Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-06-14
Gly11 Urges Convention
To Support President in
Keynote Speech Today


tiation.
In his policy OF peaceful negotia-
tions today the president Of the Unit
ed States follows the example set him
by the greatest presidents the Demo
cratic party and the greatest presi-
dents the Republican party ever gave
this nation.
Policy Of Negotiation.
ITO maintain our national honor by
peace II we can, by war II we must"
is the motto of the president of the
United States.
But before submitting to the chance
and misery of war, true statesman
that he is. he proposes to put the rea-
son and justice Of negotiation to the
test.
But, say our critics. this policy sat
isfles no one.
They mean 1t does not satisfy those
who would map out new and un-
tried course for this nation to pursue,
but they forget 1t does satisfy those
who believe the United States should
live up to the principles 1t has pro-
fessed for q century and more.
National Honor.
In desperation for a slogan our op-
ponents try to create an issue out Of
national honor.
Now national honor Is not the whim
of an Individual mind.
National honor is the composite SEN
timent, the composite reason OF .
whole people feeling the emotions Of
nature and following the dictates Of
God.
And 1t is for this reason that the
power" to declare war is conferred
by the Constitution Of the United
States, not on the individual will Of
president, but on the composite rea-
son, the representative decision Of
''the congress of the United States"
The genius of this country IL for
peace. There is no danger Of mill
tarism.
We have built our greatness on the
resources OF nature and the peace.
full toll of our people.
With us war has never been q
choice. 1t has always been a fate.
Like the old Mohawk chief who
loved peace, we would like to throw
the tomahawk of war so high In the
sky that no mans hand could ever
pull 1t down. But when some other
tribe among the races Of men sends
us q bundle of arrows wrapped In
the skin of a rattlesnake, we want to
be in q position to send that rattle
snakes skin back stuffed with powder
and with ball.
We deprecate the compulsion but
we recognize the need Of the police
man on the beat, the safe in the
bank and the watchdog on the farm.
The war across the seas has
brought home to us the fear that SO
long as men are men and nations ma
tions, wars will continue.
For these reasons this administra-
tiop4AaKS done more for our army and
~ rsvv than any administration In
our history.
The Democratic party advocates and
seeks preparedness, but 1t is prepared
ness for defense, not preparedness
for aggression.
Our National Soul.
These, then, are the principles that
have been asserted and followed by
the president of the United States
during the past two years-that the
United States shall not embroil It,
self in European strife, that the Unit
ed States shall endeavor to maintain
friendly and cordial relations with ev-
cry other nation and that the United
States shall firmly assert and main
tain and be prepared to assert and
maintain It's neutral rights against
every belligerent.
This convention must make 1t plain
that all divisions among the Ameri-
can people stop at the oceans edge.
Over and above every other reason
that the nation may have for uphold
ing Its president, is the necessity OF
proving to the world that we are a
united people.
So long as the other nations OF the
earth realize that the millions under
| Americas flag think as one, believe as
one and act as one in the face OF for
! eign war, we shall be free from for
eign intrigue, and all that 1t entails.
High above every other issue rnat
this convention offers to the Ameri
can people we must therefore write
vindication of American loyalty.
Our Domestic Policies.
Four years ago the people of thii
country entrusted their government
to a man and to party who prom
ised that they would liberate the ma
tion from the chains of industrial
tyranny, who pledged themselves tt
break down the barriers behind which
special privilege sat entrenched; WHIT
engaged themselves to emancipat'
business, to throw wide the gate O
lawful enterprise, to restore to thu
men and women of America the paths
of progress which had been choket
and blocked by long years of invisible
government.
That promise has been kept; tina
pledge has been redeemed. We mus
content ourselves here with a brie
consideration of the great landmark
which chart the change from govern
ment for the fortunate few to an even
handed government in the interes
of all.
The first of these is the fedora