Milford chronicle., 1904-10-21

| financial and industrial burdens-al gu
to show that the Democratic party of
1904 stands in the same old shoes %.
1864, snarlng at the heels of the R.
! publican party which now. as then, j.
doing things for the advancement. peac
and prosperity Of the people of the I'm
ted States.
1t will be observed that in August
| 1861, the Democratic party assumed To-
| express the sense Of the American pe1-
pie" in its arraignment Of Lincoln and
the Republican party, an assumption
which the American people in Noyem-
Der promptly repudiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
Lincoln and Johnson .. .216.GG7 2I2
Mcclellan aud Pendleton l,SOS,725 p
States not voting ........ 81
Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey
We're 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 arraigning the Republican
party as the party Of unconstitutional
usurpation fanaticism, sectionalsm, 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 1884 and 1892
certain exceptional conditions, for which
the Republican party was in nowise re-
sponsible. caused the American people
to lend a trusting car to the reiterated
81 I
tration. CIeyeland'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 Clevelnnds second administration
the Democratic party attempted to re-
pare the Republican tariff with a mon
'' mixture of free trade, class pro-
ION and special bounties. and then
to pass the very conditions OF rev
deficits. social disorder and wide
.ld despair and misery of which the
A.aerican 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
Mcnnley in 1896. Since tnen the nation
has experienced period Of prosperity
unexamped in the history of the world
1t has waged a successful war resulting
in establishing liberty and popular
government in Cuba, in extending Ameri- !
can freedom, Justice and protection in
Forto Rico and the Philippines and in
advancing the United States to a power |
ful, almost a commanding place, in the |
polity of nations
Nothing like the national development |
of these eight years has been known in |
the past of the republic. and with it /
have come worldwide responsibilities |
and duties, rs we'll as problems Of in- |
ternal government.
The Republican party within the Con- |
stituti0n. without straining any Of the |
powers reposed in the Executive or Con |
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
new 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
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
minority in the House Of Represen-
EIibu Root and the host Of learned
lawyers who believe that the Ameri-
can Constitution is not q petrihed
stumbling block in the path Of ma
tional evolution, and
Tbe glorious record OF Republican hdel-
ity TO the Union and human pro
gress.
The Democratic party under the leader
ship of