Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-12
KENNEBEC REPUBLICANS!
The bitterly att ackns Sheriff He has
only he enforce Shall public
official be punished for doing his duy7 Mol the straight
ticket.

Gratis stand in this campaign and in
this connection he coins the phrase i'm
provised convictions which is so apt
that it is certain to stick. AS to the Re
publican attitude and policy he says:
| The party now in control of the gov
eminent is troubled by no such diff
cuties We do not have to guess at
! our own convictions, and then correct
the guess if it seems popular. The
principles which we profess are those
in which we believe with heart and
soul and strength. Men may differ
stiffness or insincerity. The policies
we have pursued are those which we
earnestly hold as essential to the ma
tional welfare and rcpute. Our actions
speak even louder than our words for
thu. faith that is in us. We base our
appeal upon what we have done and
are doing, upon our record of adminis-
| tration and Legislation during the last
seven years, in which we have had
complete control of the government.
| We intend in the future to carry on the
government in the same way that we
have carried it on in the past"
That is plain and straightforward
enough for anybody, and ought to sat
icfy avon RnurLa Cochran who cam
planned the other night that the policy
of the Republican party is unknown
The quotation is characteristic of the
whole letter. In the direct and vigor-
Gus style which characterizes all his
writings ana speeches he reviews and
discusses the record of the party i'm
power. He declares with truth that
so Well has the work been done that
our opponents do not venture to recte
the facts about our policies or acts,
land then oppose them. They attack
them only when they have first misrep-
resented them; for truthful recital
would leave no room for adverse COM
ment."
Just note the way he refers to that
famous hole in the st. Louis platform
and the delayed gold-plated telegram
from F,Sopus: Laws can always be
revoked: it is the spirit and purpose of
those responsible for their enactmen.
and administration which must be
liked and Interchangeable. 1t is idle to
say that the monetary standard of the
nation is irrevocably fixed so long as
the party which at the last election
of the total vote, refuses to put in it's
platform any statement that the uues-
ton is settled. A determination to re-
main silent cannot be accepted as
| equivalent to Il recantdtion. Until our
opponents as party explicitly adopt
the views which we hold and upon
which We have acted ana are acting i'm
the matter of sound currency, the
only real way to keep the question
from becoming unsettled is to keep the
Republican party in power"
In similar manner he discusses the
trust problem, the tariff issue, the
Philippines. our foreign relations, the
army and navy, the civil service, pen
sion legislation, etc. There is not a
faint or false note in the whole letter.
There is no evasion of any issue. The
honesty. the cOur tge. the strength and
the patriotism of the man are seen
in every paragraph. 1t is the utter
ance of a leader who leads, of a cam
didate who stands upon his platform
ana who knows what his platform
means. 1t is the voice of the true
Americanism of the 10Th century. the
expression of the youth, the vigOr and
the promise of n great country and a
great era. 1t is a document which
will confound and confuse those
Democrats who have tried to make the
President himself the main issue of the
campaign. 1t will give our people
Igreater confidence than ever in their
beloved President. and add to the firm
conviction of all raSCals and law-break-
rrs that he is an unsafe" man to have
in the White House. 1t will make
Maine Republicans proud and glad that
they have the privilege of going to the
polls. today, and voting for what
Theodore Roosevelt stands for.