Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-01
IOWA REPUBLICANS
stand for sound Money, rroeectfos
and the People. Interest.-

| sSh az NeudT INSplus on wednesday,
the 18th. named state ticket aud pu,
up strong plea for a throughgoing
republican administration. A speech
made by Chairman Charles NJ. Harl.
OF Council Bluffs. was the feature OF the
occasion, and il is here given:
| Political parties will attain success only
80 long as they merit II. when principle IL
made suhservient TO place hunting and
| ume-serNtng. defeat is certain. weaken
1 ing In our position. faltertng in our dcclara-
lions. or lesseniug OF our mRtorities would
| De taken by friend and foe alike as an indi-
| cation that the people were rcconsit.erins
| the verdict OF 1896. IL would discourage
the friends OF honest money and good gov
eminent and encourage to renewed as
saults those who. however honest and sin
cere are. through the measures they advo-
cate, the enemies u everything in the way
OF national policy TO which the republican
parry stands committed and by reason OF
| which IL has been intrusted with pCwer
| In the light OF such responsibilities. this
! convention has met to declare anew the
/ principles and nominate the candidates OF
the party. In View OF the history % Iowa
! republicanism. there can be no question
| but that II will faithfully DISCHARGE the
! trust thus committed TO it's hands.
The republicans OF Iowa are uncom-
| piomisingly In favor OF unfolding tho
| plighted faith OF the nation. redeeminE its
| oohgauons and presc rving the equal pur-
| CHASING and debt-pRying power OF every
| dollar coined or Issued under the authority
| OF the national government.
! Ihey are now, as In 1896. I'm favor OF
| maintaining the gold standard. the stand
| ard OF the most enlightened nations Of the
| world; OF sustaining Americas position in
the front rank OF the army OF progress
rather IMAM taking Its policy from nations
] 500 years behind the age IN which we live
| They are opposed 20 MexicaniziuE either
/ our politics or our finances. They have no
! patience with that modern alleged pfiloso-
| ply that man can lift himself over the
N 70 lNs
| recent chimerical alleged discovery I'm the
| Held OF finance which would rival the
| miracle OF creation by merel- speaking into
existence wealth and prospcrity ont ~
| nothing.
They DO not believe that wealth can he
created 10y an act or congress II that could
be done the republican party would have
| made Us all mlllonaircs as the FIRST act of
| the extra session OF congress Just closed
and thus have thrown wide open the gate
way TO a financial millennium
/ The republican part recognizes that tho
only alchemy by which hard conditions
may be transmitted into wealth and pros
perlty Is through the Judgment, energy
and united EFFORT OF an Intelligent people
] IL recognizes that unwise legislation or adj
ministration would destroy credit para.
I'VE business. and render national ard in
dividual prosperity impossible
I 'On the other hand. by "A wise financial
policy on the part OF the government cred
/ IL viii he sustained, national honor upheld
and an impetus given TO business and COM
/ merce that VIII unlock capital. inspire con
/ ndcnce and enCrgizc effort
Iowa republicans are unswervInplv
loyal TO the great doctrine o. the protection
OF American Industries and American
labor. principle which, in its application
mas done more TO advance tho Interests
and promote the prosperity Of our people
than any other In the history OF our gov
| eminent
During the four years preceding the in.
augurauon OF Mckinley we witnessed a
period OF Industrial paralysis. business de-
preston and national and individual now
cry unknown except 10 the oldest Of our
CITIZENS. Many OF us beheid for the first
time the application OF the Industrial mol
icies OF the democratic party TO the affairs
or the nation and a reenactment OF the
scenes Of bankruptcy and widespread dis
tress which have In every instance In our
history been the legitimate fruits OF that
policy.
wv, saw the heavy hand OF democratic
legislation laid upon the tiraless wheels OF
Industry and they were stilled The fire
DIED out In our furnaces and the music OF
our mills was hushed Capital was with.
out Investment. labor without employment
inc government without revenue and trade
| Without life. We beheld In this country
the Inauguration OF tariff policy which
brought rejoicing TO Europe but distress
20 Aiherlsa. we saw the factory fires OF
other lands lighted from tho dying ember,
| OF our own We saw the reclproclty
treaties which had been .egotiated as a
part OF the enlightened policy OF that idol
.. -
| stricken down IN sheer partisan wantou-
ness. without regard to the honor or obliga-
| lions or the nation. We saw our importa
increase with decreasing revenue ana
our exports diminish until the balance OF
trnde was against us. We saw tho home
market-built up as result OF the tariff
poilcy or the republican party swept
away, while the corn and wheat OF tho
western farmer rotted In MS granary. It's
price upon the market less than the cost
or production and Without a purchaser az
any price
The American people learned anew nv
bitter experience the lesson that they could
I not pr Jsper under legislation dictated bv
/ their commercial rivals and that their in
austriaI salvation was to be found I'm the
rechacinent or that policy which. lu the 20
years Of republican supremacy had brought
70 thcm an industrial AMI material prog
ress ana prosperity which was the marvel
or TIE centuries and G.. cited the wonder AMI
admiration Of the civilized world Time
while the author OF the democratic tarir
legislation was being banqueted by the
London chamber OF commerce. tho hearts
OF the American people were turning TO
| that incorporating apostle Of protec-
! tion. William Mckinley
| AS a result OF his election utfbou,
| mpdihcatlon OF existing laws, a change
came over The spirit OF the business world
| confidence took the place OF dIstrust. de-
spair was succeeded by hope. the life
blood began 90 pulsate through the arteries
or commerce ard capital and labor alike
behcld tokens Of the coming dawn. Based
only on the certainty Of republican policies
I factories were openod. labor employed and
enterprise awakened
! In compliance with the pledge Of tho
/ party congress IN extra session has
I passed a tariff law based upon the pollc,
/ OF announcement . American Industries
/ and protection 20 American labor II &.
/ not perfect. No measure Involving parfi-
! san differences that is subjected Il, the
/ ordeal Of passing the senate Of the United
/ states as al present constituted can more
/ than approximate either perfection or con-
/ sistency; but 10 i3 o long step in the ulrec-
/ ton Of the prosperity from which we had
I 20 TAR and so unnecessarily wandered
! Tt VIII provide revenues .uHclerf Tor
\ the needs OF the government. avoiding the
| necessity Of options on bond issues 10
| syndicates Of foreign bankers. with which
/ % provide FOR the ordinary expenses Of tho
nation or 20 maintain its gold reserve. u
/ viii further restore confidence. unlock
capital employ labor. give strength and
ACTIVITY 10 business enterprise. and Ifo 20
/ commerce.
Iowa republicans are to-day. az in 1906
/ in favor Of the maintenance Of law and tho
protection OF the rights and property OF
/ all citizens. They are determined upon
/ such enforccmer, ~ the law that DO Amer
! lean citlzen shall be above lts power none
| 20 weak as 60 be beyond rs protection.
I II recognizes the fraUfy OF human nature.
| that seltshnoss Is the handspring o. human
action. causing power 90 augment is lnnu-
ence and extend Us domain.
~. recognizes that the supreme danger
20 our Institutions is twO-foid' on the one