Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-21
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PARTY RECORD
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In their membershipmen OF morality AND
patriotism: but we assert with CONN
dence that above all others, by the IN
duenceS which gave it birth ana nave
maintained it's life, by the causes Tor
which it has striven, the ideals winch
It has followed the republican party
as a party has acquired a character
which makes its ascendency the best
guarantee of a government loyal 10
principle and effective in execution.
Thru it more than any other poiitlc8I
organization the moral sentiment ~
America finds expression. 1t caht'os
depart from the direction OF It's ten
denotes From what it has been may
be known certainly what 1t must be.
Not all of us rise to its standaia' hoe
all of us are worthy of its GLORIOUS
history. hut as Il whole this great
political organization-th party Of
Lincoln and McKinley-cannot fall TO
work In the spirit of its past and n
loyalty to great ideals
1--WE shall ask the continued confi-
dence of the people because the candi-
dates whom we present are OF proved
competency and patriotism. fitted 20
all the offices for which they are nom
sinated. to the credit and honor of our
country.
I'VE shall ask it because the present
policies of our government are bene-
fetal and ought not to be set aside:
and the peoples business is being well
done. and ought not to be interferred
with.
.Haye not the American people
reason for satisfaction and pride in the
conduct of their government since the
election of 1900, when they rendered
their Judgment of approval upon the
first administration OF President Nc
kinley? Have we not had an honest
government? Have not the men Sc
lected for office been men OF good
reputation who by their past lives had
given evidence that they were honest
and competent? Can any private bus
mess be pointed out in which lapses
from honesty have been SO few and so
trifling proportionately. as in the pub
lie service Of the United States? And
when they have occurred have not
the offenders been relentlessly prose-
cuted and sternly punished without re-
gard to political or personal relations
Have we not had an effective gov
eminent? Have not the laws been en-
forced? Has not the slow process of
legislative discussion upon many SER
ious questions been brought to prac-
teal conclusions embodied in beneficial
statutes? And has not the executive
proceeded without vacillation or weak
ness to give these effect? Are not the
laws of the United States oheyed at
home? And does not our government
command respect and honor thruoat
the world?
Have we not had a safe and con-
servative government? Has not prop
erty been protected? Are not the
fruits and enterprise of industry Sc
cure? What safeguard of the consti-
tuition for vested right or individual
freedom has not been scrupulously OBJ
served? When has any American ad
ADMINISTRATION ever dealt more consider
ately and wisely with questions which
might have been the cause of conflict
with foreign powers? When have
more just settlements been reached
by peaceful means? When has any
administration welded a more power
full influence for peacee and when
have we rested more secure in friend
ship with all mankind?"
The speaker then entered into an
exhaustive review of work accom-
plished by the Mckinley and Roose-
welt administrations and concluded Isl
follows:
1.-THE first administration of McKin.
ley fought and won the war with
Spain, put down the instruction m
the Philippines. annexed Hawaii, res.
cued the legations in Pekin, brought
Porto Rico into our commercial sys-
tenn. enacted a protective tariff, and
established our national currency oia
the firm foundations of the gold STAN.
dard by the financial legislation Of
the Fifty-sixth congress.
The present administration has re-
duced taxation, reduced the public
debt, reduced the annual interest
charge. made effective progress In the
regulation of trusts, fostered business
promoted agriculture, built UP the
navy, reorganized the army, resul.-
rected the militia system, inauguratei
q new policy for the preservation ard
reclamation of public lands given civil
government to the Philippines, estab-
1ished the Republic of Cuba, bound
1t to us by ties of gratitude, OF COM
mercial interest and common defense
swung open the closed gateway Of
the Isthmus, strengthened the Monroe
doctrine, ended the Alaskan boundary
dispute, projected the integrity OF
China, opened wider its doors Of trade
advanced the principle of arbitration
and promoted peace among the ma
tions.
I've challenge Judgment upon this
record of effective performance in leg
aation, in execution and in adrninistra-
ton.
The work is not fully done: policies
are not completely wrought out: do
mestic questions still press continually
for solution: other trusts must be regu-
lated; the tariff may presently receive
revision. and If So should receive 1t al
the hands Of the friends and not the
enemies of the protective system; the
new Philippine government has only
begun to develop its plans for the ben
fit of that long elected country. our
flag floats on the isthmus, but the canal
is yet to be built; peace does not reign
on earth, and consderate firmness
diplomacy.
The American people have now To
say, whether policies shall be reversed,
or committed to unfriendly guardians;
whether performance. which now
proves itself for the benefit and honor
of our country. shall be transferred to
unknown and DerchaDce to feeble