Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-09
DECLARES TARIFF WILL
BE GREATEST ISSUE
policy 10 inseparable from any pre-
paredness discussion.
Nothino Chances PRINCIPLES,

policy is inseparable from any pre-
paredness discussion.
Nothing Changes Principles.
Political whims will come and 60,
eminent personalities will ever have
their influences, but nothing changes
political principles In their great es-
sentials.
"A good many people thought they
saw the end Of the Republican party in
1912. But regard for Republican policy
was never surrendered by the majority
Of American people, and when the Wis
ion cleared there doomed the monu-
ments of Republican constructiveness,
there stood the foundations on which
to rebuild, and the great American
majority is eager and ready tonight
for the triumphant restoration.
1T Is useless to talk of 1912. had
rather regret the unhappiness and its
attending defeats, and turn to invite
all who believe in Republican princi-
pies to touch elbows again and move
on to the triumphant national return
which already has been hailed so glad
ly in SO many states.
There would be worse depressions
in the land today than in the early
COS II the European war had not saved
us from the blight of Wilsonian Dem.
ocracy.
"All that the Wilson administration
has said concerning it's economic pol
icy is disproved by the facts and is
challenged by change Of attitude. on
sugar and the tariff commission.
Il have no ohiection to a. tariff COM
mission, but l want it a protectionist
ony ,v,,ic 7 ~
which believes that the policy which
made us industrially eminent is essen
tial to maintain that eminence.
Il have alluded to the protective pol
icy at this length because it is certain
to be the great issue of the coming
campaign.
More Spectacular Issues.
There will be more spectacular is
sues. there will be the patriotic appeal
for preparedness. with Republicans
committed to an adequate program for
national defense. And it will be no
new declaration for the Republican
party. The protective policy is insep-
arabic from any preparedness discus
sion.
We believe In preparedness, not hy-
sterical. but determined not by politi-
cal exigencies, but by patriotism
I'VE believe in navy, as we always
nave, commensurate with our import
ance and extended coasts to defend.
We believe in an army adequate to
make for tranquility and security, and
give our voice for humanity and juc-
tice the volume Of a strong as well as
a righteous nation. loving peace but
unafraid to contend for the right. We
believe-nay, we know-that under Re
publican policies such preparedness is
wholly possible without an added bur
den Of taxation, and we shall foster
the American spirit. which is the
guaranty against militarism or the rule
Of mighty.
i do not desire to go to the people |
proclaiming the weakness Of the Dem
ocratic policy or the wobbling of the
Wilson administration. l do not object I
to president changing his mind, but /
do think it ought not to be made a I
speciality.
II want to stand by the president, I
but want him to stand by my coun-
try. It is good to keep out Of war, but I
not at the sacrifice of American rights.
In our relations with Europe there
Will be differences of opinion as to
what ought to have been and what
ought to be our course. We ought not
listen to the coWardly who are SO awed
by the magnitude Of the conflict that
they are unmindful of our just rights.
Nor ought we be led by the rash en-
thusiasts Who think it our function to
sober a continent which has become
War-crazed. We must ignore the un-
lvoidable and pardonable sympathies
Of the millions of our people whose
derivation or ties of kinship make
them partisans. The great American
heart Is generally right.
We want a real and righteous
Americanism abroad. We need a new
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