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Show CANDIDATE HUGHES J OUTLINES POLICIES 1 ; i HI Declares for New Policy Toward Mexico and for Maintenance of American Rights in War H Urges Adequate National Defense Legisla- ' j H tion to Benefit Workingmen of the United ( H States Favors Woman Suffrage. ' NCW YORK, July 31. Clinrlcrt E. HurIics tonight outlined In j H IiIh Kpcech of ncceptnncc the issues upon which he wilt conduct his f jJ cnmpnlKii for the presidency. Mr. HurIich assailed the ndminls i J H trntion for the course it lias pursued with reference to Mexico, j r jH mnintent!ico of American righta during the European war, pre- t paredncsH and other great questions of the day. He declared for ' H a new policy of "firmness nnd consistency" toward Mexico, for ' H "the unflinching maintenance df nil American rights on land nnd H sea," nnd for adequate national defense; adequate protection on jH both our Eastern and Western Coasts. iH "We denounce all plots nnd conspiracies in the interest of nny H foreign nation," Mr. Hughes said. "Utterly intolerable is the use H of our soil for alien intrigues. Every American must unreservedly iJH condemn them and support every effort for their suppression." The nominee nssailed the administration for its "direction of J diplomatic intercourse" from the beginning, declaring that where H there should have been conspicuous strength nnd expertness there ! H had been weakness nnd inexpertness. He cited Santo Domingo as , jH an instance where appointments had gone to "deserving demo- H cratH," and to the failure to continue Ambassador Herrick at ids j H post in Paris after the wnr had started as "a lamentable sacrifice H of internntionnl repute." H TOR WOMAN' SUITKAGE. V'ili "I indorse the declaration in the platform in favor of woman H suffrage," Mr. Hughes declared and he added: "Opposition may tH delay, but in my judgment cannot defeat this movement. I favor . H thu vote for women.". ' IvjH One-fourth of thn speech was devoted to Mexico, step after tjjTtH step, taken by the administration with referenco to Mexico was 1 u assnilcd, from the days of Huerta to the note sent tho dc facto gov- j H ,ernmcnt by the state department July 20th Inst, part of which M AH was quoted in the speech. Thu seizure of Vera Cruz, the nomlnco ' 1 H said, "was war, of course." ' 'H "Later we retired from Vera Cruz," ho continued, "giving up i this noble warfare. Recently tho naked truth was admitted by n ' ,H cnblnctof fleer. Wo nru now Informed that wo did not go to Vera I ' H Cruz to force Huerta to salute the flag. We arc told that wo went jl there to 'show Mexico that we were in earnest in our demand that , If jjjH Iluertn must go.' " ' fH DIITICULTICS CHEATED. lH America, Mr. Hughes continued, "has no policy of aggression to- 1 j ward Mexico, no dcslro for any part of her territory, but wishes , f j jH her to liavo peace, stability and prosperity. The conduct of the j w administration has created difficulties we slinlt have to surmount. i iH Wo demnnd from Mexico tho protection of tho lives nnd property d N of our citizens and the security of our border from depredations." H Safeguarding of American rights abroad had not been accom- ! f H piished by the administration, ho said. There had been "bravo j f words in a scries of notes," but "what does it avnil to use some of 'llspB tho strongest words known to diplomacy if ambassadors can re- slilHiil celve tho impression that the words are not to be taken seriously?" Iri'isfl Tho nominee reiterated his belief that had this government i ' iH left no doubt that it meant to hold Germnny to "strict nccount- iiiissH ability" thero would have been no loss of life on the Lusitnnin. i ' jlB Discussing preparedness, Mr. Hughes said it was apparent thnt tho f itiflH United SUitcs "wns shockingly unprcpnred." "Tho administrn- iHHfl tion has failed to discharge any of its responsibilities," he con- i ! M tinued. Of tho present prosperity Mr. Hughes said: I ! 'i&'ijB "We are living in a fool'H paradise." It Is, he sntd, n prosperity i ( Slfll brought about by the abnormal conditions of wnr. For tho pro- i 'HI tection of tho Industries nnd worklngmen of tho United States iTSflH ngninst thu competition of an "energized Europe," Mr. Hughes !.UiBa said, It was plain that we must have protection, upbuilding noli- 'itflHi cies. Other measures, too, should bo applied, ho said, notably tho ilcHH upbuilding of a merchant marine. j M The large audience which crowded Carnegio Hall to capacity frlSD cheered for severnl minutes when Mr. HugheH appeared shortly lli;HB after 8 o clock. The nominee recognled Theodore Roosevelt In . !lf 'HPI one of the boxes, waved to him and Mr. Roosevelt clapped hia llJiSal hands in acknowledgement. 'lfiUH .Mit. iir. mis' hPiau'ir or .rci:prNcii MHiHbI Kenator llardlnir. members of the notification commltisu und fellow cltltens This titcHislon Is morn than u mere ceremon) of noliricutlon. Wo ure not here to Indulge In formal expressions We come to state In pluln and direct manner eur faith, our purpose und our define ThU represtntntlvo Knth-crlnif Knth-crlnif Is u hnpi) uujjur) It means the strenuth of reunion. It meuns that the part) of Lincoln Is lestored, nlert, effective . It meuns the unity of a common reception of paramount national needs It means that wo are neither deceived nor benumbed by ub-normal ub-normal eondltlons We know that wo are In n critical period lerlmps more orltleal than any period since tho elvll war We need u dominant sense of national unit), tho exercise of our best constructive power the vigor and resourcefulness of a quickened lti!liH America We dtslre that the repub- IfHHfll lit an party ns a great liberal purly ifhlWHIHfl shall Ut the agency of national l ' H uohlevemont the or Kan of the effeo- ittl llB9 live expression of dominant Amerl- liltH9 canlsm j,? i ijH What do I mean by thatT I mean tflni ibUHH America, conscious of power, awake wK 'lfl to obligation erect In self respect, pre- l& HB pared for ever) emergenc) devoted 'UkBHI iti tho Ideals of peace, Instinct with "ISShDh the spirit of humun lirotherhootl, wife- ( dH Kiiurdlug both Individual opportunity , jHlJlV und the public interest, maintaining n ' flHflfl well ordered constitutional s)stem KPjBSBh adapted to local self government with- tilflHfll out the murlfloe of euentlnl national 'huHBm uuthorlt) niiprt elating th necessity 'SCtkHBH or stabilll) expert knovvledgti and 'HKBBM thorough orjraulratlon as tho Indli- !flBkl9 (Continued on iag two) IIHhIH CANDIDATE lift iiiis mm B ' (Continued from page one ) i ' pensablc conditions of security