Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-16

cratic nomination LOT IIeSioehe'
John W. wescott. attorney general
of New Jersey, said:
Prophecy is fulfilled. The eter-
nal verities of Righteousness have
prevailed. Undismayed by the ca
lamities of war, unmoved by vitu-
peration and vain defamation.
holding to the pure altar of truth,
the schoolmaster is statesman. the
statesman financier. the financier
emancipation, the emancipator pa
cifcator. the pacificator the moral
leader of democracy.
The nation Isl at work. The
nation is at peace. The nation Is
accomplishing the destiny OF de-
mocracy. Four years ago the ma
ton was not at work. With re-
sources boundless, with a hundred
million people eager to achieve and
do, commerce languished. indus
tries halted, men were idle. The
country struggled in the tolls OF
an inadequate financial system.
Credit was at the mercy of piracy.
The small business man was bound
hand and foot. Panic hung like
storm cloud over the business
world.
Prosperity Of America.
Now bursting granaries. teem-
ing factories, crowded railways
and overladen ships distribute
wealth and comfort to uncounted
millions the world over. PRODUCE
ton outruns the means Of distri-
button. The parallel of American
prosperity is not found in indus
trial history; nor is 1t causeless.
1t did not descend. like merciful
accident, from heaven. 1t is not
due to The devastations of a re-
yised tariff. 1t is not the result of
destructive legislation. 1t cannot
be attributed to the manufacture Oh
war materials, constituting bare
five per centum of the volume OF
national business. War Is destruc-
ton, not production. War curtails
international trade. War depresses
Industrial energy. When the Euro
moratoria fell like a blight upon
many of the neutral nations. but
not upon the United States.
There stands the astounding phe-
nomenon of American prosperity.
What is its explanation? The Euclid
of financial theory worked to a DEM
onstration, measures for the coun-
try's relief. He promptly put into
effect the legislative expression OF a
great program. He did not talk. He
did things. He dynamited the
monetary dams and let credit flow to
the remotest corners Of the land.
its spray dashing even upon foreign
shores. He released the nations
resources and set the energies OF all
mon free to exploit them. He de-
stroyed commercial slavery. He
struck of its shackles. The pros
perity of the nation is the product
of craftsmanship and financial
genius. American credit Is now linn
tied only by its own honesty and
capacity. The cause being undis-
turbed. the effects must remain. The
schoolmaster is statesman. the
statesman is hnancier. the financier
is emancipation. With Lincoln. the
emancipation Of the chattel slave.
he will live forever as the emanci-
pator of the commercial slave.
Peace, In a World at War.
The nation ts at peace In a world
at war. America is confronted with
appalling realities. It is not the
part of wisdom to play with phan-
toms, deal in riddles. or seek to en-
terrain the national Imagination
with the legerdemain of language.
To build words mountain high as the
throne of vanity and ambition
should not be an American pastime.
An attempt to catch the presidency
by phrases is the work Of folly. The
function of a sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal 10 not germane to
the tragic conditions of the world.
When the fate of millions is at
stake. 1t is not the part Of any man
to stack the cards. With civiliza-
ton in peril. the sphinx becomes an
anachronism. The anachronism will
remain the mysterious silence of
the ages With the whole world
tense and anxious. patriotic ad-
vice and suggestion are Of more
value than abuse and defama-
ton. Speculation willis in the blaze
of truth. Abusive phraseology
shrivels before the relentless fact.
Honesty Is the commanding quality
of a free and patriotic American.
What are the realities that face
us? In Mexico exist the potentiali
ties of civilization. In her wealth.
her history. her schools. her re-
ligion. her needs. her very suffering
and patriotism lie the indestructible
seeds of progress. To have con-
quered Mexico would have seated
death at the American Preside. 1t
would have destroyed our prosper
ity and added hundreds Of millions
of taxation to the burdens Of the
nation. It would have planted dis
trust and hatred of the United
States in every South American re-
public. 1t would have forfeited the
respect of the world. 1t would
have substituted the tenets Of i'm
perialism for the principles OF
Americanism. It would have pros
tituted the bravery and patriot
ism of American arms to the
greed and avarice of concession
aries. 1t would have robbed the
United States of the grandeur of
her mission amongst the nations OF
the earth. It would have made
might right and repudiated tho doc