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lously, and successfully held to- the old paths of neutrality and of the peaceful pursuit of the legitimate ob- iects of our national life, which statesmen of all parties and creeds have prescribed for themselves Ill America since the beginning of our history But the circumstances or the last two years have revealed ne cessities of international action Wh1ch no former generation can nave Iore- seen. We hold that it is the duty of the United States to use it's power, not only to make itself safe at home, b,,+ also to make secure it's just in- terests throughout the world ana both for this end and in the interests of humanity to assist the world 1n securing settled peace and justice We believe that every people has the right to choose the sovereignty under which it shall live; that the small states of the world have a right to enjoy from other nations the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity that great and powerful nations expect and in- sist upon; and that the world has a right to be free from every disturb ance of it's peace that has it's origin in aggression or disregard of the rights of peoples and nations; and we be- Iieve that the time has come when it is the duty of the United States to join with the other nations of the world in any feasible association that will effectively serve these principles, to maintain inviolate the complete security of the highway of the seas for the common and unhindered use of all nations.
 Recognition of Small States.
 The present administration has con- sistently sought to act upon and real ize in it's conduct of the foreign af- fairs of the nation the principle that should be the object of any associa- ton of the nations formed to secure the peace of the world and the main tenance of national and individual rights. It has followed the highest American traditions. It has pre- ferred respect for the fundamental rights of smaller states, even to prop erty interests, and has secured the friendship of the people of these states for the United States by refus- ing to make a more material inter- est an excuse for the assertion of our superior power against the dig nity of their sovereign independence. It has regarded the lives of it's citi- zens and the claims of humanity as of greater moment than material rights, and peace as the best basis for the just settlement of commer- cial claims. It has made the honor l and ideals of the United States it's standard alike in negotiations and action.
 Pan-Amcrican Concord
 We recognize now, as we have al- l ways recognized, a definite and com | mon interest between the United 1 States with the other peoples and re- 1 publics of the western hemisphere in l all matters of national independence i and free political development. We 1 favor the establishment and mainten- 1 ance of the closest relations of amity 1 and mutual helpfulness between the ] United States and the other repub- i lies of the American continents for the support of peace and the promo i tion of a common prosperity TO l, that end we favor all measures which |, may be necessary to facilitate inti- l
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LARGEST CLASS IN
 NEW BRITAIN H. s. HISTORY GRADUATES
Diplomas Awarded to 17O at Con- menCeIlent Exercises in Audi
 tOrium This Afternoon
SUPT. HOLMES DELIVERS
 ADDRESS OF THE OCCASION

Excellent Papers Read By Bright Scholars, Showing Intense Thought in Preparation-Fond Parents See Er
 Continuation of Their Ambitions Hall Crowded Despite Limitation Placed on Distribution of Tickets.
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DEMOCRATS STRIKE FROM THE SHOULDER IN VIGOROUS PLATFORM
 ADOPTED WITH CHEERS AT ST. LOUIS NATIONAL CONVENTION OD|
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

The democratic party in annual convention assembled adopts the following declaration, to the end that the people of the United States may both realize the achieVem ents wrought by four years of democratic administration and be appraised of the policies to which the party is committed for the further conduct of national affairs.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16
WEATHER.

Hartford. June 16. For Hartford and vicinity: Unset tied and shOwery but not quite so cold tonight and Saturday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
TEACHING THRIFT.

G ONE time ago The West Virginian referred to plans
y of the state department Of free schools to teach thrift
throughout the state. The FIRST local evidence that
delivered before the Marion teachers at The institute til.
week. Most of the teachers were cosnizant in a vague
way Of the facts that were 50 graphically set before them
by Mi. Rynearson. but it may be doubted that many Of
them gave the matter, important though it undoubtedly is,
ten minutes of real thought before this week.
State Superintendent of Schools Shawkey and his asso-
eiates knew this when they planned to have the matter Of
thrift and school savings banks brought to the attention of
the teachers. They knew also that if the facts were pre-
sented in the right way a vast amount Of positive good
would result. We are inclined to take the same view of
it, and we hope to see Marion county lead in this new
educational effort, as it already leads in many others.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
NEW YORK LETTER.

