Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-13
BL.UNOERS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION
Wilson Has Failed In Foreign
and Domestic Policies.
ROOT SHOWS HIS ERRORS.

Addrosn 40 Temporary Chairman of
Now York Republican Convention
! PolnIa Out oIna Of Democratic Com
miBeion end omigsion--"Wo HnVo
Lost influence Bscause We Have
Boon Grave In Wordo and lrresoIuts
In Action"
~ hl+ Rhafes5 ~ Temporary ,.liair.
man Of tho Sew iosl; gtitc Republican
convention, delivered IN Carnegie Hall
! Now York. the Hon. Eiliiu Root sal3:
Z We are rDtnrlg upon contest for
tho election oi . pgrddou, and the con.
trol of government under conditions
essentially Gew Ia tho experience Of
our party and Of our cGuatry. The
forms aud methods which we nre
about 10 follow nrc old and familiar.
lut the grounds fJr action. the Gcgnnd
OF greul events for decision upon ma
tional conduct. the moral forces urg.
INK to n solution Of vaguely outlin.
al guegtlpu8 tie tremendous con
Eequcncrs Of w'BIUm or fdlly .u nnilon.
al policy, n!i these are new 10 the great
mass of American voters now living.
Never since 1861 las an election been
| fraught with consequences 80 vital 10
national life. Al the ordinary consd.
erntlUns which play 80 great part Ia
our presidential campaigns are and
ought to 10 dwarfed into ipgignlilcancc.
Democratic Party TO Tho Bar.
For the first time in twenty years we
4 enter the Geld as the party Of opposl.
I tion, and indeed II ~ Il much longer
time. for In 1896. IN all respects kavc
the tarifr, the real opposition % the
sturdy ana patriotic coufgc Of prcA-
dent Cleveland WIS 20 be found IN the
/ party that followed Mr.. Eryan. II Is
nur duty ua tho opposition 10 bring the
Democratic party 10 the bar or public
Judgment. 10 puS Il upon its defense
so far ms we see just and substantial
grounds to crillcise It's conduct and to
ASK the voters of the country 10 decide
whether that party. organized ag 1t Is.
rcprcgcutcd as It has been since IL
came Into power, has shown itself
competent 10 govern tic country rs Y
should DO governed and whether lis
spirit ts policies. aud Itg performance
are the best that the American people
can do IN the way OF popular self gov
crnmcut
III the field Of domestic affairs some
facta relevant 10 these questions had
already been asccrtaiuod when In Au-
gust. 1914. the great European war
began. During the year aud half Of
/ Democratic control of government Ia
n period OF profound pence there had
been steady decrcaGc III American
production. IN exports nnl In revenues
and II steady Increase In Imports md
expenditures. Enterprise had halted.
The Democratic tariff had been framed
upon m avoWed rcpudiatloa OF ali pro-
lection. however moderate and reason.
able. and because nil protection was
rcpudinted practically all information
from competent witnesses as 10 the ef
feet new provisions would have upon
/ business was rejected. II was with
just cause that the enterprise of tAc
country halted. t!nid and irrcSa.ptc
because Il fclt ana feared the hostility
of government.
Foreign Competition AF.er War.
The great war has not changed the
lesson which we had already learned
when Il began. II has hut obscurcd
further demonstration. II has caused
nh enormous demand for some things
which the United States IL ahlo 70 pro-
ducc In large quantities. and In these
tines OF production. while other indus
tries still languish. there have been OK
tcuSige employment of labor, great eT-
ports and great iniluS of money.
But this Is temporary. Ii must soon
cease. aud when the factories have
stopped and their lahorers are no
longer employed we must deal with
situation for which wise forethought
should make provision. More lmpor-
tant still. the war has paralyzcd the
peaceful industries of all Europe and
has stopped that competitive foreign
production which In July. 1914. had al
Tpuul tliltINu AiIiStlNHh iii''' 49, ~
supcrscde American products under
the tariff law OF 1913. The war has
thus given TO American products an
immunity from competition far more
effective than any possible protective
tariff. But that Is temporary, and
when the war Is over. when foreign
production begins again. the American
market compared with impoverished
Europe will be more than ever before
the object OF desire and effort. and we
hhall become the dumping ground OF
the world to the destruction OF our
own Industries unless that is prevented
by a wise and competent government
How Can We Defend Ourselves?
But it is not from domestic cues
tIons that the most difficult problems
of this day arise. The events of the
last few years have taught Us many
lessons. We have learned that civiliza-
ton Is but a veneer thinly covering the
savage nature of man. How can this
nation, which loves peace and intends
Justice, avoid the curse of militarism
and at the same time preserve its in
dependence, defend its territory, PRO
feet the lives and liberty and proper
tv of its citizens? How can we pre-