and BBBJ' Ak progress; a country loved by It cltl BBBJ, J zens with b patriotic fervor permit BBBJj t tine no division In their allegiance BBBJ and no rivals In their affection 1 BBBJ i mean America first and America ef BBBJ flrlent. It Is In this spirit that I re BBBJ spend to your summons. K i Foreign Hrtntlons. H ; Appointments Our foreign rcla BBBJ tloni have assumed grave proportions BBBJ' In the past threo earie The conduct BBBj of diplomatic Intercourse Is In the BBBj1 keeping of thn executive. It rests BBBj chiefly with him whether t shall BBBj ,, show competence or Inrompctence! BBBft ! whether the national honor shall ha BBBj t maintained, whither our prestlgo and BAB 1 Influence shall he lowered or ad BBB vanred What Is the record of the BBB administration? Tlio first duty of thn BAB executive Mas to command the re BBS epect of thn world hy tho tiersonnel of BH our state department find our reprc BBS sentatlon ahroad. No part) exigent y BBS, could excuse tho nonperformnme of BBS this oliv lous olillgatlon BAB J Htlll after making every allowance BBS , for certain tommtndaliln apolnt BBS I j ments, It Is apparent that this ubllgn BBS J lion was not performed BBVj M At the very beginning of the prcs BS ent administration, where In the til- BMi j rectlon of diplomatic. Intertnurse there BBS "1 , should have been consplcuouiness, BBS K strength and expertness, wr had weak- BBS S ness and Inexperlncs. Instead of as BBS i surlng respect we Invited distrust of BBS J our compelente and speculation as to BBS E our rapacity for firmness and dec I BBS f slon, thus entailing many difficulties BBS which otherwise easily could have BBS i leen est aped Then In numerous In BBS 4 stances, notably In Ittln America, BBS. J where such a course was particularly BBh reprehensible and where we deslrs to BBS ' ' encourage thn most friendly relations, BBS men of long diplomatic experience BM i whose knowledge and training were I of especial value to the country were retired from the service apparentl) for no other reason than to meet par tlsan demands In the appointment of Inexperienced persons. Where, as In Santo Domingo, had we assumed an Important special trust In the Interest of Ita people, that trust was shocking ly betrated In order to satisfy "tie serving democrats" The record showing the administration's adminis-tration's disregard of Its rrsponslhlll ties with respect to our representation representa-tion In diplomacy Is an open book and the apeilfkatlons may easily be had. It la a, record revealing professions belled. It Is n dismal record tu those who belli ve In Amerltanlsm Take, for example, the withdrawal of Am bassador Merrick from France Thero stood. In the midst of alarms, the very mlMidlmeiil of courage, of poise, of executive tapaclt), universally trust ed and beloved. No diplomat ever wpn morn complete!) the nffec tlous of a foreign, people ami there was mi hr ter fortune for this country than to have at the capital of any one of the belligerent nations a representative thus esliemed. Yet the admltilslru lion permitted Itself to supersede lilni. The point la not that the man was ambassador Merrick or that tho nation na-tion was France, but that we Invited the attention of the world to the In excusable leldlng of national Inter est to partisan expediency. It was a lamentable sacrifice of International repute. If we would have the esteem of foreign nations we must deserve It We must show our regard for special knowledge and experience. I pro pose that we shall make the agencies of our diplomatic Intercourse, In ev tBji ,-. mi T nation, worth) of the Amrrltaii BBj ' IxYJ name. BV ITvS Dealing Wills Mexico. BS. ' ' JtfH T'10 dtullnga of thn administration BBiH 'JglHl ' M",x,t'" ctinstltute n confused BV tiMflll chapter, of blundirs. We have not H'' rtfiS helped Mexico Hhe lies prostrate, lm BV il JkSi! IMiverlshed, famine strliken, over- Bj ' ruTuV whelmed with the woes and outrages BB ' luHi of ntrrnclhe strife, the helpless vie BM ' CKsll! "m pf " """" r uuarili), which H HB1! lhe course of the administration onl) BB eKlffil served to promote For ourselves, we BM ' ! tukSl have witnessed the murder of our BB 4 'rsfll eltlten and the drstruitlon of their Bli IsCpflrJ proper!) We have made enemies. Bat AWrHffl not fr't'nl, Instead of commanding BJ , j j ij respect and deserving good will l Ba 1 aVvlSH slncerlt), firmness and coneUtetic), H JrfliHi w ,rook" misapprehension and n J tBI d"'p resentment In the light of the EfjJB eonduet of the administration no one Hli eould understand Its professions. De- BMi 'I? i i'M trying Interference, we Interfered BB ,tr','lW mo" ""Peratlngl) We have not BB uMtlffi "ven ,r'" "llt "f "I""1 eonfllef, and BM ffiffSl np "" nf Mt,ll' I' stained with the B rWtKi blood of our soldiers We have re- BK 1 ffll sorted to ph)slial Invasion, onl to re. Bar ' tYSNn "r "l,nollt Kulnlntf the professed ob. BM '1 PS Jct- ' record which tannnt b Ba ircHi! examined without u profound sense of tVl '!! humiliation Ba ' JSJJ When the administration came Into Bfl l' :'atJH power, lluerta was exeivUlug uuthur Bs ' $NHt "y "" l,r"vlln'lul preeldent of .Mexico Bm i VlM ,e WB" "''tiilnl) In fmt the head of Bflrii 'i 3 ,he Kovernment of Mexico Whether BV! liir 3l " "ot '" ",llllll,l '' recognliiHl was u Bflii SKi JLi question to bi detirmlned In the exer BAM ' FhbbS ''"" "f " IM",ni' dicrvtlon, but accord BMJj IHEi Ing to correct principle, lhe prrsl BsiiSiiiffll ,"lt """ I" '"' aiwuretl that1 1 Mjl there wan at least a tie fa to govern-1 Bfli nMBa lient; tlMt luteriwtloiwl ulillk'ulloiiH B& i rijB would be performed, that Die Uvea BT ISsSS ""' linl,,rt "f American tltlntis B i ilraanl vould have prnpr protection Bflli llVIH To nl(enl'l however, to control the Ba II mSBSk lomestle concerns of Mexico was slm- TJ! alffgP' B' I'Herventlun, not lesa so btsucilce Bx tI oMfiF dlialalmett The height of follv was Baft NkVaBBl t0 nal" " vnrlllutlnK' and Ineffective Bllr PVatln Intervention, which could onl) evoke BXI ' Bwt iltlernesa and Kintempt, which would H an!n '" ,0 l'Hllf th countr) and to as II ' flBtn ure '),ai'e anJ prosperity under sta- Ij k iTwf I ,,e sTnfrnment If irlr"s were com I(Gh mltted, we do not palliate them. We it jB.fWlrJ Tiakr no defense of lluertu Hut the H 'p'f'lyij tdmlnlstrutlon had nothing to do btb t iPlte'lr '"' '"" mora, oharactsr of lluerta, BA1 D;liiiM " ,n 'act '' ropecsented the govern BJJ v IbwHl Tient of Mexico, We shall never wor Bflli w9an ,h"y J ro"'cu,e our unselfish alms, or Bfl ' wBmi -erve humanity by wrong headedneu. Bat ' IKaErtt So tlT M ,ne chrocter of Huorta Is BJj , I