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Va. She will there load coal for the
lighthouse on the Potomac river, and
on the cruise will probably come to this
port In PREPARATION for the coming of
cool weather on the bay the lighthouse
tenders are busy supplying the stations
with fuel.
The lighthouse service steamer Laurel
is due at Portsmouth from the inland
waters of North Carolina. The Laurel
has been employed in aid to navigation
Inspection duty.
Thick growth of trees and shrubbery
along the shore has prevented Brewer
ton channel lights, that mark the APP
proach to Baltimore. from being prop
erly seen. For the past two weeks men
from the tender Jessamine have been
employed in cutting away this growth.
and have now completed the work. The
lights now show properly and can be
used by navigators
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lieve that the energy and initiative of
our people have been too narrowly
coached and superintendent: that they
should be set free; as we have set them
the nation; that they should not be con-
centrated in the hands Of few power
ponents have again and again, in effect
if not in purpose. sought to concen-
trate them.
We believe, moreover--who that looks
about him now with comprehendinr
eve can fail to believe?-that the day
ri little Americanism. with its narrow
horizons. when methods of protection"
and Industrial nursing were the chief
study of our provincial statesmen, are
past and gone. and that a day Of en-
terprise has at last dawned for the
United States whose field is the wide
world.
We hope to see the stimulus of that
new day draw all America. the repub-
lies Of both continents. on to a new
life and energy and initiative in the
great affairs of peace. We are Ameri-
cans for big America. and rejoice to
look forward to the days in which
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America shall strive to stir the world
without irritating 1t or drawing 1t on
to new antagonisms, when the nations
with which we deal shall at last come
to see upon what deep foundations OF
humanity and justice our passion for
peace rests, and when all mankind shall
look upon our great people with a new
sentiment Of admiration. friendly ri
valry and real affection. as upon peo-
pie who, though keen to succeed. seeks
always to be at once generous and
Just and to whom humanity is dearer
than profit or selfish power.
Upon this record and in the faith of
this purpose we go to the country.
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"There Must Be Peace

There must be just and settled
peace. and we here in America must
contribute the full force of our en-
thusiasm and of our authority as a ma
ton to the organization of that peace
upon Worldwide foundations that can
not easily be shaken. No nation should
be forced to take sides in any quarrel
in which its own honor and integrity
ana the fortunes Of its own people are
not involved: but no nation can any
willful disturbance of the peace of the
world The effects of war can no
longer he confined to the areas of bat
tie. No nation stands wholly apart in
interest when the life and interests of
All nations are thrown into confusion
and peril. If hopeful and generous en-
terprise is to be renewed. if the heal
ing and helpful arts of life are indeed
to be revived when peace comes again,
new atmosphere of justice and
friendship must be generated by means
the world has never tried before. The
nations Of the world must unite in
Joint guarantees that whatever is done
to disturb the whole worlds life must
first be tested in the court of the whole
worlds opinion before it is attempted.
These are the new foundations the
world must build for itself and we
must play our part in the reconstruc-
ton. generously and without too much
thought of our separate interests. We
must make ourselves ready to play it
lntelligently, vigorously and well.
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Revolution Inevitable

The ueople Of the United States are
capable OF great sympathies and
noble pity in dealing with problems Of
this kind As their spokesman and
representative, / have tried TO act in
the spirit they would wish me SHOW,
The peopIe of Mexico are striving for
me rights that are fundamental to life
and iness-15. 100000 oppressed
men overburdened women and pltitul
children in virtual bondase IN their
own HON. of fertile lands and mex
haustiule treasure some OF the leh"-
-rs Of the revolution may often nave
been mistaken and violent and selfish.
nut the revolution Itself was inevitable
and is right The unspeakable Huerta
BETRAYED the very comrades he served.
traitorously overthrow the government
~ which he was a trusted part. i'm :
pudently spoke for the very forces tina
had driven his people to the rebellion
with which he had pretended TO avn
pathize The men who oWercame mn
ana drove MIN out represent a least
the fierce passion of reconstruction
which lies at the very heart Of liberty
and so long as they represent now
ever imperfectly. such struggle for
ends when ! can. So long as the power
of recognition rests with me the gov
eminent of the United States viii re
fuse to extend the hand OF welcome TO
any one who obtains power In sister
republic by treachery and violence. No
permanency can be given the affairs OF
any republic by a title based upon in
trieue and assassination / declared
that TO be the policy of this admins
tratfon within three weeks after | as
sumed the presidency. | here again
VOW it. ! am more Interested IN IN"
fortunes of oppressed men and pitiful
women and children than in any prop
crty rights whatever Mistakes ] have
no doubt made in this perplexinG bust
ness. but not in purpose Or object
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Regard for Insular Peoples.

