The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13

face a crisis without a parallel in the
history of this country. Our prosper
ity among those who make up the war
party of the East will be over, and the
cost of living will remain unchanged.
Under the present tariff, our factories
mast close; the munition plants will
turn out their men when the war ends,
and the nation will be without work,
but the cost of living will continue to
climb. This viii lbe the direct result
of Democratic Encouragement.
"But as bad as the outlook at pres
ent is, it may be some worse. No one
knows what Mr.. Wilson will favor to-
morrow, which is a Democratic char
acteristic. Not in the history of the
party has it chosen the same para
mount issue in two campaigns.
"Mr. Wilson is not able to say to-
day what he will stand for tomorrow.
Four years ago, he favored one term
for the President, but he is now run
ing for a second term. Four years
ago lie favored the exemption of tolls
to American ships passing through the
Panama Canal, which the United
States built at cost of 100000, 900
Yet within six months after his cleo
ton, he yielded to the demand OF
Great Britain to charge American
ships just as much as we do British
vessels passing through the canal.
"And four years ago he was fol
free trade. The Underwood bill, which
removed the protective tariff, adopted
by the Republican party, and gave us
free trade. Then came the soup house
the closed factory. and now he is fol
a tariff commission, which means that
he would like to go back to protec-
tive tariff.
His most famous utterance since
he entered the White House was the
statement that he possessed a one
track mind. That reminded me of the
one-track railroad, which ends on {
turn table, and this is not unlike Mr.
Wilson, who has been running in {
circle ever since his election.
"Going back to the war in Europe
and the efforts of Mr.. Wilson to in
yolve the United States, want to sa!
that he has violated the Injunction o.
George Washington, who urged the
nation to remain neutral in all war!
in order that when peace was declared
we could remain friends of the bel
ligerents.
"Mr. Wilson has supported the Brit
ish side of the contest and at the same
time permitted Great Britain to riff,
our mails, seize our ships and boy
colt our people. The mails have al
ways been held inveilate and even tn,
smallest nation has protected it will
all the force it possessed. Information
al law does not permit one nation t
open the mails of another, but it doe!
give a neutral the right to ship non
cOntraband to any nation that is en-
gagged in war.
"Mr. Wilson has not permitted non
contraband cargoes from this countr!
to reach Germany. If this right haC
been enforced, there would have beer
no submarine controversy and the Lu
sitania disaster would have been avert
ed. Yet in the face of the insults of
fered this Government by Great Brit
ain, now comes the statement that sht
will not issue passport to an Ameri
can who possesses a German name
Never before in the history Of thi:
Government has she permitted any ele
ment of her citizenship to be imposed
upon by foreign power. Under thu
Wilson regime our flag has been rob
bed of all that it stands for, and The
honor for which our forefathers dice
has been wantonly sacrificed.
eff the Republican party had played
as false as the Democratic administra
ton has been, l would be ashamed tc
look my friends in the face.
"The American people are too hon,
orable to indorse the ruinous record OF
the Democratic party during the past
three and one-half years. A Republi-
can landslide is due and it will be
recorded in November. Charles Evans
Hughes is an American for America
and he will sweep the country. Judge
Henry Lamm will carry Missouri and
the wrongs that have been visited upon
happy and contented nation will be
cverlastingly righted.'
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