The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-06-30
PREPAREDNESS FACTS
DEMOCRATS HAVE ACTED WHILE
REPUBLICANS HAVE ONLY
TALKED.
Cleveland Took First Step for AIDE.
suate Navy; Wilson Making It
Second Largest.

From 1865, the close Of the Civil
war, to 1885 the Republicans were in
control of the government at Wash
iugtOn.
Ia those twenty years Congress an
propriated $946,965, S52.52 for he
navy.
When President Cleveland, the first
Democratic president elected since
the Civil war, took the oath of office
on March 4, 1885, the American navy
consisted of junk, wooden ships with
Old guns and broken down engines.
The American navy was a joke.
When President Cleveland went out
of office four years later the United
states had its first squadron of mod
ern warships, the famous white
Squadron, that carried the American
flag TO Europe and once more IN
spire0 respect for American sea-
power.
In a speech in the House only the
other day, Representative Talbot of
Maryland, a member of the naval af-
fairs committee, recalled that Col.
Roosevelt in his administration, in
vited the Democratic members Of the
committee to go to the White House
that he might ask them personally to
vote for four battleships. On that &C.
casion, said Mr.. Talbot, Col Roose-
welt said:
81 am frank enough to admit
that we could not have carried
on the war with Spain success-
fully except for the navy that
was furnished to the country dur
Ing cleVeland's two adminlstra.
tlons."
In twenty years the Republican
party in Congress had spent $419,51O,-
8S709 of the peoples money and had
nothing to show for it. OF this amount
$73, las, 03457 represented unexpended
balances from appropriations of pre-
vious years. The money had been
wasted; it had gone to make contrac
tors rich and to give employment to
men at political navy yards to vote
40 their bosses dictated.
In four years, Clevelands admins
tration, the Democratic party spent
$67,354, 261.60 and had a squadron of
modern ships to show for 1t. The
money had been spent honestly and
not for the enrichment of favored con-
tractors and political bosses.
Democratic President. a Demo
cratic secretary of the navy and a
Democratic Congress created the
modern American navy and took the
first step for PREPAREDNESS.
From 1897 to 1913-sixteen years
the Republicans were again in con
troll Of the government.
They thought so little OF the navy
they let It run down. 1t was the old
system over again of favoritism and
waste.
They could not see the wisdom OF
being PREPARED.
But in those sixteen years thoy
spent 81 ,5SG.O52,816.5G.
The Republicans admit that under
their administration the navy had not
been kept up to high water mark and
Il was too weak properly to protect
the United States against danger
President Wilson came into office
on March 4, 1913
In three years the Democratic Con
gross has appropriated $543,8O2, III IS
for the navy, and when the program
for which appropriations have been
made at this session is completed the
American navy will be the SECOND
MOST POWERFUL NAVY IN THE
WORLD, with only England superior.
The Republicans TALK The Dem.
ocrats ACT.
Republicans waste money. Demo-
Gratis spend money efficiently.
II the country wants to feel certain
1t is safe from attack and have its
navy kept at the highest point OF OF.
ficicncy 1t win vote for the election
CT President Wilson and a Democratic
Congress.