El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-15

must not mistake dishonor for peace,
as We cannot mistake oppression FOR
peace woodrow Wilson and the Demo-
cratic party advocate an army big
enough to make asgressors think the
second time before they strike a blow
Democracy wants an army and a navy
in keeping with the dignity. preserVa-
ton and worth of this great republic
We do not want a foot Of anybody
else's soil and by the eternal God they
shall not take a foot OF ours
A Great Work Done.
During this administration we have
done more to build up an army and
navy in three years than the Republican
party did in forty years Of its exist
ence. More has been done TO give the
three months than Col Roosevelt and
Mr.. Taft did in eleven years"
Senator James spoke or the Repub-
ican platform declaration for a con-
tinuous policy OF national defence, de-
claring tEet only two propositions for
a continuous policy ever had been made
in American history One by the gem
eral board Of the navy in 1903, which
was pigeOnholed by a Republican sec
rotary of the navy. and the other by
president Wilson in his address to con-
gress last December
whipping Republicans Into Line
but what happened when THIS mat
ter was under consideration in the
naval affairs committee of the house %
continued the senator Every Repub-
lican member of the committee decided
to oppose the presidents continuous
program and would vote for no pro-
gram longer than one year After l6
years Of failure even to let the public
know OF the continuous policy proposed
by naval experts. much less TO carry
out such policy. and after the RepuD-
leans OF the house naval affairs COM
mittee in June. 1906. unanimously op-
posed the presidents policy. they now
say they favor the continuous policy
The Republican plank declaring FOR
an effective system OF rural credits,
as opposed to the ineffective law pro
posed BY the present Democratic ad-
ministration," was assailed by senator
James. who declared that almost every
Republican in the house and senate mad
voted for the administrations rural
credits bill and that none had charged
that il was ineffective or had proposed
a substitute
Defends shipping Bill.
The senator also replied TO Repub-
lican criticism of the administrations
shipping bill. which he declared would
have given the United states an ade-
quate merchant marine by now. had it
not been killed at the last session OF
congress by a Republican filibuster-
For the first time in the history Of
our country" said senator James after
reviewing briefly Democratic legisla-
ton which he declared had made pros
neritv uossible the United States leads
the world in exports. We are more
prosperous than ever and mills which
have not turned a spindle for years are
now busy. All the labOrers OF the
United States are employed as never
before. with the world war raging
our country is the only neutral one
that has not declared a moratorium
Every demand OF the stress OF war the
Democratic party has met quickly We
have freed business from the blackmail
OF the politician. as We have enamel
patec It from the clutches of monopoly
IiieUs Wilson Unto Lincoln
The senator likeued president VII
sons Mexican policy 10 that Of Lincoln
and quoted from a declaratio Of this
latter to show that he had declined 20
Intervene when conditions were much
the same as now
TT is a perfectly easy thing" he
continued, FOR the president Of the
United States to plunge his country into
war If he is = politician before he Is a
patriot. He would seek his own reelec-
lion as he came upon horseback up the
bloody highway of contendlng armies
Of course our army could invade MeZi-
co and march IN triumph to its capital
but after the war was over other armies
would march-an army OF widows and
orphans, an army Of crlpples and men
broken in health, an army of pension
ers. and an army Of tax collectors gath
erlng up the earnings Of the people 10
pay the great war debt
No President Ever SO soreIv Tried.
The president had acted quickly
the senator aid. when there was an
invasion of American territory, and the
punitive expedition now was doing all
that this country could DO with honc-
IN Mexico. NO president during the
LIE OF this republic Eaid the senator.