The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

creignty. loose upon the world 10 he prey to
domestic anarchy and the helpless spoil OF some
other nation2 Again the inevitable negative.
Again the president answered the nation ne
represented would have had him lie
boldly took the islands took them, knowing
well the burden and responsibility; took them
from deep sense of duty to ourselves and 9th
ers, guided by Just foresight as to our future
in the east. and with entire faith in the abil-
ity of the American people TO grapple with the
new task When future conventions point TO
the deeds by which the Republican party has
made history they will proclaim with especial
pride that under Republican administration the
war OF lS9S was fought, and that the peace with
Spain was the work of William Mckinley.
So much for the past. We are proud ol II,
but we do not expect TO live upon 1t, for the
Republican party is prc.cnincntIy the party Of
action, and its march is ever forward. We are
ot made that We can hc content to retreat
or tc mark time. The traditions OF the carly
days OF our party are sacred to Us, and are nos
tagCs given to the American people that we VIII
not be unworthy OF the great leaders who nave
gone. The deeds of yesterday are in their turn
pledge and a proof that what we promise We
perform. and that the people who put faith IN
our declarations in 1896 were not deceived, and
may place the same trust in us in 1900. But our
pathway has never lain among dead issues, nor
have we won our victories and made history by
deving in political gravcyardS. We are the
party Of today, with cheerful yesterdays and
confident tomorrows. The living present is ours,
the present Of prosperity and activity in huSi.
ness, of good wages and quick payments Of Ia.
hor employed and capital Invested, OF sunshine
in the market place and the stir of aboundng
life in the workshop and on the farm Il Is
with this that we have replaced the dCnrcsson.
the doubts, the dun business, the low wages. the
idle labor, the frightened capital, the dark clouds
which oyGrhung industry and agriculture in 1895;
This is what we would preserve, so far as sound
government and wise legislation can do it, Tnis
is what we brought to the country four years
ago. This is what we cfcr low.
THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
Again we promise that the protective system
shall be maintained and that our great indus
trial interests shall 20 on their way mistaken by
the dire fear of tariff agitation and of changing
duties. Again declare that we will guard
the national credit, uphold a sound currency
based ON gold and keep the wages OF the work.
ingman and the enterprise of the man OF business
free from that most deadly OF all evils, fuc.
tuating standard Of value. The deficit which
made this great country in a time of profound
peace a borrower of money to meet its current
expenditures has been replaced by abundant rev
venue, bringing surplus, due alike to pros
perity and to wise legislation, so ample that
we now safely promise large reduction of
taxation without impcriling our credit or risk.
ing resort to loans.
We are prepared to take steps to revive and
build up our merchant marine, and thus put into
American pockets the money paid for carrying
American trcightS Out Of the abundant re.
sources, which our financial legislation has
brought US, we will build the lstlman canal,
and lay the cables which will help to turn the
current of eastern trade TO the Golden Gate
mean TO remain so, while we romse TO insure
our peace and safety by maintaining the Monroe
doctrine, by ample coast dcfenses, and bv build
ing up a navy which no one can challenge with
NEW PROBLEMS.
The new problems brought by the war we face
with confidence in ourselves and still deeper
confidence in the American people, who will
deal Justly and rightly with the islands which
have come into their charge. The outcry against
our new possessions is as empty as the cant
about "miltarism" and imperialism" is de-
void Of sense and meaning Regard for mo-
mcnt those who lOudest in shreking that
the American people are about to enter upon a
career OF oppression and that the Republic is in
danger. Have they been in the past the guar
dians Of freedom? Is safety for liberty nov TO
he found most surely in the party which was
the defender Of domestic slavery? Is true free
dom TO be secured by the aSCendancy of the
party which beneath our very eyes seeks 10
establish through infamous laws the despotic rule
of a small and INSCRIPTIONS band of usurpers i'm
Kentucky who trample there not upon the rights
Of the black men only but of the whites and
which seeks to extend the same system 10 North
Carolina and Missouri? Has it suddenly come
to pass that the Democratic party which today
aims whenever il acquires power to continue in
office by crushing out honest elections and popu.
lar rule; has it, indeed, come TO pass, | say,
that that party is the chosen protector of liber.
ty? II it were so the outlook would be black, in