The Navy.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 6, 1913:
    The significance of Tammany Hall's Fourth of July protest against the neglect of the American Navy lies in the fact that the political party to which Tammany belongs is responsible for the false economy which has caused the neglect. If Tammany's protest, including Senator O'Gorman's letter as well as the resolution unanimously adopted, is to be accepted as authoritative advice to the Democratic Congressmen from this city, by which their future action in regard to naval affairs will be governed, its influence may be potent. The determination to keep down appropriations for battleships, however, seems to be constitutional with some of the members of the majority in Congress.
    The need of keeping up the navy is not a matter of opinion. Politics, whether Republican, Progressive, or Democratic, should have nothing to do with it. The people throughout the country are anxious that the navy shall be placed in a condition to protect the coasts and the Isthmian Canal. Mr. O'Gorman recognizes that it is "the duty of the Democratic Party to restore our navy to its former proud position." We hope that he and all the other Democratic members of Congress from this State will bear that duty in mind.