The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-14

! feature Of Joint control but says 'tne
canal shall be free and open to the
vessels Of commerce and Of war Of all
ra lens observing these rules, on
terms of entire equality, SO that there
shall be no discrimination against any
such nation or is citizens or subjects
in respect Of the conditions or charg-
es of traffic or otherwise, such condi-
tions aGd charges of traffic shall be
Just and reasonable And President
Roosevelt says in his message in re-
gard to this treaty, at specifically
provides that the United States alone
shall do the work of building and as
sumo the responsibilities of safe
guarding the canal and shall regulate
it's neutral use by all nations on terms
Of equality, without the interference Of
any outside nation from any quarter
Sc the equal clause canal policy Of
the United States for nearly a century
was clearly embodies> in the Hay
Paunceforte treaty of Dec. Is, 1901.
And was never questioned, until the
passage of the free toll bill on August
"a, 1912, but Immediately upon the
passage of the bill England entered
protest against it upon the ground that
it was violation of the Hay-Paunce-
forte treaty then existing between
Great Britain and the United States.
Now the question is, Did the reVolu-
ton OF Panama, leading to the sale Of
the Republic of Panama to the United
States, of the strip Of land between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans through
which the canal is built, carry with
that sale the right to violate a treaty
then existing between England and the
United States in which treaty England
conceded all rights of control, which
She held uRdet the Clayton-Bdlner
treaty, upon the condition that the
canal would be built under control Of
the United States and maintained and
protected by her, as a canal that was
to be free to all nations on equal
terms. Should England and other ma
tons suffer from trusting to the fair
dealing of the United States?
The United States mas owned the
Panama railroad for years, operating
it as government property, he- money
bought the railroad just as it has
built the canal Has the United
States ever made different RACES be-
tween her ci,izens and those of any
O her nation shipping freight over this
railroad. 1t has been government
property with no advantages allowed
to any private parties.
Even Secretary Blaine says in re-
gard to free tolls and equal rights to
ali nations using the Panama canal,
that the United States owned the Pan
ANA railroad acrJSs the isthmus and
ntd no more idea Of passing freight
through the canal free than to allow
Ter citizens to ship goods free over
the Panama railroad So much for
In the free toll discussion there has
been much said about the i,arty car
rying out the Baltimore platform Of
1912. There are TWO opposite views
expressed in that platform as to free
toll and ship subsidy.
No snip subsidy, has been a Demo
cratic slogan for a century. Jener-
sons motto, equal rights to all" is
the basic plank of the Democratic
platform. Ship subsidy has always
been plank of the Republican party,
standing side by side with the high
tariff as their party creed.
The Baltimore Democratic platform
of 1912 says the Democratic party is
in favor of merchants marine, that
is supported without "bounties or sub
sides"
Any Democrat voting to repeal the
free toa bill Of 1912 (Which is nothing
more or less than a "ship subsidy
bill''), is voting as the Democratic
party has always yo,ed for equal
rights to all" and taough Democrat
may be led to vote by a clause insert
ed into the Democratic platform with
out the general knowledge of the con-
ven:ion and thus vote to sustain ship
subsidy bill. He will be voting against
his pa-ty's principles, the worst fea-