The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-30
Why Republican
TICKER Is Worthy
Of Your Support
BY Perry S. Heath.

BY Perry s. Heath.
The Republican party is worthy of support be-.
cause:
1t has fulfilled every government obligation.
1t has made it possible for the United States
to borrow money cheaper than any other country
on earth.
1t has kept its platform pledges and never at.
tempted to gain power by false pretcnses.
1t has never advocated policy that would
tarnsh the good name of the country
1t has kept entire and invioate the honor OF
the flag.
1t has always stood for the protection Of Ameri.
can industries.
1t has always opposed free trade.
1t has always been debt.paying, not a debt
1t benefits all classes, labor, farmer, producer
and transporter.
1t prefers to encourage the manufacture OF
new products in the United States rather than
import them from abroad.
1t looks upon the whole world as its Legitimate
market.
1t recognizes no sectional lines, but benefits
all parts OF the country, North, South, Fast and
West
1t does not believe in 5Ocent 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
1t does not believe in war, but when war
must be fought it makes it short, sharp and
decisive.
1t believes in subordnating partisanship to pa.
triotisn.
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 without
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 mscr, OF liberty.
1t believes that the farms and foundrics of the
country need the boundlcss markets Of the
Orient.
1t prefers to lend money 10 other nations rather
than borrow from them.
II does not shirk duty because timd souls be.
lievc the task TO be hard
II never declared that any war in which the
country was engaged was a failure.
1t does not believe in furling 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 ar
mics OF the unemployed, abolished the soup house
and set the wheels of industry in motion as they
never were before
II has increased the home demand for the
products Of the farm.
1t has enabled the prudent and provident 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 thcater OF the worlds greatest
commercial activity in the coming century.
1t has endeavored TO extend the foreign de-
mand for the products OF American workshops,
farms, forests and mines.
1t is the only party that has definite princi-
plies ard beliefs.
It is the party OF progress, Of hope and OF
aspiration
II is the party of optimism, while every
plank OF the Democratic platform Is fastened in
position with pessmistic nails.
II is the only party that has confidence in
itself, trust in the people, faith in the future,