From our Regular correspondept)
a FTER rejecting for several years
IN the recommendations OF the
Navy General Board, and after
holding up for q year and q half the
awarding OF contracts for ships actin.
ally ordered by Congress, Secretary
Daniels has now determined to make
q spectacular start In naval construe.
ton on the eve Of the national election
and 10 that end has ordered that on
October Is, bids shall be opened for
the construction OF four b~attleships,
four scout cruisers and twenty tor.
pedo boat destroyers. There is no
navy yard available to build any OF
these ships and the private shipyards
OF the country are crowded to the
limit, so that there Is every prospect
that the government will have to pay
extremely high prices. The extreme
prices which II will be necessary to
pay now, It Is pointed out by naval
officers, could easily have been avoid.
ed had the administration needed the
recommendations OF the General Board
and provided a regular aud systematic
increase Of the navy. But It took SO
long for President Wilson to read the
handwriting on the wall and become
n convert TO preparedness, that ono
more the country will have to pay, and
pay heavily. the cost Of Democratic
ineffciency and Bhortsightedness.
However, the peanut policy which
characterized the first three years OF
thiR administration h.1 ,I,a. .iooo
to n OF the widest extravaganza
and. as one naval officer remarks,
"Who cares for s25, 000. 900 more or
less, nowf" 1t is further declared
that the prospect Of final enactment OF
the worse than useless Shipping Bill,
with its $50,000,0oo OF government
funds to be expended for ships. is
also having It's effect In stiffening the
prices asked by private constructors
for naval vessels.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
GEORGE DULL.

= NGINEER GEORGE DULL, of the Baltimore
Z and Ohio railroad, is a splendid example of the best
type of men who sit at the totte Of American rail-
road locomotives. This newspaper knows that it is safe
in saying this, because it has delved a bit into Dulls record.
The incentive to look Dull up was born of reading the
reports Of the inquest into The death of Brooks Holt, who
was killed on the right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio
road one day recently. Dull went to that inquest and
told a simple tale of how the fatality occurred. He had
seen something on the track and ran into it full tilt. He
did not know that he had struck a human being until it
was all over. The jury. as eoroner's juies usually do,
agreed upon a finding that left the public to form its own
conclusions regarding Dulls responsibility.
1t struck US that there could not be much wrong about
the professional ability and the consciendousness on duty
Of a man who would under such circumstances make as
clean a breast of the matter as Dull did. 1t is with sincere
satisfaction that we are able to say that this judgment was
correct. Dull is a good runner. He has been in the en-
ploy of the Baltimore and Ohio for Is years, fifteen of
which period Of service has been in the capacity of en-
gineman. He stands well with his bosses. If the obstruc-
ton on the track had been his own brother the result would
have been the same. If trains were brought to a stop every
time the runner sees a dark object between the rails they
never would get over the road. Not once in a thousand
times is the dark object potential tragedy.
Why then did the corners jury not play fair and give
Dull a clean bll1 Well, why is a coroner's inquest any
howl In these days they do more harm than good.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
The p~ertsmouth Conference.

As limitation Is the %sincerest form
Of fiattery." Colonel Roosevelt should
be tlattered by President Wilson's Sc.
lection OF Portsmouth, N. H., as the
scene OF the Mexican conference soon
to convene. OF course this is not an oc.
casion Of restoring peace between two
world powers, as It was when the ennis.
saries OF Russia and Japan met at
Portsmouth. On the contrary, this is
an occasion Of the United States stoop.
Ing to treat with the representatives
Of a bandit whose followers have ruth.
lessly killed American citizens and
despoiled their wives and daughters.
It is q sad imitation Of the Portsmouth
Peace Conference conducted under
the guidance Of Mr.. Roosevelt, but still
It is an imitation. And this time the
Uitittd States will pay all costs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 81, 1916.
sAmaiea Fist and america Efficient"
POLITICS AND CRIME.

