The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
FAIRBANKS ACCEPTS.
SAYS HE HAS FAITH IN Re-
PUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
Party Is Ready to Defend It's Position
Anywhere and Everywhere
Gold Standard Unsafe in
Democratic Hands.

tion committee, and is in part as fol-
lows:
My Dear Sir: In accordance with the
promise made when you formally noti'
led me of my nomination for vice pres.
ident, | avail myself of this opportu.
nifty to submit to you, and through you
to my fellow citizens, some further
views with respect 10 the questions In
issue before the people.
The principles which are so frankly
and felicitously expressed in the plat
form adopted by the republican national
convention meet with my heartiest ap-
proval. In the main they have been sub
jected to the test of actual experience
and have been found to be well suited
to our industrial and national needs.
They have brought us to high state OF
material development. and have made
the nations name respected among the
powers of the earth.
Extols President Roosevelt.
The convention did well in its hearty
commendation of the administration Of
President Roosevelt. This Is sharply
challenged by the opposition. We ac-
cept the issue with confidence. The
president assumed the responsibilities
of chief executive with pledge to carry
out the policy of his beloved and la
mented predecessor. He kept the cab
met of President Mckinley composed of
statesmen of eminent ability, in whom
the country placed entire confidence.
He carried forward the uncompleted
work faithfully and successfully. The
pledge has been kept scrupulously; the
promise has been fulfilled. Peace and
good order have been maintained. Do
mestic and foreign trade have increased
and relations of amity have been pre-
served with foreign powers.
The foreign policy of the admins
| tration has been conservative, just and
! firm. and has made for the advancement
of peace Time and events have given
us larger place in international af-
| fairs. While we have enlarged our
foreign commerce, we have increased
our prestige abroad, not with the sword,
but through the peaceful agency Of en-
lightened diplomacy.
At Peace with Mankind.
Events in the far east suggest the wis
dom and necessity of continuance of
the present foreign policy. We have
maintained exact neutrality between
Russia and Japan. At the beginning OF
the war between them they assented tc
the suggestion made by the administra.
tion limiting the zone Of hostilities
This tends to preserve the open door ir
the orient, so important and so much
desired in the expansion of our com
merce. 1t is the policy Of the admins
tration. predicated upon the soundest
national prudence, to settle and remove
by treaty, so far as possible. those in
ternational differences which might lead
| to future friction.
We favor the adjustment of interna-
tional disagreements by an appeal to
reason, rather than to arms.
Our relations with the world were
never better. We have avoided all en-
tangling alliances, and, in the language
of the eminent secretary of state: I'VE
are without an ally and without an
enemy"
| Assails Democratic Critics.
The convention wisely declared in IA
vor of protection which guards and
develops our industries" and that "the
measure of protection should always at
least equal the difference in the cost
of production at home and abroad"
The democratic convention which
| Jato aA af
nounced protection as robbery of
the many to enrich the few" and fa-
vored revision and gradual reduction
of the tariff"
The issue is thus distinctly made. II
! is by no means a new one. for while
the republican party hos uniformly ad-
hered to the policy of protection, the
democratic party has been consistent
in its opposition. II has held to the
doctrine of a revision of the tariff has
maintained that the protective system
was opposed to good morals, in contra
vention of the constitution, and in vio-
lation of sound economics. The objec-
tions which are now urged against II
are only a repetition of those which
nave IOunu utteTdnCe lOT many years
The difference between the parties Is
radical and fundamental. 1t involves
the principle of protection and no,
simply the measure Of the duties to
be laid.
A revision of duties should be made
only when conditions have so changed
that the public interest demands theil
alteration, and they should be so re.
vised as to preserve and not destroy thu
protective principle.
A revision and reduction by those who
regard the tariff as robbery mus
awaken serious apprehension among al
whose capital is employed or who arr
engaged at labor in the various enter
prises throughout the country which de
pend in large measure upon the mainte
nance Of the protective system.
History Records Triumphs.
History abundantly shows that tn,
greatest Industrial development OF tn,
country has occurred during the periot
when the protective tariff has beer
maintained. and that during this tim,
labor has received its largest rewards
| and cauifaI hao hoan v,oet prodfa hi,