Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-04

administration and legislation now
come before the people content to be
Judged by our record of achievement.
In the years that have gone by we
have made the deed square with the
word; and If we are continued in power
we shall unswervingly follow out the
great lines of public policy which the
republican party has already laid
down; "a public policy to which we are
giving, and shall give a united, and
therefore an efficient support.
More Fortunate Than Opponents.
In all of this we are more fortunate
than our opponents who now appeal
for confidence on the ground, which
some express and some seek to have
contidentially understood that If tri-
umphant they may be trusted to prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
as vital and to leave undisturbed
because of which they ask that the
administration itself be driven from
power. Seemingly their present atti-
tude as to their past record Is that
ers insincere, We make our appeal in
a wholly different spirit. We are not
question; our policy is continuous, and
Is the same for all sections and locali-
ties. There is nothing experimental
about the government we ask the peo-
pie to continue in power, for our per-
Torrance In the past, our proved gov
ernmental efficiency, is guarantee as
W ouI pIOI1lSeS LOT the our
opponents, either openly or secretly
according to their several tempera-
ments, now ask the people to trust
their present promises in consideration
of the fact that they intend to treat
their past promises as null and void
we know our own minds and we have
Kept OF the same mind for sufficient
length OF time to give to our policy
conference and sanity. In such a fun
damental matter as the enforcement
of the law we do not have to depend
uDOn promises hllt maraly N n hat
our record be taken as an earnest of
what we shall continue to do. In deal
Ing with the great organizations
explain why the laws were not en-
forced, but to point out that they actu-
ally have been enforced to increase
We do not have to propose to turn
the rascals out" for we have shown
In In very deed that whenever by diligent
found who has betrayed his trust he
VIII be punished to the full extent of
the law without regard to whether he
was appointed under a republican or
a democratic administration. This is
the efficient way to turn the rascals
mer to Of fesP theW ont nd 1T has
betrayals of trust in the last seven
years have been Insignificant in num-
Der when compared with the extent of
ministration of the government been
on a cleaner and higher level never
mas the DuDllC 'WOTK OF the nation been
done more honestly and efficiently.
Unwisc to Change Good Policies.
Assuredly it is unwise to change the
policies which have worked so well
and which are now working so we'll
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
tional honor and interest have been
upheld abroad. We. have placed the
gold basis: We have done this with
the aid of many who were formerly
our opponents, but who would neither
openly support nor silently acquiesce
in the heresy of unsound finance, and
we have done it against the convinced
and violent opposition of the mass of
our present opponents who still refuse
to recant the unsound opinions which
for the moment they think it inexpe-
dent to assert. We know what we
| mean when we speak of an honest and
thing from year to year We do not
have TO avoid n definite and conclusive
| committal on the most important issue
which has recently been before the
! people and which may at any time in
the near future be before them again.
| Upon the principles which underlie
our number do not clash with those
of the other half. So long as the re-
standard IS settled. not otW as s"G matter tier
of temporary political expediency, not
because of shifting conditions in the
production of gold in certain mining
centers, but in accordance with what
we regard as the fundamental princi-
Piles of national morality and wisdom.
Under the financial legislation which
we have enacted there is now ample
circulation for every business need.
and every dollar of this circulation is
worth a dollar in gold. We have re-
duced the Understanding debt and in
| still larger measure the interest on
that debt. All of the war taxes i'm
posed during the Spanish war have
| been removed with a view to relieve
the people and to prevent the accumu-
lation of an unnecessary surplus, The
result is that hardly ever before have
the expenditures and income of the
government so closely correspondent.
In the fiscal year that has just closed
the excess of income over the ordinary
expenditures was $4,000. 900. This does
not take account of $50, 600, 900 eXpend-
ed out of the accumulated surplus for
the purchase of the isthmian canal. 1t
Is an extraordinary proof of the sound
financial condition of the nation that
instead of following the usual course in
such matters and throwing the burden
upon posterity by an issue of bonds
we were able to make the payment
outright and yet after ii to have in the
treasury surplus of $3.50. 900 900
) Moreover, we were able to pay $4,000,
600 out of hand without causing the
slightest disturbance to business con-
> ditions.
Country on High Plane.
We have enacted a tariff law under
p which during the past few years the
| country has attained a bpinht nC