Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-09
PARTY POLICIES
ARE OUTLINED
Address Of Temporary Chair
man George D. Perkins
Before Convention
GREAT PARTY ACHIEVEMENTS
Republicans Content to Judge Their
Organization BY Its Record-Pro-
lection and Reciprocity Should Go
Hand in Hand.

Hand in Hand.
Gentlemen of the Convention: You are
met here under good omen as republicans,
representatives of a great state and Of
great party-members of and co-workers
with ne national republican party.
1t is very great pleasure to extend
| congratulations.
| mis- is a gathering not for war; but
| for peace there Is q time for each. You
| are gathered here In family interest, to
| nominate ticket and No declare your plat
| form and your responsibility in the bust
ness of this day is both state and national
The circumstances under which this con-
vention Is assembled are most happy. The
| material interest of this state and of our
| country have been greatly prospered The
| republican party, as the party Of RESPONSE
| bility, has large things to its credit.
In the dark days of the last democratic
| administration you will remember II was
| said In apology of the democratic party
| that 1t was the victim OF untoward circum-
| stances. Your democratic friends, busy
| with explanations, spoke much of luck,
| They said the democratic party was the
| victim of conditions to which It was heir
from the republican party. That the party
| had a world of trouble In managing the
| estate need not be denied. After tne house:
| cleaning followed the election of 1896, and
| when the sunshine was busy warming the
| blood of the working people, your demo-
| cratic friends reminded you that 1t was
| just their luck-and yours.
| neeu mike no III lhiS ptts'
ence that it gives me great pleasure to be-
| long to the party of good luck.
That's another idea
This is true; that colncident with the
| life of the republican party good luck has
| been the rule with the American people.
| The half century last past Is the richest
| contribution ever made In point OF time
| to the history of the human race. The
| hope Is that 1t may presage the history OF
| the century upon which the world has en-
! tered.
| In contemplating the work awaiting your
| hands there is both strength and courage
In review of the screen landmarks ON the
| way over which our country has come.
| Here and there, as we may know, we build
ed better than we knew. On that way
| are many graves but above them ALL the
| known and the unknown, floats the flag OF
| our triumphant union. The record has
| the stain of many tears and the blood
| mark of many heroes. Many times the way
was dark and there was consuming hunger
and thirst. The end was hidden to the
now the clouds are lazy In the sky; the
| shadows are of peace, and the reflection of
| the sun is given back from the rivers and
| mountain sides of all the states.
David Wilmot democrat from Pennsyl-
vania proposed In the house Of representa-
| tlves in 1916 the famous proviso. In that
| year war against Mexico had been declnr'
| ed. James X, Polk was president. The
| Wilmot proposition was that neither slav-
cry nor involuntary servitude should ever
| exist in any territory acquired by the Uni
| failed to become part Of the law, as the
| object of 1t would defeat the purpose OF
| the war. Texas had been annexed the
| year before. The slave power was hungry
for territory to Offset the influence of the
expanding west.
| Polk had sent special message to con-
] gress representing that 1.-THE chief obstacle
In securing peace was the adjustment of
| boundary line that would prove satisfact-
! DRY and convenient to both republics" For
| the accomplishment OF this purpose he
disposal, and the bill to whi,.l Wim3t offer.
| ed his amendment named $2,000,000. After
a bitter contest the appropriation, increas
| ed to S3,000,000, was passed in the sue
ceeding session of congress, without the pro
| yiso.
The wilmot provIso was the herald of the
| republican party.
In passing let me call your attention
| to a contrast In the administration of Polk
and the administration of Mckinley, sep.
arated in the distance of time by more than
| fifty years.
Polk received from congress, grudgingly,
under circumstances such as / have sug-
| ton to bring to close the war with
Mckinley received from congress, spont.
aneSnsly $50 100000 to be used wholly
war with Spain. The history of COS Is re-
| cent history. The action of the =. y-dfth
congress in the instance I recall has no
| precedent in unity and no precedent in
| confidence reposed In the chief executive
| Of our country When the roll was called
| in the house of representatives, In March,
| 1898, on the question of the trust pro-
! posed not vote was recorded In the mega
| tive and the following day when the roll
| was called on the same proposition In the
SENATE senate q Ay 1he united states every man an
Folks proposition was for the extension
| of slavery, regardless of humanity; Nc
Kineys proposition was for the extension
| of freedom, In the interest of humanity. By
the measure of difference between these two
propositions, and the difference between the
reception of one and the other, we have a
better country and better people.
The war with Mexice came to an end In
May. 1913, and an immense territory, In
vada. Utah. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
and Wyoming was coded to the United
States.
Apparently n great victory had been won
for the peculiar and most unhappy institu-
tion Of American slavery.
In 1S48, that year when men cried peace,
whig candidate was elected president Of
the United States. 1t was the last Victory
of the whig party, and marked the sure
With the election Of General Taylor came
the discovery of gold In California. The
sturdy sons OF the free territory OF the
sessions IN great numbers. They were in in
tent upon their pockets, and yet they went
as valiant knights to the defense of liberty.
people been led directed. melted, stimulat ted,
through all the marvellous history from
Jamessown and and Plymout5 Rock until III, now:
passed, abrogating the Missouri compro-
mise OF 1920. If the Wilmot provso was
the herald Of the republican party, the
Kansas Nebraska bill announced its living
presence, full grown and armed with right
eousness The succeeding congress met
with democratic minority In the house
of representatives, and Nathaniel +. Banks.
champion of free SOIL after a prolonged
struggle, was made speaker. In 1855 the
nominated fremont and Dayton and de.
clared a platform.
A giant had been born and reared in a
decade.
I do not need to follow the history. NY