The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-09

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nigh universal. Inaugurated by re-
pubicans, after democratic admins
| tration had refused it trial, repub
| licans have now proved it's value. We
favor the extension of the system as
| rapidly as possible wherever desired.
Public improvements have invari-
ably been favored by the republican
party, benefting the entire country
| many times their cost. Every citi-
zen interested in better rivers and
harbors. public highways. improved
postal service, forest preservation,
food prevention, the great isthmian
canal and other enterprises of like
character, has his rightful home only
in the republican party, where prog
ress has never been opposed.
Nearly three thousand millions of
dollars paid to pensioners since the
| republican party came into power, al
most all of it under legislation en-
acted without a dissenting republican
vote in congress, but always against
democratic opposition, attest the con-
trast between the parties in this re-
spect, and yet further liberality was
recommended by the pension legis-
lature of the last congress.
''The Improvement in our relations
with the Philippines is attested by
the reduction of the army to the low
est legal limit. Education and en-
lightenment under broadminded ad-
minstrative policies are gradually
obviating the necessity for control
through military power and we rec
Ommend the rapid and steady prog
ress made in the preparation for the
promotion of the fullest possible de-
gree of self government. In this con-
nection, we voice the grateful &C.
knOWledgement of the nation for the
splendid service in the Philippines of
that distinguished son of Ohio, Gov
e:nor William Taft.
"Under Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt, our foreign policy of equal
tyity to all has made the United
| States the peace maker Of the world,
guarding weaker nations from ag-
gression and giving the Monroe doc
|
fore.
The protective tariff, the policy of
the republican party, has made the
! United States the greatest industrial
nation. astonishing the world with
it's tremendous development of our
boundless resources, added vastly to
our foreign commerce, greatly in
creased the prosperity of the farmer,
and has advanced American labor
to the best scale of living ever at
tanned. We oppose all attacks upon
this policy. whatever the preteXt, as
days of democratic tariff revision and
free trade Changing conditions and
the possible benefits of reciprocity
may call for timely readjustment of
schedules, but protection as prn-
ciple must be administered by the
friends of American prosperity and
must not be sacrificed.
combinations for the monopoly
of trade and kindred unlawful pur-
poses are directly amenable to the
penalties provided by republican leg
islation, and their vigorous enforce
ment in the courts. No worthy inter
est is Imperfect but whatever will
work public harm is restrained, and
that without resort to the democratic
plan of destroying all American in
dustries through tariff revision OF
otherwise.
IF further legislation should be
found necessary, the republican par
ty can be depended upon to enact
this, enforce it with equity and safe
ty in every legitimate interest. The
republican party. having restored the
national credit after it was nearly
destroyed by the democratic party
and having maintained. defended anG
advanced it to the highest in the
world, with every dollar of full value
and having given to the people the
only banking systems that operate
uniformly everywhere, without loss
and at lower cost, should now en-
deavor within safe lines to stimulate
local bank circulation, thus securing
an elasticity of currency supply com
mensuratc with business demands
and we favor we'll guarded legisla
ton to this end.
ohio was the first state with sol
forever free from the stain of slav
cry 1t was the first to preserve the
'indeStructible union of deStructibl,
states and adheres firmly to ever.
, anne ndment which the war wrOugh
r into our country's legislation as bind
: ing in honor on every American
+ Ther5f fore, we hold fast to the doc
: trine Of equity everywhere in the eX
ercise of the elective franchise, main
S tanning that justice requires that an.
5 state excluding any of its citizens
r from the ballot should be proportion
ately reduced in its representation
d in the electoral college and in TIL