Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
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brought about public distrust and business
disaster It has. too. necessitated the sale
OF ~ HS 10000 Of bonds. thereby increasng
remembered that in no year Of the more
than u. quarter OF century of continuous
Republican administration succeeding. the
tegrated and all the conditions Of business
were more or less disturbed, was the nation
al debt increased by q single dollar; It was,
on ;iht the contrary. steadily and rapidly dimin.
1t Is idle to argue against the necessity OF
some som. sort of change in our fiscal laws.
The Democratic party declares for REM
edy ~ direct taxation upon a selected class
OF citizens. 1t opposes any application Of
the protective principles.
Favors Stable Tariff.
Our party holds that BY wise adjustment
Of the tariff. conceiysd in moderation and
needed revenue, and 1t declares that In the
event Of Its restoration to power 1t will seek
to accomplish that result. 1t holds, too. that
and encourage in all practicable ways the
development Of domestic industries. the ele-
walton Of home labor and the enlargement
os q sGps Which Il S0ss won
lodge In the Government the power to do
what the people ought to do for themselves,
but 1t believes that 1t Is both wise and patri-
otic to discriminate In favor Of our own
material resources and the utilization, under
the best attainable conditions, Of our own
capital and our own available skill and In.
dustry.
The words Of the Republican national
platform on this subject are at once temper.
ate ate. ana emphatic. It says Of the policy of
is just. fair and Impartial. equally opposed
to foreign control and domestic monopoly,
seSt9na and indivdual svs
equitable tariff on foreign Imports which
come into competition with American prod.
ucts as will not only furnish adequate rev.
enue Tor the necessary expenses of the Gov.
from degradation to the wage level Of other
lands. We are not pledged to any particular
schedules. The question of rates Is a prac-
ditions Of the time and of production; the
ruling and uncompromisng principle is the
protection and development Of American la
right settlement, and Ii then oI It Wants % rest.'' d
People Must Have Employment.
The Republican party, in Its first success
full national contest, under Abraham Lincoln,
declared In favor "of that policy of national
man living wages, to agriculture remunera-
tive prices. to mechanics and manufacturers
an adequate reward for their skill. labor
and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
thus enunciated has never been abandoned.
In the crisis now upon us 1t must be tena-
ciously adhered to. While we must insist
that our monetary standard shall be sound
and honest. we must also remember that
unless we make 1t possible for capital to
find employment and for labor to earn ample
and remunerative wages it will be impossible
to attain that degree of prosperity which.
with sound monetary policy buttressed by
sound tariff policy, will be assured.
In In II, 1872 \ when @ by universal consent We
touched the high-water mark OF our national
prosperity, we were under the same fnan-
cial system that we have today. Gold was
then the sole standard, and silver and paper
were freely used as the common currency. We
had tariff framed by Republican hands,
under the direction of the great statesman
who now logically leads the contest for a
brought paralysis to so many Of our indus
| tries and distress upon so large a body Of
our. people. We were under the policy OF
reciprocity formulated by another iflustrious
statesman OF the genuine American type.
we may. II we choose to do 30, return to
the prosperous conditions which existed be-
fore the present administration came into
power.
Have Been Too Often Betrayed.
| My sincere conviction is that my country
men will prove wise enough to understand
the isues that confront them, and patriotic
enough to apply safe and sure remedies for
am sure. accept again at thelr face Val value
the promises OF party which under desper-
ate and perverted leadership has 30 recent
" dishonored Its solemn pledges. which has
| fepudiated the principles and policies which
nave given 1t historic past, and the success
of which, as now constituted, would endan-
anS ec and ,n the o
Dur credit and good name . And ep foremost most
among those who will decline to follow
where the new Democracy leads will be
{honsands OF men, Democrats aforetime and
Democrats today, who count country more
tnan party. and are unwilling even by indi-
fection to contribute to results SO disastrous
to Tn our most sacred interests.
Convention states the party position con-
cerninE other questions than those herein
TSferred 1;a,s to. These. while at the present
Time Sn OF suposdinate Importance. should not
always been the defender Of the rights Of
American citizenship. as against all aggres-
sions whatever, whether at home or abroad
those rights, and hedged them about with
law. Regarding the ballot as the express
sion and embodiment Of the sovereignty Of
guard 1t against assault, and to preserve it's
purity and integrity: In our foreign rela-
tions 1t has labored to secure to every man
entitled to the shelter Of our flag the fullest
exercise OF his rights consistent with inter
national obligation. II 1t should be restored,
to rulership. 1t would infuse needed visnr
into our relations with powc,s which have
manifested contempt and disregard not only
Of American citizenship, but of humanity
itself.
Stands for the American Home.
The Republican party has always stood for
the protection of the American home. 1t
i HIS diueu 10 secure IL III the endowment of
all the blessings of remunerated Industry.
Of moral culture and of favorable physical
environment. 1t was the party which lnsti-
tuted the policy Of free holnesteuds. and
which holds now that this policy should be
re-established. and that the public land yet
| vacant and subject to entry In any part of
our national territory should be preserved
against corporate aggression as homes for
the people. It realizes that the safety Of
the state lies in the multiplication of house
holds. and the strengthening Of that sensi-
ment Of which the virtuous home is the best
and the truest embodiment; and 1t will aim
to dignity and enlarge by all proper legisla-
tion this element Of security.
II elected to the position for which have
been nominated 1t will be my earnest and
in the sphere Of duty assigned to ,s.' me. to
serve the people loyalty along the line of tie
principles and policies of the party which
has honored me with its preference.
am, gentlemen of the committee. very
| truly yours,
GARRETT A. HOBART.