Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-09

publican party was not born without ira
vail and that 1t has not lived apart from
By ea Il has Fought the
way in leadership Of the rights of man.
! The republican party was the creation
territory of the United States for free
men. In that service long years were
spent, eliminating In the war for the life
| of the union, wherein vas washed out with
the blood of patriots The stain of human
4 slavery from our flag.
In all crises this party has been ma.
llgned; and in every crisis Z has won ,, en-
/ ted States, the people Of our continent. the
| people of the world.
| 1t is to the glory of the national, repub-
| lican party that as the pages OF the history
4 of our country have been closed, and as
4 judgment was given freedom TO review the
writing the eoneensus Of all opinion has
4 of the nation and to the undying fame
| of the captains of our hosts.
:, 1t is my ardent hope. as II is your that
/ the republican party may always be loyal
TO its birthright and faithful to its tradi
| lions.
] do not say--it would be folly to affirm
that the republican party has been free of
mistakes and Of all guile. The party is
human agency composed of fallible men.
The wisest among us are as children. and
/ see. But to one who loves lis country and
would contribute what in his weak strength
he may to the honor Of its name and the
\
| satisfaction In the knowledge that the
| merit of accomplishment has dug tmev
/ graves and buried from our common sight
the weaknesses and failures Of our strug-
| gle.
We look UPON the landmarks Of our hiz-
| tory and pronounce them good and we 40
this without contentious partisan division:
| Therein, IL mistake not, Is the best OF
| speech in behalf of the republican party.
These landmarks stand for liberty, for
equality Of opportunity, and for humanity.
ThrSqgs all the long Of political
civil war, down to the present hour, In
elusive of the time when our young men
answered the call to arms IN the same
| spiration in the battle cry of freedom. The
| struggle was to save the union-to save 1t
as q heritage to free labor and free men.
| With the accomplishment Of that end. the
| struggle has been and now Is to keep the
way open for our men-to enlarge and pro-
tect their opportunity.
The republican party Is the party Of pro-
gress. 1t must spy out the way and blaze
1t; and that 1t has been doing since 1t
was born, and that 1t is doing now. Nor
parting under its leadership,
For some reason or other, at any rate.
| the working people OF the United States
never had such opportunity to boost wages
glectfui of their opportunity cannot be
Prosperity. under the gold standard, Is
1
The republican party takes to itself some
credit, as 1t has the right.
There is close relation. my friends. be-
tween individual liberty and Industrial
freedom. The republican party has never
failed TO keep this relation in mind, though
1t has often been charged. as 1t is now
other. But I insist, and you viii insist,
that the party has been steadfast in Its
support of the underlying and vital princi-
pies which called It into being.
blghted hopes and broken promises the
rule OF the democratic party at Washington
oT9 o y ff s 81 s tse
st. Louis convention Of the year before.
In the platform upon which Mckinley wal
elected and In the platform upon which a
I'VE renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
of American Independence and the founda-
ton of American development and pros.
perity. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and encourages home in
dustry; II puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods; II secures the American
market for the American producer It up
holds the American standard of wages for
the American worklnghan; 1t puts the
factory by the side OF the farm, and makes
the American farmer less dependent on for
eign demand and price; 1t diffuses general
the strength Of each. In its reasonable
application II Is just, fair and impartial,
equally opposed to foreign control and do
nestle monopoly, to sectional discrimination
and individual favoritism."
That, / take 1t, is the tarin platform
OF the republican, party of Iowa. The re-
parture: they are unlikely y do So They
stand by the historic policy or the repub-
lican party In giving. protection to. home
industries. and point for Its ample vindiea-
tion 10 the extraordinary rapidity with
which our National resources Ave been de-
veloped and our Industrial and financial In
The republicans Of this state, IL know
their minds, have no reservation in affirm
i ing. in the language of the national plat
form of 1000, this statement:
I'VE renew our faith In the policy Of
protection to American labor. In that policy
our industries have been established, dl-
yersifed and maintained. By protecting
the home market. competition has been stlni,
ulated and production cheapened. 0ppor-
tunity to the inventive genius of our PEG.
department OF labor maintained at hign
rates, higher now than ever before ALWAYS
distinguishing our working people In their
better conditions Of life from those of any
The policy is one thing; tie application
Of the o.sicy te.cisngin-- conditions Is an
Of economic policy as prime and economic
need of our country takeeit the republicans
OF Iowa agree to The declaration of the pres
annual message that ..this stability should
not be fossilization." It would be. ex-
tremely unfortunate. as the lessons OF ex-
perienee give us warrant for believing. II
sweeping and violent changes In our tariff
system should be undertaken, aid especially
so, as the president pointed out in his re-
cent Minneapolis ADDRESS, "if approached
on the theory that the principle OF protec-
tive tariff was TO be abandorsi" The feet.
however, Is not for one moment to be lost
sight Of that change is inevitable. hOsslil.
cation 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
eessity be the CASE. said the president in
his late tariff speech, sit Is a matter OF
prime Importance that we should be able
from time TO time to adapt our economic
policy to changed conditions" That Is
what our platform In 1901 declared. That
The expressions have quoted give clear
definition Of the policy Of protection. The
republican party from the beginning OF Its
history has given the policy uniform In.
with raising revenue, to safeguard the in.
dustrial interests Of our own people--to pro
tect the labor OF our country against un.
equal competition. II follows, Of course,
that, as conditions change some OF our
tariffs may be too, low, and such tariffs
that some Of our tariffs are too high. and
such tariffs should be reduced The labor
of the country, under the best and wisesi
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
have the support Of sound business reason s
Every change should be made In strict CON
formity to the general policy, which we