The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-28

vexed questions relating to the friar. lands
ana IFS adjustment to the satisfaction Of
our government and the great cnufch "nose
interests were involved.
Mt ms as II II were final and conclusive.
that the philippines do not PAY. | assert
unhesitatingly that the Philippines VIII
pay: rne natural resources OF those
been prodigaI and lavish In the Philpnines
and all those mighty resources lie there
waiting for the magic touch OF the Ameri-
can hand to spring forth into the most
marvellous commerce of the world. And the
Republican party proposes 10 rise TO the
occasion and meet the mighty responsibili-
ty. VIII our Democratic friends contest
with us on this proposition this year?
II so, what policy will they announce!
What do they propose that our relations
with those islands shall be? III they assail
us. let them first define their own position.
and. IL Ii he other than ours. the American
people will have 10 difficulty in deciding
the contest.
STATE ISSUES.
Will the battle with the Democracy this
year in Indiana DO waged upon the ques
ton Of State issues, imagine not. for
the machinery bss been running 80 smooth
IL that nothing tan be found for even
D6rccrat to criticise. We point with
pride to the uDexampled administration
Of our splendid Governor, Winfield I.
Durbin flis roicies have been so wis9
his administrations in all affairs of our
State so ccoramleal his enforcement of
law $" just and impartial. that he Is enti
tied To Taught but the highest comnenda-
ton and the most unstinted praise.
The overshadowing events OF his entire
official career. and those which brought
forth the warmest commentator from all
parts of the country, were those having
reference to the suppression OF riots In our
State. His uneouivocal declaration with
reference tc the maintenance OF the law
his unswerving determination to enforce
the statutes Of the State. and his undeviat
ing adherence TO the principles OF justice
and right. had the most salutary effect, not
In Indiana alone. but throughout the land;
and message of congratulations came to
him from the Hottest ste tiOn In the world
For his conduct In this matter he cannot
upheld l. is the safe repository for our
liberty: IL Is the sure guarantee or our free
dom. Bv 1t and its rigid enforcement we
must either stand or fall. The violation of
law is notification. and notification Is. il
its last analysis. anarchy. Governor Dur
bin, with an alacritv that Is always to
forcing the law, and did it so effectively
aid at the same time so judlciously and
wisely. that his action will have a bene-
fetal effect In the State Of Indiana through
out the coming years.
Governor Durbin has continued the debt
paying policy of the Republican party in
augurated by the lamented James A.
Mount In 1895. when our party took
charge Of the affairs of this state. were
incumbered with debt of SI,52O.615. Under
the wise management Of Governor Mount.
we discharged s.. 215, 900 of that obligation.
Since Governor Durbin entered upon his
executive duties we have paid OF S2.352.-
900 OF that Indebtedness, thus relieving
debt Itself and from the large annual in
terest charge which we Inherited from the
Democratic party 1t Is certain that, be-
fore the close of the present administration,
the state debt will be obiiterated except
for series OF bonds, aggregating In
amount $1.o0o.0Oo. which do not MIXTURE
for several years. All we want with that
debt is another chance at 1t. and we will
wipe Ii out utterly. The man whom
shall nominate tomorrow will. during his
administration. be able to report that the
State Of Indiana s one Of the few common
wealths in the Nation no longer burdened
with a debt. Then and not until then can
we afford the luxury OF Democratic adj
Republican party to succeed the Democrat
ic and discharge the obligations they al
ways make. as IL Is to enact a national
bankruptcy law after national Democratic
ADMINISTRATION
The enactment Of the fee and salary law
tr TIA E==d5fican Legislature Of 1895 abol-
ishet the Zee system as an oiicIaI perquisite
and saved unnumbered thousands of dollars
to the taxpayers of Indiana. In the Office
Of the secretary of state alone there was
collected in fees during the last year to-
tai Of S1SI.590Ss every penny of which
went into the treasury of the State in
stead of into private Golfers. in accordance
with a custom long prevalent in Indiana.
gregated in the past fiscal year only $780,
1913 And in the Office Of the auditor of
state we find a like condition. There was
collected there during the last fiscal year
dollar of which was turned into the state
treasury, and the total expense Of main
tanning this office. with its enormous ag-
gregate OF business was only S19513.1 -.
In eight other bureaus and departments
there was collected and turned into the
state treasury an aggregate Of nearly
So, 900. and in the department Of oil in
spection alone S32.000 was last year con-
tributed to the state treasury. although
before the first day OF January. 1903. not
one dollar had ever been received from
this source. 1t has remained for Indiana.
under the wise management of Governor
Durbin and the benefcient statutes of Re-
s5f making a public Office not only public
trust but an actual profitable investment
to the tax-paying Dublic.
Under Republican management many sd-
mnistrative reforms have been inaugu-
rated and enforced. All contracts for our
institutions are determined only by compe-
titive bids. They are all as economically
managed as any other like institution i'm
the world. without in the least impairing
the service or doing injustice to these
wards of the people Our state inspection
of mines and factories is unsurpassed: our
State Labor Commission has performed
a prodielous amount Of valuable labor:
peace and prosperity abound within
borders; we have as honest. intelligent
and incompatible set OF state officers
as ever served the people. not i'm their own
interest. but never forgetting the highest
welfare Of those they serve. and no reason
can be conceived in the widest sweep @:
fancy why there should be change o.
affairs in our State. Here, as In the Nation.
let US keep letting well enough alone.
PANAMA CANAL.
Will our opponents in the approaching
coiitical struggle contest with us. In the
forum Of public opinion, our position on
the questions relating to the Panama canal?
Gentlemen, what those questions? i
undertake to say that today there are
none: they are settled, every one settled.
forever settled. and settled by the Repub-
iican party. That the two oceans would one
day be welded by a canal across the 18TH
four hundred years. Trade has sought Ii,
commerce has demanded It. parliaments
nave discussed 1t. scientists have agitated
tempt 1t. nations have taken steps to con-
struct 1t. and yet 1t has not been done.
l doubt II, In the history of the world. any
ee 90 ses
deferred. Why? You who discern In the
trend OF history the directing hand Of
for can To
AFTER We hSd. as result OF war for
humanity, annexed Porto Rico, bound Cuba
70 us 10y hooks of steel and taken posses
sion or the most valuable islands In the
Pacific ocean. Then, and not until then,
was the time ripe. and then, and not until
then. did the occasion arise. Our Presi-
dent mnde Treaty with Panama by which
the canal viii tc dug. and some Democrats
Ia the Senate sought to defeat It, But 1t
could not be done. German tried IL and
failed: When hs began this unpatriotlc
for the presidency Of his party. Today he
Is not even mt ntioned for the place. The
people hal an opportunity to take his
measure In the Panama affair, and they
found he wasn't big enough to All that
chair: 1t takes man the size of William
Mckinley TO do that 1t takes man Of
the dimensions Of Theodore Roosevelt to
the wav of ne~ renrhIic a. ~ s.sa.us III