will i j concerned, the hollownesa of tlie pre Bat il' '"v ViJ tensions on this score Is revealed by BaHlit; wia tho administration s tubserjuent pat ronnpo of Villa (whose qualifications as an asassln ate Indisputable), whom apparently the administration was ready to recognize had he achlcv ed his end and fulfilled what then seemed to be Its hope. Tho question Is not as to the recognition recog-nition of lluerta The administration did not content Itself with refusing to recognize lluerta, who was recognized hy areat llrltaln, Germany, France, llussla, Hpalti and Japan Th ad ministration undertook to destroy lluerta, to control Mexican politics, even to deny lluerta the right to be a candidate for the office or president at the election the administration demanded. de-manded. With (what bewilderment must the Mexicans have regarded our assertion of their right to manage their own affairs? In the summer of 1I3 John I.lnd was dispatched to the city of Mexico as the president's ' personal spokesman And representative" representa-tive" to the unrecognized lluerta In order to demand that the latter eliminate elim-inate himself It was an unjustifiable mission, most offensive to a sensitive people John I.lnd lingered Irrltat Ingly. Thn administration continued to direct Ita efforts at the destruction of the only government Mexico had Vera Cruz Incident. In the spring of 1914 occurred the capture of Vera Cruz. Men from one of our ships had been arrested nt Tamplco and had been discharged with an apology Hut our admiral demanded n salute, lilt II was re fused Thereupon tho president went to congress, asking authorlt) to use the armed forces of the United Htates Without waiting for the passage of the resolution. Vera Cruz was seized It appeared that a shipload of ammunition am-munition for lluertu was about to enter en-ter that port Thero was u natural opposition to this Invasion and a battle bat-tle occurred In which nineteen Americans Ameri-cans and over a hundred Mexicans were killed This, of ourse, vtas war, Our dead soldiers were praised for d)lng like heroes In n war nf rr lce. IjitT we retired from Vera Cruz, giving up this noble warfare We had not obtained the salute which 1 was demanded We had not obtained i reparation for affronts. The ship 1 with ammunition which could not 1 land at Vera Cruz had soon landed at 1 another port and Its cargo was delivered deliv-ered to lluertu without Interrfrrence ; Iterently the naked truth was admit tetl by a cabinet officer. We are now 1 Informed that "we did not go to Vera 1 Crux to force lluerta to salute the ' flag." We are told that we went ' there 'to show Mexico that we were ' In earnest In our demand that lluerta must go." That Is. we seized Vera Crux to depose lluerta. The question of a salute was a mere pretext. Meanwhile, the administration utterly ut-terly failed to perform Ita obvious duty to secure protection for the Uvea ami prowrty of our citizens. It Is most unworth) to slur those who have Investments In Mexico In order to escape es-cape a condemnation for the nonperformance nonper-formance of this duty There can be no such escape, for we have no debate, de-bate, nnd there can be no debate as to the existence of this tint) on the part of our government. I.i me quote the words of the democratic platform or ISM: The constitutional rights of American citizens should protect them on our borders and go with them throughout the world, nnd every American Am-erican iltUen residing or having property prop-erty In ail) foreign country Is entitled to and must be given the full protection protec-tion of the United Htates government, both for himself and Ills properl) " The bitter hatred arnusd by the course of the administration multiplied multi-plied outrages, while our failure tu afford protection to our citizens evoked the siorn and contempt of Mexicans. . . Ss Tampion Fiasco. Consider the Ignominious Incident at Tamplro In connection with the capture or Vera Cruz. In the midst of the greatest danger to the hundreds hun-dreds of Americans congregated at Tamplco, our ships which were In the harbor were withdrawn and our till sens were saved only li the Intervention Interven-tion of Herman officers, and were taken away by llrltlsh and Herman ships. The official excuse of thn set-retar) set-retar) or the iniv) la an extraordlnar) commentary. Our ships. It seems, had bee n ordered to Vera Cruz, but, as It appeared that the) were not needed, the order was rescinded Then, we ure told, our admlrul was raced with this remarkable dilemma ir he attempted to go up the river at Tamplco nnd take our citizens on hoard, the word of 'aggressive in -tlon. aa the sec retar) called It, would have spread to the surrounding surround-ing countr),' and It was almost certain cer-tain thot "reprisals on American citizens citi-zens would have follow til nnd Uvea would have been lost" We had so Incensed the Mexicans that we could not rescue our own citizens ut Tamplco, Tam-plco, save at the risk of the murder of others. We must tnke Veru Cruz to get lluertu out of office, nnd trust to other nations to get our own citizens citi-zens out of peril What u truvest) of International pollc) ? Destro)lng the government of lluerta lluer-ta we left Mexico to the ravages of revolution I shall not attempt to narrate the sltkenlug stor) of the iHtrharllles committed, of the carnival of murder and lust We were thin told that Mexico whs entitled to spill as mm h blond aa she pleusetUto settle set-tle her affair The administration jv hi Waled with respect to the emlmr go op the export of arms and muni-I muni-I lions 1 1 Mexico Under the resolution of I'M. President Tuft hud luld such an embargo In August 1913, President Presi-dent WIImii slated that he deemed It his tint) to see that neither side to the struggle In Mexico should receive ail) assistance from this side of the border and that the export of till arms and munitions to Mexico would be forbidden. Hut In 1'ebruur), 1911, It was explained that the embargo did not nppl) to American shipments through Mexican iorti and ammunition ammuni-tion for Carranza was subsequent!) landed at Tamplco In September, 1911, the embargo was lifted on ex ports across the border, thereupon mllltar) supplies reached both Villa and Carranza In October, 115, an embargo was lared on all exports of arms except to the adherents of Carranza There was an utter absence ab-sence of consistent policy. For a time we bestowed friendship on Villa. Ultimately we reeognltod Carranza, not on the ground that he had a constitutional government, but that It was a de facto government The complete failure