Richmond daily palladium., 1900-04-25

5 Nsen extended 10 the several count
E and township governments of til
/ state
( Since the inaugura ion Of Go,
: Mount the state debt has been RI
! duced S1.116.O0o. and we are given tn
? gratifying assurance that before th
. | expiration OF his term Of office. ther
; viii be a further reduction of at leas
S4oo.ooO making an aggregate reduc
ton Of the principal OF the state deb
in four years, Of S2.116.o0O; thereb
. saving To the tax payers Of the stat
an annual interest charge Of SO. 90
or >IJ0 day This haS been don
, by requiring a hi='t standard OF OF
fetal service and by the practice o
strict and Intelligent economy in ever,
department of the state government
Wise and wholesome legislation ha
made il possible for the administration
through the bureau of factory inspec
ton and the state labor commission
10 materially improve the condition
Of labor throughout the state
Mercy, justice and humanity charac
teriZed the conduct of the governor II
his treatment Of the striking, but suf
fering and destitute coal miners Of tht
state. Moved to pity by their unfor
tunate condition. he sent them breaG
Instead Of bullets, and thereby secured
the protection of property without sol
| diers. and the enforcement of the law
without bloodshed
He has "~rned the gratitude Of his
party by his adherence To principles
| IF sound and honest government. and
| at the end Of his term. he will retire
from official life with the respect and
| confidence of the people of the entire
| state. without regard 10 their party
affiliations Upon his administration
we may safely 20 to the people and
| ask n continuance of our trust. He
has demonstrated that high and faith
full service To the country is the besi
/ service that can be rendered to the
party and that good government is the
surest guarantee 10 the continuance of
| political power
Gentlemen of the Convention, the
administration at Washington has
| kept faith with the people of the re
| public. Ten days after the inaug
| uratiOn of the president, the CON
| gress, convened in extraordinary ses-
| sion, was considering the enactment of
| a new tariff measure: 80 days later the
| Dingley law received the presidents
| approval: the pledge made to the
American wOrkingman was redeemed:
| and the Wilson law, child of ''perfidy
and dishonor." the bastard offspring of
an unholy liaison. was wiped from the
statute books of the nation.
In 1898. the Dingley law was rapid
ly replenishing the depleted treasury
left TO us by Democratic administra-
ton. The revenue created by its pro-
visions would have been adequate to
the needs of the government, but for
the unexpected and extraordinary ex-
penditures incident to the conduct of a
foreign war This new condition was
promptly met by a revenue measure
framed and passed in the face of BIZ
ter and partisan opposition waged by
the minority in congress. Under it the
revenues of the government have been
more than sufficient to defray the eX-
penses of the war with Spain and in
the Philippines. y surplus again APP
pears in the treasury, sufficient in sum
To promise an early and substantial re
duction of the special taxes levied I'M
der the provisions of the law. thus as
suring relief 20 n generous and patriot
ic people.
In the work of monetary reform, In
diana justly takes Il special pride. We
We're among the first to assume an
avowed and unequivocal position in
favor of the gold standard. n gentle
man of this city, a private citizen of
exalted motive and great ability, was
one of the most faithful advocates of
the principles involved in that meas
ure. To him much of the credit for
ultimate success is due. Here the
monetary commission held its sittings.
And when at length the congress was
ready to act upon the question. rep
reSentative of Indiana became sponsor
for the measure on the floor of the
house. and 10y his clear and forcible ar
gument. and his mastery tact and man
agement did much to secure its enact
ment The measure received at all
times the support of our nine Repub-
lican representatives, and when it
reached the senate another distin-
guished Indiana statesman. the senior
senator. became its friend and advo-
cate, and the junior senator its sincere
supporter The triumph of sound
publicans in a special and peculiar
sense. 1t was also victory for the
Gold Democrats of Indiana and they
should be given share i'll the glory.
In 1896 thousands of them sacrificed
party affiliations rather than surrender
their principles upon this question.
My countrymen, these things are
finished. They are secure. They are
history. In doing them the administra
ton has kept the faith and filed the
bond. Ii is entitled TO your approval
and commendation.
other measures are still pending and
are receiving the best thought of the
president his constitutional advisers
and of congress. Many of the ques
tions involved are delicate and diff
cult of solution Haste. or inconsider
ate action. in such matters would
work irreparable injury To the country
All men and all parties admit the
evils of centralized Industrial and com
rnercial authority. Conscious Of its du-
ties in the premises, the Republican
party is seriously considering whether
we ought not To choose Capitalization
of governmental authority This
means n constitutional amendment
giving the congress full power to deal
with the entire trust question. This
question is being considered with the
fairness. candor and patriotism which
have always characterized the actions
of the Republican party Finite mind
has not YET discovered a sure and safe
solution Of the problem. The Ameri
can people. however. will ultimately
fiud a solution. and when found it will
come through the patriotism and intel
ngence OF the Republican party. Its
experience in legislation and business