The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15

have been steadfastly adhered to by the
administration, and by the act OF March Ia,
1900. Congress established the SINCE gold
standard as the measure OF our monetary
value. This act received the support or
every Republican in the House and or ey-
cry Republican except one In the Senate.
OF our opponents eleven supported IL In
the House and two In the Senate, and loo
opposed 1T in the House and twenty-eig
in the Senate.
The record of the last seven years proves
that the party now in power can be trusted
to take the additional action necessary 10
improve and strengthen our monetary sys-
tenn and that our opponents cannot be so
trusted The fundamental fact Is tnat In
a popular government such as ours no poll
cy Is irrevocably settled by law unless the
people keep In control of the government
men who believe in that policy as a mat
ter of deep-rooted conviction. Laws can
always be revoked; il Is the spirit and the
purpose of those responsible for their en-
actment and administration which must be
fixed and Interchangeable.
II Is idle to say that the monetary stand
ard of the nation Is irreyocably fixed so
long as the party which at the last cleo
ton cast approximately 40 per cent of the
total vote refuses to put In its platform
any statement that the question is settled.
A determination to remain silent cannot be
accepted as equivalent to a recantation.
Until our opponents as a party explicitly
adopt the Views which we hold and upon
which we have acted and are acting, in the
matter of a sound currency, the only real
way to keep the question from becoming
unsettled Is to keep the Republican party
In power.
AS for what our opponents say In refer
ence to capital and labor, Individual or
corporate, here again all we need by way
or answer Is to point to what we have
actually done, and to say that II continued
In power we shall continue to carry out
the policy we have been pursuing and to
execute the laws as resolutely and fear
lessly In the future as We have executed
So far as the rights of the individual
wage worker and the Individual capitalist
are concerned, both as regards one an
other, as regards the public and as regards
organized capial and labor, the position of
the administration has been so clear that
there Is no excuse for misrepresenting 1t
and no ground for opposing 1t unless mis-
represented.
Tariff Attitudes Contrasted.
When we take up the great question of
the tariff we are at once confronted by the
doubt as to whether our opponents do or
do not mean what they say. They say
that protection Is robbery" and promise
to carry themselves accordingly II they are
given power. Yet prominent persons among
them assert that they do not really mean
this and that IL they come into power they
will adopt our policy as regards the tariff.
while others seem anxious TO prove that Ii
Is safe to give them partial power. because
the power would be only partial. and there
fore they would not be able to do mischief.
The last Is certainly curious plea to ad-
vance on behalf Of party seeking to OBJ
tain control of the government
OF course IL our opponents are not sin
cere in their proposal TO abolish the system
of protective tariff, there is no use in ar
guing the matter at all. save by pointing
out again that II on one great issue they
do not mean what they say. 1t Is hardly
safe to trust them on any other issue. But
If they are sincere I'm this matter, then
their advent to power would mean domestic
misfortune and misery widespread and
far-reaching as that which we saw ten
years ago.
When they speak of protection as rob