to secure protection pro-tection to American citizens Is shown conoluslvel) In the note of the secretary secre-tary of state of June 20, ltl, In which he thus described tho conditions condi-tions that have obtained during the past three )esrs ' For three years the Mexican re public has been torn with civil strife, the lives of Americans and other all ens have been sacrificed; vast prop ertles developed by American capital and enterprises have been destroyed or rendered non-productive; bandits have been permitted to roam at will through the territory contiguous to the United Ktttes, and to seize without with-out punishment or without effective attempt at punishment thn property of Americans, while the lives of citizens citi-zens of the United States who Ventured Ven-tured to remain In Mexican terrltor) or to return there to protect their Interests In-terests have been taken In some cases, barbarously taken, and the murderers have neither been apprehended nor brought to Justice. It would be tedious to recount Instance after Instance, outrage after outrage, atrocity atro-city after atrocity, to Illustrate thn truo nature and extent of the widespread wide-spread conditions of lawlessness ami violence which have prevailed" lantn Isabel Mnfrc. The Santa Yeahel massac re, thn raid at Columbus, the bloodshed at Carrlzat, are fresh In )our minds After thn Columbus raid we started a "punitive expedition" We sent a thin line of troops hundreds of miles Into Mexico, between two lines or rallwa), neither of which we were allowed al-lowed to use and which we did nut feel nt liberty to seize We were re ' fused permission to enter the towns I Though thus restricted, the enter- ' prise was still regarded b) the Mexl- cans as n menace Our troops faced i hostile forces and It Is not remarkable that our men fell at Carrlzal What I other result could be expected? We were virtually ordere to withdraw , and without accomplishing our purpose pur-pose we have been withdrawing and i we are now endeavoring to safeguard I our own terrltor). The entire nation- i at guard has been ordered out and man) thousands of our citizens have I been taken from their peaceful em- plcomcnts and hurried to the Mexican Mexi-can border The administration was . to seize and punish Villa for his outrage out-rage on our soil. It has not punished i an) one, we went In only to retire, and future movements are apparentl) I to be determined by a Joint commit- slnn. i The nation has no polio of aggres i slon toward Mexico. We have no de. i sire for any part of her terrltor). We wish her to have peace, stability and . prosperlt). We should be ready to i aid her In binding up her wounds. In i relieving her from starvation and ills i tresa ami In giving her In every prac lltable wa) the benefits or our dlsln . terested friendship Tin conduit of . this administration has created dlffl . cutties which we shall have to stir-. stir-. mount. We shall have to overcome i thn anllpalh) nretllessl) created l i that conduit anil to develop genuine i respect and confidence We ehall i have to adopt a new policy, a policy i of firmness and consistency through ; which ntone we can promote an en-i en-i during friendship. We demand from i Mexico the protection of the Uvea and the properl) of our citizens and the I securlt) of our border from depreda-. depreda-. lions. Mm h will be gained If Mexico , Is touvlnted that we contemplate no 1 meddlesome Interference with what i does not concern us, but that we pro-. pro-. pose to Insist In a firm and candid i manner upon the performance of In-i In-i ternatlonal obligations. To a stable 1 government appropriate!) discharging discharg-ing Its International duties we should give ungrudging support, A short period of firm, consistent and friendly dealing will accomplish more than 1 man) )ear of vacillation Malutuln American Itlghis. In this land or composite popula-1 popula-1 Hon, drawing Its strength from every race, the national security de mands that there shall be no paltering with American rights The greater the danger of divisive Influences, thn greater Is the necesslt) for the uiilf)-lug uiilf)-lug force or u Just, strong and patriotic patrio-tic ponltlon. We countenance no covert co-vert policies, no Intrigues, no secret schemes. We am unreservedl), devotedly, de-votedly, whole-heartedly, for the United Uni-ted States That Is the rail) log point for all Americans. That Is my posl Hon I stand for the unflinching maintenance of alt American rights on land and sea. We have had a clear and definite mission ns n great neutral nation It was for us to maintain the Integrity or International law, to vindicate our rights ns neutrals; to protect the lives or our eltlzens, their proper!) and trade from wrongful acts. Putting nslde any question as to the highest possibilities or moral leadership In the maintenance and vindication of the law of nations In connection with the l.uropean war, ut least entitled to the safeguarding of American rights. Hut this has not been Mi'lired We huv hud brave word In a strles of notes, hut, despite our protests, the lives or Americans have been delro)ed What doe It avail to use some or the strongest strong-est words known to diplomat-) If urn iHtsmtdor cien receive the Impression that the words are not to be taken serlousl) t II Is not words, but the strength ami resolution behind the words, that count. The chler function or diplomat-) s prevention but In this our diplomacy failed, doubt! because of Its Impaired credit and the manifest lack or disposition to back words with Billon Had this government govern-ment by tho use or both Informal mid formal diplomatic opportunities lefl no doubt that strict uccountublllt)" we meant preclsel) what we sold, und that we should unhesltatlngl) vindicate vindi-cate that position 1 am confident that there would have hi en no destruction of American lives by the sinking of the l.usltanla. There, we hail ample notice, In fact, published notice Furthermore, Fur-thermore, we knew the situation and we did not require specific notice. In stead of whittling away our former statement by equivocal conversation, we needed the straight, direct and decisive de-cisive representations which every diplomat and foreign office would understand. un-derstand. I believe that In this way we should have been spared the repeated re-peated aa&aulta on American Uvea. Moreover, a firm Amtrlcan poller would have been stronrly supported t our people and the opportunities for the development of bitter feeling would have been vastly reduced. It Is a great mistake to ea) that resoluteness In protecting American rights would have ltd to war leather, In that course la) the best assurance of peace Weakness and indecNmi In the maintenance of known rights are alwa) sources or grave danger, they forfeit respect and Invite serious wrongs, which In turn create an uncontrollable un-controllable popular resentment. That Is not the path of national securlt). Not only have we a host of resources short of war by which to enforce our Just demands, but we shall never promote pro-mote our peace by being stronger In words than In deeds We should not have found It difficult to maintain peace, but we should have maintained maintain-ed beace with honor. During the critical cri-tical period, the only danger of war has lain In the weak course of the administration alue of I.lfc and l'roicrtj. 