Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-08
Where Fairbanks Stands.

Charles W. Fairbanks letter accepting
the Republican conventions nomina-
ton for the vice presidency has been
made public He says in part:
The Hon. Eiihu Root, Chairman of No
.iileation COMMITTEE Ny Dear Sir: In
you formally notified me of my nominal
ton for vice president, 1 avail myself of
this opportunity to submit to you, and
throusn. you TO my fellow citizens. some
further views with respect to the ques-
lions IN Issue before the people.
The principles which are so. frankly and
felicitously expressed in the platform
venIion meet with my heartiest approx
al In the main they have been subject
have been found to well suited to our
industrial and national needs They
terial development. and have made the
nations name respected among the pow
ltlcal parties must be interpreted in the
l-sht of that practical construction which
ed with power. 1t is not alone what
they say. but what they will do. which
ity to administer public affairs.
We have had two administrations in
governed by the same policies. we may
consult the trade reports in vain to dis
cover when the one ended and the other
began. Both were obliged to make vast
expenditures for much needed public
the government business must be met.
Inc national equipment must keep pace
with due regard to the principles of sound
economy in public expenditure. We have
pursued no parslmonlous policy on the
one hand, nor INDUCED in extravaganza
on the other We have measured the
public expense. by the public necessity.
The convention did well in its hearty
commendation of the administration of
President Roosevelt. This is sharply
challenged by the opposition. We accept
the issue with confidence The president
assumed the responsibilities of chief ex-
ecutlVe with pleoge to carry out the
policy of his beloved and lamented pred
ecessor. He kept the cabinet of Presi-
dent Mckinley, composed of statesmen
of eminent ability, in whom the country
placed entire confidence. He carried for
ward the uncompleted work faithfully
and successfully. The pledge has been
kept scrupulously; the promise has been
fulfilled. Peace and good order have
been maintained. Domestic and foreign
trade have increased and relations of
amity have been preserved with foreign
powers.
he foreign policy of the administration
has been conservative just and firm, and
has made for the advancement of peace.
Events in the Far East suggest the
wisdom and necessity of a continuance
of the present foreign policy.
We favor the adjustment of interna-
tional disagreements by an appeal to
reason rather than to arms.
Our relations with the world were never
better We have avoided all entangling
alliances, and, in the language of the
eminent secretary of state. We are with
out an ally and without an enemy"
vor of protection which guards and
develops our industries and that the
least equal the difference in the cost
production at home and abroad"
ly assembled at St. Louis denounced
protection as a robbery of the many to
and gradual reduction of the tariff" The
issue is thus distinctly made. 1t is by
publican party has uniformly adhered to
the policy of protection, the Democratic
ton. 1T has held to the doctrine of "a
revenue tariff, and during all the years
protective system was opposed to good
morals. in contravention of the constitu-
ton and in violation of sound economies.
The objections which urged
against 1t are only a repetition OF those
years. The difference between the par
ties is radical and fundamental. 1t in
not simply the measure of the duties to
be laid. A revision of duties should be
changed that the public interest demands
| their alteration, and they should be so
revised as to preserve and not destroy the
revision and reduction by those who
awaken serious apprehension among all
whose capital is employed or who are
prises throughout the country which de-
pend in large measure upon the main
tenance of the protective system
History abundantIy shows that the
greatest Industrial development of the
when the protective tariff has been main
tained, and that during this time labor
itai has been most profitably engaged.
The development of the country dur
ing the last forty-four years is a com
plete vindication of the virtue and eff
cacy of protective system.
an fes w aiue g. 9us TwenaS
years later it was S1o2 s56.015 and last
year S452 AS. 500. The pretension Of its
| Inconsistent with the extension of our
foreign commerce is thus denied BY actu-
al results. In considering the effect of
the respective tariff policies of the Re
| fortunately able to consult past expert
ence. What revenue tariff viii ac-
complish we know. for we have hitherto
seen how it has arrested industrial de-
velopment and embarrassed enterprise to
the injury of both labor and capital
| Neither escapes its blighting effects
| countries consistent with the principles
of protection" has long been one of the
| well recognized policies of the Repuo-
Iican party. The present administration,
in the face of serious Democratic oppo-
sition, secured a treaty of reciprocity
| with Cuba. which promises to give us
| control of a large share of the commerce
| of that island.
Welt attempted to negotiate treaty OF
reciprocity with Canada That subject:
together with the Alaskan boundary and
| otner matters. was submitted to JOINT
the differences which arose between the
American and the British commissioners
with respect to the boundary made it i'm
possible for the commission to agree
rrlitted for its determine ton
The American commissioners oeslreo
| to remit the boundary dispute OF the
two governments and TO proceed with the
consideration of all other questions, IN
Guiding reciprocity. but the BRUSH COM
| missioners declined to proceed 1ursne s
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