One of the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace is this: We
must see to it that the people in our
insular possessions are treated in their
own lands as we would treat them
here, and make the rule of the United
states mean the same thing every
where-the same justice. the same
consideration for the essential rights
of men.
Besides contributing our ungrudg-
ing moral and practical support to the
eSta blishment of peace throughout the
world we must actively and inteIH-
gently prepare ourselves to do our full
service in the trade and industry which
are TO sustain and develop the life of
the nations in the days to come.
We have already been provident in
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentaiities of
prompt adjustment. We have created
IN the federal trade commission. a
means of inquiry and of accommoda
ton in the field of commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
prises of our traders and manufacture
ers and to remove the barriers of mis-
understanding and of a too technical
Interpretation of the law.
In the new tariff commission we have
added another instrumentality of OBJ
Seryation and adjustment which prom
ises to be Immediately serviceab bile The
trade commission substitutes counsel
and accommodation for the harsher
processes of legal restraint, and the
tariff commission ought to substitute
facts for prejudices and theories
our exporters have for some time had
the advantage of working in the new
laht thrown upon foreign markets and
opportunities Of trade by the intelligent
inquiries and artiYlties of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce,
which the democratic Congress so
wisely created in 1912, The tariff com
mission completes the machinery by
which we shall he enabled to open up
our legislative policy to the facts as
they deNeLop
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Drizzling Rain Falling.

A drizzling rain fell throughout the
morning, but did not dampen the spirits
of the assembled democrats.
President Wilson himself rose early
and spent the forenoon shaking hands
with party leaders and renewing friend
ships with New Jersey members of his
party.
The Presidents magnificent summer
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Interpreter of Platform.

have not spoken explicitly. gentle
men. OF the platform adopted at St
Louis: but it has been implicit in all
that have said. I have sought to in
terpret it's spirit and meaning. The
people of the United States do not need
to be assured now that that platform
is n definite pledge, practical pro-
gram. we have proved to them that
our promises are made to be kept
We hold very definite ideals. We be-
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IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Vessel Laden With Stores on Tour.
Navigation Inspections.

Laden with lighthouse stores from the
Baltimore station, the tender Maple is
on her way to the depot at Portsmouth,
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through whether we be able and ready
to play the part in the world that we
mean to play. 1t will not bring us into
their presence slowly. gently, with
ceremonious introduction. hut suddenly
and at once, the moment the war in
Europe is over. They will be new prob.
lens. most of them: many will be old
problems in a new setting and with
new elements which we have never
dealt with or reckoned the force and
meaning Of before. They will require
for their sol0tion new thinking, fresh
courage and resourcefulness, and in
some matters radical reconsiderations
of policy. We must be ready to mob
ilize our resources alike of brains and
of materials.
1t is not a future to be afraid of. 1t
is. rather. future to stimulate and ex-
cite us to the display of the best pow
ers that are in US. We may enter it
with confidence when we are sure that
we understand it-and we have provid-
ed ourselves already with the means of
understanding it.
Look first at what it will be necessary
that the nations of the world should do
to make the days to come tolerable and
fit to live and work in; and then look
at our part in what is to follow and
our own duty of preparation. For we
must he prepared both in resources and
in policy
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Emancipation for Business.

But while the big men who used TO
write the tariffs and command the assist
ance of the Treasury have been hostile
all but a few with vision-the average
business man knows that he mas been de
,ivered. and that the fear that was once
every dsv in his heart, that the men who
controlled credit and directed enterprise
from the committee rooms OF Congress
would crush him. is there no more. and
Will not returH-unless the party that
consulted only the big men" should re-
turn to power--the party of mastery in
activity and cunning resourcefulness in
standing pat to resist change
The republican party is just the party
that cannot meet the new conditions az
q new age. 1t does not know the way
and ii does not wish new conditions
1t tried to break away from the old
leaders and could not They stiIl So
icy. still resist change, still banker
after the old conditions, still know no
methods of encouraging business but
the old methods. When it changes it's
leaders and it's purposes and brings its
ideas up to date 1t Will have the right
/, to ask the American people to give il
power again; but not until then. A
change, needs new purposes and new
iueas.
In foreign affairs we have been guild
ed by principles clearly conceived and
consistently lived up to. Perhaps thew
nave not been fully comprehended be-
Gauge they have hitherto governed in
ternat!onal affairs only in theory, NOT in
easily stated and Fundamental TO
American ideals
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A divers boots weigh twenty pounds
each and the helmet forty. In addi-
ton, he is otherwise weighted.
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This Is Day of Our Test.