1 do not put life nnd property on the same footing, but the administration administra-tion has not only been remiss with respect re-spect to the protection of American lives, It has been remiss with respect to the protection of American property proper-ty and American commerce It has been too much disposed to be content with llesurely discussion, I tannut now undertake to review the course of events, but It Is entirely clear that we failed to use the resources at our command to prevent Injurious action, and that we suffered In conrcqucnce We have no ulterior purposes, nnd the administration should have known how to secure the entire protection of eviry legitimate American Interest and prompt recognition of our Just demands as n neutral nation We denounce all plots and consplr ncles In the Interest or an) foreign nation na-tion Utterly Intolerable Is the use of our soli fur alien Intrigues Hvery American must unreservedly condemn them, nnd support every effort for their suppression Hut here nlso, prompt, vigorous and adequate measures meas-ures on the part of the administration were needed. There should have been no hesitation; no notion that It was wlso and politic to delay. Such an abuse of our territory demanded Immediate and thorough-going action As soon ns the administration had notice or plots and conspiracies, It was Its duty to stop them. It was not lacking In resources. Its responsible Ity for their continuance cannot be escaped b) the condemnation or others. A to Prrparrelnrwc. We are a peace-loving people, but we live In a world or arms We have no thought or aggression, and we desire de-sire to preserve our democratic Ideal without the wastes or strife. Ho devoted de-voted are we to these Ideals, so Intent upon our normal development, that I do not believe that there Is the slightest slight-est danger of militarism In this countr). coun-tr). Adequate pre pareilness Is not militarism. II Is the essential assurance assur-ance of securll). It Is n necessary safe-guard of peace It Is apparent that we nre shocking-I) shocking-I) unprepared. There Is no room for controvers) on this point since the hject lesson oil the Mexican border. All our available regular troops (less, I believe, than fort) thousand), are there or In Mexico, and as these have been deemed Insufficient the entire national guurd has been ordered out, that Is we are summoning practically nil our movable military forces In order or-der to prevent bandit Incursions. In view or the warnings or the itast three years, II Is Inexcusable that we should find ourselves In this plight. For our faithful guardsmen, who with a fine patriotism responded to this cull nnd nre bearing this burden, I huve notrt Ing hut praise Hut 1 think It little short of absurd that we should be compelled to call men from their shops, their futtorles, their offices ami professions for sui h a purpose This, however, Is not all. The units of the national guard were at pence strength, which was onl) uImmii tun-half tun-half the required strength. It was uecessur) to bring In recruits for the most part raw nnd untrained Onl) u small peneiituge of the regiments reurulted up to war strength will have hail even u ) ear's training In the national na-tional guard, which at the maximum means a hundred hours or military drill, and, on the average, means much less. Take the Kasteru department depart-ment us an Illustration. The statu In this department contuln hIhiui 11 per cent or the entire orgunlted mllltar) mlll-tar) or the countr) l urn Informed by competent authorlt) thut the quota of mllltlu from this department recently re-cently summoned with the units rnls. ed to war strength, ns required, would amount to about 131,000 men, tlut In resHiiisn to this call there are now en route to or on the border about SI 000 men, anil In camp In their respec live states, about Ss.000, and thus,, ufter what has ulrentl) been accomplished, accomp-lished, there still remain to b supplied sup-plied In recruits uhout ts.000 pun Men fresh from their peaceful em plo)ininls and physically unprepared have been hurried to the (turtle r for niitual service The) were without proper etpilpnieiit. without nccekmir) supplies, suitable londltlons of trans, portutlon were not provided Men with dependent families were sent und conditions which should have been well known were dlMtivereel after af-ter the event And et the exigent) comparative!) shaking taa mt very grave one It Involved nothing that ,iMld not readll) have been foremen during the past three )car of tlMurbaute and required onl) it modest talent for or-ganlzotlmi or-ganlzotlmi That this administration while pursuing tu course in Mexbo should huve permitted sui h ndltion to exist la almost liitrvdiblo 'He UMiiiuhlc' Pre pureilm .. In the demand for reasonable. pr,. purcdneea the udmlnlstratlon has fnl. lowed, not led Those win, demanded more adequate forces were first tie scribed as 'nervous and exeltt) , Only about n year and a half ago vv were told that the question of pre. paredness was not a pressing ,,,, . that the country had been misinform- i ed. l-aler, under the pressure of i either leadership, this attitude was changed The administration, it was said, had learned something na , made a belated demand for an In creased army. Kven then the demand wm not prosecuted consistently and , the pressure ex.rted on congress with respect to other administrative mei,. vires mi notably absent The pm.' dent addresed congress but little over six month ago, presenting the plans of the war department, nnd congress con-gress was formally urged to sanction these plans as 'essential first steps." The) contemplated an Increase of the standing force of the regular army from Its then strength of S023 officers offi-cers and 102.JS6 enlisted men, to a strength of 7136 officers and 131,707 enlisted men or 141,1)1 all