Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-03

the building Of railroads, linking the
pioneers of progress to the markets of
the east, and making accessible all the
wealth. and treasures !. of the
west. 1t realized that. with the, in
creased production following in the
wake of these legislative acts, there
must of necessity be an enlarged mar
ket, and that that market should be a
nome market; one created within our
own country, where the close relation
ship and mutually of interest between
the producer and consumer would con-
duce to the greatest possible prosper
itv.
The Policy of Protection.
The republican party believed in
commercial as we'll as political indie
pendence. The awakened interest of
the people, their irresistible energy
and versatile genius, the release of their
minds from the perpleNing problems
leading up to the rebellion. their re-
newed and strengthened confidence in
the perpetulty of our institutions, de-
manded policv that would give to
them an opportunity for the fullest, the
widest and highest Development;
ana therefore it was that the leaders
OF the republican party, in its very in
ceptlon, adopted the policy OF protec-
ron 10 American industries; policy
that has producsd-tbe 'ni9& prosperous
era in all history that III manifest in
every part osSnllrs bfoad land; and
written on tha Iace of The happiest
and most prosperous people the sun
OF heaven ever Shown upon.
Everywhere the smolestacls rises
as ITS monument, the music of
whirling wheels sends forth its
universal ste de1Ip,' and the. sons of
men, blessed wiIHwork,i good wages
and comforta BILE homes, Stretch forth
the open palm of grateful benefciar-
les.
The tariff question is no longer an
open one in national politics. 1t has
been lifted from the field of partisan
debate by the wisdom of experience,
and the logic of fact. The outflow of
products, and the inflow of gold is
now one of the established trade cur
rents on the high seas of international
commerce.
Party Stands for Honesty.
Ut is said by those whose privilege
it has been to gaze upon the
works of the great masters, that
the longer you behold them, the more
you comDare them with other works of
art, the more beauties are unfolded
to your eyes. The more / study the
history OF the republican party, The
more | compare it with other great
~, \
other nations. the more analyze its
principles, and those character traits
that are displayed in its relations to
the people and itself, the greater is my
admiration, fidelity and love for it.
what honesty is to an individual, it
is to party. The republican party
stands for honesty. 1t is displayed in
Its platforms, demonstrated in its Leg
lslation, and written on the most glor-
lous pages of our history.
When the false prophets of free sill
yer We're inoculating the public mind
with the dishonest heresy of something
for nothing and nothing for some
thing, when pathetic appeals were be-
ing made to the unfortunates of the
country. when grand and petit larcen-
ers were being tempted with legalized
Immunity, when the accumulated wis
dom of centuries of craftsmanship and
economic science We're about. to be
cast aside, when business panic. re-
pudiation and discredit. were knocking
at the door Of power for admission;
when political leaders were shifting the
direction of the popular air, the re-
publican party, fearlessly and pat
riotically, stepped forth into the
public arena, stamped upon the HYDRA
headed monster of national dishonesty,
put to route the hosts of regulators,
unlanced the would-be knight err
rants of finance, and declared before
God and man that honesty must pre-
vail in the legislation of our nation.
The alleged evils of our financial
system were imaginary rather than
real The conditions now confronting
the people, compared with the condi-
tons eNistino three years ago-with no
change in our laws-demonstrate
more forcibly than lies within the
power of argument, the fallacy of the
position of the free silver advocates.
A reference to their stock i'm trade
claims, and the accepted answers
thereto, is no longer truthful. They
have been met and settled by the peo-
pie. We will not go back of the re-
peated verdict rendered-the time has
passed for Offering evidence, or sub
mittinp arguments. do not appre-
bend that the issue will again be seri-
ously urged.
Its destructive force as a party prin-
ciple is so manifest that it is difficult
for the democracy to gather together
sufficient of their former leaders to
break the bread of political fellowship
over the revered but UNDECIDED memory
of Thomas Jefferson.
The republican party has planted
itself sqmarely on the laws of finance
as firmly established in the economic
world, as the principle of attraction
and gravity is in the natural world
laws perfected byo tbeHBepeatedl and
continuous eNperience9'oof iothe oamost
enlightened nations and hl best
thought, Judgment, and wisdom of
centuries.
VIII Enact Currency Legislation.
When given an opportunity to act,
as it will be givenin the next session
of congress, the republican party will
enact such Legislation as may be nee
essary to conform our present system
ito its declared nrincinlas Int lie lao.