Evening journal., 1914-09-02

obs have been created wherever il
las been possible for the Democratic
administration TO do it.
5. Since the advent to power OF
the Democratic Party, our national
expenditures have very largely in
creased The appropriations made
by the Democratic Congress for the
last year being vastly in excess Of
the annual appropriations Tor amy
fiscal wear made by any previous
Republican Congress. We deprecate
this extravaganza and call attention
10 the insincerity and hypocrisy OF
the Democratic demand for economy
IN national expenditures, cry which
has been so iucessantly reiterated
during previous Republican admin
strations.
6. We believe that the weak,
pusilanimous, unsatisfactory for
eign policy of the present Demo
cratic administration has been,
with good reason, generally con
demned by the American public, and
has been attended with a distinct
loss of national prestige.
Z. We deeply regret that Presi-
dent Wilson has seen fit to arbi-
trarily demand and bring about the
repeal of the Panama Canal Act,
which permitted the coastwise traf-
fc of the United States to pass
through the Panama Canal free of
tolls. Ignoring and suppressing all
reference to the offers of Great Bri-
tain to arbtrate the question of our
treaty rights in the canal, President
Wilson has insisted upon the com
plete surrender of such rights, bas-
ing his recommendations upon his
own Judgment and upon the concen-
sus of an interested public opinion
abroad. Our coastwise trade pass
ing through the canal, which viii
compete with transcontinental rail-
road traffic. has been deprived by
the Democratic administration of n
preference which would have been a
healthful incentive to our CONNER
cial activities and that, too, at the
behest and instigation of foreigners.
We mqualfedly denounce this un-
patriotic and umsound measure, and
we commend the attitude of our Re
United States Senate in protesting
and voting against the humiliating
legislation.
s. We strongly commend the
Chief Executive of this State for
his satisfactory administration Of
our State affairs.
o. We point to the prophetic
declaration contained in the Repub-
ltcan National Platform of 1900
reading. "Our present dependence
upon foreign shipping for nine
tenths of our foreign carrying is a
great loss to the industry of this
country. II is also a serious danger
to our trade. for its sudden with
drawal i'm the event of European
war would seriously cripple our ex-
panding foreign commerce." Tn,
prophecy of 1900 has become the
reality of 1914. We rciterate oul
advocacy OF national Legislation
which will enable the country to re
gain our former place in the carry
ing trade of the world, but We
protest against any shipping
or other legislation by tn,
Democratic National Administration
that will tend in any way 10 impair
the peaceful relations which toda,
exist between the United States an'
all nations OF the world.
We oppose the announced and
termined policy of the present adm
istratlon, and which is so vigorou
indorsed by President Wilson,
spend S25.OO0,OOO for the purchase
a lot of foreign built steamers. If
government is going TO spend Such
enormous sum of the peoples moi
for government owned ships We
sist that suitable ships for the serv
we intend to establish and maint
shall be built in our own count
thus to give our own ship yards sol
thing to do and work to our unempl
cd.