Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-20

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there will not be the slightest chance
for democratic victory in 1916. This
is frankly admitted BY democratic
leaders in GpriYate conversation and
the President himself is fully alive to
the situation. II scent elections have
emphasized this fact and the spokes.
men for the administration have be.
gun q camp ign To convince the coun.
try that prosperity is already here.
The secretary h OF. commerce has is.
sued several statements showing the
increased orders in certain industries,
without, however, supplying !, details
showing how many of these orders
were directly due to the war in Eur
ope. The bank examiners issued an.
other statement tending tG prove that
the whole country is prosperous. Cab
met officers are alternating in daily
interviews to prove that depression
has disappeared and that prosperity
prevails.
Law lnexorable.
This campaign Is humorous be-
cause there is nothing SO obvious as
real prosperity, nothing that requires
less proof. The fact that the country
has to be officially advised Of its ad-
vent and impressed with its actually
shows thhe slim foundation for the
assurances which are being given to
the country and also the desperate
desire of the administration to invoke
this absolutely necessary conservator
of the democratic rule. 1t is q well
understood rule among business men
that ecoDomis laws are inexorable
and cannot be changed by artificial
methods. Prosperity cannot be ere.
ated by proclamation nor can its. pres
ence be denied when, It actually ex-
lists. The administration cannot hope
to convince a busisss man that he is
prosperous when his u trial balance
shows loss. Prosperity for political
purposes cannot be created, II must
develop naturally. The democrats
are concerned with its slow develop.
ment and afraid that It may arrive too
late. Hence. the vigorous putting Of
the slender flame Of improving condi.
lions. y ss.se.atrs.
.e51g6 Intense oAnxiety. b II 35j}.
There is intense anxiety In the, of.
fee of the secretary Of the navy these
days. 1t is gravely feared that the
raising of the submarine, the ia,
which sank in the harbor Of honolulu
with all on board, will reveal condi.
tions which will put the blame for
that disaster squarely up to Secretary
Daniels. Commander Stirling frankly
told the nava; committee OF the house
of the unsafe condition Of number
of the submarines under his command
and he was, on December 9 last, Sc
verely rebuked for his truthful testi.
mony by Mr.. Daniels. Represents
tive Gardner of Massachusetts, has
publicly charged Secretary Deniels
with responsibility for the disaster
and there are many others who will
not be slow to indict the secretary II
their suspicious that his policy was
responsible are verified. Another off,
Ger who told the truth with entire
frankness when he appeared before
the naval committee was Rear Admir-
al Bradley A. Fiske, and he has just
been made to walk the plank, meta,
phorically speaking, by he indignant
secretary. Admiral Fiske has been
one Of the chief aids Of the secretary
and has been regarded, by all c0mpe-
tent to Judge, as an exceedingly able
administrator of that Office, but he in.
CURED the displeasure Of Mr.. Daniels
because, when examined and cross.
examined by members Of the naval
committee, he told them precisely
what the condition Of the navy was
and how unprepared for war. So he
has now suffered the penalty.