River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-06-15
National Convention Formulates
Principles for Party.
BMERICANIsM is THE THEME
Favors Peace, but Peace With Honor
Compromise on Suffras e-Indorses
Literacy Test and Demands
Bigger Army and Navy.


union Of states, it now stands for a
united people, true to American ideals,
loyal to American traditions, knowing
no allegiance except to the Constitu-
ton, to the government, and to the
flag of the United States. We believe
in American policies at home and
abroad
We declare that we believe in and
will enforce the protection of every
American citizen in all the rights Sc
cured to him by the Constitution,
treaties, and the law of nations, at
home and abroad, by land and sea.
These rights, which in violation of the
specific promise of their party made
at Baltimore in 1912, the Democratic
president and the Democratic congress
have failed to defend, we will unf1inch-
ingly maintain.
We desire peace, the peace Of JUS
tice and right, and believe in main
tanning a straight and honest neutral
ity between the belligerents in the
great war in Europe. We must per-
form all our duties and insist upon all
our rights as neutrals without fear
and without favor We believe that
peace and neutrality as well as the
dignity and influence of the United
States cannot be preserved by shifty
expedients, by phrase making, by per
fOrmances in language, or by attitudes
ever changing in an effort to secure
groups of voters.
The present administration has de-
strOyed our influence abroad and hui
inflated us in our own eyes. The Re-
publican party believes that a firm,
consistent and courageous foreign pol
icy always maintained by Republican
presidents in accordance with Ameri-
can traditions, is the best as it is the
only true way to preserve our peace
and restore us to our rightful place
among the nations. We believe in the
pacific settlement of international dis
putes and favor the establishment of
a world court for that purpose.
MEXICAN POLICY DENOUNCED.
We deeply sympathize with the fiji
teen million people of Mexico, who for
three years have seen their country
devastated, their homes destroyed,
their fellow citizens murdered, and
their women outraged by armed bands
of desperadoes led by self-seeking
constituencies agitators, who, when
temporarily successful in any locality,
have neither sought nor been able to
restore order or establish and main
tain peace.
We express our horror and indigna-
tion at the outrages which have been
and are being perpetrated by these
bandits upon American men and wom
en- who were or are in Mexico by in
yitation Of the laws and of the govern
ment of that country, and whose
rights to security Of person and prop
erty are guaranteed by solemn treaty
obligations. We denounce the indie
fensible methods of interference en-
pl0yed by this administration in the
internal affairs of Mexico, and refer
with shame to it's failure to discharge
the duty of this country as next friend
to Mexico, it's duty to other powers
who have relied upon US as such
friend, and its duty to our citizens in
Of such conditions, first by failure to
act promptly and firmly, and, second
by lending its influence to the continu-
alton of such conditions through rec
ognition of one of the factions re-
sponsible for these outrages.
We pledge our aid in restoring order
and maintaining peace in Mexico. We
nil nd
our border, and those in Mexico, wher
ever they may be found, adequate and
absolute protection in their lives, lib
erty and property.
MONROE DOCTRINE AFFIRMED.
We reaff1rm our approval Of the
Monroe doctrine and declare its main
tenance to be policy of this country
essential to its present and future
peace and safety and to the achieve
ment of its manifest destiny.
We favor the continuance of Repub-
lican policies which will result in
drawing more and more closely the
commercial, financial and social rela-
tions between this country and the
countries of Latin America.
We renew our allegiance to the Phil
ippine policy inaugurated by McKin-
ley, approved by congress, and consist
emily carried out by Roosevelt and
Taft. Even in this short time it has
enormously improved the material and
social conditions of the islands, given
the Philippine people constantly in
creasing participation in their govern
ment, and If persisted in will bring
still greater benefits in the future.
We accepted the responsibility of
the islands as a duty to civilization
and the Filipino people. To leave with
our task half done would break our
pledges, injure our prestige among
nations. and imperil what has already
been accomplished.
We condemn the Democratic admin
istration for it's attempt to abandon