told It was said that these additions were "necessary to render the army adequate ade-quate for Its present duties." Further it was proposed that the army should be supplemented by n force or 400,-000 400,-000 disciplined citizens raised In Increments In-crements or 133,000 a year, through a period or three years. At least so much ' by wa) of preparation for defense" de-fense" seemed to the president to be absolutely Imperative now." He said ' We cannot do less " Hut within two months this program was abandoned and the able secretary of war, vvho devoted himself persistently to this Important question felt so keenly tho change In ikiIIc) that he resigned from the cabinet. Now, the arm) organized bill provides for an army on paper of 17S.O0O, but In fact It provides for only 105,000 enlisted men, for the line of the regular army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and I am Informed for the next fiscal )ear there will be an Increase of onl) 16,000. The plan for the supplemental sup-plemental federal arm) completely under federal control was given up. He feci Itcvcalttl. We are told that tho defects revealed re-vealed by the present mobilization nre due to tho 'e)stem" Hut it wns precisely pre-cisely such plain defects that under the constant warnings of recent )ears, with the whole world Intent on military mili-tary concerns, should have len studied stud-ied and rceMlrlcd The odmlnlstratlon his failed to discharge Its responsibilities. responsi-bilities. Apparentl) it Is now seeking tl meet political exigencies b) Its na- il program. Hut It has Imposed up-on up-on the countr) an Incompetent nuvul administration We demand adequate national defense, de-fense, adequate protection on both our Western nnd Kaitern Coasts We demand de-mand thoroughness and efficiency In both nrms of the service. It seems to be plain that our regular arm) Is too small. We are loo great a country to require of our citizens who are engaged en-gaged In peaceful vocations the sort of mllltar) service to which they are now called As well Insist that our citizens In this metropolis be summoned sum-moned to put out fires and police the streets. We do not count It Inconsistent Inconsis-tent with our liberties, or with our democratic Ideals, to have an adequate ade-quate police force. With a population or nearl) 100,000,000 we need to be surer or ourselves than to become al nrmed at the prospect or having a regular arm) which can reasonahl) protict our border and perform such other mllltar) service as mn) be required, re-quired, In the absence or a grave emergent'), I believe, further, that there should be not onl) u reasonable Increase In the regular army, but that the first citizen reserve subject to call should be enlisted as a federal army and trained under federal authorlt) The countr) di mantis that our mllltar) mll-ltar) nnd naval programs shall be carried out In n hutliusllke manner under the mo.M competent administrative adminis-trative heads; that w shall have un up to date preparation; that the mun t)s appropriated shut! be properly expended. ex-pended. We shoultl also have careful care-ful pluns for mobilizing our Industrial resources, lor promoting tt search and utilizing the Investigations or sci ence And n pollc) of adequate preparedness pre-paredness must constantly have In vlc'v the necessity of conserving our fundamental human interests, of promoting pro-moting the ph)sltal well being of our imputation, as well as education unci training, of developing lo the utmost our economic strength and Independence Indepen-dence It must be based upon n profound pro-found sense of our unit), and demo trntle obllgutlon It must not mean the abandonment or other essentlul governmental work, but that we shall have. In both, e(flcienc), am), In nel-ther, nel-ther, waste or extravagant e We should nlso be solliltnus, h) wise provision pro-vision und conference tu remove so fur ns possible tin cuuses of Irritation whlih ma) In un) degree threaten rrlendl) relations In our proposals there Is, I repeat, no militarism There Is simple Insistent e upon common sene In providing reasonable metis-ure metis-ure or etiurll) und avoiding the perils of neglect We must have the strength of self respect, n strength which contains no threat but assures our defense, safeguards our rights and conserves our peace Peuiv Orguiil'iillou. The organization of peace are deep!) Interested In what I ma) term the organization of peaie We cherish no Illusions. We know that the re-jurrenie re-jurrenie of war Is not to be prevented by pious wl.lus If the conflict id na-tlonul na-tlonul Interests Is not to be brought In the final ten. f fr, 1(.r , le th,. development of International organization in order to provide n-ternatlonal n-ternatlonal ju.tlce and to safeguard wo hY "" ,H"I,", "" I"'"' ' thn i. A,,J'rl4,n ireatle are .if with- han'f mVr?'7 "",' hUl " '" "" iiV . .'" Igm,r" ,l" limitation of this remedy r to r.gard such treaties war Th7MT VV.""' "f l'-nllllK sd irlluIT '.h'M".,, "H "'l""tln. al tribunal to decide coiurtiv.rsle ?Ml.,,, T,UM ''""'"?..? ui "'"r,,llmc " Advantage of j ,ui 11 standards n, ltie ttleinint .f lent- ,, emphaslalng th ,!e.lrab. of u.h a tribunal fl)r th ( J . Ion of cmroverole of Judicial wr w&SXto" '""U that , hire re legislative ., uv , neTil'""'1''"" ' "'rmu.ee litis. Xl S1um Ut"n ,0 ' MAawtVK : Pr.ven,he0,polem Xf U'e ' ". Without this. wm .,n.PUr' ' .anotonl'JU1"- to disregard international oblir.e, ' to override the right of states I n, i tlcularly of small states, t iJ?N ' principles, to violate rules And?.0" only through International t u-oil, Hon giving reasonable assurance .. peace that wc may hope for the I,-, tatlon of armaments It , (o , ' ml petted that nations will contlnu.'f arm In deiense of their respective ,i terests, ns they are conceived ,j nothing will avail to dlmlnl,h Th, burden save some practical gU,. ty of International order. We In tM country can. and should, mslnt,. our fortunate freedom from enunri ments with Interest and policl-. .... do not concern us. Hut there 1, K national Isolation In the world of iS twentieth century. If at the closed the present war the nations are rVsa. to undertake practicable measure, u the common Interest In order to .. cure International Justice we cane!!! f.a" to JeC0nlM o Internation, duty. The peace of the world It ou. Interest, aa well aa the Interm ti other and In developing the nece. sory agents for the prevention of r,,, we shall be glad to have an bi,. prlate share. And our preparednni wilt have proper relation to this i as well ns to our own Immediate .. curlt). "" Industry