remand control of public af-
fairs to minority.
But after we have changed all the
governmental machinery so as to per-
init instantane0us expression of the peo-
pie In constitutional amendments, in
statutes, and in recall of public agents,
what then? Votes are not bread, con-
stitutional amendments are not work,
referendufns do not pay rent or furnish
houses, recalls do not furnish clothing,
initiatives do not supply employment or
relieve inequalities of condition or or
opportunity. We still ought to have set
before us the definite plans to bring
on complete equality of opportunity and
to abolish hardship and evil for human
ity. We listen for them in vain.
Instead of giving us the benefit of
any specific remedies for the hardships
and evils of society they point out, they
| follow their urgent appeals for closed
association of the people In legislation
| by an attempt to cultivate the hostil-
| ity Of the people to the courts and to
represent that they are in some form
upholdinB injustice and are obstructing
the popular will. Attempts are made to
take away all those safeguards for
maintaining the independence of the
| judiciary which are so carefully framed
in our Constitution. These attempts find
expression in the policy, on the one
hand, of the recall OF judges, a system
under which judge whose decision In
one case may temporarily displease the
electorate is to be deprived at once OF
his office by a popular vote. a pernicious
system embodied in the Arizona consti.
tuition and which the Democrats OF the
House and Senate refused to condemn al
the initial policy Of a new State. The
same spirit manifested itself in the vote
by Democratic Senators on the PROPOSE
ton, first, to abolish the Commerct
Court. ard, second, to abolish Judge.
by mere act of repeal. although under
the Constitution their terms are for life
on no ground except that they did no
like some of the courts recent deci
| sions.
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direct supervision and aid to those who
are, or are likely to be, oppressed, and
to give as full scope as possible to in
dividual effort and its rewards.
Wherever We can see that a statute
which does not deprive any person or
class of what is his Is going to help
many people, we are In favor of 1t.
greatest number, but we do % not believe
that this can be accomplished by mini
mizing the rewards OF Individual effort,
or by infringing or destroying the right
of property, which. next to the right of
liberty, has been and is the greatest
ciYiliZing institution in history. In
other words, the Republican party be-
lieves in progress along the lines upon
| which we have attained progress al
ready
We do not believe that we can reach
| a millennium by a sudden change in all
our existing institutions. We believe
that we have made progress from the
ress is to continue into the far future;
, that 1t Is reasonable progress that ex-
perience has shown to be really useful
and helpful, and from which there Ia
no reaction to something worse.
| The Republican party stands for the
Constitution as II Is, with such amend
| ments adopted according to its pro-
visions as new conditions thoroughly
that 1t has stood the test Of time, and
that there have been disclosed really nc
| serious defects in Its operation.
/ 1t Is said that this Is not an issue In
the campaign. 1t seems to ne II is the
! supreme Issue. The Democratic party
| and the former Republicans who have
left their party are neither Of them tC
be trusted on this subject. as have
shown. The Republican party Is tn,
nucleus of that public opinion which
favors constant progress and develop
ment. along safe and sane lines ant
under the Constitution as we have hat
1t for more than 100 years, and which
believes in the maintenance of an In
dependent judiciary as the keystone o
our liberties and the balance wheel b,
which the whole Governmental ma
chinery ism kept within the origina
| plan.
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Mexican Revolt
Causes q Strain.

Our Mexican neighbor on the south
has been disturbed by two revolutions
and these have necessarily brought a
strain upon our relations because of the
losses sustained by American citizens,
both in property and in life, due to the
lawlessness which could not be pre-
vented under conditions of civil war.
The pressure for Intervention at times
has been great, and grounds upon
which, 1t is said, we might have inter-
vened have been urged upon us. but
this Administration has been conscious
that one hostile step in Intervention and
the passing of the border by one regi-
ment OF troops would mean war with
Mexico, the expenditure of hundreds OF
millions of dollars. the loss Of thousands
of lives in the tranquilization OF that
country, with all the subsequent prob
lens that would arise as to Its d1sposi'
tion after we found ourselves In COM
piete armed possession.
In order to avoid the plain conse'
uuences, 1t seemed the course of patrt-
otism and of wisdom to subject our
selves and our citizens TO. some degree
of suffering and Inconvenience and to
pass over with only protest and a
claim for damages even those injuries
inflicted on our peaceful citizens In oui
own territory along the border py nyine
bullets in engagements between the gov
ernmental and the revolutionary forces
on the Mexican side.
1t is easy to arouse popular indigna
ton over an instance of this character
II is easy to take advantage of 1t fol
the purpose of justifying aggressive &C
Hon. and II is easy to cultivate politica
support and popularity by a warlike and
truculent policy, but with the familiar
ity that we have had in the carrying OF
OF such a war in the Philippines and IL
Cuba, no one with a sense OF responsi
bility to the American people would in
volve them in the almost unending bur
den and thankless task of enforcing
peace upon these 600 of people
lighting among themselves. when the!
would necessarily all turn against US a
the first manifestation of our purpos'
TO intervene. l am very sure that tn
course of self-restraint that the Admin
istration has pursued in respect to Mex
leo will vindicate itself in the pages o
history.
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Expects Adoption
OF Parcels Post.

