Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-08
3d.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?

WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?
In his speech at Minneapolis Speak
er Cannon outlined in a most forcible
manner the principal issues in this
campaign; or rather in good old
fashioned way told the people of the
northwest why they should stand by
the republican party. He said in part:
II come to take counsel with the
good people of this community touch
ing the proper policies for the republic
for the coming four years. The Mas
ter said: BY their fruits ye shall
know them. Do men gather grapes of
thorns or figs Of thistles?'
II know of no way to tell whether
I can trust man, policy or party ex-
cept by the character Of the man, the
fruits Of the policy and the records Of
the party. From that standpoint I
shall talk to you, and If I mention the
past it is not to boast, but merely to
hold up the light to illuminate our
paths as we walk in the present.
TN this campaign, while there are
many issues that our friends, the
enemy, hint at, there is but one great
issue between the parties, and that
protection, first obtained by a majority
Of the people under Lincoln, and
maintained practically for forty-four
years.
I'VE present Theodore Roosevelt
upon the record of the republican
party as our candidate. Touching his
candidacy and his record we are at
issue with the democracy, who de-
nounce him, his policies and his
record.
''The republican party stand for pro-
lection. Why? Because we believe
that God had so distributed natural
riches upon this continent, and in our
boundaries, that we could, by diversi-
flying our industries, live substantially
: by exchanging our products amongst
each other. And we had another rea-
son, wider, deeper and stronger than
that. We had republic which the
people were, and are competent to
govern themselves. Sovereignty rests
] in them, and any one individual, how.
ever humble, is as great as any other
however strong.
when we came into power under
Lincoln we needed money. Our gov.
eminent was threatened, half our PEG.
pie had stepped out and taken every.
thing with them. Our treasury was
empty, and under the power of our
party and Its representatives we wrote
upon the statute books tax law
+ called a tariff. We said that the peo
pie elsewhere in the world shall not
come in and enjoy our markets and
draw the money away from our com
monwealth with their products made
by cheap labor without bearing, in a
y measure, our burdens, and without
paying a tax for that privilege that
: was equal to the difference between the
wage of labor there and what ought to
be the wage of labor here That law
went upon the statute book, and the
money we needed began to come in.
"The republican party tries to care
for our home market, for our people
first, in regard to matters of produc
ton and compensation therefor, wages
and markets, because it is necessary
H in this great country to have greater
prosperity than in any other. for bur
! dens in education and civilization are
greater. We have nailed the policy
of protection to the flagstaff, and
under the lead of Lincoln first, and fo1
4 the last forty years, we have marched
4 under the banner.
Before the time our nation was
fifth or sixth amongst those Of The
earth IN manufactures, though w
were first in agriculture. We Their
manufactured eighteen hundred mil
lions Of dollars worth Of products, al
\ told. 5 II. 4 !. ii 5s :s
1--WE are what IN manufactures II
Il the = world First: and still first II
agriculture. Did the policy Of ON
B southern brethern prevail? No. Did
the policy Of the republican, party pre-
vail? Yes; and under 1t We have
reached this stage. The platform q
the democracy ii 1860 said that pro
tecticn was unconsti tutionaL In 1881
MI Cleveland was elected upon sucf
dscIAration II 1926 and 1900 tn
dsmocratic platforms sid the same;
md this yea. n thsir PLATFORM jus