The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-23

Wages haye risen and all Industries hav'
| revived and progpered.
We firmly established the gold standard
which was tten menaced with destruc
| tion. Confidence returned to business ant
with confidence an uneKampled prosperity
For deficient revenues supplemented bJ
| improvldent issues OF bonds we gave tn.
country an income which produced larg'
| surplus, and which enabled US only foul
years after the Spanish War had CLOSED
| TO remove more than one hundred mil
| lions Of annual war taxes. reduce the pub.
| lie debt and lower the interest charges ol
the Government.
The public credit. which had been 80
lowered thai In time of peace Democrat
lc adminIstration made large loans al
eXtraYagant rates of interest IN order 70
pay current expenditures. rose under Re
publican administration to its highest point
and enabled us TO borrow at 2 per cent
even in time OF war.
HISTORY OF REPUBLICAN POLICY
TOWARD COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
We refused to palter longer with the
miserIes of Cuba. We fought quick and
victorious war with Spain. We set Cuba
free, governed the island for three years.
and then gave II TO the Cuban people with
order restored, with ample revenues, with
education and public health established, . @
United States by wise provisions Tor our
mutual interests.
We have orBanized the Government Of
Porto Rico and Its people now sn1oy peace,
freedom order and prosperity,
In the Philippines we have suppressed
insurrection, established order and given
sq noWn rs tseqe saq RSe4ore we hsSe
civil government. made II effective and
strong In administration and have CO.
ferred upon the people ol . those n Islands a,.as
the largest civil liberty they nave ever
By our possession OF the Philippines we
we're enabled TO take prompt and effective
lnN Of hA IAera of
pekin and e decisive part In preventing
the partition and the preserving OF the IN
tegrity OF China
The possession of route for an 18th
milan canal. SO long the dream OF Ameri-
can statasmanshlp, Is now an accom-
plished fact The great work OF connect
Ing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by
canal ls at last begun, and IL Is due 10 the
Republican party.
ARID LANDS RECLAIMED;
ARMY AND NAVY IMPROVED.
We have passed laws which will bring
the arid lands of the United States Within
the area OF cultivation.
We have reorganized the army and put
Il In the highest state OF efficiency.
We have passed laws for the improve
ment and support OF the militia.
We have pushed forward the building. of
the nagy. the defense and the protection
OF our honor and our interests.
Our administration of the great depart
and efficient. and wherever wrongdoing
has heen discovered the Republican ad-
ministration has not hesitated to prone
the evil and bring Offenders to Justice
without regard to party or political ties.
ANTITRUST LAWS HAVE
BEEN FEARLEssLY ENFORCED.
Laws enacted by the Republican party
which the Democratic party failed to en-
force and which were intended for the
protection OF the public against the un-
just discrimination or the Illegal en-
croachment OF vast aggregation OF capital
have been fearlesHly enforced by a Re-
publican President, and new laws insur-
Ing publicity as 10 the operations OF the
great corporations and providing addi-
ttonal remedies for the prevention OF dis
passed by a Republican, Congress,
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
PCIICY IS RE-ENUNERATED.
In this record OF achievement during the
past eight years may be read the pledges
which the Republican party has fuifilled
We propose TO continue these policies and
We osclare our constant adherence TO the
following principles
Protection, which guards and deveiopes
our industries, ls q cardinal policy Of the
tion should always nj least equal the diff
florence In the cost OF production at horne
and abroad. We insist UPON the main
tenance Of the principles OF protection,
adjusted only when public Interest de-
manus their attenuation; but this work
cannot safely be committed 10 any other
hands than those of the Republican p4rty.
+ To lntrust 70 the Democratic party Is
q invite disaster. Whether. AZ IN 1881 the