For some years the Administration
has been recommending the parcels
post, and now am glad to say a meas
ure will probably be adopted by Con-
gress authorizing the Government to
avail itself of the existing machinery
of the Postoffice Department to carr
parcels at reasonably low rate, 10
that the communication between the
city and the country in ordinary mer-
chandise will be proportionateIy as
cheap and as prompt as the newspaper
and letter delivery through the post
offices now. This must contribute great
ly to reduction in the cost and CON-
fort of living.
We are considering the changing
needs of the people in the disposition
of our public lands and their conserva-
tion. AZ those lands owned by the
Government and useful for agricultural
purposes which remain are as O whole
less desirable as homesteads than those
which have been already settled, 1t has
been properly thought wise to reduce
the time for perfectng homestead
claim from five years to three and this
whether on land within the rain area
or in these arid tracts within the rec
lamation system.
ASdiH a Dlli IdS passed tne senate
and is likely to pass the House which
will not compel the settlers on reclama-
ton lands to wait ten gears and until
full payment Of what they owe the
Government before they receive a title
but which gives a title after three years
with a first Government lien.
On the other hand, the withdrawal oi
coal lands, phosphate lands, and on
lands and water-power sites is sti
maintained until Congress shall pro,
vide on the principles of proper con,
servation a system of disposition which
will attract capital on the one hant
and retain sufficient control by the
the evil OF concentr ating absolute own
| ership In few persons of those source;
Cor the production of necessities.
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Sees Defects i'm Present
Form of Government by
The Delays of Litigation
Takes Mild Thrust At the Progressive Party Movement
After Lauding Work Of the Convention
At Chicago

commission, consisting Of the ablest ex-
perts in the country, and they have been
working for two years on the question
Of how the Government may be re-
organized and what changes can be
made with a view to giving II greater
effectiveness for Governmental purposes
on the one hand and securing this at
considerably less cost on the other.
have transmitted to Congress from time
to time the recommendation of this
commission, and while they cannot all
be adopted at one session. and while
their recommendations have not been
rounded and complete because Of the
necessity for taking greater time. I
think that the Democratic Appropra-
tion Committee of the House has be-
come convinced that we are on the
right road and that substantial reform
may be effected through the adoption OF
most Of the plans recommended by this
commission.
For the benefit Of our own people and
Of the world we have carried on the
work Of the Panama canal SO that we
can now look forward with confidence
to Its completion within eighteen
months. The work has been q remark
able one. and has involved the expendi-
for series Of years, and yet 1t has been
development of such engineering and
medical skill and ingenuity as to COM
mand the admiration ofsthe world and
to bring the highest credit to our corps
of army engineers and our army medical
corps.
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Hostility Shown
In Another Form.

Another form of hostility to the judi
ciary Is shown in the grotesque PROPOSE
tion by the leader of former Republi-
cans who have left their party for a
recall of decisions, so that a decision on
a point of constitutional law, having
been rendered by the highest court ca
pable of rendering 1t, shall then be sub
mitted to popular vote to determine
whether II ought to be sustained.
Again. the Democratic party in Congress
and convention shows It's desire to
weaken the courts by forbiddinR the use
of the writ of Injunction to protect a
lawful business against the destructive
effect of secondary boycott and by
interposing jury in contempt proceed
DEGREES. These provisions are really
class legislation designed to secure i'm
munity for lawlessness in labor dis
putes on the part of the laborers but
operating much more widely to paralyze
the arm of the court In cases which dc
not involve labor disputes at all.
The hostility to the judiciary and the
measures to take away Its power and
its independence constitute the chief
definite policy that can be fairly attrib.
uted to that class of statesmen and
reformers whose absorption and con-
troll the Republican party escaped al
Chicago and the Democratic party
Welded to at Baltimore.
of these Innovations. 1t refuses to make
changes simply for the purpose of MAX
ing a change, and cultivating popular
hope that in the change Something
beneficiHt, underlined, will take place
1t does not believe that human nature
has changed. 1t still believes that II Il
possible in this world that the fruit.
of energy. courage. enterprise, atten
dence, restraint of appetite and OF pas
sions will continue to have their re
ward under our present system, anC
that laziness. lack of attention, lacl
of Industry, the yielding to appetite anC
passion. carelessness. dishonesty. ant
disloyalty will ultimately And thei
We do not deny that there are excep
tions, and that seeming fortune follow
wickedness and misfortune virtue, but
on the whole we are optimists and be
iieve that the rule is the other way
| We do not know any way to avoiC
| human injustice but toFperfect our law
| for administering justice, 10 develol
the morality of the individual, to Civ
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We Are Living
On Economic Basis.