q PEAKING before the National Association Of Auor-
~ neysl General. which has been in session in Chicago
this week, Edward c.. Turner attorney general for
Ohio, asserted fatty that Crime is increasing in this
country because punishment is decreasing" and he made
an eloquent appeal for the more faithful enforcement of
the criminal statutes.
Neither the statement Of fact nor the conclusion which
was drawn from it could have been new to the gentlemen
who preside over the law departments Of the 48 states.
Ihe whole country knows it and what The whole country
knows they of necessity know. But most of the Attorneys
General in this broad land are also politicians of rather
wide experience and had they been minded to draw upon
the hundlo of knowledge acquired in that practical field they
could have told General Turner that one of the most DOW.
ertal reasons for the lax enforcement of the laws is politics.
lhls newspaper does not pretend to know whether The
fear Is well grounded or not, but it is a fact that the leaders
Of the Democratic party in Marion county believe that if
the laws were enforced as they should be enforced the
Democratic party would lose the election. 1t is that belief
and nothing else that makes bootlesging a safe business in
Fahmont and every other town in the county. 1t is ac-
eepsed as a matter of course that as the election draws
nearer the operations of the b~ootleggers will grow holder.
Employers of labor throughout the county are even count
ing on having more or less lost time between this and cleo
ton daybecause Of drunkenness upon the part of men they
enploy. Liquor in a word is again becoming an indus
tial problem in this county. And bootlesgins is not the
only form Of ylawlessness that will be protected"
This IS a shame. of course, and It is a shame in which
every Democrat in Marion county who makes any preten-
hons TO welding influence within his own party must bear
q share. When public opinion forces the taking Of the
administration of the criminal law out Of politics as it has
been taken out of politics in England there will be little
room for The kind Of complaint the Ohio gentleman makes.
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through the November election.

through the November election.
The Federal machine In West vir.
ginia Is capable OF the most desper.
ate and despicable political adYen.
lures. We have incontroYertible PROOF
that this is true. II the Advertiser
doubts 1t or will deny 1t, we will fur.
nish the proof. This proof Is OF itself
sufficient to warrant the Herald.Dis.
patch and other Republican newspa.
pers in questioning the motives OF this
prosecution and to prevent the politi.
cal effect which is the aim Of the
Democratic press. no matter what the
merits Of the case in the abstract.
Every Democratic newspaper pub.
lished In the state Of West Virginia is
being turned into an instrument Of
prosecution before the cases come to
trial, protestations to the contrary not
withstanding. Under these circum.
stances, car Republican papers do less
than expose the animus behind these
attacks while demanding q speedy
trial?
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Wilson and the Embargo.

"A policy was at stake, peaceful
means had failed. SO a President
whose warcry is that he has kept this
country out OF val used as his In.
strument the most horrible and indie.
feasible kind Of warfare and all the
forces Of murder. Unbridled passion
and lust were armed and encouraged
to conduct a conflict in which nothing
was sacred, not even the alters OF
religion" This is Senator Lippitt's
summing up Of President Wilson's
lifting OF the embargo on arms to
Mexico. which he described as the
objectionable sin Of the Wilson ad.
ministration. Mr.. Lipptt points out
that having failed by all other means
in his meddlesome policy OF "eliminat.
ing Huerta,n on February 8, 1914,
Mr.. Wilson raised the embargo on
arms consigned to Villa and Carran.
"a, with the result that $4,000 rifles
and more than IS, 1000, 900 rounds Of
ammunition had been shipped into
Mexico by August Is; and It is these
arms which have been used to shoot
down American soldiers, and Ameri.
can citizens as they bravely but futile.
ly strove to protect the honor OF their
wives and daughters from the lust of
Woodrow Wilson's %proteges." Sen.
ator Lippitt compares President VII.
sons course with Burgoyne's arming
the Indians to destroy his white op.
ponents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
Wilson Changes Mind.


