The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
PERRY s. HEATH,

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The Republican party is worthy of sup
port because:
1t has fulfilled every government obll-
CATION.
| 1t has made 1t possible for the United
States to borrow money cheaper than any
other country on earth.
Ii has kept its platform pledges, and
never attempted to gain power by false
pretenses.
| 1t has never advocated a policy that
would iarnlsh the good name of the
country.
1t has kept entire and inviol ate the
honor OF the flag.
Ii has always stood for the protection of
American industries.
1t has always opposed tree trade.
Ii has always been a debt-paying, not q
debt-creatiDg party.
r. 1t benefits all classes, labor, farmer, pro-
Queer and transporter.
1t prefers to encourage the manufacture
of new products Ia the United States
rather than import Them from abroad.
| 1t looks upon the Whole world as Its
legitimate marker.
| 1t recogbIzes no sectional lines. but bene-
fits all parts OF the country, North, South,
East and West.
| 1t does not believe In 50-cent dollar.
1t does not believe In fomenting class
hatred.
| 1t does not want American workingmen
to live on the low wages paid in Europe
/ 1t believes that free labor is not as we'll
paid as protected labor.
| 1t does not believe In war, but when war
must be fought it makes 1t short, sharp
and decisive.
1t believes In subordiDating partisanship
to patriotism.
1t believes In the encouragement of
American commerce.
1t believes that International treaties
have the force of law.
1t is opposed to the alienation of any
part of American territory.
| 1t believed in the annexation of Hawaii
In spite of Democratic opposition.
1t believes in discussing real issues with
out creating fictitious ones.
| 1t believes In expansion rather than In
the diminution of territory.
1t prefers prosperity to panic.
1t believes that the best money in the
world is none too good for America.
1t has passed every antitrust law that
has ever been enacted by federal legislation
| 1t honors the army which with honor
upholds the flag.
1t is the missionary, not the miser, of
liberty.
| 1t believes that the farms and foundries
of the country need the boundless markets
of the Orient.
1t prefers to lend money to other nations
rather than borrow from them.
1t does not shirk duty because timid souls
believe the task to be hard.
| 1t never declared that any war In which
the country was ngaged was failure.
1t does not believe IN furliDg the flag In
the presence Of the enemy.
| 1t has placed the currency system of the
country upon stable basis.
1t has enacted and put in operation a
just and equitable tariff law, which enables
home manufacturers to control the home
markets and to compete in the markets of
the world.
| 1t has restored prosperity, disbanded the
armies of the unemployed, abolished the
soup house and set the wheels of industry
in motion as they never were before.
1t has increased the home demand for the
products of the farm.
1t has enabled the prudent and the provi-
dent to save more of their earnings.
1t has rescued nearly ten million people
from the rule of Spain.
| 1t has secured the control of the Pacific
which will be the theater of the worlds
greatest commercial activity In the coming
century.
1t has endeavored to extend the foreign
demand for the products of American work.
shops, farms. forests and mines.
Ills the only party that has definite
principles and beliefs.
1t is the party of progress, of hope and
| of aspiration.
1t is the party of optimism, while every
plank of the democratic platform is fastened
In position with pessimistc nails.
II is the only party that has confidence
IN Itself. trust in the people, faith In the
future.
| PERRY s. HEATH.