Under the provisions of the Payne
bill 1 was able to appoint tariff board
to make Investigations into each sched-
ule with a view to determining the cost
Of production here and the cost of pro-
duction abroad of the articles named in
the schedule in order to enable Congress
In adjusting this schedule to know what
rate of duty was necessary to prevent
a destructive competition from Euro
pean countries and the closing up Of
our mills and other sources of produce
ton. We are living on an economic
basis established on principles Of pro-
lection.
A large part of our products are de-
duty sufficient to save the producer
from foreign competition which would
make the continuance of his business
bill Congress did not have the adj
vantage of the report of the Tariff
Board showing the exact facts. If II had !
better basis, but we now have had
the Tariff Board working and 1t has
| made report on the production OF
| wool and the manufacture of woolens
abroad, and has given the same data
as to the manufacture Of cotton. II the
| Republican party had control OF the
House Of Representative, there would would
/
bill such as Indeed as has been pro-
posed by the Republicans in the House.
reducing the duty on wool and on
woolens to such a degree as not to
include more than enough to enable the
wool industry and the woolen industry
to live and produce reasonable profit.
The same thing is TRUE with respect to
| the cotton industry.
On the other hand, our opponents, the
| Democrats, have presented to me for
my signature a wooden bill and a cotton
bill, both of which If allowed to become
law, as the reports of the Tariff
Board show, would have made such a
| radical cut in the rates on many woolen
and cotton manufactures as seriously 10
interfere with those industries In this
country. This would have Iorced a
transfer of the manufacture to England
and Germany and other foreign coun-
tries. =.
If the result of the election were tc
put the Democrats completely in con.
troll Of all branches OF the Government
y Continued or Page seven)
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Says Tariff Bill
Vindicates Self.

The platform Of 1908 promised, on be-
hait OF the Republican party, to do GER
tain things. One was that the tariff
would De revised at an extra session.
An extra session was called and the
tarln was revised. The platform did
not say In specific words that the reyf-
sion would be generally downward, but
construed 1t to mean that. During
the pendency of the bill and after II
was passed, 1t was subjected to the
most vicious Misrepresentation. It was
said to be bill to increase the tariff
rather than to reduce 1t. The law has
been In force now since August, 1909, a
period of about thirty-five months. We
are able to judge from its operation how
far the statement Is true that Il did re-
duce duties.
1t has INDICATED itself. Under it's
operation, prosperity has been gradually
restored since the panic of 1907. There
have been no disastrous failures and no
disastrous strikes. The percentage Of
| reduction below the Dingley bin Is
| shown in the larger free list and in the
| on the total value of the goods import
| ed. The figures show that under the
Dingley bill, which was in force Ia
months, the average per cent Of the
A.3 per cent of the total importation,
and that under the Payne bill, which
has been in force thirty-five months,
| the average per cent in value of the
amounts to 51.2 per cent Of the total; !;
| that the average ad valorem of the
duties on all importations under the
twelve years of the Dingley bill was
45.S per cent. while under the thirty-five
months Of the Payne bill this was Al 2
per cent, and that the average ad val
orem Of the dutiable imports under the
Dingley bill was 255 per cent, while
cent.
In other words. considering only re-
ductions on dutiable goods. the reduc-
ton in duties from the Dinsley bill to
the Payne bill was 10 per cent, and con-
sidering both free and dutiable reduc-
tions. they amounted to q per cent.
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protection of Hawaii, Porto rico.
Alaska, Panama. and the Philippifies az
well as for the maintenance of the Mon.
roe doctrine. require the maintenance Of,
an army and navy. We can not prop
erly reduce either below its present
effective size. The plan for the MAIN
tenance Of the navy In proportion
to the growth of other nayies of the
world calls for the construction of two
new battleships each year. The Repub-
lican party has felt the responsibility
and voted the ships. The Democratic
party. In House caucus, repudiates any
obligation to meet this national need.
The Philippines have enjoyed popular
government and much prosperity during
this Administration in view of the free
! trade under the Payne bill which they
have enjoyed. The continuance of the
same policy with respect to the Philip
pines will make the prosperity of those
gradually fit their people for seif-rov-
eminent, and nothing will prevent such
| results except the ill-advised policy pro
posed by the Democratic party of hold
ihg before the Philippine people inde-
pendtnce as prospect Of the near fu-
trre.
During this administration everything
tbat has been possible has been done to
increase our foreign trade, and under
the Payne bill the maximum and mini
mum clause furnished tho opportunity
Tor removing Determinations in that
trade, SO that the statistics show that
our exports and imports reached for
the year ending July /, 1872 a higher
fgure than ever before in the history
OF the country. Our imports for the last
hscal year. ending July 1, 1912, amounted
| to ,653, 42614 and our exports to s2,O49,-
32O,1s9. or a total of 1885,, ,64S, ,262. II there
We're added to this the business done
with Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Phil
lppines. the sum total of our foreign
trade would considerably exceed 1900
oO,Oo0. The excess Of our exports over
imports is $3.50, 7s5, ,e14. Manufactures ex-
ported during the year 1912 exceeded
| sI,WoVuOOO ana surpass the previous
record. These figures seem to show that
the business is large enough to produce
prosperity. and the fact is that II has