The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23

cratic administration made large loans at extravagant rates of interest in or der to pay current expenditures. rose under republican administration to its highest point. and enabled us to borrow at 2 per cent. even in time of war.
 We refused to palter longer with the Eniseries of Cuba. We fought a quick and victorious war with Spain. We set Cuba free, governed the island for three years and then gave it to the Cuban people with order restored, with ample revenues, with education and public health established, free from debt, and connected with the United States by wise provisions for our mutual inter- ests
 We have organized the government of Porto Rico, and it's people now en- joy peace. freedom, order and prosper ity.
 Accomplishments in Philippines.
 In the Philippines we have suppress ed instruction. established order, and given to life and property security never known there before. We have organized civil government, made it eff fective and strong in administration, and have conferred upon the people of the islands the largest civil liberty they have ever enjoyed. By our pos session of the Philippines we were en- abled to take prompt and effective ac- tion in the relief of the legations at Pekin, and decisive part in prevent ing the partition and preserving the integrity of China.
 Panama Canal.
 The possession of a route for an isth- milan canal, so long the dream of Am erican statesmanship, is now an ac- complished fact. The great york of connecting the Pacific and Atlantic by canal is at last begun, and it is due to the republican party.
 Other Accomplishments
 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 it in the highest state of efficiency. We have passed laws for the im- provement and support of the militia.
 We have pushed forward the build ing of the navy, and defence and pro- tection of our honor and our interests
 Our administration of the great de- partments of the government has been honest and efficient, and wherever wrong doing has been discovered, the republican administration has not hes itated to probe the evil and bring of lenders to justice without regard to party or political ties.
 Laws enacted by the republican par- ty which the democratic party failed to enforce and which were intended for the protection of the public against unjust discrimination or the illegal en- croachn1ent of vast aggregations of capital have been fearlessly enforced by a republican president, and new laws ensuring reasonable publicity as to the | operations of great corporations, and providing additional remedies for the / prevention of discrimination in freight .rates have been passed by a republican congress.
 Tn this record of achievement during the past eight years may be read the pledges which the republican party has fulfilled. We promise to continue these policies and we declare our constant adherence to the following principles:
 The Tariff.
 Protection which guards and devel- ops our industries Is a cardinal policy of the republican party. The measure pf protection should always at, least equal the difference in the cost of pro- auction at home and abroad. We in sist upon the maintenance of the prin- Eiples of protection, and therefore rates bf duty should be readjusted only when conditions have so changed that the public interest demands their altera- lion, but this work cannot safely be committed to any other hands than hose of the republican party. To in rust it to the democratic party is to invite disaster.
 Whether, as in 1892, the democratic party declared the protective tariff un- onstitutional, or whether it demands
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