The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-13

in the world. and our foreign lrdue' 81
nrecipitately cut off by adverse ma
tional legislation, reopened on iair anu
soiiitabIe terms for our surplus agrlcnl-
tural and manufacturing products
.PubIic confidence must be resumed.
and the skill. energy and the capital OF
our country find ample employment al
nome. The government Of the JnIted
states must raise money eNlouSh 70
meet both it's current expenses and IN
creasing necdS. It's revenues should De
So raised as TO protect the material n
terests of our people, with the llghleSl
possible drain upon their resources ana
raiutaining that high standard of civ
uization which has distinguished our
country for more than a century OF IT'S
existence.
"The national credit which has thus
far fortunately, resisted every assault
upon il. must and Will be upheld ana
strengthened.
IF sufficient revenues IRE provided
for the support OF the government IheIe
will De no necessity Tor borrowing mon
CIV and increasing the public debt.
=. Gold Standard is Reaffr1ned."
Three and one-half years Of iegisla-
ton and administration have ben con-
ceIuded since these words 'were spoken.
Have those 20 whom was cOnfided the
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pledgesY The record is made up. Inc
peorIe are not unfamiliar with what
has been accomplished. The gold stand
ard has been reafirmed and strength
eDed The endless chain has been
broken and the drain upon our gold re-
serve no longer frets US. The credlt oil
the country has. been advanced TO the
highest place among all nations. We
are refunding our bonded debt bearing
TT Of MOI
cent interest, q lower rate than thdt OF
any other country and already more
than thre hundrd millions hav been 81
funded. with a gain 70 the government
of many millions Of dollars.
Instead of 16 to 1, for which our op-
ponents COntended four years ago, leg
islation has been enacted which, while
utilizing ali forms of our money. Sc
cures one fixed value for every dollar
and that the best known to the civil
lied world.
"A tariff which protects American Ia
Dor aHI industry and provides ample
o. revenues has been written in public
law. We have lower interest and high
er wages, more money and 2ewer mort
cages.
1.-THE worlds markets have been Op
ened to American products. which e
now where they have never gone be
fore We have passed from bond-is
suing to a bond-paying nation; from
nation of borrowers to nation of lend
ers: from a deficiency in revenue to
surplus; from fear to confidence; tron
enforced idleness to profitable employ
ment. The public faith has been up
held; public order has been maintained
We have prosperity at home and pres
fige abroad.
Calls 10 to l a Menace.
Unfortunately, the threat of 1896 ha
lust been renewed by the allied parue
without abatement or modification. TIL
gold bill has been denounced and II
TepeaI demanded. The menace of IS
1 therefore still hangs over us with
its dire consequences to credit and cor
ddpnce To business and industry. tt
enemies of sound currency are rallyin
their scattered forces. The people mu:
once more unite and overcome the &C
vocates Of Reputation and must not n
lax their energy until the cattle f.
public honor and honest money sha
again triumph.
"A congress which will sustain. an
If need be, strengthen. the present lay
can prevent a financial cataStropf
which every lover of the republic is il
terested TO avert.
Not satisfied with assaulting II
currency and credit of the government
our political adversaries condemn Il
tariff law enacted at the extra sessiC
of congress in 1897, known rs the Ding
ley act, passed in obedience to the vi
of the people, expressed at the electiC
i'm the preceding November, a Ia
which at one stimulated our industrie
opened the idle factories and mine
and gave TO the iabOrer and to Il
farmer their returns for their toll al
investment. Shall we go back to
tariff which brings deficiency in OF
revenues and destruction TO our indu
trial enterprises
Faithful to it's pledge in these il
ternational affairs how has the gov
eminent discharged its Information;
duties?
our platform of 1896 declared, I'll
Hawaiian islands should be controlle
hy the United States and no foreig
power should be permitted to interfel
with them
Monroe Doctrine and War.
This purpose has been fully accom-
plished by annexation, and delegate
from these beautiful isles participate
in the convention for which you spea
today. In the great conference of nj
tions at The Hague we reafHTmed b.
fore the world the Monroe doctrine al
alton not to participate in the compl
cations of Europe. We have happi
ended he alliance in Samoa, securiT
TO ourselves one Of the most Yaluab
harbors in the Pacific ocean, while q
open door in China gives To us ia
and equal competition in the vast tra'
of the Orient.
some things have happened viii,
We're not promised, nor even foresee
and our purposes in relation to the
must not be left in doubt. A lust VI
mas been Waged for humanity, and wi
it have come new problems and respo
sibilities. Spain has been elected fro
the western hemisphere, and our I'll
floats over her former territory. Gu
has been liberated and our kuarante
- her people viii be sacredly execute
q. beneticent gov, ~nmnt has been pr
vidd for Porto Rico. The Philippin
are ours. ard American authority mU
be supreme there throughout the aTcl
pelago. There will be broad amues
and liberty, but no abatement of O
rights. no abandonment OF our duty
There must be no scuttle policy. y
will fulfill in the Philippines the oh
cations imposed by the trn1mphs of o
arms and by the treaty of peace,
International law. by the nations sen
of honor; and. more than all, by
rights, interests and conditions of t
Philippine peoples themselves.
No outside interference blocks [
way to peace and a stable gOvernbel
The obstructionists are here, not els
where. They may postpone, but tn
cannot defeat the realization of I
high purpose of this nation TO restC
order TO the islands and to eStabli
"a just and generous government
which the inhabitants shall have I
largest participation for which they 9
capable.
Declares Philippines ''Pacifed.'
1.-The organized forces which ha
been misled into rebellion have be
dispersed by our faithful soldiers a