The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

ueniahd that immediate eNorts be made for
n cessation of hnstilities. with view to an
ultimate convention OF all the States or
other pcarcable means. to the end that at
the earl st prsctirable momeni. peace may
De restored ON the basis ot the Federal
Union OF the States.
Demanded tate. Rights.
In another resolution the principles and
purposes Of the Beln,nts ani Scymours
of 1S'j4 We're set forth in these tradi-
tional terms:
Resolved. That the aim aud object Of the
pich"craiic party Is 1" preserve the Federal
mon and the rights of the States unin-
paired. aud they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usurpation OF
eAtfa"Fdinary and DANGEROUS powers not
granted by the Constitution, the subyer-
sion Of the civil by military law In States
not In insurrectiun. the arbitrary arrest.
imprisonment. trial aud sentence OF Amcri-
can citizens IN States whore civil law exists
III run force. the suppression Of freedom
OF speech and Of the press. the denial of
the me right "f asylum, the open and avowcd
disregard Of State rights. the employ yrneut
Of unusual test oaths. and the Interference
with and denial of the right of the people
TO bear arms. as calculated to prevent a re-
stnration of the Union and the perpetual lon
OF II government deriving its Just powers
from the consent Of the governed.
With the omission of a few phrases
having reference to the then prevailing
condition of war. there is nothing to dis
tipguish these utterances of the Demo-
of the same Bourbon party to-day. The
similarity of phraseology used to de-
nounce, to declare and to demand; the
invocation of the Constitution to pre-
serve rights and liberties from imaginary
perils of administrative usurpation. milf
tary subversion and individual inya sion; {;
the fictitious concern over non-eNisting
financial and industrial burdens-all go
to show that the Democratic party of
1904 stands in the same old shoes of
1864. snarlins at the heels of the Re
publican party which now. as then, is
doing things for the advancement. peace
and prosperity OF the people of the Uni
ted States.
1t will be observed that in August,
1854, the Democratic party assumed to
express the sense of the American pco-
ple' in its arraignment of Lincoln and
the Republican party, an assumption
which the American people in Novem-
ber promptly repudiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
vote. vote.
Lincoln ard johnson . 2l6.O6T 212
Mcclellan and Pendleton l.sos,I25 Il
STATES not voting ......... 81
Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey
were the only States in the slim Demo
cratic column that year.
Same Old Cry.
Every four years since 1864. the Demo
cratic party has gone through the same
formula OF arrairning the Republican
party as the party of unconstitutional
usurpation. fanaticism. sectionalism, ex
travagance, financial bankruptcy, CEN
tralization, corruption and abuse of pow
er-and with two exceptions the Ameri-
can people have returned the same YER
dict they did in 1864. In 1854 and 1892
certain exceptional conditions, for which
the Republican party was in nowise re-
sponsible, caused the American people
TO lend "A trusting ear to the reiterated
impeachment of the Republican admins
tration. Cleveland's two terms were the
result, both giving conclusive proof of
the incompetence of the Democratic
party to administer the government ex-
cept by adopting every Republican policy
and practice they had denounced.
In Cleveland's second administration
the Democratic party attempted to re-
place the Republican tariff with a mon
grel mixture of free trade, class pro-
lection and special bounties. and then
came to pass the very conditions of rev.
enue deficits, social disorder and wide
spread despair and misery of which the
American people had only dreamed under
the spell of Democratic demagogy.
The restoration of Safety and Sanity
in the administration of American af-
fairs came with the election of William
Mchlnley in 1896. Since tnen the nation
has experienced period of prosperity
unexamplcd in the history OF the world.
1t has waged a successful war resulting
in esta blishing liberty and popular
government in Cuba, in extending Ameri-
can freedom. justice and protection in
Porto Rico and the Philippines and in
advancing the United States to power
full, almost commanding place, in the
polity of nations.
Nothing like the national development
of these eight years has been known in
She past of the republic, and with it
have come worldwide responsibilities
and duties, as well as problems of in
ternal government.
The Republican party within the Con-
stitution. without straining any of the
powers reposed in the Executive or Com
gress, has met the demands of the hour
with courage. wisdom and success. to
which the chorus of Democratic declama-
ton. denunciation and demands pays the
highest tribute.
So to-day in its history. its policies
and its candidates, the Republican party
appeals to the American people as the
party of achievement. of resources and
of the courage to grapple with every
now phase OF national life. 1t is the
party of sound principles, safe finance and
sane execution of the laws. The proof
OF its capacity to govern is written in the
healthy progress of the United States
during the past forty years. The guar
anty of its fitness to continue in the
execution of that great trust is in the
character and experience OF its leaders
which Will You Trust:
Let the American voter look across
the stage of public life to-day and ask
himself which he would rather trust to
administer any public or private trust
the Republican party under the leader
ship of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS,
Backed by
Secretaries Hay, Shaw. Taft, Moody,
Wilson, Hitchcock, Morton. and
Senator Allison and the Republican
majority in the Senate.
Speaker Cannon and the Republican
majority IN the House of Represen-
tatives.
Elihu Root and the host of learned