Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-04
A REVIEW OF WILL
SONIAN MAIADMINISTRA

SONIAN MALADMINISTRAT
The republican publicity associa-
ton, through its president, Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., today gave out
the following Statement from its
Washington headquarters:
He who will take the trouble to
review the more important incidents
in the history of the United States
during the past seven years must
wonder upon what basis any demo-
crat can still look to Woodrow Will
son as leader.
1.-The first act of the Wilson adj
ministration was the enactment of a
ciple of protection, and the country
was assured that there would be no
injury to legitimate industry. During
the period of ten months that the law
was in effect prior to the war, our
imports increased and our exports
decreased to such an extent as to
make difference of $3.50, 200, 000 in
our balance of trade. America was
losing, 1925, 600. 200 month in world
trade. American mills and factories
were closing and there was an army
of 100000 looking for work. Only
the outbreak of the war shut off i'm
ports and restoredour trade.
without any adequate reason.
President Wilson surrendered to
some unnamed power for some I'M
known reason the right of the Unit
ed States to grant free tolls to Amer
lean coast-wise traffic through the
Panama canal. The argument that
this would be discriminatory is I'M
tenable for the reason that foreign
ships were not admitted to our coast
wise trade.
although pledged to economy and
to reduction of the number of gov
eminent employees, as well as to the
maintenance of the competitive test
in appointments, the Wilson admins
tration increased the payrolls, ignor-
ed the classified civil service rules
wherever possible, and increased ex-
pendrtures.
with nearly all the rest of the
world at war and with Germany be-
ginning aggressions against the
United States, Mr.. Wilson denounced
as nervous and excited those who
urged preparedness. He dismissed
! from his cabinet a secretary of war
who believed in military preparation,
and placed pronounced pacifist In
that important position. After the
sinking of the Lusitania he proclaim
ed the United States too proud to
fight and on the eve of our en-
trance into the war he demanded
peace without victory
"By proclaiming 'watchful wait
ing as his policy in Mexican Difficult
ties Mr.. Wilson invited the insults
and injuries suffered by this nation
and its people BY his repeated
Welding to Mexican diplomats, he ac-
knewledged their superiority In the
art of international diplomacy. He
| invaded Mexica only to retreat in ig-
! invaded Mexico only to retreat in ig-
more them to the humiliation of his
F, countrymen.
''By his utterances and his acts he
encouraged that socialistic and pa
ternalistic movement which under
took government operation of the
railroads. telephone and telegraph
lines, and the ocean cables, and had
its check only when in its natural
! DEVELOPMENT 1t produced the Plumb
Plan for a government bond issue to
buy the railroads and turn them over
to the employees TO operate. BY
his interference In behalf Of anar-
chist Mooney and I. w. w. murderer
Hillstrom, and by his assurances to
| the bolshevists of Russia, he pander-
ed to the lawless element of this and
other lands.
$50 far as he had the power and
opportunity he strangled individual
initiative, discouraged private enter
prise, and approved policies that ten
ded to decreased quantity and high
err cost production He kept the
people ignorant of their public af-
fairs, undertook to usurp legislative
functions, yacillated on every public
question, and subordinated general
welfare to partisan interest.
WAS there ever record so utter
ly devoid of redeeming features?"
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