The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
Present Seventeen cosent Reason.
Why Clause Should Not Be
Repealed

free tolls, now advocated 80 strenu,
ously by President Wilson and the
Democratic administration Is made by
an Indiana Democrat.
Major G. v. Menzies of Mount Yer.
non, one Of the leading Democrats
of southern Indiana and for many
years a prominent figure in the party
in that state, has written to Senator
Gore OF Oklahoma a strong letter set.
ting forth his reasons for opposing
President Wilson's demand for repeal
of the free tolls law.
Major Menzies was a delegate at
large from Indiana to the convention
at Baltimore in 1912. He has been a
delegate at large to other conven-
lions, and for nearly fifty years has
, been one of the most influential mem.
bers of the party in Indiana.
Major Menzies reply to Senator
Gore gives seventeen reasons why he
is opposed to the Presidents demand.
In concluding them he says:
Don't Give Up the Ship
When boy of 16 entered the ma
val academy. About the first thing !
saw was the blue flag of Perry with
the dying words of Lawrence across
it: Don't give up the ship.
Not jot or title of American
rights in the canal bill to regulate
tolls should be yielded to the pro-
test or demand of any foreign power.
Don't give up the ship.
The seventeen reasons given by
Major Menzies in support of his posi-
ton follow:
/. Because the act Is not In viola
ton of the Hay Pauncefote treaty.
2. We should as England does dis
criminate in favor of our coastwise
trade. t
( 3. The repeal of the law will IA
vor transcontinental railroads, Cana
dan, English and American.
A. It has been our policy for 100
years to encourage our coastwise
trade as domestic commerce.
5. Every vessel of our coastwise
trade must be American built, AM
erican registered, American manned
and fly the American flag.
6. Our coastwise trade was in the
war of 1912 the civil war and is now
a training school for American sea-
men to man, If necessary, in time Of
war our naval vessels.
Z. II there is doubt as to the inter-
probation of the treaty our country
should have the benefit of the doubt.
Keep Party Pledges
s. Our party resolved in favor of
exempting from tolls our coastwise
trade In the Baltimore platform. The
platform also declared our platform
is one Of principles. which we believe
to be essential to our national wei
fare. Our pledges are made to be
kept, when In ONCE. as well as relied
upon during the campaign.
8. We should not crook the preg,
nant hinges of the knee where thrift !
may follow fawning.
10. England encouraged the de-
struction Of our coastwise and over
sea commerce in the civil war. She
now seeks the impoverishment of part |
of our domestic commerce for the
benefit of her oversee commerce.
II, Conditions are now so essen
ITALY different from existing condi-
tions in 1911, when the Hay Paunce.
fote treaty was made, as to amount
to practical annulment,
10. All parties and all presidential
candidates in 1912 favored eXempting
our coastwise trade from the payment
Of tolls. Not one of the presidential
candidates declared exemption was a
violation of section /, article 3 of the
Hay Pauncefote treaty.
Railroads Back OF Move
10. The agitation for the repeal of
the statute of 1912 was initiated hy
the Canadian Pacific railroad. III