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WILSON AND DANIELS


 Men in public life expect and administration of this republic has escaped the right Of American citizens favoraby unavoraby upon the pubic acts o their servants which they freely Yet It does seem on occasion that criticism carried and that yertabe sometimes takes of the nndS ot the ,eoue in their condemnation of an policies At such times there disposition rather unfairly the object of ther dsapproval This insanced in the of Hon. Josephs Daniels the of the navy For years the public prints filled with ridcule and abuse of th olclal No alleged humorous publication complete without one or more cartoons depicting the cabinet munster lucrouS light appointed guardians of the nations military and naval pocy seemed though the official had defenders and friends of the administration wondered that such an apparently m efficient official retained the head of the nations hrst line defense significant however, that Daniels has had the confidence of the President throughout this campaign ot abuse and the secretary has been attendg to hlS knitting meanwhile
 In June Century Magazine appears article from the pen George Cree entitled Gan Wilson Win" It IS clear defense of President Wilson's policies and official acts and places then such light that they appear thoroughly consistent and patriotic throughout his administration The writer answer to the question propounded in the caption that Ii PFeS1en WI" before the taking the people into m confidence and using great gift re appeal that gets under the Sk of people, it is believed all the millions of the opposition not prevent his reelection And he that this duty lad upon him by the future welfare of the nation
 Allowing fully for the desire to place the administration in as favorable ght as possible before the country the article reete with enough unassalab facts constitute revelation many who have read only opposition literature His defense Daniels well worth reproduction and should be peruSed by all those who have been to beow censre so hbea : follows
 Contrary to the general belief Secretary of the Navy Daniels will not be load for President Wilson to carry When put side and fair investigation made that this ocaled country editor has incurred en mity by his honesty and economics and that the navy of today in the of Admiral Dewey and Admiral Badger has reached of effectiveness and ecency never pos sessed before.
 When Secretary Meyer of office in March, 1913 the navy short coco of the number allowed by law of the discharged in good standing only 5+ per cent re-enistng there lO360 assertions during his term, of 1900 prlson and Annapolis was not within three hundred nidshpmcn of its capacity
 'nde Secretary Daniels the navy has been brought to its maximum allowance of 53o12 men gam o o39o; re- enlistment has increased S5 of the discharges has dropped r per there fewer than zoo prison and provision has been made for the addition of 53l mdshipmen the number trained at Annapolis
 The has been increased by the addition of forty seven ships million dollars has been appropriated for aviation fifteen machines have been purchased and fifteen ordered number of has been increased from four eighteen and the establishment of ayear school the Pensacola station is turning out ters and mechal cians of routine; the first three going sub by the have been authOrzed radio has been installed all submarines and seventyhve ships; the navy is manufacturing its powder for 34 cents pound against 5 80 pound charged by the monopoly; the manufacture of torpedges has been doubled the Newport and Washington yards; for every nine mines possessed years ago there thirty place of mlneaylng vessel there three; nets entangleents have been pOvde and yard has been turned into building and manufacturing plant
 "A veyea program prepared by the general board and Secretary Daniels, will strengthen the navy by dread naughts battle forty destroyers, fifteen fleet submarines eighty five coast submarines and bulwarked by S25 100000 fund for ammunition all totalng of $5000O0O00.
 T" is up congress- Republicans we'll as Democrats, and by the decreases urged brought about the people will be permitted judge of the faith and intelligence of and parties President Wilson stands MT Daniels