nnd Trntlr. When we contemplate Indu.tnil nnd commercial conditions, we ... that We arc living In a fools paradi,. The temporary prosperity to hi h our opponent point has been crested by the abnormal conditions In id,., to war. With the end of the ,1, there will be new conditions dt.r. mined by it new Kurupc Million, cf men in the trenches will then retura to work The energies or ea h of th" now belligerent nations, hlghl) tri0. ed, will hcn be turned to production. These are da) of terrible dl.cltiitB, ' for the nation ut war, but It mti.t not be forgotten that each Is deviiot,. Ing a national solidarity n knowied,. of method, a realization of capuitr hitherto unnpproached In each th. lessons or co-operation now inc learned will never be forgotten Irlr. Hon and waste have been reduced to a minimum; labor and capital hue a belter understanding; business orgin-Izntlon orgin-Izntlon is more highly developed ted more Intelligently directed than ever before, Wc fee In each or these nation marvelous national effltlenc) It not be supposed that this efficient? will not count when Kurope one more ut peace pushes Us product. power to the utmost limit On the other hand, (n this country with the stoppage of the manufsctnre of munitions, a host of men win w turned out of employment We mutt meet the most severe competition h Industr). We ure undisciplined, defective de-fective In organization, loosely knit. Industrial!) unprepared. Our opponent promised n redu- the cost of living This they hits failed to do; but they did reduce It opportunities f making a living Ut us not forget the conditions that ti. Isted In this country under the new tariff prior to the outbreak nf the war. Production had lm reused, lui'-ties lui'-ties was languishing, new enterprUet were not undertaken. Instead of ti-pension ti-pension Dure was tiirtalimrnt, isd our streets were filled with the unemployed. unem-ployed. It wa estimated that In the oil) of New York over three hundred thousand were out or work. Throuth-uut Throuth-uut the country' the jobless drmieded reller. The labor commissioner cf many stutes, and our municipal id-ministrations, id-ministrations, devoted thrm-lit n the problem or unemplo)ment, M'e thn resource or our voluntary thir'-tnble thir'-tnble organisation were most setert-ly setert-ly taxed. What ground Is there far expecting better conditions when the unhealthy stimulus or war has apect Its forcf and our Industries and work Ingmen are exposed lo the compel-Hon compel-Hon of un energized Kurue It Is plain that we must have protective, pro-tective, upbuilding pollc It. It ti Idle to look for teller to the democnti party, which a lute as 1912 drcUrtd In Its platform thut II was 'a fundi-mental fundi-mental principle of the democniK party that the redernl govrrnmeet. under the constitution had no rlM or power to Impose or collect tariff duties except for the piirNise uf Mi-enue." Mi-enue." We ure told In Its present plt' form that thero have lieen moraea-Iouh moraea-Iouh change' In the past two yn und hence, repudiating Its former it-tltude, it-tltude, the democratic part) now de-i de-i lares for n ''nonpartisan Uri" commission." Hut have the momn-tous momn-tous changes" Incident t the tor-opean tor-opean war vhunged the lon.tltotfcJ or the United State? Is It propond to use a tariff commission to frzmr turlff ror revenue onl) Is the opposing op-posing party reud) to eonfe.s trust 1 1 generation It has misread the -' slltutlon? Is thut part) now repf ed to accept the protective principle Italhir, so far u the tariff II eernetl, It would npptnr to ti H out principle Witness Its action Is connection with the sugar dutlc-f ' Teufflnnutlon of the dm trine ' -revenue turlff. It d)eiluffs ropwl nnd It formulutlon In llt it of n : tldiimpliig" provision, the term which am sufficient to h I" effective ehiirattcr, The republican part) standi for t principle of protection We muit P-Ply P-Ply that principle fair! with Abuses, in n h scientific a manner poewlble, untl tongres sh uld h1 'd by the Investigations cf an at hod) We stand for the s ift KUirt w of our economic Indepenilm -e '''" development r Amen an Induitn the mnlntenunce or Amerl an it-J' urtl or living. We propi that l ' competitive struggle that I" ' ' ' eome tho Amerloill worklngm" M not suffer. Ill publicum .Not Sectional The republican pnrtv Is riot tlonul part). It think and I'l" ' llonoll). Ita pollc lea are f th T' motion of the prosperlt) f '"' of the countr), south, rait n0,""., west. It I not Hlmpt) a iieitl " , wise adjustment of the tariff (tirdame with sound prinnpl. there I also the need In other rr for stable condition for eotnv f nnd Industrial progress If . ,, to mtet effectively the MndJ which will arise after the wr we mutt put our houzc In or"''mu It be understood that the PuW' 7,, l to be maintained without ' favor, Uut let ua ahow thai , (Continue oa pie tire) OUTLINK PflllCIES (Continued front page two ) do Ihl without ImpnlrliiK the een-tlal een-tlal nxench of proMTi Tin re I no forward movement no indenvor to promote iMiclnl Justlci, which In the last nnal)sls doe not rest upon the condition that there shall be n stable basis for honest enterprise This subject sub-ject ha snvernl Important phase to which nt thl time I uin nlliide onl) brlefl) We should plaie our transportation trans-portation s)stitn mi it sure footliiK We should be able wlsel) to adjust our leKlslatlve power so that the fundamental fun-damental object of proteitliiK the public lull rest mil le full) seeured without uncertainties or iimfllct and without hampering the development and ixpanslon of transportation fa-i fa-i llltles This national ml ma) be nt lompllshed without the wurlflie of nil) Intercut that I essiutlally local or without wenkinlnic public control Our present stm I irude unci In-adoiuale In-adoiuale Moreover, In the severe iconninlc struKKle thnt I before us and In seeking, n we should, to promote pro-mote our productive Industrie nnd to expand our iMinmirie notubl) our fin lull loinini ne we should require the most efflc lent orunnliuitlon quite u i fflclent n that found In mi) nation na-tion uhroad There must be no un-neiiimir) un-neiiimir) waste mid no nrbllrar) obstructions ob-structions We have determined lo (ill out, root nnd branch, monopolistic monopolis-tic practices, but we inn do thl without with-out hobbling uterprlse or narrowing nope of legitimate achieve im nt. Again, we must build up our merchant mer-chant marine It will not aid to put the government Into competition with private owners. That. It seem In me I a counsel of full) A surer nn) of destro)lng the promise