President Wilson has changed his
mind again regarding the sending Of
more militia to Mexico and the guards.
men OF Vermont, Ohio and Kentucky,
said to number 10000 men, will go
forward to the Mexican border at
once. Except in the case of his own
stamping plans, there is no question
regarding which Mr.. Wilson has, re.
Gently at least, changed his mind SO
many times as the question OF send.
ing more militia men to the border.
What possible excuse there can be
border. ii.ps)arm CMFWYPvBGKQJ
for sending more militia to Texas, Just
on the v Of the Mexican conference
at which. as everybody knows, It will
be promptly agreed to withdraw Per-
shing's forces from Mexico, no one can
perceive. When Perhsing returns his
command can be used to patrol the
border and will certainly make unnec.
essary the presence OF the $4,000
guardsmen now order forward unless
and nothing seems improbable dur.
Ing this administration = President
Wilson is planning some spectacular
demonstration on Mexican territory a
few days before the national election.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
.%HLNpENBURc. VAR LORD.

A Tlast Field Marshal Won Hindenburg goes to Berlin
n To- assume the responsibilities that go with the posi-.
ton Of chief of the German General Staff. He is
The third to sit in this seat since war was declared. Even
hose who believe most in his ability and his destiny will
not be able to refrain from wondering how long he will be
able to remain.
The war now going on is essentially text book warfare.
There has been no opportunity for the display of individual
military bnliancy on a large scale in the main theatres.
Perhaps after it is all over and the experts begin to pour
over ,he notes they will find that a new Hannibal has been
fighting IN the Alps or a new Alexander making brilliant
forced marches in Asia. But of that we know nothing
new.
-Four men, however, have managed to make records that
sand outm bold relief. Two of these arc German, Hin
deuburg and Mackensen. one an Englishman, Kitchener,
and The other French, Jofre. OF these four Hindenburg
makes By far the strongest appeal to popular imagination.
Papa Jofre and the tacitum Kichener, now. unhapply
for die British, dead, probably are the real miracle men
Of The war. but Hindenburg is the organizer Of victory,
tbs captain who does things that the people can see and
understand. Even Mackensen cannot compare with him
IN public estimation for the reason that this generals great.
ct strength lies in his wonderful ability to dispose Of prob
lem. Of hisher strategy on a grand scale. He scars above
The lay mind.
But now Hindenburs is in a place where he must de-
PEND upon other men for results, instead Of going out and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
THE CAT OUT OF The BAG.
from the Philadelphia Ledger.

FROM the Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Underwood, author of the
tariff law, which, fortunately for the
United States, has been practically UNI
enforceable owing to the embargo of
the warchas made the honest confes.
sion that may be good for his own
free trade soul il it is not for his broth.
er Democrats when he says "he will
not vote for protection to the Ameri.
can dye industries" and that he does
not intend to submit tamely to swal.
low such Republican doctrine as this"
By letting the cat out Of the bag at
this stage Of the game Mr.. Underwood
shows up for the benefit OF the coun.
try the real attitude of the unterrifed
Southern Democracy toward the par.
ty platforms and the revenue meas.
ures that are being passed by the par
ty as pure vote-catching laws intend.
ed to tide over a critical political sit.
uation, but which are not believed in
either in principle .or as opportunism
by those who are the real bosses OF
the party.
Mr.. Underwood's position Is natural
and logical. He belongs to that group
Of Southern statesmen who, as soon
as they have a Democratic President
to deal with, rush to his side and sing
the siren song OF free trade, or at least,
Of "a tariff for revenue only" Ignor.
ing the fiscal and industrial expert.
ence Of the country, coming from dis.
tricts that often have no concern save
those OF a primitive agricultural char.
acter, they are ever sustained In their
theories by the bucolic community
that sends them to Congress and that
knows less than they do. And, in con.
sequence, their very excess In num-
bers and In temporary leadership by
reason Of the famed seniority princi.
pie enables them to run the party and
the President, Wilson no less than
Cleveland, and the industrial fat is
soon in the fire.
And so 1t is today. But the party
has been forced by public sentiment
to pretend that 1t believes In saving
the day for the dye people and is also
anxious to prevent dumping after the
war; but 1t is at heart still unconvert.
ed, and this anomalous attitude Is set
out by Mr.. U~nderwood's outbreak,
which teaches n thing surely, and
that is, that II the country wants real
protection 1t had better make sure of
1t by voting In a Republican Congress
and not trust It's affairs. to eleventh.
hour converts In a party which, II put
back In power, may recant all Its ideas
over night.
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cans generally who are determined "a
give the states electoral vote 10 tbs
Republican candidate.
Reporting the Candidate.

