The Washington herald., 1913-01-05
TO ARBITRATE
CANAL DISPUTE.


bank. the white slave act, the employers
liability act. the reciprocity agreement
with Canada, and the arbitration
treaties with England and France. He
called attention to the fact that II was
the Republican party that cut down the
expenses Of the government. built the
Panama Canal and contributed to the
peace OF the world by ending revolutions
and preventing wars in South America"
1T has been charged against me-" said
the President, that 1 am an aristocrat.
and that / have no sympathy with the
common people, and have no doubt that
this impression has gone abroad and has
settled deep in the minds OF many people.
Now l don't think il is true. i think
/ am as sympathetic with the common
people, as earnestly DESTROYS of their
happiness. as anxious to see that they
have justice accorded them and that
they enjoy all their rights under the
law and the Constitution, as fully and
as completely as any one. l believe most
profoundly that popular government Is
the best government that we can nave
and i am greatly concerned that II
shall continue and be successful in CIV
ing to the people at large the best meas
ure Of individual liberty on the one
hand and the greatest practical eri-
cheney of the government on the other.
REASON
We were beaten in the last election.
We ran third in the race. Why is 1t
that We gather here with so much spirit,
and with so little of the disappointment
and humiliation supposed TO accompany
political disaster? Is it not that in spite
OF the defeat recorded at the election in
November We were still victorious in
saving our country from an administra-
ton. whose policy involved the sapping
Of the foundations Of democratic, con-
stitutional. representative government.
whose appeals to the people were calcu-
lated to arouse hatred that has here
tofore been the ruin of popular govern
ment, and whose contempt for the limi-
tations OF constitutional law and the
guarantees of civil liberty promised
chaos and anarchy in a country that has
until this time been the model Of indi-
vidusl freedom and effective popular
government? The result Of the Chicago
convention was a triumph for the perma-
nence OF Republican institutions, the i'm
portance of which cannot be exagger-
ated, and / wish to emphasize this in
order that il be known that we meet in
no spirit of despair, but rather to re-
toice in a victory for law and order, and
the institutions handed down to US by
our fathers.
1T is true that We were defeated at
the polls by our old-time opponent. the
Democratic party. 1t is true that they
are going to work out again the problem
of eating your cake and having II, too,
by showing how IT Is possible to change
from a system of protection for manu-
featured industries to one OF tariff for
revenue only, without affecting the in
dustries to their detriment, and without
hating production or lowering wages.
BE Americans First.
1T is true that We are to witness q
change of officeholders from Republicans
to Democrats, and We are to see how
economical the new administration is to
be as compared with the old. We have
been through this before. 1t may be that
this time they can do what they have
not succeeded In doing heretofore, and,
il so, and they can maintain the pros
perity of the country at its present rec
ord level. then We can be Americans
before We are Republicans and rejoice
at their success.
THE Republican party stands for pro-
lection to the nations industries, for
the retention of the Philippines, and the
of the Filipinos. for wide
spread education, for those election laws
which give the people the best oppor-
tunity to express their preference, for Il
all really practical measures which look |
through the, aid of the government to
the relief of the oppressed. but above
all, 1t stands for the preservation of the
pillars of the popular government; it |
stands for the maintenance Of the rights |
of all, for the greatest good to the great |
est number, and it believes that these |
ends are attainable through the control
of the majority properly limited byl
law.
Now II has been suggested that the |
party can unite again with
many of the Progressive party. only a |
different rule can be put into force |
the convention or the National /
by which the reduction of |
Southern representation would be Sc
cured, and a fairer method of selecting |
the candidate for the President by the |
party could be devised. I |
any objection to any method |
which SHALL be fair That - not a real