Evening star., 1896-09-10

| what the people ought to do for them
| selves, but it believes that it is both wise
and patriotic to discriminate in favor of
our own material resources. and the utili-
zauon. under the best attainable condi-
tions. of our own capital and our own
available skill and industry.
The words of the republican rational
perate and emphatic: 1t says of the policy
| of protection: Units reascnab,e applica-
ton it is just. fair and impartial, equally
opposed to foreigAa control and domestic
| individual favoritism." I've
| demand such equitable tariff on foreign
imports which come into competition with
| American products as will not only furnish
| adequate revenue for the necessary ex-
| penses of the government. but will protect
| American labor from degradation to the
wage-level of other lands. We are not
pledged to any particular schedules The
question of rates Is a practical question
| to be governed by the conditions of the
| time and of production: the ruling and un-
and development Of American labor and
| industry. The country demands a right
settlement. and then it wants rest"
The republican party, In it's first sue
cessful national contest, under Abraham
Lincoln. declared in favor "of that policy
Of national exchanges which secures to
| ture remunerative prices, to mechanics and
| manufacturers an adequate reward for
| their Skill labor and enterprise and to tho
nation commercial prosperity and inde-
pendence." The principle thus enunciated
| has never been abandoned. In the crisis
now upon us, 1t must be tenaciously ad-
| hered to. While we must insist that our
| monetary standard shall be maintained
| in harmony with that of the civilized world
| that our currency shall be sound and hon
est, We must also remember that unless
we make 1t possible for capital to find en-
ployment and for labor to earn ample and
! remuneratve wages it will be impossible
to attain that degree of prosperity which,
with sound monetary policy buttressed
by sound tariff policy, will be assured.
| Flourished Under Protection.
In 1892, when. by universal consent, we
| touched the high water mark of our ma
tional prosperity, we were under the same
| financial system that we have TODAY
| Gold was then the sole Standard and silver
and paper We're freely used as the common
| currency. We had a tariff framed by 1e-
| publican hands, under the direction Of the
great statesman who now logically leads
| the contest for restoration of the policy
whose reversal brought paralysis to so
| many Of our industries and distress upon so
large body Of our people. We were un-
der the policy of reciprocity. formulated 10y
another ilustrious statesman of the gen
| uine American type. We may if we
| choose to do SO, return to the prosperous
| conditions which existed before the pres
ent administration came into power.
My sincere conviction is that my coun-
1
| stand the issues that confront them, and
patriotic enough to apply safe and sure
r. medies for the evils that oppress us.
| They will not, l am sure, accept again at
| their face value the promises of party
| which, under desperate and perverted lead
| ership has so recently dishOnore1 its SOL
| emn pledges which has repudiated the
| principles and policies which have given it
a historic past, and the success Of which,
| as now constituted. would endanger at
home private security and the public safe
| ty, and disastrously affect abroad both our
| credit and good pame. And foremost
| amcng those who will decline TO follow
| where the new democracy leads will be
| thousands Of men, democrats aforetime and
than party. and are unwilling even by in
| direc ticn to contribute the results SO dis
| as trous to our most sacred interests.
| Other Questions Mt Issue.
| The platform of the republican national
| convention states the party position con-
| corning other questions than those herein
| referred to. These, while at the present
time of subordinate Importance. should not
| be overlooked. The republican party has
| always been the defender Of :he rights of
| American citizenship, as against all ag-
| gressions whatever whether at home or
| abroad. 1t has. to the extent Of its power,
defended those rights. and hedsed them
| about with law. Regarding the ballot as
| the expression and embodiment of the SOW
| ereignty of the individual citizen, IT has
|
| to preserve its purity and integrity. In our
| foreign relations it has labored to secure to
| every man entitled to the shelter of our
| flag the fullest exercise Of his rights con-
| siStent with international obligation. II 1t
| should be restored to 'fulershp it
| would in1use needed vigor into our rela-
| tions with powers which have NANTES ted
| ccLtempt and disregard not only of Amer
| lean citizenship, but of humanity itself.
The republican party has always stood
| for the protection of the American home
1 1t has aimed to secure it in the enjoyment
| of all the blessings of remunerated indus
| physical environment. 1t was the party
! which instituted the policy of free home
| steads. and which holds now that this
| policy should be fe-esta abliShed. and that
| the public lands yet vacant and subject to
| entry in any part of our national terri
| tory should be preserved against corpor-
| ate aggression as homes for the people. 1t
! realizes that the safety of the state lies in
| the multiplication of households and the
| strengthening Of that sentiment of which
| the V1rtuoEs home Is the best and the tru-
| est embo diment; and it will aim to dignity
| and enlarge by all proper legislation this
| element of security.
| II elected to the position for which 1
have been nominated, it will be my earn
| est and constant endeavor, under Divine
guidance, in the sphere of duty assigned
| to ne. to serve the people Loyalty along
| the line of the principles and policies of
| the party which has honored me with its
| preference.
| l am, gentlemen of the committee
| Very truly yours.
GARRET A. HOBART