More is involved than the immed iate
destinies of Mexico and the relations
Of the United States with distressed
and distracted people. All America
looks on. Test is now being made Of
~ whether we be sincere lovers of
nopular liberty not. and are. in
deed to be trusted to respect national
sovereignty among our weaker neigh
bors. We have undertaken these many
wears to play big brother to the repub-
lies of this hemisphere. This is the day
of our test whether we mean. have
ever meant. to play that part for our
own benefit wholly or also for theirs.
I-non the outcome of that test tits out
come in their minds, not in ours) de-
pends every relationship of the United
States with Latin America, whether in
politics or in commerce and enterprise
These are great issues and lie at the
heart of the gravest tasks of the flu
ture. tasks both economic and political,
and very intimately inwrought with
many of the most vital Of the new is
sues of the politics OF the world The
republics of America have in the last
three years been drawing together in a
new spirit of accommodation. mutual
understanding and cordial co-opera-
ton Much of the politics of the world
in the years to come will depend upon
their relationships with one another
1t is a barren and provincial states
manship that loses sight of such
things!
Problems in Future.
The future, the immediate future, will
bring us squarely face to face with
many great and exacting problems
which will search us through and
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Saving Strength for Peace.

We have been neutral not only be-
cause il was the fxed and traditional
policy Of the United States to stand
aloof from the politics Of Europe and
because we had had no part either of
action or OF policy in the influences
which brought on the present war but
also because II was manifestly our duty
to prevent. il it were possible, the in
definite extension of the fires of hate
and desolation kindled by that terrible
confiic: and seek to serve mankind by
reserving our strength and our re-
sources for the anxious and difficult
days of restoration and healing which
must follow. when peace will have to
build it's house anew.
The rights of our own citizens, of
course. became involved; that was in
evitable. Where they did this was our
guiding principle: That property rights
can be indicated by claims for dam
ages, and no modern nation can decline
to arbitrate such claims; but the funda-
mental rights of humanity cannot be-
The loss of life Is irreparabIe. Neither
sovereignty await vindication in suits
for damages. The nation that violates
these essential rights must expect to be
checked and called to account by direct
challenge and resistance It at once
makes the quarrel In part our own.
These are plain principles. and we have
never lost sight Of them or departed
psrpIexity Of circumstance or the provo
cation to hasty resentment. The record
is clear and consistent throughout and
stands distinct and definite for any one
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Poison Of Disloyalty Injected.

Poison Of Dislovalty Injected.
The seas were not broad enough to
keep the infection of the conflict out of
,wn no1i+ics Tho nassions ava l.,
- .,
combinations of men amongst US who
were wi ~ o eS injected
the poison VI uisio' "s ny oui own
,,ioSa 1872 IF o,,r ipdustries ana s,,h
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Amy and Navy Neglected.
Accomplishments of Democracy

Tho tariff hes been revised not on
~" principle Of repeilins foreign trade.
hu' upon ~. principle Of encouraging
tt upon something like footing Of
equality with our own in respect Of
H.. terms - competition. and tsrirr
board haS been created whose function
i vii. be to Keep the relations Of
american with foreign business and
luuusfry under constant observation
for the guidance alike OF our business
'4Eeu and of our Congress. American
energies are now directed toward the
faarEetk Of the world.
The laws against trusts have been
clarified by definition, with view to
making II plain that they were not di :
rected against big business but only
against unfair business and the pre-
tense Of competition where there was
none, ana a trade com mission has been
,reated with powers Of guidance and
. accommodation which have relieved
business men Of unfounded fears and
s@t them upon the road Of hopeful and
tGNident enterprise.
By the federal reserve act the ann
ply Of currency at the disposal of ac-
axe business has been rendered elastic
taking it's volume, not from 4 dxed
H"dy of investment securities. but from
Jhc liquid assets of daily trade; and
these assets are assessed and accepted.
not by distant groups of bankers in
control of unavailable reserves, but by
bankers at the many centers Of local
exchange who are in touch with local
conditions everywhere.
Effective measures have been taken
for the recreation of an American
merchant marine and the revival Of the
Nnerfca n carrying trade indispensab BILE
o our emancipation from the control
~ hicn foreigners have SO long exer-
s:ised over the opportunities, the routes
and the methods OF our commerce with
other countries.
= The interstate commerce commi ssi on
is about to be reorganized to enable II
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Promises Redeemed in Law.

