The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-02

tlOnal repupiicdn coh'oheion "ouneS
day:
Fifty years ago the republican party
purposes to the great task OF arresting
the extension OF human slavery. In lsso
II elected its first president. During "a
OF the "A years which have elapsed since
the election OF Lincoln the republican party
has held complete control Of the govern
ment For Is more Of the a years II has
held partial control through the possession
OF one or two branches OF the government,
while the democratic party during the
same period has had complete control for
only two years. This long tenure OF power
by the republican party Is not due to
chance. 1t Is demonstration that the re-
publican party has commanded the con-
tdence of the American people for nearly
in our history, and has displayed a high
capacity for rule and government which
has been made even more conspicuous py
the incapacity and informity OF purpose
shown by Its opponents.
The republican party entered upon It's
present period of complete supremacy In
1897. We have every right TO congratulate
compllshed, for 1t has added luster even
10 the traditions of the party which car
rled the government through the storms
of civil war.
We then found the country after four
years of democratic rule in evil plight.
oppressed with misfortune and doubtful
of the future Public credit had been low
was growing the administrations atti-
tude toward Spain was feeble and mortify-
ing, the standard of values was threat
ened and uncertain. labor was unemployed.
business was sunk in the depression which
had succeeded the panic of 1893, hope was
faint and confidence was gone.
We met these unhappy conditions Wig
orously, effectively and at once.
The Tariff Question.
We replaced democratic tarin law
nrinciDieS
nished with sectional protection By a con-
sistent protective tariff, and industry,
freed from oppression and stimulated by
the announcement OF wise laws, has eX-
panded to a degree never before known,
has conquered new markets and has cre-
ated a volume OF exports WHICH has sur
passed imagination. Under the Ding!ey
tariff labor has been fully employed.
Wages have risen and all industries have
revived and prospered. we nrmly estaD-
lished the gold standard which was then
menaced with destruction. Confidence re-
turned to business and with confidence an
unexampled prosperity. For dehcient rev.
enues supplemented by improvident issues
of bonds We gave the country an income
which produced large surplus and which
enabled US only four years after the Span
sh war had closed to remove over 500, :
000,0 OF annual war taxes. reduce the pub
lie debt and lower the interest charges of
the government. The public credit, which
had heen so lowered that In time OF peace
a democratic administration made large
loans at extravagant rates OF interest In
order to pay current expenditures, rose un-
der republican administration to Its high
est point and enabled us to borrow at two
per cent even In time of war.
We refused to palter longer with the mis-
cries OF Cuba. We fought quick and VIC
torious war with Spain. We set Cuba free,
governed the island for three years and
then gave it to the Cuban people with or
der restored, with ample revenues, with
| education and public health established.
free from debt and connected with the
tad Gfata hx uyiG nrnUiQinnC
mutual interests.
we have organized the government OF
Porto Rico and its people now enjoy peace.
freedom order and prosperity.
In the Philippines we have suppressed in
surrection established order and given
to life and property a security never known
there before. We have organized civil
In administration and have conferred upon
the people of those islands the largest civil
liberty they have ever enjoyed. BY our
posses ssion of the Philippines We were en-
abled to take prompt and effective action
in the relief OF the legations at Peking
and a decisive part in preventing the parti-
tion and the preserving of the integrity OF
China.
The possession OF route for an isthmian
canal. so long the dream of American
statesmanship. Is now an aecomplishedd n d q
Pacific and Atlantic oceans by a canal Is
at last begun and 1t is due to the republican
party,
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 improve
ment and support Of the militia
We have pushed forward the building
OF the navy. the defense and the protection
OF our honor and our interests
Our administration of the great depart
ments of the government has been honest
and eftcient, and wherever wrongdoing has
hAA.. .t-Na
tion has not heatated to probe the evil and
bring offenders to justice without regard
to party or political ties.
Trust Laws Enforced.
Laws enacted by the republican party
which the democratic party failed to en-
protection of the public against the un-
just discrimination or the illegal en-
croachment OF vast aggregations of cap
ital have been fearessly enforced by a
republican president and new laws insur-
Ing reasonable publicity as to the oper-
alton of great corporations and provid-
Ing additional remedies for. the preven-
tlon of discrimination In freight rates
have been passed by a republican con-
gress.
In this record OF achievement during
pledges which the republican party has
fulfilled. We propose to continue these
! policies and We declare our constant ad.
! herence TO the Following principles:
Protection Upheld.
Protection which guards and develops
| our Industries is cardinal policy of the
republican party. The measure OF protec
| tion should always at least equal the
difference in the cost of production al
home and abroad. We insist upon tn,
maintenance of the principles OF protec.
ton, and therefore rates of duty SHOULD
be readjusted only when conditions have
so changed that the public interest de-
mands their alteration. but this worl
caKnot safely be committed to any othel
| hands than those of the republican party
| To entrust II to the democratic party 1.
| 10 invite disaster. Whether. as In 1892
the democratic party declared the pro
| tectiye tariff UNCONSTITUTIONAL, or whether
II demands tariff reform or tariff revi
sion. its real object is always the de
struction of the protective system How.
ever specious the name, the purpose /.
ever the same. A democratic tariff ha,
always been followed by business ad
| versty: a republican tariff by bushes.
| prosperity. To n republican congress and
a republican president this great ques