The Elbert County tribune., 1904-08-04

, servants Curing the last seven years OF
ADMINISTRATION and Legislation now
come before the people content to be
Judged by our record of achievement.
/ In the years that have gone by we
have made the deed square with the
word; and II we are continued in power
we shall unswerving1y follow out the
great lines of public policy which the
republican party has already laid
giving. and shall give. united. and
therefore an efficient. support
More Fortunate Than Opponents.
than our opponents. who now appeal
| for confidence the ground. which
some express and some seek TO have
unphant they may be trusted TO prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
because Of which they ask that the
power. Seemingly their present atti-
tude as to their past record Is that
some Of them were mistaken and 9th
wholly different spirit. We are not
constrained to keep silent on any vital
question, our poIlcy is continuous. and
Is the same for all sections and locAii-
ties There is nothing experimental
about the government we ask the peo-
pie to continue in power. for our per-
formance in the past, our proved gov
Ornamental efficiency. Is a guarantee as
~ our promises Tor the our
opponents. either openly or secretly.
according to their several tempera-
ments. now ask the people TO trust
OF the fact that they intend to treat
their past promises as null and void.
We know our own minds and we have
kept of the same mind for sufficient
length Of time to give to our policy
conference and sanity. In such fun
OF the law we do not have to depend
upon promises, but merely to ask that
our record be taken as an earnest OF
what we shall continue to do. In deal
Ing with the great organizations
known as trusts. we do not have to
explain why the laws were not en-
forced. but to point out that they actu-
ally have been enforced to increase
the effectiveness of their enforcement.
the rascais out" for we have shown
in very deed that whenever by diligent
FOUND Who has Betrayed his trust rust he
Will be punished to the fun extent of
the law without regard to whether he
n democratic administration. This is
the efficient way to turn the rascals
out and to keep them out. and it has
betrnyals of trust in the last seven
years have been insignificant in num-
the public service Never has the ad-
ministration OF the government been
has the public work OF the nation been
done more honestly and efficiently.
unwfse to Change Good Policies.
policies which have worked so well
and which are now working so well.
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
tional honor and interest have been
upheld abroad. We have placed the
finances of the nation upon a sound
gold basis. We have done this with
the aid of many who were formerly
our opponents. but who would neither
openly support nor silently acquiesce
in the heresy of unsound finance, and
we have done 1t against the convinced
and violent opposition of the mass of
our present opponents who still refuse
to recant the unsound opinions which
for the moment they think 1t inexpe-
dent to assert We know what we
mean when we speak of an honest and
thing from year to year. We do not
have to avoid "A definite and conclusive
which has recently been before the
people. and which may at any time in
Upon the principles which underlie
this issue the convictions of half of
our number do not clash with those
publican party is in power the gold
standard is settled. not as a matter
Ss aempopsrs Political edped,eney not not
production OF gold in certain mining
centers. but in accordance with what
we regard as the fundamental princi-
pies of national morality and wisdom.
Under the financial legislation which
we have enacted there is now ample
and every. dollar of this circulation is
worth a dollar in gold. We have re-
duced the DEMONSTRATING debt and in
still larger measure the interest on
that debt. All of the war taxes i'm
posed during, the, Spanish war have
the people and to prevent the accumu-
lation of an unnecessary surplus. The
the expenditures and income OF the
government so closely correspondent
In the fiscal year that has Just closed
expenditures was 10000 This does
not take account OF $50,000,000 expend-
ed out OF the accumulated surplus for
the purchase of the isthmian canal. 1t
is an extraordinary proof of the sound
financial condition OF the nation that
such matters and throwing the burden
upon posterity by an issue of bonds,
we were able to make the payment
outright and yet after 1t to have In the
treasury surplus OF 100000, 900.
Moreover. we were able to pay $1,000.
slightest disturbance to business con-
ditions.
Country on High Plane.
We have enacted tariff law under
which during the past few years the
terial well-being never before reached
Wages are higher than ever before.
should be readjustment of the tariff
schedules is undoubted; but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the princi-
pie of protective tariff is beyond
question. for otherwise the changes
would not amount to reimbursement but
to repeal The readjustment when
made must maintain and not destroy
the protective principle. To the farm
err. the merchant the manufacturer this
is vital; but perhaps no other man is
so much interested as the wage work.
err in the maintenance OF our present
economic system. both as regards the
finances and the tariff. The standard
OF living OF our wage workers is high
err than that of any other country and
1t cannot so remain unless we have a
protective tariff which will always
keep as minimum rate of duty suf-
fcient to cover the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad. Those