This extraordinary recital must
sound like a platform. d list of san
guine promises. but it is not. 1t is a
record of promises made four years
ago and now actually redeemed in con
structive legislation.
These things must profoundly dis
turb the thoughts and confound the
plans of those who have made them
selves believe that the democratic party
neither understood nor was ready to
assist the business of the country in
the great enterprises which it is it's
evident and inevitable destiny to under
take and carry through. The breaking
up of the lobby must especially discon-
cert them, for it was through the lobby
that they sought and were sure they
had found the heart of things. The
game of privilege can be played sue
cessfully by no other means.
This record must equally astonish
those who feared that the democratic
party had not opened its heart to com
prehend the demands Of social justice.
We have in four years come very near
to carrying out the platform of the
progressive party well our own.
for We also are progressiyes.
There Is one circumstance connected
with this program which ought to be
very plainly stated II was resisted at
every step by the interests which the
republican party had catered to and fos-
tered at the expense of the country, and
these same interests are now earnestly
praying for a reaction which will save
their privileges-for the restoration of
their sworn friends to power before it
is too late to recover what they have
lost. They fought with particular desper-
alton and infinite resourcefulness the
reform of the banking and currency sys-
TEN, knowing that to be the citadel Of
their control; and most anxously are they
hoping and planning for the amendment
of the federal reserve act by the concen-
tration of control in a single bank which
the old familiar group of bankers can
keep under their eye and direction.
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to perform it's great end impurt a, ~
functions more promptly ana more 81
ffcientlv. We have created, eNteIoeu
and improved the service OF the par
cells post.
Work for Business.
So much we have done for business.
What other party has understood the
task so we'll or executed 1t so lnteih
gently and enerpetically? What ''"e'
party has attempted 1t at all! ne
publican leaders. apparently hh'"
no means of assisting business "u
protection" How to stlmulate - 90
put it upon new footing OF energy
and enterprise they have not sug
gested
Credit for the Farmer.
For the farmers of the country We
have virtually created commercial
act and the rural credits act. They now
have the standing of other business
men in the money market. We nave
successfully regulated speculation IN
futures and established standards IN
the marketing of grains. BY an inter
lieent warehouse act we have assisted
to make the standard crops available
as never before both for systematic
marketing and as a security for loans
from the banks. We have great!
added to the work of neighborhood
demonstration on the farm itself OF
improved methods of cultivation. and
through the intelligent extension or
the functions of the Department OF
Agriculture. have made it possible for
the farmer to learn Systematically
where his best markets are and now
to get at them
The workingmen of America have
been given yeritable emancipation
by the legal recognition of a man s
labor as part of his life. and not mere
marketable commodity: by exempting
labor organizations from processes of
the courts which treated their mem
bers like fractional parts of mobs and
not like accessible and responsible in
dividuals; by releasing our seamen
from involuntary servitude; by making
adequate provision for compensation
for industrial accidents: by providing
suitable machinery for mediation and
Cancellation in industrial disputes: and
by putting the federal Department of
Labor at the disposal of the working
man when in search of work.
We have effected the emancipation
Of the children of the country by re-
leasing them from hurtful labor. We
have instituted a system of national
aid in the building of highroads such
as the country has been feeling after
for century. We have sought to
equalize taxation by means Of an
equitable income tax. We have taken
the steps that ought to have been taken
at the outset to open up the resources
of Alaska. We have provided for ma
tional defense upon a scale never be-
fore seriously proposed upon the re-
sponsibility of an entire political party.
We have driven the tariff lobby from
cover and obliged it to substitute solid
argument Tor private influence.