The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
TExT OF FAIRBANKS, sPEEcH.
Remarks Made by the Vice Presiden-
tial Candidate.

II a. 81.
Remarks Made by the Vice Presiden-
tial Candidate.
Senator Fairbanks spoke as follows
Governor Wells. Ladies and Gentle
men 1a Of Utah: ] am profoundly graufied
, Tor this most cordial welcome: for this
most favored spot of our most favored
country IL recalls a scene l witnessed
mere -FOUR years ago; brief years when
measured by the calendar, but when
measured by the great events which have
come and gone. how long indeed they
seem. -Four Years ago I came among
the great and patriotic men and women
or Ctah, pleading the cause OF Repub-
ncanlSm and William Mckinley In that
great contest the people of this SPLEEN
uiu commonwealth took counsel of their
highest and best interests and recorded
their potent judgment i'm favor of one of
the greatest and best presidents this
country has ever had. I come today. my
fellow countrymen. In behalf of the same
policies which then appealed 10 the pa
triotic judgment OF the American peo-
pie and in behalf OF the great wise and
patriotic STANDARD bearer, Theodore
Roosevelt
There Is one thing about Republican
policies ] always liked and that Is that
they do not change with the changing
seasons; they do not change with each
four years. but they continue the same
through the years that lie before US.
The policies for which Theodore Roose-
vt STANDS before the American people
are the policies for which our great
leader, Abraham Lincoln. stood. They
have been vindicated by the march of
events. All that is crestest and most
splendid in our national history since
1860 has been achieved through the viz
tue of Republican policies and the wis
dom and COURAGE of the Republican
party
Conditions IN Utah.
Eight years ago things were not the
same in Utah that they are today. Con-
diuons then were dissimilar from what
they are now Even four years ago when
! mad the honor of standing here things
were not the same the. are today.
! lind as ] have travelled through this
splendid commonwealth that you have
EXTENDED in your influence and that the
skies above YOU are more luminous to-
day and filled With greater hone than
they have been at any time since the
firSt settlers set their feet IN these great
valleys. one OF the splendid things about
me Republican party IS that it plants
a hope in the human heart One of the
splendid things about Republican poll
cies is that we are able to go forward
and upward achieving higher and better
results One Of the splendid things about
Republicanism r. that tomorrow we shall
camp upon new heights in our march
forward and inward. There is about Us
everywhere evidences of industrial pros
perity: of social development OF improve
ment in all of the activities which en-
gage the genius and the attention Of the
American ne0pie.
in 1892 the bank deposits of this state
amounted TO $4,000. Then we were un-
der Republican administration. Four
years later in 1896. when under Demo-
cratic administration. the bank deposits
bad shrvelled. had shrunk under the
blightng touch Of Democratic policies un-
I'll they amounted to but S6.300O00. Under
the. splendid administration of William
Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt. and
under the stimulating effect of Repub-
lican policies the hank deposits Of Utah.
which are a fair barometer of our COM
merciaI Growth. had expanded 10 S33-
800 COO and vet the Democratic party
comes before the American people. ask
ING YOU 70 overthrow the policies under
which such Incompatible results have
been achieved.
Criticism For Democrats.
I'm 1892 when we were going forward
under the protective system OF the Re-
leadership OF General Beuia mir Harrison.
one Of the greatest presidents this coun-
try has produced. the Democratic party
came to US and said II YOU will only
out OF power YOUR Republican adminis-
traiion. we Will increase immeasura bly,
the prosperity of the American people.
our government. anxious always to bet
crease the comforts Of hOlne, anxious al
Was to progress, accepted the offer of
the Democratic party. and they voted
out of power Benjamin Harrison. No
sooner had they accomplished the over
throw OF that great administration than
they began to feel that there were new
conditions confronting them and posi-
bly, new results awaiting them. You
cannot overthrYw great policies without
changing results You cannot reverse
an administration without reversing your
conditions. In 1902 we found
no exception to the rule With the re-
versai there came stagnation in business. I
Instead of marching onward and upward. /.
20. G0a00 OF the people began 10 struggle, I
and IL is one of the splendid things about
The Republican marty in all OF rs SPLEEN I
lid career, has II ever sounded the note /
~ retreat before we begais 20 rntrogade2 ?
We began TO sink lower and lower, great /
commercial industries toppled To their I
fail financial industries came IN the vOr- !
tex and were overthrown. IN the midst
of all this commercial disorder. national
depression which beggars description. 1
there is no pen gifted enough 20 person /
ally describe the conditions which our
government experienced. There is no
genius gifted enough TO paint the picture
1f that which was witnessed Oy everyone
from one end Of the country to the other.
Conditions in Europe.
"ln 1875. after several wears of Demo-
cratic administration. ! went 20 Europe
% study the commercial conditions there
n Manchester. that great thriving bee
1iVe Of British Industry. I discovered a
argc factory several stories high. and
Of mon nnd women engaged
here discovered several wagon loads
" WOODEN goods which had Deen manu-
actured ~ that factory aud winch were
'eing shipped out Of The country asked
he gentleman that was with me the des-
inatiOn Of the consignment. I thought 1
but ] wished 10 know def
litely about u. and ne told ne confirm
ny my previous opinion that The goods
xere to be shipped 20 the United states
said to MYSELF There is something
wrong a bout this When | left nv own
iountrymen in want. They were walking
he highways and byways Of the coun-
~ seeking work. but finding Il not Here
vas British factory employing hun
lreds Of British subjects manufacturing
GODS 10 be shipped into the United States.
akin the bread out of the mouths Off
ny own countrymen. 7 said to myseIt ?
United States and open them in foreign
Countries 10 the prejudice of American
and the American interest |
: a crime against the American people
said. that is Democratic policy, and not
Republican policy. II the opportunity
YER comes to me / will contribute what
title power I have to strike down the
democratic policy, and re-establish the
protective policy.
Victory in 1892.
While IN 1896 the people got an oppor-
uniuv 10 reverse the verdict OF 1892 there
we're great issues OF that campaign Some
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