The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-23
THE REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM
DISCUSSES ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN
WEST
UNANsWERABLE STATEMENT REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENTS.

The Republicans Of West Virginia. ~
convention aaSSrrEhled, rcattlr1a ihciE
Loyalty to the foundation pr!ncipt: OK
the Republican party and pHTttrutaCN
endorse the 3picndid ruurCiatt03 OF /.
publican doctrine :doptcd by the Ma
tional Republican convention 1T NhicaSo'
June 9, 1916.
We pledge our unwav"rirg support I"
the presidential and vice prssiden'iA.
nonineec OF that convention. Charles
E. Hughes and. Charles Warren Fair
banks and Va. SEQ IL the hacmoni"uS
and enthusiastic nomination az these
sterlirE Republicans victory al me poitS
In Norrmbr. W. believe that inc
American peonl. have berotn. thorough
" tired Of the vacilla,i"n ana uncertain
Z ty of the prSS"at administration. OF
policy which has brought US 70 a polhl
of diplomatic rupture with great Euro
pean powers without the slight test degree
iaSurinS safety 70 our citizens following
their lawful pursuits or bringing respect
to tho American flag. On both CONT
nents. east and west. American a;p1o!,
good faith has heen inSulted. american
property destroyed. American men.
women and children. in American UNI
forms. have been ruthlessly sho. down.
Our Dealing with Mexico.
The laundering inconsistency o. Gu:
three years have wrought but huml:N,,
ton and shame. We refused on alleged
high moral grounds. TO recognize TN:
de facto government or MEXICO. thelt
firmly entrenchsd. already recognized
by practically all other civilized powers
OF the first class and. and IN posi-
tion to maintain law and order anc hau
dealings in commerce WITH ana gay
political recognition to a thlet. eanutt;
q spoiler Of churches and ravISher or
women. and finally furnished HIM WIN
arms and ammunition with which TO ki'i
American citizens. We stood idly oy ana
saw over $4,000 American Tesluents IN
Mexico driven from their hotAcS anu
made refugees on the face or the earth'
while their property. the accumulation
Of Years. was either stolen or "antohty
destroyed. We invaded Mexico with an
armed force. demanding the salute OIL
the American fIag and after wasting the
lives OF our soldiers. sneakeQ our ike
whipped school boys. the nag StlIl I'm
saluted. We. have allowed Americans.
living on American soil. and going qutet,
" abour their own affairs to be ropoeo
and murdered without securing cornpen-
cation or exactinS punishment.
Finally We invaded Mexico with
large armed force and the slogan. ttth
dead or alive and now. AFTER rev
weeks. our armies are checked. cur SOL
dters have been killed and captured. our
men are being withdrawn and we are
preparing TO Scuttle without VIVA. ue;L,.
or alive. We said tC CarranIa tnal ~
must turn ove1 TO US the intprlSootd
American soldiers that had not oeen
killed in the vicious attack for winch
he acknowledged responsibility. OUT We
allowed to go UNDECIDED the question VI
The fourteen dead. whose bones were
1cft IN be picked by vulturcS on the
Mexican desert. thereby saying may 20
kill an American soldier was no nttSusS
but TO capture one without turning mn!
back to US would be cause Tor war. l'S
an orficiouS interference in Mexican al
fairs we destroyed the only stable Men,
lean government. and We have not haa
the courage or the honesty I" take on
ourselves the duty OF restoring Staol.
covern,nent over 100000. 00n.O0h or
american capital wasted: over q tnou-
sand American i;ycs lost. without p!o"
being struck for the honor OF the 5i si7'
These are the results OF Nooaro" W.,
blusrer hesitation uncertainty OF puF-
pose and weakness OF perf4rnlancsU.S
policy once so proudly dubbed Watchtul
" Waiting, but which miGa' DC pe''''
named Careful Cowardice.
Protective Tariff.
I, ,,e ALWAYS been a cardinal principle
of the Republican party that. oE taS
nrope- USE Of y protective tar.tl a:lu
The resultant keeping out o. l0reiS'
goods made By cheap toreiS" i" rs.
american .abor was most benefited. ne
Republican party has never consented %
that lowering or the. standard ol wages
and living conditions surroundings amer
;can labor that must necessarily tolloM
% n0reStTlCcc0
made goods with American SooGS. lhs
rreat European conflict. which has now
been raging for Two years, mas oIousnc
about artificial and unusual CohNittots
which prove conclusirely the correctness
Of the principle ior which the Rfpuol-
can party has always fought BECAUSE
the great masses OF Europe are en-
gagged in death struggle. t.uTopeait
goods arc not seeking and ~ This
condition and not alone TO the manutaG.
ltpre Of munitions. may De asceiCeu 1uS
such degree OF prosperity as the country
now enioSs:a ,, ano S SSou pSs about BY the
Enropean war, as irrefutaoie proof OF
fbe soundness CT tho doctrine always
fought for by che Republican parry 3t,o
: here reafIirmed by US. that pro.eSstoi'
TO American labor. through protect!tc
fsri1f should be and become the estao-
1ished doctrine of this country. ana tnaC
through the r. publican party, and toae
narty alone, can his result DC aecou'@
pushed.
Increase In Expenditures OF FeaeraA
Government.
pv, c.t, attention to tho enormous in
f,Sreasa under the Democratic aunilnlStra-,
S<ioy, of rhe expenses of the tedetal
Government. without having made any
provision for preparedness. eitner IN tue
army or the navy nsn nm,s GA party to
asel< new and unusual sources from
which TO raise the money. and mas leu -
the. unjust stamp tax now IN 'oiCe' s.I.u
already we see the Democrats IN 80
0ress seeking high and low tor otnSs
sources of taxation. condition Which
An mot only unnecessary but unjust
Our Unpreparedness.
Although the world has been at war
for two years. ard. although. Frss.aFn ~
Vvi1son has repeatedly stated that no
one could tell from ono day 10 announcer
whe.her or not the United states "outu
h, thrown into the vortex Oh "aE, We 81
attention to the fact that no pI'fart'
ness has been MADE 10 ihee' 49, -" ~
,,etion II 1t should arise. ana we ar
reirn az criminal the absolute lack OF
craftsmanship. ordinary caution or eStI
fhe slightest degree OF dl llSchce tt''t1 utsS
allowed US. as one oil tns 90 t.oa me-
aSteT the beginning OF the. European WIZ
totally unprepared TO defend our pto
,o1e or assert our tights as we were tts
day the European war star i i,,a,i fiabIe
anS or itself alone. demands mat IN tuf
enntne election the Democratic party;
Nv ths verdict of the people De iouiu
incapable OF tho administrator OF '"'
affairs of the nation.
Peace League.
T, view of the frIehttui ana d'StrUc-
tive European war when mas ".cn iaS
fna FOR the past two FEARS; tht ~,
-S s,,e for which the most Intelligent ana
htsnaS nnorlc of the earth are un-
~ 70 Give a. satisfactory answer, ana
beiiey.tns that wars am"ng the ci'!t1L,u
cartons may bs mtnimizcd II no. "nonts
overted. therefore. We endGrS" que ~
nosal that = League OF Nations o. lot i
pIS, ;oint action under such rHSui;i-
nov. as such League shall adopt AE'nt'St
any nation which proposes |" iiitNc ""I
without prior lrc"urs: - HuHH WI =,
tribunal and WSShcGS ~ shni, hays duiy
annrOycQ