Evening journal., 1916-06-15

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have merchant marine to take the
products of the field and the factory
and the mines to the hungry markets
OF Europe. They offer TO the United
States the often proposed and always
defeated subsidy of the shipowners to-
be paid out OF the Treasury Of the
people OF the United States. This time
they call It by the name of subven-
tion. but II means, OF course. the TAX
ing of the peoples money to enrich a
few men.
For the first time in the history of
our country, the United States leads
the world in exports. We are more
prosperous than ever, and mills which
have not turned a spindle for years
are now busy.
"The opponents Of the Democratic
party declare that the foreign policy
OF President Wilson has been evil and
vacillating. What do they mean by
this? Is it that we should have gone
to war when Belgium was invaded,
which we were not bound to do either
by tract or principle? That issue
we are perfectly willing to submit
to the American people. Around 20,
100000 happy fresides the fathers of
3 America will gather this night with
their unbroken family circle with
their children upon their knee and
their wife by their side. happy and
prosperous. Contrast this with the
( fathers. husbands, and brothers of the
Old World, dying in the bitches, with
the gloom and mourning in broken
family circles, where hunger crouch
es and disease treads. If this be evil
and vacllating, God prosper it and
teach II to the rulers of the Old
World
He has struggled for peace. His
fondest hope. his most fervent prayer.
is for the peace, not only of his own
beloved country but Of all the world.
When the last great day shall come,
and before the court of God, the ma
tions of this earth shall march in
! judgment review. the mOnarchs of
! the Old World shall have to answer
for this awful carnage, this heartless
orphaning of millions Of children, this
cruel widowing Of millions of moth
ers, this brutal turning Of a once hap
by land into a place of mourning, and
on that last day / can see our Presi-
dent holding in his hand the accusing
picture of Henri Danger, of Christ
upon the battlefield. with the dead
and dying all about him. with the
roar of cannon, the screaming of
shrapnel the wall OF the dying. and
above his head written these words:
And He said unto them, love one an
other
THE Democratic party is proud Of
the achievements Of Woodrow Will
son. He has brought prosperity and
I plenty to 10O.OOOOOO Americans. He
has given work to every willing hand
in the Republic. Every toiler has the
full dinner pail-full to overflowing.
Gle has by legislation taken labor
out OF the brutal category Of inani-
mate things and treated the toilers
rs men with hearts that beat and lips
that pray. and they are no longer
subjected TO oppressive iniunctions
or Federal Court manipulations; he
has dignifed the associated toilers OF
the field and the factory, men seeking
by organization and association to
brighten and make delightful the
lives OF the wealth producers and ere
ators OF the nation he has freed the
industries OF the Republic: he has
liberated the business of the Nation
he has provided a Federal Trade
! Commission whose duty 1t is to de-
/ stroy favOritism weed out unfair adj
vantage, and give to the industry ev-
! erywhere an equal opportunity; he
has given to individualism high hope
and new life: he drove from the
treasury Of the nation a ship monop-
oily that was enjoying subsidies on
the canal tolls OF millions OF dollars
a year. and at the same time pro-
, claimed to the world that a treaty
made with America was more than a
scrap of paper but was indeed a
bond OF honor that should he faith
fully kept; he has struggled amid the
worlds war with the great nations of
(, the earth for the freedom of the seas
and the rights OF Americans and OF
neutrals everywhere; he has stood
for the law OF neutrality which was
4 written before the war commenced
, and agreed to by the nations Of the
Al earth and could not be changed dur.
ing the war to meet the exigencies oi
some or the demands OF others"