Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-14
G1ynn III Democratic Keynote
Defends Wilson'S Policies

+ heavens are darkened and thousands
give up the ghost"
Speaking of the opposition to the
presidents peace policy, the speaker
continued:
! .Ry opposing what we stand for to-
day, the republican party opposes
| what Hamilton stood for century
ago. The founder OF the republican
party and the founder Of the demo-
cratic party. placing their countrye
| happiness above every other consid-
GRAFTON. forgot partisanship and made
American neutrality national creed
| We who follow Jefferson stand where
Jefferson stood, but we look in vain
for a sign from the present leaders OF
the republican party to show that
they follow where Hamilton led.
Where Hamilton counseled mod
GRAFTON they denounce 1t. Where
| Hamilton thought only Of country they
think only OF self. Where Hamilton
placed patriotism above nartisanshiu
they place partisanship above patriot
! ism. How then do they dare to speak
| for the great body of American citi-
zens who form the rank and file OF
the republican party? Do these lead
ers believe that their republicanism is
a better republicanism than Hamil-
! toms, their AmericaniSm purer
Americanism than that Of Washing
| ton?
IF Washington was right, II Jeffer-
| sonson was right, If Hamilton was
right, Il Lincoln was right. then the
president of the United States is right
today; If the republican leaders are
right then Lincoln was wrong and
! Jefferson was wrong and Hamilton
was wrong and Washington was
wrong"
/ The justification Of our policy OF
| neutrality is expressed by Mr.. Glynn
| in these words:
Before this declaration every war
| was world-war: since this declara :
ton nearly every war has been Il local
war Before this declaration war was
| a whirlpool. increasing in area
| and in it's whirl dragging down the ma :
| tons of the earth; since this declara-
| ton war has become sea Of trouble
! upon which nations embark only'from
elf-will. from self-interest or the
necessity Of geographical position. OF
financial obligation or political al
| lance.
! Points to History.
| "When Jefferson was president Eng
land seized hundreds of our ships and
Napoleon hundreds more.
| when Adams was president France
preyed upon our commerce. She ex-
tended her seizure, searches and con.
f1scations to the very waters of the
United States themselves until she had
piled up in our state department
charges Of over 1900 violations OF
neutrality's law
But we didn't go to war. Adams
settled our troubles by negotiation
just as the president Of the United
when Washington was president
and, neutrality first declared, wal
convulsed Europe, our ships dared not
to put out to sea, commerce was
| paralyzed and business depressed
American passengers and American
| crews were thrown into prison and de-
prived of. legal rights.
| But we didn't go to war. Wash,
1 ington settled our troubles by nego'
| tiation Just as the president Of thu
! United States is trying to do today.
In concluding this issue, Mr. Glynr
| asks:
| do the critics Of the present ad-
ministration believe that Lincoln
should have risked national disaste,
by using the sword rather than the
| pen in pressing the Alabama claims
Are they willing to brand Grant as a