Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-06
WHO "KEPT Us OUT OF WAR;.


Who "IIept us out of war;?
Ans: William Howard Taft. re
publican, president of the United
States from 1909 to 1913.
Who "kept us out of war?
Ans. Theodore Roosevelt, repub
lican, president of the United States
from 1901 to 1909.
Who "kept us out of war;?
Ans: Not William Mckinley, re
publican, president of the United
States from 1897 to 1901. 1t was
under his administration that the
American people freed poor, down.
| trodden Cuba from the cruel yoke OF
Spain. We went into Cuba in the
name of humanity, and added anoth-
er free government to civilization
and the world. Who is there now
who will say that we should have
stayed out of Cuba and kept out of
war;? Let the craven answer.
Who "kept us out of war;?
Ans: Grover Cleveland. demo-
crat, president of the United States
from 1885 to 1889 and from 1898
to 1897. His sturdy Americanism
and his insistence that American cit
liens the world over would have the
full protection of this government
prevented gross indignities being Of
fered us which would have left us no
alternative but war.
Who kept us out Of war;?
Ans. Benjamin Harrison. repub-
lican, president of the United States
from 1889 to 1893.
Who "kept us out of war;?
Ans: James A. Garfield and
Chester A. Arthur, republicans, pres
idents of the United States from
1881 to 1885.
Who "kept us out Of war;?
Ans: Rutherford B. Hayes. re-
publican, president of the United
States from 1877 to 1881.
Who kept us out of war;?
Ans; Ulysses S. Grant, republi-
can, president of the United States
from 1869 to 1877. Although he
had as great a part as any one, ex-
cept Lincoln, in putting down the re-
bellion, and was one of the worlds
greatest military strategists, he was
the man who, after victory, begged
his countrymen to Let US have
peace"
Who "kept us out of war;?
Ans: Not Abraham Lincoln, re-
publican, president of the United
States from 1861 to 1865. In his
first inaugural address he pleaded
with those who were bent upon de-
stroying this nation, Though pas
sion may have strained, it must not
break our bonds of affection" But
the die was then cast. Seven states
had already served notice that they
had ceceded from the Union. Lin
coins choice was between a dessolu-
tion of the Union and a civil war.
Lincoln saved the Union and struck
the shackles from four million hui
man beings. Who will now say that
Lincoln should have kept us out of
war? Let the craven answer.
Who "has kept us out of war?
Ans: Every president of the
United States for seventy years ex-
cept Lincoln and Mckinley, and all
with honor
Has Mr.. Wilson "kept us out of
war;?
Ans: On April 20, 1914, by his
direction, our navy shelled and cap
tured Vera Cruz, the principal sea
port of Mexico Nineteen American
marines were killed and seventy
wounded. The Mexican loss was 1926
killed and 1875 wounded.
At the battle of Carrizal, Mexico,
between our troops and those of Car
rama, 29 American soldiers were
killed and many wounded; Mexican
loss unknown.
We are now threatened with in
vasiOn. President Wilson refuses to
recall the militia from Texas. Why?
This is his answer to Governor Whit
man of New York, who urged him to
let the men come back to vote. Said
the president:
"The militia have been used and
are being used to repel invasion and
are rendering services of the highest
quality and most urgently needed
character to their country"
If this is peace, then should the
name Of Woodrow Wilson be added
to the list of those who have kept
us out of war" but at sacrifice of
national honor?
There is no merit in the Wilson
plea that he has kept us out of war.
AS a campaign slogan it is an at.
tempt to secure votes under false
pretenses-the bold operation of a
political confidence game.
Let us then learn this lesson: The
republican party has shown by its
past achievements that it is most
capable of meeting the crises of gov
ernment. 1t is the party of peace,
progress, patriotism, prosperity and
protection.