The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-10-31


pan,c was a psychological panic"
lie attempted by phrase-monging to
explain away a deplorable situation
and exculpate himself and his party.
But, whatever ma ybe the explana-
ton of the distrust, 1t exists through
out the length and breath of the
country, and each Democratic admin
istration seems to justify it.
Some time early in the next admin
istration the war will end and this
country must be prepared to face
unknown conditions again. Which
party is better fitted to face the
crisis. the party which always causes
distrust and panic when mighty OBJ
stacles must be met and overcome
or the party which always has in
spired trust in such circumstances :?
One of the chief elements in the
preparation for peace times will be
the tariff. Shall the work of adapt
ing the tariff to new conditions be
committed to an enemy or to an eff
ficient friend? Shall the business of
the country be turned over to q par
ty whose incoming to power has in
variably caused hard times? The
Democrats complain bitterly because
the Republicans seem to be indulg-
ing in prophesy simply to obtain a
political advantage, but the Republi-
cans can point to the record of the
Democratic party as a proof that
they are not merely prophesying, but
merely making deductions from the
facts. Had it not been for the war
the Underwood Tariff would have re-
suited in widespread commercial
catastrophe and the people would be
longing for election day, so they
might overwhelm the offending party
at the polls.
"A simple businesslike budget to
avoid waste" is demanded by Mr..
Hughes. II believe in a protective
tariff" he says. Our severest tests
will come after the war. We must
make fair and wise readjustment
of the tariff, based on the sound pro-
tective principle, to insure our econ
omical Independence"
The Democratic party is taking
credit to itself for certain domestic
legislation, and among its laws is
the Clayton amendment to the anti
trust law. So far this amendment
has served no useful purpose, and,
as the Republican candidate points
out, 1t is monstrosity because of its
vagueness. But then there is the
federal reserve banking bill and the
rural credits law and the income
tax.
All of these laws have grown out
of ripening conditions of The United
States. They have been an evo,u-
ton, growing from administration to
administration. The Democrats for
got the great laws enacted by the
Republican party and naturally en-
phasize only these laws which they
have passed, and yet the laws just
cited have developed from Republi-
can labors. The income tax amend
ment was the amendment proposed
by Republican senator. The bank
ing laws are based on the years of
study of the Aldrich commission.
The rural credits law is a develop
ment to meet new conditions. The
only just criterion would be laws
passed to meet conditions which have
arisen since the Democrats came into
power. What effective laws have the
Democrats passed for a merchant ma
rine, for more efficient army, for
Industrial preparedness to deal with
the after-the-war competition? The
Wilson administration is nearly end
ed, but the merchant marine has not
been helped by Democratic laws; the
army still is smaller than the armies
of the smaller nations of Europe.
and we have made practically no pre-
paration to cope with that intensive
competition, backed by European tar
iiis and battleships, which is to begin
when the military fighting closes and
the commercial lighting opens.
Not only must the nation have a
strong man for the next administra-
ton, but it must have man who
stands for these policies which have
made the nation prosperous and who
will be a man of action, and not of
words and excuses.
These considerations recommend
Charles Evans Hughes to the indie
pendent voters, because his record
shows that he is an executive of
hrmness in every crisis, of great abb
ility, one who is foe of government
for private interests, one who enact
ed social justice into law when gov
ernor Of New York, and who was a
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