The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-01

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! We will find its truthful prophecy in its
| Incompatible achievements. 1t enters the
/ new century without schism. Ii needs
| neither a committee upon REORGANIZATION
nor a committee upon revision of its con-
! fessiOn Of faith. Ii will continue TO be a
party of broad sympathies. the advocate
| OF human liberty and the infiexible foe to
4 sectional, race or class spirit Class mas
no place in its patriotic principles, for class
| is the fruiC of empire, the enemy of the
| Republic. 1t will continue 10 be the pro-
| tector OF both labor and capitalize two
| mighty pillars upon which our social and
| political fabric rests. The party which
would pull down either invites both 10
| hopeless ruin. The party which does not
| ship and is an enemy to the Republic. II
| Will hold the interests of all the people and
the perpetuity OF the Republic to be It's
chief aim. 1t will extend the hand of hos
! pitality to all who desire good government
and who believe in political righteousness.
| II viii have no congenial place in its ranks
| for the political charlatan or the time
/ serving demagogue, who should be avoided
as pestilence 1t will promote social or
der and will inculate a generous respect
4 for the law by enforcing ii. Lawbreakers.
! both large and small. will be made to
/ know that they are each alike amenable
to law. Those who betray public trust
must not escape speedy punishment in full
measure for their betrayal. The Repub-
| lican party will enforce economy in public
| expenditures. 1t will safeguard the ballot;
denounce the gerrymander, and practice
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| enunciated in the Declaration of indie
| pendence. 1t has stood for those things
which promote the highest honor and
| glory of the Republic; it will continue to
stand for the national faith at home and
| abroad.
WILL BE CONTESTED.
1--WE should not forget that Republican
! advance has been made against persistent
and formidable opposition and that it's
| future supremacy will be sharply con-
tested. 1t will not abandon the contest it
| has made III the interest of a sound none
| tary system. which is the foundation rock
of commercial success. Good government
| and good money must co-exist. The dol
| lar current is essentially Republican dol
lar and it must be preserved without faint
or tarnish We must not forget that there
| are those who still proclaim their oppo-
| stion TO il upon the theory that IL is
| violatiye of sound monetary laws and that
| 1t is in contravention of good morals. They
| have served notice that the war against
| ii is To be continued This, indeed, must
| be so, If their professions have been made
| in good faith and If they have the courage
| of their convictions. The contest for the
mastery between good money and debased
| money is not at an end. The scattered
| forces of the army of reputation Will be
rallied for another charge, but to again
| be repulsed.
1.-The development and expansion of our
| industries justifieS the wisdom OF Republic
| an policies. we nave advanced so tnaI our
| industrial supremacy is unchallenged. We
| are committed to principles OF protection,
| but not in schedules. Schedules will be adj
| justed as time and experience will dictate
| and with due regard always to the in
| terests of our own labor and capital.
THE Republican party Will in the new
| century. cut the narrow isthmus which di-
| vides the Atlantic from the Pacific and
| fulfill the long cherished hope of the
| American people in the construction of a
canal in the interest of the United States
ar11 IF MAJ xir16- ~
| the American people and under their un-
! disputed control. This stupendous work,
| to be found. will be undertaken under Re-
publican auspices in the distant future.
GREAT PRODUCTIVITY.
"Our tremendous productivity, SURPRISING
our domestic needs, invites the extension
| of our commerce into and beyond the seas,
not by the sword but by peaceful methods.
We will cover the high seas with mer-
chantmen, so that our flag will become
familiar upon the vessels of peace in the
ports of the world. In what manner we
shall reclaim our lost prestige shall not
undertake to say, but permit me to express
the belief that it will in good time be ac-
| complished in the national interest and
| consistently. with national honor, and that
| the countless millions contributed to the
| foreign carriers of commerce will be
| retained in the United States. The Re-
publican party will in an intelligent way.
| In a statesmanlike waystmdertake the ex-
| tension of our commerce into all countries,
/ thereby .enlarging the field of American
| opportunity in the interest of American
Workingmen, of American capital. Perhaps
| the field of largest promise for the mo-
| ment is in and beyond the Pacific. The
| Pacific, that vast ampitheater,' in the
words of Garfield, around which shall sit
| in majesty and power the two Americas.
| Asia, Africa and the chief colonies OF
| Europe. In that august assemblage of ma
| lions the United States will be easily
| chief If she fill worthily the measure Of
! her high destiny
There are more peoples under the flag
| to-day than ever before There are those
| who have been strangers TO us. Our flag
| has delivered them from imperial rule. We
| must deal with them; we must have care
| Tor them. They have not hitherto tasted
! OF the fruits of liberty. They know not the
| beneficent ways of republican government
We must secure to them the amplest fruits
| of the Republic, and in good time they will
| come to reverence 1t as their deliverer from
| imperialistic rule and find in il the assur-
! ence and guaranty of freedom and civili-
| cation.
1.-The future of the Republican party!
| What splendid possibilities lie before it,
| Will it be true to its traditions? Will it be
| true TO its opportunities? 1t Will live
| as long as it serves well the country and
| IL should live no longer. 1t is a means
! not an end. 1t is an instrument for the
| advancement of good government and we
should no more consent to its debaSement
| than we would welcome national degreda-
| ton. Those in whom the thought of per-
| sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is uppermost, should
| not be permitted to control it's destiny. If
| we would have pure government we must
| have pure party; one whose sole aim is
| TO promote wholesome administration.
Washington in his immortal farewell adj
| dress exhorted his countrymen against the
| excuses OF party spirit. Webster pointed
| out the peril to the foundations OF our in
| stitutions II party be substituted for coun-
| try. We will not forget that the power OF
the Republican party abides with the peo-
| pie; that as much as we love the party
| our country must be the real object of our
| concern and that power will endure
| ism ard Americanism must ever be synono-
| nous.
New issues will arise, new questions will
| divide the people, of which we know not
now. The Republican party will be found
espousing those issues and those ques-
tions which make for the stability the
honor and the welfare of the country liz
must hold fast TO those great fundamental
doctrines OF human liberty for which our
| fathers stood: for the rights of all and The
equality of all before the law. If it adj
vocates principles and policies which will
| square with these wholesome truths the
years of its power and supremacy are UNI
numbered and its benefcent influence un-
measured"
NONRESIDENT MEMBERS.
James +. Statesman, of Peru, Speaks
for Them.