Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1904.

With the campaign closed. brief
review of the past few weeks seems in
order. The entire policy of the Re-
publicans can be described by the two
words, mace immorta, by the late
Senator Hanna. 'sstand pat.' In
other words the Republican party has
appealed to the voters of the country
to enforce it's administration of the
past seven gears and the sincere young
man, who has conferred such honor
able renown on the presidential Office.
Seven years ago the Republican
party took the reins of government
laid down by the Democrats. The
great industries of the nation were
paralyzed, workingmen of the nation
by the thousands were hungry and
desperate in the vain search for some
means of earning their living and
keeping their families from want.
The factory wheels were still, magni-
fcent railroad systems were in the
hands of receivers and the prices
offered farmers for their crops would
not pay the cost of raising them. In
seven years, the Republican party,
under the guidance of Mckinley and
Roosevelt has redeemed the awful de-
ISOLATION, has set the factories going,
made it possible for men to frd work,
at good wages, has recusitated the
PROSTATE railroad industry, has added
80 per cent, to the export trade of the
nation and has added $100,000,0O0 to
the wealth of the national treasury,
while it has decreased the annual in
terest on the national debt by $10.000,-
900. And that is not ALL The nation,
has made Cuba free and under the
guidance of Roosevelt, has restored
peace and prosperity in the Philippines.
On this record the Republican party
elected a man who for the past three
years filled the presidential chair with
honor, who has made possible ''the
'dream of ages" the construction of
the Panama canal, who has done more
to promote International peace than
any president or ruler in the history of
the world, who is q scholar, a soldier,
an author and statesman; whose
chiefest pride is the honor of his coun-
try, whose highest ambition is to earn
the "Tell done, good and faithful ser
want" of the American people; man
whose private life is above reproach
and whose family life Is a model for
every home.
In concluding the campaign for the
election of Theodore Roosevelt his
supporters have never had to put forth
claim they could not substant iate.
Neither he nor any member Of his
party had to repudiate an utterance
nor admit an extravaganza statement or
pretense; nor to resort to contemti-
BILE or dishonorable trick. The strong
est campaign document and the one
most widely circulated, has been Pres
ident Roosevett's letter of acceptance.
The Democracy was obliged to begin
it's campai n by confessing that it had
erred in the past and promising that
If trusted it would forsake it's former
errors. It's candidate was depicted as
an eminent jurist of unimpeachable
character, "too dignifed" to go on the
stump in his own behalf, too fair to
take the slightest unfair advantage of
an opponent In his letter of accept
ance he exhibited total unfamiliar
ity with national affairs, and made
numerous blunders which his supper
tiers Lave since had to explain away as
best they could. He even made
errors of assertion that the common
law afforded an ample remedy for
trust evils. He made a bid for pro-
tectionist support by declaring that
under no circumstances could the Re-
publican majority in toe Senate be
overcome during his administration.
Later, when it was proven that the
common law afforded no relief from
trust evils. he cited a supreme court
decision, in no way relevant, and now,
when its irrevalancy has been proven.
he declares that he meant "existing'',
proven that his election would practi-
cally insure Democratic Senate
during the last half of his term and he |
evades the issue. Fully twenty-five CT !