Local newspapers from along the
line Of Governor Hughes, trip are
beginning to reach New York and pre-,
sent a radically different view 81 III,
candidate from that depicted BY thd
eastern dailies. This Is, obviously, DUE
In large part to the fact that newspa.
per correspondents with the candi|
date are compelled. by the difference
In time and the delay Of ItransrnissionI
to send to their papers In the east re
ports Of the Hughes meetings writ.
ten In advance OF their actual occur.
renee. So much Of the speeches as
they quote has been prepared In ad.
vance and there Is an entire absence
Of that punch" and fire which oyf
IDENTIFY characterize Mr.. Hughes
speeches and which, as 10 the case
with every speaker, are largely inspir.
ed by the enthusiasm Of his auditors.
Then, too, Mr.. Hughes has q decided
facility in utilizing local facts and In
cidents to point his arguments and
these are naturally omitted BY the COZ.
respondents as not likely To be under
stood SO far away,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31
The California Situation.

The Republican managers refuse to
be disturbed over alleged difficulties
In California and one reason they do
do ID that Representative Curry, OF the
Third District, writes them most en-.
couragingly. Mr.. Curry says, 1.-THE
situation Is extremely fortunate for
Mr.. Hughes. He conducted himself
automatically and properly In rela.
ton to the local differences. and TO
the satisfaction Of all who honestly
wish him and the Republican party
success. That he will carry California
by a large majority there is absolutely
no doubt. The newspaper accounts
Of his. visit have not been accurate.
His reception was an ovation, most
enthusiastic. He was accorded the
largest meetings ever held in every
section he visited and had overflow
meetings In every city. The local
fight is separate and distinct from the
national fight and they cannot by ay
human ingenuity be welded"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-31

doing tlnss himself. His is the hardest military job in
the world today. If he fails. and failure Is among the
possibilities. il will break the hearts Of countless Germans
and sympathizers with the German cause and will do an
inealculable amount Of moral damage 10 The German ar
mics. But if he succeeds; well, William the Impetuous
found that he would have to share the affections of his
people and the power Of his exalted station with the man
Of Blood and Iron who created the German empire for
him.
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o r ABOUT


From the Huntington Herald Dispatch.
The Herald.D Dispatch has no fear OF
the outcome Of a trial Of the men In.
dicted at Webster Springs. This is
true for three reasons. The first OF
these Is that 1t has abiding confidence
In the innocence Of General o'Toole
and the other defendants In this ex.
traordinary political procedure. Sec.
ond, there is not the slightest doubt in
the world that every safeguard Of fair
ness will be thrown round them in
the trial that Is to come-when It
comes. Third, II In the course Of such
trial the Guilt Of any or all Of these
men should be established, nobody
will any more quickly acquiesce In
the verdict than the Herald.D Dispatch.
But this is not the point. The point,
which the Advertiser carefully ig.
nores, is the. these indictments c1me
as the result Of a movement carefully
co-ordinated between members of the
Federal political machine in West vir.
ginia, nondescript influences in poll.
tics for business reasons, ana office
hungry Democrats eager to fatten of
the state patronage. II the prosecu.
ton is disinterested, IL there is not a
well grounded plan to turn 1t to po.
litical advantage, why all the careful.
ly timed. lurid and expensive public.
ity? Why all the fervid moralization?
Why the undisguised purpose to make
1t a political issue?
Furthermore, the Federal political
machine in West Virginia began In.
reference, in collision with the non.
descript gentlemen in politics for bust.
ness reasons, many weeks before the
Republican primary, and made desper'
ate efforts not only to dictate the re
suit OF that contest, but to form ties
which might easily be carried down