The Washington herald., 1916-06-15

wilderness of doubt and despair to the
promised land of prosperity and hope"
The laws restraining big business from
sitting competition, the trades commits
sion act, the movement to foster expan-
sion of American trade. the close union
| of economic, commercial and financial in
terests between the United States and the
nations of South America are shown to
| be legislation of the widest benefit. The
| Underwood tariff, Mr., Glynn character
lied as the fairest and the best of all
we have enacted Under the present ad-
ministration the United States has en-
| joyed a wonderful era of good business
and good times
/ Tells of Peace Policy.
In asking for an endorsement of the
Presidents peace policy Mr.. Glynn said:
For two years the world has been
aflre; the civilization that we know has
been torn by the mightiest struggle in
Its history. Sparks from Europes con-
hagratlon have blazed in our own skies,
echoes OF her strife have sounded at
our very doors That fire still bhrns, that
struggle still continues. but thus far the
United States has held the flame at bay;
thus far 1t has. saved its people from
participation In the conflict.
What the people of the United States
Is whether the course the country has
pursued through this crucial period is to
be continued; whether the principles that
have been asserted as our national policy
shall be endorsed or withdrawn.
This is the paramount issue. No lesser
issue must cloud It, no unrelated prob
lens must confuse II"
In declaring that the policy of neutral
ity is as American as the American fiag,
Mr. Glynn asserted that:
The first President of the United
States was the first man to pronounce
neutrality rule of international con-
duct.
The President of the United States
stands today where stood the men who
made America and who saved America.
He stands where George Washington
stood when he prayed that this country
would never unsheath the sword except
in self-defense so long as justice and our
essential rights could be preserved with
out it.
For vain glory or for selfish pur-
pose, others may cry up a policy of
blood and iron, but the President of
the United States has acted on the
belief that the leader of a nation who
plunges his people into an unnecessary
war. like Pontius PLATE, vainly washes
his hands of innocent blood while the
earth quakes and the heavens are dark
ened and thousands give up the ghost"
Refers to History.
Speaking of the opposition to the
Presidents peace policy, the speaker
continued:
by opposing what we stand for to-
day. the Republican party opposes what
Hamilton stood for a century ago The
founder of the Republican party and the
founder of the Democratic party, plac-
ing their country's happiness above every
other consideration, forgot partisanship
and made American neutrality a national
creed. Do these leaders believe that their
Republicanism is a better Republicanism
than Hamilton's, their Americanism a
purer Americanism than that of Wash
Iington?"
The justification OF our policy Of
neutrality is expressed by Mr.. Glynn
in these words:
Neutrality is the policy which has
kept US at peace while Europe has
been driving the nails of war through
the hands and feet of a crucifed hu-
manity.
The praises OF this policy are not
written in the ruins of American
homes, not in the wreck of American
industries, not in the mourning of
American families; they are found
in the myriad evidences of prosperity