of our foreign trade e-ould linrill) be devised It ha well bun asked Dots the government govern-ment Intend to oernte at a profit or nt n loss? We unci the encouragement encourage-ment and protection of a government fur our shipping Ineltistr), but It inn-not inn-not afford to have the government as m competitor Ion rcM of lilHir, We stand for the ione nation of the Just Interest of labor We do not dilre production, or trade, or effl-i effl-i lini) In cither, for It own sake, but for tho betterment of the live of human hu-man being We shall not have nn) lasting Industrial prosperity unless we buttress our financial endeavor by iideeiuule mean for the protection of health, for the elimination or utuift-eetKir) utuift-eetKir) pi rll to life nnd limb, for the safeguarding of our future through proper laws for protection nf women and ihlldreii In Industry, for liureus-lug liureus-lug opportunities for education and training We should le solicitous to Inquire iiirefull) Into ever) grlevtiuie, remember ng thut there are few disputes dis-putes which (aimed tusll) be adjusted If then be an Jmartlal examination of tin facts. We make (oinmoii iuiiih In this rotiiitr), not for u few, but for all, and our wntihword must be io- operation, not exploitation .So plan will be adequate save u the) an Instinct In-stinct with genuine democratic s)m-path) s)m-path) I sticiiil for udwiuate federal workmen work-men compensation law dealing not onl) with tin (mplo)e of government govern-ment but with those emphi)e who are i imaged III Interstate commerce nnil lire subject to the liuwrd of Injur), In-jur), so that those activities which ure within the sphere of the lonstllutlou-, ul uuthorlt) of congress mu) be dealt' with under u Nuitable luw. Agriculture mill (ohm nation. Wo propose to promote b) evtry practicable means our agrliultural In-1 terest and we Include In thl program pro-gram an effective a) stem of rurul iredlt We favor tho wise conservation conserva-tion of our nutural nwourie VVn desire de-sire not onl) that the) shall be safe-guardid safe-guardid but that the) shall be mle-Uiiatel) mle-Uiiatel) developed and used to the utmost ut-most public advantage We turn to other uouslderatlons of I I Important pollc) One of tluwe I our attitude toward the I'hlllpplne. That ' I ma) a I not a question of self. Interest VVt have assumed Interna-1 llonal obligation whkli we should not permit ourselves to vnde A breach of trust I not nt ndmlssablo American polio though our opponent oppon-ent have seemcel to consider II n such. We should administer government govern-ment In the Philippine with n full recognition nf our International dut) without partisanship, with tho aim ol maintaining the highest stnnelard of expert administration, nnd In the Interest In-terest of the rillplnos. Thl I n matter of national honor. Woman Suffrage. I Indorse the elec laratlon In the platform In favor of woman suffrage I do not consider It necessnr) lo review re-view the argument usunll) advanced on the one side or the other us in) own convlillon proceed from n somewhat some-what different point of view Homo lime ngo n consideration of our eciiu-omli eciiu-omli condition and tendeniles. of the position of womin In gainful occupations oc-cupations of the nature .mil course of the demand, led me lo the (onilu-slon (onilu-slon that Him graiitlng or suffrage to women I Inevitable Opposition ma) ele la but III in) Judgment cannot defeat de-feat Ihl movement Nor (an I see an) advantage In the delay which can iHisslbl) offset the disadvantage which ure neiessarll) Incident to the continued agitation. I'iicIh should be siiinrel met. We shall have a con-stnntl) con-stnntl) Intenslflid effort nnil n ills-tlncll) ills-tlncll) feminist movement (onstnntl) perfei ling It organisation lo the subversion sub-version of normal political Issue We shall have n struggle Increasing In bitterness which I believe In be Inim ical to our welfare If women are to huvn the Vote, us I belli ve the) an, It seem to mo entirely dear that the Interest or the public lire of thl coup-tr), coup-tr), the contest should lie ended prompll) I fuvor the vote for wo-mi wo-mi ii AitiiiliiUlrnllvn lUflclriii), Confronting nviry iffort lo Improve Im-prove eonilltlons I the menace of Incompetent In-competent administration It I un xtraordlnar) notion that ilemoi rue) t mi he falthfull) er eel b) Inexpert-nis Inexpert-nis Democrno needs exact knowledge knowl-edge special skill and thorough training train-ing In II servant. I have ntreud) spoken of the disregard of proper standard, In numerous Instances, In appointment to the diplomatic service ser-vice ITnfortuuntcl) tin re ha been ii similar disregard of executive re-sponslblllt) re-sponslblllt) In appointments In Im portant administrative position In our domesllp service Rven with re-speil re-speil to technical bureau the demand de-mand of HClenro hnve been compelled compell-ed lei )leld to the demand nf politic We huve i reeled against Importunities Importuni-ties of spoilsmen the burrler of the civil service law, but under the present pres-ent administration enactment providing pro-viding for the creation of large numbers num-bers of place huvn been dellberntel) re moved from the merit stein The principle) nf our civil sen lie law ha been shameless!) violate! We stand for ridellt) lo these principle and their consistent application And, further, It I our purpose Hint administrative admin-istrative chief shall be men or special spe-cial competence mlneutl) qualiried for their Important work Our oppenent promised econoni), but the) have shown n reck lis ex-truvaguuee ex-truvaguuee 'I hey hnve been wasteful waste-ful and profligate It I lime that we had fiscal ri form We dimnud u simple businesslike I uelge I I believe II I onl) thrnukh u responsible I I-gel, I-gel, proposeel b) the executive, mat we shall uvold financial waste and si cure proper udmlnlslratlve cfflcl-enc) cfflcl-enc) mid well balanced consideration or new administrative proposals We live in i fateful hour In a true sense the contest for the preservation preser-vation of the nation I never ended VVV must still be Imbued with the spirit or heroic jhicriricc which gave li our country and brought u rafel) through the da) of civil war We renew our pledge to the ancient Ideal or Individual llberl), or opportunity denied to none because or race or creed, or unswerving lo)alty We have a vlnlon or Amerleu prepared, seouro, strong nnd Just equul to her tasks, nn exemplur or the capacity and effl-i effl-i lend) of n free people I Indorse the platform adopted b the convention and aoeepl It nomination |
