Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-14
STRAIGHT FROM
THE SHOULDER
Continued from nage five,

way TO d wise economy. Direct tax
es upon industry and consumption
should be reduced and supplemented
tF,f L creased duties upon imports
and surplus revenues derived there,
from should be expended in a liberal
extension 81 land rec amat,on and
internal Improvement.
RADIO communication between tho
United States and the rest of the
world should be under American
control; and full cooperation bv
The Navy Department towards that
end should be assured.
An ample merchant marine under
The American flag is essential IN
national prosperity. The merchant
service and the fisheries afford
training school for -seamen: and
eVhry facility for the deNalopment
OF these great essentials of national
defense should be provided.
favor an extensive system of ma
tlonal roads-built on approved en-
gIneering principles, located with "a
view to military defense as well as
civil and commercial use. co-ordinat-
ed with existing highways SO as to
form a national as well as local svs-
TEN.
Peace with Germany should De
declared at once.
The Peace Treaty should be strip
ped of the extraneous membranes
, which have been placed upon it; and
which have so long delayed it, and
the permanent burdens which it is
proposed to place upon the United
States in the conduct of European
affairs should be at once rejected.
Every American soldier, except
those engaged in diplomatic Or other
:, peaceful service, should be at once
withdrawn from Europe and thc
). continent Of Asia; and the work Of
recruiting and transporting military
forces of The United States for Ser
a vice in Siberia and Germany, anc
: the p ans being made for send ng al
: American army to Turkey should b.
y at once suppressed. The resources o.
o our people and the activities of tbeil
: government should be devoted t,
5 their own interests instead of thos
Y of oreign nations.
: The proposal which has been re
3 Gently presented to the Americar
n people that the United States shoult
t become a trustee for the worlt
S should be denounced as DESTRUCTIVE
a of liberty and ruinous to the Ameri
r can people, as well as injurious t,
: the peace and safety of the world.
! The formal proposal recently lai,
e before the Senate by which, in tn
5 case of future emergencies, tn
d American people cannot increas
: their army or navy without the una
. nimous consent and permission of
e combination of foreign powers
e would violate the Constitution an,
: surrender the sovereignty of the ma
n ton It should be denounced as tire
: asonable.
. The Monroe Doctrine should be re
S established in its full vigor; ant
n the participation which it is pro
S posed to- give Europe in the contro
of American affairs should be denied
Should a future exigency in Eu
ropean affairs again arise of sucl
4 propositions as to menace the in
r Forests of the United States, tn
n American people must be entirel,
: free to determine for themselves ],
: their own generation the extent an
e manner in which they shall inter
r vene.
n Tho recent assumntion bv certain
O1 our VI IuIl
: diction of the settlement of foreigl
s controversies, which are of but re
o mote concern to US, has engendero'
It racial animosities AGAINST the Unit
: ed States We should cease officiou
: rnnddling with other peoples affairs
S The ancient American doctrine o
S confinin~ our participation in o,
d ernmental matters to the America
e continent, while we stand as
d friendly neutral to all nations wit
l. which we are at peace, should b
J, restored.
, The ancient policy under which W
# have enjoyed peace and prosperity
and attained greatness, with homes
friendship land intimate social an
n comm marcial intercourse with the res
e of the world should be re-establishe
The war beinp over our peop'
should he allowed to enjoy the peac
which their victory won.
There is no "royal road" to har
piness, either in governmental
personal affairs. Success mus
come from struggle and "eterns
VIGILANCE" 1t is mistake to as
sumo that a remedy can be foun
f,~ oil tho lis Of mankind. Corta'
Fundamental truths of gove17nmen
have been evolved bv experience an
ore fixed as the foundations of on
institutions To them we must az
here. and workino upon that bas1
in a healthy evolution and not
revolution, we can adapt our law
and administration to the needs
the naople as conditions develop
cleavino to the ancient principles {
the Constitution. By so doing
shall preserve for ourselves and ou
posteritv that happy state which W
hovA~at+ aimed among the nations
the earth.
I stand upon these principles, an
shall make an active camnaion fc
the nomination by the Repubica
Party for the office of President
+hn Tinted States in order to pr
sent these issues to the people, an
to attemnt, if successful, to ASST
in re-estab'ishing these PRINCIPLES
our domestic end FOREIGN policy.
Respectfully.
Miles PoindeXter"