Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-28

suppressed instruction, established
order and given to life and prosperity
a security never known there before.
We have organized civil government,
made it effective and strong in admin
lstration and have conferred upon the
people Of those islands the largest
civil liberty they have ever enjoyed.
BY our possession of the Philippines
we were enabled to take prompt and
effective action in the relief of the
legations at Picking and decisive part
IN preventing the partition and the
preserving of the integrity of China.
The possession of route for an
isthmian canal, 80 long the dream Of
American craftsmanship, is now an
accomplished fact. The great work of
connecting the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans by canal Is at last begun, and
1t is due to the republican party
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 efficien-
cy. We have passed laws for the i'm
provement and support of the militia.
We have pushed forward the building
lAO navy oho lhO oClCuoS duu lu6 DTO-
lection OF our honor and our inter-
ests.
Protection for Industries.
Our administration of the great de-
partments of the government has
been honest and efficient and wherev-
er wrongdoing has been discovered,
the republican administration has not
hesitated to probe the evil and bring
offenders to justice without regard to
party 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 the unjust discrimination or
the illegal entertainments Of vast ag.
gregations of capital have been fear.
lessly enforced by republican pres.
ident and new laws ensuring reason.
able publicity as to the operations OF
great corporations and providing ad.
ditional remedies for the prevention
OF discrimination in freight rates have
been passed by republican congress
In this record of achievement during
the past eight years may be read the
pledges which the republican party
has fulfilled. We propose to continue
these policies and we declare our con
slant adherence to the following prin
ciples:
Protection which guards and de
velops our industries is the national
policy of the republican party. The
measures of protection should always
at least equal the difference in the
cost of production at home and
abroad. We insist upon the mainten
ance of the principles of protection
and, therefore, rates of duty should
be adjusted only when conditions have
SO changed that the public interest
demands their alteration, but this
work can not safely be committed tt
any other hands than those of the re
publican party.
Republican Tariff and Prosperity.
To entrust it to the democratic
party is to invite disaster. Whether
as in 1892, the democratic party de
clared the protective tariff unconstitu
tional or whether it demands tariff re
form or tariff revision, Its real object
is always the destruction of the pro
tectiye system. However specious the
| name, the purpose is ever the same
A democratic tariff has always been
followed by business adversely; re
publican tariff by business prosperity
To a republican congress and repub
lican president this great question car
be safely entrusted. When the only
free trade country among the great
nations agitates a return to protection
the chief protective country should moi
falter In maintaining it.
We have extended widely our for
eign markets and we believe in the
| adoption Of all practicable methods fol