Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-13

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will the sincws of war be forthcoming!
Can we fool d majority of the people WIN
him?
We have a candidate, strong earnest.
honest and brave. The enemy assam ,. MN
for the mistakes he has made; Iney
ton, the constitutional limitations Of .,i ms
office, by interfering in the coal strike
We'll he did interfere; he saw the IS, s.ri IL,
prolonged through the weary months he
foresaw the drcary winter with the APP,
preaching coal famine The suffering ahu
anguish OF his own people became real
and horrid picture and he could wait no
| longer. He did not forget that ne was
President. This position magnlfled the
responsibility. but above all he remcm-
bcrcd that he was IA man. He heard the
risk of failure he threw his boundless en-
ergy into the work and won.
How marked Il contrast to the course
of the leader of the Democracy In our
own state He did not hesitate TO minder
to the lowest instincts of paternalists and
socialists and write into the platform OF
his party the government ownership Oh
mines. The people asked for relief, Hi
gave them barren and bnncomne reso-
in motion that brought them comfort ana
happiness
Those very people like Theodore Roosc-
Welt for this mistake"
1t is said In some quarters that he made
a mistake in bringing suits under the
sherman law. His .partys position
strain trade and fair competition has
been TO secret. 1t has always proclaimed
that it makes no war on honest corpora
legitimate business. employing labor,
building up industry and promoting trad
and commerce. 1t is a relentless Zoe to all
combinations that rob the people.
| His party framed and enacted the laws
which he found on the statute book. 1t
was his duty TO enforce them. lie has
done So fcarlessly. The result has CO He'd
Il halt on unlawful enterprise. 1t has i'm
proved the business tone. 1t has brought
| security to legitimate enterprises.
Now that the law is upheld. our oppon-
ents clamor for the commencement of
general crusade for the ruin of all cor
porations. good. bad and Indifferent. The
Republican party is an enemy to unlawful
! enterprises only. 1t will not commence
which promote prosperity and provide
| wages to the workers by lawful methods.
The administration will proceed with
| careful investigation. 1t will indulge in
| business have no cause for alarm. Tn
lawful combinations only will be attacked.
In word, the law will be impartially en-
| forced.
He found a department charged with
fraud in some of it's bureaus. He insisted
| on immediate investigation: it was thor
oush and completc: Corruption !r% was 5 :. un IN
| We're exposed indictments and trials have
followed and the courts will punish the
| guilty. Some people thought he had
made Il mistake. The people do not SO re
| gard IT. They believe in the administra
ticn and in the integrity and courage OF
| its head.
| The question of Cuban reciprocity was
inherited from its predecessor. When he
| took the oath of office he pledged him
self to carry out the policies of William
Mckinley. Reciprocity had been promised
to Cuga. and on the strength of this
| promise the Cubans had accepted th'
Plat amendments. The President urged
it upon Congress. There was much op-
| | was determined to consent to no form
of reciprocity that would imperil Il einsl"
home industry. In this | was fully i'll
accord with both Mckinley and Roose
welt.
In the face of the most strenuous oppo
sition he stcadfastly pursued his course.
| The Republican party has fulfilled the
pledge Of Mckinley under the lead of
Theodore Roosevelt The result iustifics
him. American honor has been maintain
| ed at the expense of a few millions of
| revenue and without harm to American
industry.
| The browning glory of his administra-
| ton will be the early beginning of tho
! work of the isthmian canal, For 400
years the statesmen of the world have
dreamed and planned about and resolved
upon this. the greatest engineering entcr-
prise since the world began. When tn"
way seemed open. it was blocked by the
Without the knowledge ledge connivance or
aid of the President the republic of Pan
| anna was born in a day. 1t was then up
to the President to accomplish the work
of the centuries. Precedents were in his
favor. The United States has never been
slow to recognize a new sister republic:
| the duty was plain. The President DID
| not wait. He never does He was equal
| to the occasion. He promptly recognized
the republic and insured the completion
of this great work. unequalled in all the
-, :, l,x- .,,1 in
frends-the enemy-crticised: they tried
to make it an issue; they were more so
licitous for the Colombians than for our
own people. This is a habit they have.
| They agonize about the affairs of people
living under a foreign flag. and often
| have no time to consider matters nearer
| home. We are for our own people first,
other people afterwards-in some cases
good while afterwards. They have heard
| from the people. Something seems. to
have dropped, and now not one of them
dareS criticisc. Roosevelt is already vim
dicated. The result has proved grave
yard to many Democratic hopes and aspi-
rationS.
These are some of the mistakes he has
made Because of them, they say he Is
unsafe. But up in the parts where | have
srcnt my days-up in the rural districts.
where the air is pure where AL the con-
ditions on the farm. on the hillsides and
in the valleys and in the busy factories
of the villages and bristling little cities.
tend to noursh honest robust American
common people love him for the mistakes
he has made and will roll up maiorities
urrrccedcntcd for Theodore Roosevelt.
The first real demonstration of the day
occurred during the speech of Chairman
Payne. There was burst of applauS"
when he mentioned former Governor
Black. three ringing cheers greeted the
name of Gov. OdclI. and grew into an
ovation when he paid tribute to Senator
I'latt. For fully a minute the cheers last
cd and then every delegate gave Senator
platt himself. who rose to his feet cheer
ing again and again in honor of tho vet
eran leader. who remained i'll his seat Wis
IDLY affected hy tn" tribute.
Prolonged cheering followed Chairman
Fayne's speech. and Assemhlymhn jean
l.. burnett, chairman of the committee on
resolutions. the read the platform.
The platform. after rcitcratinG devotion
to and confidence" in Republican princi-
Piles. f"licitateS the party upon tho fact
that tn" progress of the country during
the last half century has been ACCOMPLISH
cd under Republican leadership and man
agement. Il decries the last Democratic
national administration and laudS PrcSi-
dent Mckinley and his management OF
public affairs
Upon the assassination of President NC
I<inlcy. the platform says that although
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