The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-09

! commanding place in the affalrS OF the
world l shall not say that it is ours
| to have the greatest navy in the world.
but, noting the elimination of distance
! and the passing of our one time isola-
ton, we ought to have navy that
! fears none in the world and can say
any time and anywhere, ''These are
American rights and must be respect
ed
| Economy In Security.
1t is not for me to specify the provi-
sions for naval defense. Since modern
warfare is in large part conflict of
brains, so must naval defense be de-
vised in highest intelligence. Let us
strengthen every arm-aerial. subma-
rine. fleet cruisers and great dread
| naughts. Let him who is anxious
| about the cost remember that RepIb-
lican policies afford the ample means
without conscious burdens upon the
! people. Every forehanded American
citizen. whatever his activity, knows
that the cost of insurance against ac-
cident, theft, fire. flood or thunderbolt,
! assessed as fixed charge upon his in
| come. is worth its cost in peace of
mind, though loss never attends. More
! over, under any, system security is
, economy itself
There are manifest differences about
our developments for military defense.
The president made trip from the
| coast to the valley of the Missouri to
tell the American people the need of
. preparedness. 1t might have been
more seemly to tell the story to con-
gress, for that body was in session and
empowered to act, and seemingly ever
, ready to testify obedience. However,
congress undertook to provide an army
for defense, and the majority wobbled
between pacification and preparedness
until the Republican minority in the
senate put something real in the pend
ing measure. We Republicans made Il
| rational response to the call of the
, land, but Democratic insufiiciency and
| inefficiency are recorded in the confer
ence amended act and afederal nitrate
plant to supply powder to the patriots
! and pap to the paternahsts and federal
! fertilizer to, the farmers in competition
, with private enterprise is the great
constructive Offering of a Democratic
majority
| Until the civilized world is pledged
and repledged to peace, and until civili-
zatiOn commits nations to the nobler
| practices of the individuals who con-
stitute them. in which l would have
America lead, this republic will have
need for basic army and ready pro-
vision for military defense. We pro-
| claim justice and we love peace, and
| we mean to have tllem+-and we are
not too proud to fight for them.
No Curse of Miiitarism.
Let no one apprehend the curse of
militarism in this fairsland. We de-
clare unalterably against it. Our free
citizenship, walking confidently, alb
sorbed in the triumphs OF peace. would
| tolerate no such blight on American
institutions. There issto be no sur
| render of cherished ideals. With that
| yearning for pence which has marked
our continued development, with that
same committal to justice which has
| given us front rank in the onward
| march of civilization, with that rare
unselfshness which led us to unsheath
| the sword for humanity's sake and put
all territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aside,
with that belief in the square deal, in
dividual.. national aud international,
i which is the fetAdation of American
| faith. we mean to go on, an eXemplar
Of peace to all the nations. an arbiter
of justice to all the world, a promoter
| of righteousness to all the people of
: the earth.
! The Protective Policy.
Subsistence is the first requisite of
| existence. and we have the higher
! American standard of living because
of the Republican protective policy
which makes Of americans the best
! paid workmen in all the world. Out
Of the abundance of employment and
| higher compensation, together with
| the reckoning opportunity which offers
| every reward, we Americans have at
tracted the laborers of the earth and
| set new standards here.
1t is not for NE to put the stamp of
| relative Importance on pending issues.
| The intelligent voters will determine
| that for themselves. But know what
they are thinking. and they believe
that the protective policy which made
Us industrially and commercially emf
| nnnt is necessary to preserve that emf
| hence. I know they want it restored
| and maintained. For myself l prefer
q protective and productive tariff
! which prospcrs America first.
| Moreover. like the abiding consist
| cncy OF our unchanging position upon
this policy. The Republican conven-
! ton Of 1860 which gave to the nation
| and all history the nomination Of Lin
coin made this simple and ample ut
| terance:
THAT, while providing revenue for
the support of the general government
/ by duties upon imports, sound policy
requires such an adjustment of these
imports as to encourage the develop
ment of the industrial interests of the
whole country, and we commend that
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