Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-03

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IN All crises this party has besR ma
nxnt,f, and 10 syery. erisfs y haA won en-
cGrins suesess for the people Of the CsE
ted States. tne people Of orr eonssssas. ne
II Il to the stary Of the NATIONAL repub-
/ Mean PARTY rhat q the pages % rns history
% Cur eaantry have be.1 closed nnd as
Il writing. the <nresnsus at AL optnEon has
Sesn thar the writing uaa TO the honor
of the nattoo anh 10 the undgtng fans
OF the eay4ktua af dur hosts
II " my ardent hcpe, A. ii y ycnr, shat
70 Ii. sirth.ish; and faithfai t. lis tradi,
\ tens
/ / % nas aay--st waofd be folly TO affirm
l that the repvhiican party has been free Of
L mistakes and Of All guile The party Is
hmrnan agency composed Of fslLinle men
NO as az saa men men x sse sreaseas vision
Il see, Egr to 6ae who loves ks eorntry and
would cnntFfsct4 shat - bis weak strength
| he nsag to the honor OF its name and the
\ opportunity Of It's people, there Is high
| Satisfaction Ia the kao~ledse that the
caerit Of scenrnp. ishn1ens has dux timely
/ the Eeaknssses and failures Of our srruz-
gle
\ We lock uton the Iandnarks Of our hi1-
tory and pronounee them god and We 90
I Therein, II mistake rot IS the best Of
/ speech in behalf Of the repuhltean party.
! These fandr.arks stand for liberty, for
equality Of opportunity, and for hamanity-
1 Thrsagh ali the loag years Of political
strife Through all those terrible years OF
| civil war. down to the present hour, In
elusive Of the time when our young men
spirit As the fathers, there has been In
/ spiratfGa in the battle cry of freedom The
| struggle was to save the Union-to save "
1 with the accomplishment Of that end. the
| struggle has been and now ~ to keep the
| way open for our men-to enlarge and pro-
| tect their oppcr1unit7.
| The republican party n the party Of pro
gress- 1t must SPY oct the way and blaze
| II. and that Ii has been doing since 1t
was born. and that It Il doing now Nor
sarrtng under It's leadership.
For some reason Or other, at any rate,
| the working people OF the United States
lever had such opportunity 70 ~, Ssos, raSs s
ssectfu, Of their opportunity cannot be
Prosperity. under the gold standard. -
credit. as 1t has tie right.
There IS close relation, my friends. BE,
| tween Individual Liberty and tndustria!
| failed 10 keep this relation In mind, though
| 1t has often been charged, as 1t Ii nov
| charged With indifference toward one Or the
other. But insist, and you VIII insist,
| that the party has been steadfasr in ITS
support of the underlying and Titai princi-
| pies which called it into being.
blIghted hopes and broken promises. the
| rnie Of the democratic party at Washington
| was broken BY the return OF the republican
st Louis convention Of the year before.
| iB the platform upon which Mckinley wal
| elected and In the platform upon which
| republican congress, was elected, the ma
1--WE renew and emphasize orr allegiance
! TO the policy OF protection az the bniwaFx
OF American independence and the founaa'
| ton Of American development and pros.
| perity. This true American policy taxes
| foreign products and encourages home In
| dnstry 1t puts the burden Of revenue ON
/ foreign goods; II secures the American
market for the American producer; 1t up
holds the American standard Of wages for
/ the American ,workingiian 1t puts the
| the American farmer less dependent ON for;
| eign demand and price: 1t dIuses general
! thrift, and POUNDS the strength OF all In
application it is just. fair and impartial
| equally opposed to foreign control and do
mestic monopoly. to sectional Discrimination
| and individual favGritisrn."
| That, l take 1t. Is the tariff platform
Of the republican, party Of Iowa The re-.
publicans Of this state haY made no de.
parture; they are unlikely 3 do e. They
I Iican party In giving. protection to home
industries. and point for its ample yindica-
tion to the extraordinary rrpldity with
/ which our national resources ave been de-
| yeloped and our industrial and financial in.
/ dependence secured
/ The republicans Of this state, II know
/ their minds, have no reservation In affirm.
| ing. In the Language Of the national plat.
! form Of 1900, this statement :
i I'VE renew our faith in the policy OF
op's Industries have been cen established di.
yersfied and maintained. by Protecting
the home market. competition has been slim.
tunity to the inventive genius of our PEG.
pie has been secured and wages in every
department OF labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever before, always
Distinguishing our working people In their
better conditions Of life from those Of any
competing country"
The policy = one thing; tt. appli::ation
other thing While we insist on stability
Of economic policy as a prime and economic
need four country ! take 1t the republicans
-
ident and of the United States IN bis last
annual message that this stability shonld
not be fossillzation." It would be. ex.
trenely unfortunate. as the lessons % ex.
perience give us warrant for believing. 4
sweeping and violent changes 10 our Tariff
system should be Undertaken. aid especially
as M the prssaen Sssed Gn IN s red
on the theory that the principle Of Drctec-
tive tariff was TO be abaDdorsf." The fort.
however. IS not for one moment to be lost
tRHt mr. thaf ftt. iS ina la E...
zation will not be tolerated. Dictation
apart from consideration Of the broad In
terests Of national welfare will not be en-.
dured. where the Industrial conditions so
frequently change, ns with us must OF ne
cessity be the case" said the president In
his late tariff speech. at is, a matter Of
policy to changed conditions" That Is
! what our platform In 1901 declared That
The expressons have quot Quoted give clear
republican party from the beginning of its
ssy hss s Tse a ,he PGy unSem ON
dustrlal interests of our own peopie-fo pro.
the s9r our esf nays Against e.
that. as conditions change. some, of our
tariffs may be too low, and such tariffs
should be raised; It Is even more likely,
of the country. under the best and wisest
application Of the protective policy. is not
but 1t Is also to be protected In what It has
to buy. ~
Tariff changes should be well considered.
| They should be made cautiously and con.
servatively. They should not be dictated
by mere politics. Every change should
have the support Of sound business reason.
Every change should be made 10 strict con-
formity to the general policy. which we
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