The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-16

The Chicago Sunday Examiner con-
tains a scathing denun citation OF
President Wilson and his party. Com
| ing from democratic source 1t fndi-
Gates thu Examiner Is lot impressed
| with the administration and calls up
on the voters to defeat the democrats
| in thu fall elections, as patriotic
duty. The Examiners editorial is re-
printed in full and is as follows:
The democrats in Washington, aided
by small clique Of railroad republi-
cans, have surrendered the rights OF
Am erican citizens in the Panama
canal.
| They have not merely abandoned a
measure for the benefit Of American
shipping, but they have surrendered
the independent action of this coun-
try, and, in all probability. the funda-
mental rights of this country in the
greatest and most important achieve
m emit of modern times.
If this country had been defeated in
a disastrous war it could not have
been expected to make more humil-
iating SURF snder Of Independent action
and valuable rights than the democra-
tic administration in Washington has
made at the mere suggestion Of Eng
| land and Japan.
The surrender of the canal is a ma
tional disaster, and the party which
made that surrender is continual
menace to the honor and dignity OF
! the United States and to the welfare
! of our citiZ ems.
! This democratic party, for the coun-
| try's good, for the common good of
the citizens, must be deposed from
power and deprived of it's opportun1-
ties for further injuring and uisgrac-
| ing the nation.
| Our citizens who consider patriot
ism above partisanship, who think
more of the welfare of their country
than they do of the advantage of any
party, should unite to depose the
democratic party from power and to
whip it's traitorous representatives out
out of the senate of the United States
at the next election.
1t is not merely President Wilson
who has refused to follow the decla-
rations of the democratic platform
and to supply the country with the
adequate navy which that document
demanded. The democratic party has
followed humbly and cravenly at the
heels Of the president.
| It is not merely President Wilson
/ who has repudiated the democratic
doctrine of reciprocity-a doctrin ,
which would have compensated for
| the invasion of our markets at home
| by the opening of reciprocal markets
to our products abroad. Ths demo-
cratic party has selfishly and slavishly
followed in the Wilson wake for such
Its members.
It is not merely President Wilson
who is responsible for the autocratic
rejection of an act Of congress pro-
viding for preferential duties in favor
of products imported into this coun-
try in American ships. The democra-
tic party has TIMELY and subserviant-
ly permitted Wilson to be an autocrat
and to dictate its policies for a pay
ment of patronage.
1t is not merely President Wilson
who has neglected his duties and the
declarations of the democratic plat
form in regard to the protection of
the lives and the honor of our citi-
zens in Mexico. The dsmocratic party
has Endorsed every dishonor and ap-
proved every disgrace.
1t is the democratic party which
should be punished and repudiated. 1t
is the unfaithful democratic members
of the house of representatives and