Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-19

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| President r ose yelt has redeemed his
pledge to carry out the policies of the
party as formulated by that great states
man and revered martvred President
William Mckinley. ~\
| He has shown himself the foe of cor
poralion in public life, The ardent cham
pion and wise friend of the Army and
Navy, and the firm believer in equal
rights before the law to enploye, rich or
poor, black or white.
Under his energetic leadership the 18th.
mian Canal. frustrated tor time by a
Democratic President, is soon to be real
lied and to distinguish his Administers
ton by one of the grandest engineering
triumphs known to man.
We recognize the profound obligation
| under which Oregon rests to President
Roosevelt for his active and determined
effort on behalf of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial. and we pledge ourselves to
testify the sincerity of this appreciation
by rousing majority for the Republican
ticket in June and again in November.
In this connection we especially en-
dorse the tireless labors of Senators
Mitchell and Fulton and Representatives
Hermann and Williamson.
We instruct the delegates of this con-
vention to the Republican National Con-
vention at Chicago to vote first and last
for Theodore Roosevelt for President.
and to use all honorable means forbriEg-
ing his nomination to pass.
THE DELEGATION IN COMPRESS
For the first time in years the State OF
Oregon is represented in bottl houses OF
Congress by strong, harmonious, unit
ed and effective delegation, inferior to
none in the West
Their efforts in behalf OF the Nation.
their party and their state have been
crowned with signal success, and we
hereby express to them our confidence
aud esteem and pledge them our support
in their further efforts to advance the in
Thanks to the courage and wisdom of
two Republican Administrations and four
Republican Congresses, the money of
upon the gold standard, the standard of
the enlightened nations Of the world.
The per capita circulation is the largest
and coin is as good as gold.
We commend the measures now pend
ing in Congress, at the instance of Re-
publican members, further amending the
currency and banking la us in the direc-
ton of safety and elasticity.
We renew our allegiance to the princi-
pie of protection to American industries.
The merits of the Dingley law are at
tested by the unprecedented prosperity of
the nation since its passage in 1897
Schedules must be changed from time
to time, as new conditions arise, but
when the tariff is revised it must be by
the friends and not the foes, of American
industries.
THE TRUSTS
We heartily commend the fearless and
determined course pursued by President
Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox
towards the trusts, and we point with
pride to the hostility aroused against the
Administration among the specuiators of
Wall street and corporations that defy
the law.
Obedience to the law against monopoly
inf1icts no hardships on any honest in
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in the Northern Securities merger and
other cases has only served to check dan
gerous speculation and encourage every
legitimate enterprise.
THE PHILIPPINES
| We indorse the policy enunciated by
President Mckinley and followed by Sec
! retary Taft of ''the Philippines for the
| PhilipinOS," and we respectfully COM
mend the earnest and persistent efforts
made by Senator Mitchell for lower tariffs
between the Philippines and the United
States.
We hold that the Philippines must be
retained by the United States for their
own good as we'll as for base of Ameri.
can influence in the Far East, but that
justice requires the least possible burdens
upon their commerce with the United
States. that they may be cemented to us
by ties of self-iHterest and affection.
In the interest of Pacific development,
I'VE demand for the Philippines the same
liberal and benefcient treatment that
has been accorded to Hawaii aud Porto
Rico.
Proud of the history and achievements
of our party, and especially of the pres.
ent Administration and the benefcient
results that our nation is receiving there.
from, and particularly our old Oregon
country, we confidently submit our cause
| to the patriotic citizens of our state fol
Endorsement, and earnestly appeal tc
them to show their gratitude and appre.
| citation to President Roosevelt and oul
Republican leaders in Congress for honor
i ing our history and aiding the develop
ment of our matchless resources.