Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-27

W1tn contempt any otner nS syrup. l touching our foreign relations-the de- l partment of state and the department | of the navy-there were chosen men l who, whatever their amiafble qualities were absolutely unequal to the high | duties of their great positions.
 Great Interests Subordinated to Politics Tt is manifest that the great inter-
 ests of the nation and the most inn l portant executive obligations were 1 subordinated to conception of par | tisan eXigency. I can see far enough i into the future to assure the country | that if I am vested with executive re- i sponsibility it will be discharged upon 1 sound administrative principles,
 through the ablest cabinet the country
 can supply.
 [ Diplomatic Intercourse.
 Entrusted with the agencies of 1 diplomatic intercourse, the president
 has ir his keeping our international 1 interests and the nations honor It | IS through his action that we may
 deserve and maintain the friendship
 and esteem of other nations We de- | sire that the peace which the United ] States, Spain, Sweden, Norway and | the American republics now enjoy
 shall be maintained. But I should seek i to maintain our peace by firfnness and consistency which should deserve and
 secure the esteem of the world. 1 Firm lnsistence on Rights. | "A firm and courteous insistence on | the rights of our citizens, at home and | abroad on land and sea, is the only | course which will give us lasting | peace. An American in Mexico is sub l Ject to Mexican law, but he has the | rights Of an American citizen and is entitled to the protection of his gov
 ernment, both as to life and property Protection of Citizens.
 "F'or one, I shall never consent to a policy which withdraws from Ameri- can citizens the protection to which they are entitled and leaves them heIp- less against the 1awlessness of a coun try In which they have, right to do business. We shall never expand American trade and serve humanity by carrying our ability and talents to foreign parts if we depart from the time -honored policy of our government in this respect.
 Danger Confronts Labor.
 There confronts labor in the next four years danger beyond any that American laboring men have been call
 ed to face. When this war began over one million American workingmen were vainly seeking employment
 When the war eIAas and the developed energies of a new Europe are thrown -IItO SOlI11IIGItIdl our nd- ton will face a competition such as 1t never knew. It is a vain delusion to base hopes on a prosperity created in this country by the European war That prosperity is due to abnormal demand for our products and to the stimulated activity Of enterprises through the unprecedented demand for labor, caused by the withdrawal of millions of men abroad from their normal activities of production.
 Change When the War Ends.
 When the war ends. the demands for our products, created by the war Will end; and the prosperity based of two things must happen-either millions of men will be seeking work in vain or else there must be sought out the problem of protection to Amer ican industry and of commercial or ganization. France and England and Germany are already at work upon their problems of this character. The nations abroad are preparing to de- tend their markets and to organize for the keeneSt omnercial rivalry in time of peace. If we are to save our Worklngmen from a catastrophe we sound economic lines. To this en- deavor the republican party has pledged itself. U
 Differs With Administration.
 'In this matter again I differ abso- lutely from the policy of the present administration. The democratic plat form in 1912 declared that the govern ment had no constitutional right to levy duties except for revenue, This Is the fundamental faith of our oppo-
 nents It is unsound as a matter of constitutional law and the policy thus expressed is opposed to American in
 terests. It expresses itself practically in the IJndarWnn7 hi11 measure went into effect we had soup houses and bread lines and municipal relief for alert and able-bodied work
 ingmen who could find no jobs.
 Extraordinary Legislation. Recently the head of the opposing party, through the most extraordinary l legislation ever enacted by congress- group of railroad employees constit11t- | ing less than 20 per cent of those
 employed by railroad companies I | believe that this legislation will be
 found by labor-even by those who are | ostensibly the beneficiaries of the act ito be delusive.
 Workers Must Pay the Bill. i If the law is effective the great l hody Of workers must pay the bill, as l the buroen must fall upon the public
 thus constituting class legislation of
 most obtectiJr alle character. The
 interests or the Wornirgmen of the | country cannot bA 1lItle1ed by action
 of this sort. Such action, in response i to pressure and in advance of inquiry without knowledge of its justice, is a 1 betrayal of the fundamental principle for which government stands. It is an injustice to labor, which hitherto l has cherished the principles of collec- | tive bargaining and arbitration. Action Should be Fair to All.
 'I believe that governmental action | should be fair to all and not for the l benefit of one group at the expense of others. We propose to protect the
 American workingmen, to protect the American wage. scale. to the end that l there may be the largest participation ] possible in the prosperity of expand