The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-29

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AFEW PLATFORM COMPARISONS.
A few comments on the more important planks in the platform
" In M regard swD to to Mexico CO. the l Republican GEssn p platform tda ap pledges its aid in
s sdStS15as s 91de ab s% Rg9 padteet to our OF t dlG4e 3;zs on i S5 af2r a 4a1 n Ssrasr
ty: The Democratic platform excuses the occupation by an armed
stable, y responsible iii g NM although thss, " Wilson SOY f has reco y Hsdi the h
carranza Government as a responsible, one; It declares that the
15HS 81 States sas' ts19i tosyt is ei ;%pro as1dta'o3 The he i Ssao' Of 'p psnisSins a tho
peT Tp taatoS 20 Of ft the co na5at;ass outrage 41s g .h has been given up;
nwf %ast T Rd5do5nf fe all s sn5 d %;tSan and fa1 insist upon FSo n ae our rights h;s as
form believes that it is the duty Of the United States to join With
the other r. nations dess;i in any ,Gy,t feasible s.s association that viii maintain in
two , years they have done little or nothing in that direction, except
allied or native born. to be true to the spirit Of America. The
nsRs %A%e P;ss1Gsm 'a a psr3isan pe ;ssue' and then attempts to
The Republican platform declares we must have a strong navy,
e . t cI platform aoi M says sSs" I'VE eS favor %" t the %ainte e. M s Of an a army yf fni-
~ adequate eqst,ts,t to protect eth the NATIONS rights, =, and a fixed policy for
passed the Hay bill, which is nothing but a prize porker in Uniform ar1e
dns ella class 1 Sstties ha' reco aaS egrSaif By : Navy 41 T pepsr aan'ssf e esp e 9%o
The Republican platform declares, as always, for protection of
American industry and American labor" The Democratic plat
form reafh h1ns.a ITS b belief in a tariff for revenue only, and unre-
ed!y stated that that law did not have an opportunity to prove it's
e' The Republican ptiSi az 'r Platform MS declares for the thorough and honest
enforcement OF the civil service law. and pledges the party to a re-
the declarations Of the party for the rigid enforcement of the civil
service laws, having created 10000 offices outside of the civil SER
vice law. at an annual cost of %s44000,O0o to the taxpayers, since
March 4, 1913.
There is not a line in the Democratic platform which is not a
reminder OF the treachery and inef6ciency of that party during the
last four years. The Baltimore platform of 1912 closes with these
xo1 relied u rp"' d B1s + th hee ea %a@s t1 be f k it T to se n mn ef6f that IS s wei!
Democratic efrontery was not brazen enough to conclude the st.
Louis platform with any such falsehood.
On May 18th aso-caned Flood Control Bin passed the House car
ryng %S45y000,000 for the lower Mississippi river and $5,600 900
for the Sacramento river, or s51, 100000 in all. A strong propa-
ganda y managed manage by a well financed lobby having hundreds Of nil
ions at stake. fhrOn0h h icciSSinn Rivor 1ouoo Ac
seciadon, has appealed to public sympathy and hypnotized state
LEGISLATURES and national conventions with the cry of national re-
ing floods are directly attributed, by we'll informed people, to the
dangerous lower river levee system.
behnd poltlca! ievee boards, a gigantic private land reclama-
mttee report-al under the attractive slogan of flood control"
Local interests" are required under the House bill to contribute
only ~$l5000,O00 toward retaining this 100000 acres Of flooded
Congressional Record page 1896.
Major West OF the Mississippi River Commission has testified
it will cost the government 22s,0oo00o to levee and revet the
river banks; Congr. Record, page 1857. The Army engineers
propose to harness a river which naturally overlooked 100000
acres of land and was 60 or 20 miles wide and 70 feet deep in the
channel at Vicksburg during the flood time and confne the flood
at an expense of over $200,0O0,0O in order to reclaim this l6, OOO-
600 acres of private land. At this time of treasury deficit, with
great pending emergency expenditures and increased war taxes
laid upon cupr people, what can be offered to Justify a $%42,0ooooo
wasteful river and harbor bill and ISL, 100000 private land recla-
nation bill, both of which are now pending?
SAFE GUIDE TO CONDUCT
We shall prove false to our ideals and our professions il, in this
fromour prime duty in serving with our cool judgment and single
minded devotion the nations needs. Our own political fortunes
individually and collectively, are of no consequence whatever when
compared with the honor and welfare of the people of the United
States. Such things do not count when weighed in the balance
against our duty to serve well the country in which, after we are
dead, our children and our %children's children are to live: