The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-07-27
"lJnGlg Jos's' Speech

Nj. President. -The people Of tle
United states, BY blood, heredity. edn-
cation and practice. are seif-SoveTniing
people. we have sometimes been sub
iect to prejudice and embarrassment
from harmful conditions, but we have
oartgrown prejudice and overcome con
ditions as rapidly rs possible, having
due regard to law and the rights OF in,
diyifluals. we have sometimes made
mistakes from false sense of security
or from desire to change policies m
stead of letting well enough alone, mere
II to see what would happen. but We
nave always paid the penalty OF unwise
action at the ballot box and endured the
suffering until, under the law. through
the ballot box. we have returned to cor
rect policies. Tested by experience no.
nation hns so successfully solved all
problems and chosen proper policies as
our nation. Under tire lead of the Re,
publican party for over forty years, the
United states. from being a third-elass
! power among the nations, has become in
| every respect first. The people rule
The people ruling it is necessary that
thew should be competent to rule. Com
potency requires not only patriotism
but material well-being education
statecraft.
Tne people. under the lead of the Re
| publican party, wrote upon the s10tHts
books revenue laws, ievying taxes uP ',.
the products OF foreign countries seeN.
ing omr markets which replenished our
| Treasury. hut were 50 adjusted as to en-
courage our people in developing. di.
versifNing and maintaining our lndus,
| tries at the same time protecting our
citizens -laboring in production against
| the competition of foreign labor: IN
| der this policy, our manufactured pro,
| duct today is one-third Of the product
of the civilized world, ana our peeps
receive almost double the pay Ior tl ,Si
1 labor that similar labor receives else
where in the world. thereby enabling US
to bear the burdens of citizenship.
Liberal compensation for labor makes
| liberal customers for our pfodne1s'
Under this policy OF protection our nome
market affords all our people better
market than has any other people on
earth and this, too, even if we did not
sell any of our products abroad ~ az
dition TO this, we nave come 20 be ths
| greatest exporting nation nthe world
| For the year ending the 3O0h OF June.
| 1904. our exports to foreign countries
were valued at 81 AGO, 0O0.OOo OF when
! $3.50. 600 900 were products Of the lae,
| tory. The world fell in our DEBT iast
| wear SAC, 100000, an increase OF 80
| 100000 over the preceding year
This policy of-pEotection has always
been opposed blythe opponents OF the re
| publican party and is opposed by them
| today. In their last national PLATFORM
adopted at st. Louis, phey denonnee
protection a ; robbery. They never have
| been given power but they proceeded by
| word and act to destroy the policy Of
protection. Their platform Is rs silent
| a. the grave touching the gold standard
and our currency system. iheir CHOSEN
| leader. after his nomination haNIhS
been as silent as the sphynN up 10 lhat
time. sent his telegram, saying in sub
| stance that the gold standard = estlSs
lishe6. and that he will govern hlmseH
accordingly if ne should be elected.
congratulate him. IT : better 70
| he right late than never. II IS better
TO be right in one thing than wrong IN
all things ] wonder if it ever occurred
to him that if his vote and support iop
his party's candidate in ls96 and i0oo
had been decisive we would now nave
the silver STANDARD. wonder Wflt
made him send that telegram atteF ~
was nominated, and why he 4id NOT seHu
il before? When did he have change
of heart and Judgment and a9es ue ~
heart believe in the gold standirH uu'
| orr currency system, or does nc tIS nov
to reap where he has not sowhz ~ per
| chance, he should be elected ~ Ior ,.ii5
together discordant clement, ! submit
| that with Democratic Hon of KEEP
rcsentativcs or House and Senate, Lhere
would be no harmonious action IN reg
islation or administration fAat WouII
| benefit the people, but tnat Doubt ana
discomfort would everywhere distress
production and labor. Consumption
would be curtailed. In short we would
have M experience similar to that from
1898 to 1897. If this chosen leader and