Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-10
QUOTATIONS FROM REPuBLl-
CAN CAMPAIGN TEXTBOOK


I'VE do not have to avoid a definite
and conclusive committal ON the most
important issue which has recently
been before the people. and which
may at any time in the near future
be before them gain"-President
- Roosevelts speech accepting 1904
nomination.
We have prospered marvelously
at home AS nation we stand in the
very forefront In the giant interna-
tional competition of the day We can
not afford by any freak or folly to
forfeit the position to which we have
thus triumphantly attained. d."-Presi-
Roosevelt at Minneapolis. April T.,
1903.
The npshot of all this is that it is
peculiarly incumbent upon MS in
time of such material well-being. both
collectively as a nation and individ-
ually as citizens, TO show. each on his
own account. that we possess the
qualities of prudence. seltknowledge,
and self-restraint In our government
we need above all things stability.
hNity OF economic policy"-Presiden
Roosevelt at Providence, r l.. Aug.
1902.
Judging by the history of the las
twelve years. down to this very month
Is there Justification for believing that
under similar circumstances and with
similar initial differences of opinion
our opponents would have achieved
any practical result ?"-President
Roosevelt's speech accepting 1904
nomination
IF tariff law on the whole worked
well. and II business has prospered
under 1t and is prospering. it may be
better to endure some Inconvenience
and inequalities for n time than, BY
making changes. to risk causing dis
tnrbance and perhaps paralysis in tho
Industries and business of the coun
try"-President Roosevelt at Mime
apolis, April A. 1903.
Changes in tariff schedules car
with safety be made only by thos
whose devotion TO the principle of pro
lection is beyond question "-Frou
President Roosevelts speech OF az
ceptance.
"Our policy is one of fair and equa
justice to all men, paying no heed t.
whether he is rich or poor nor heed |
ing his race. his creed or his birth |
place. From President Roosevelt
speech of Acceptance.
American wage-workers work witt |
their heads as well as their hands
Moreover. they take a keen pride in |
what they are doing; so that, inde |
pendent Of the reward, they wish tU |
turn out perfect job This is The |
great secret of our success in compe |
tition with the labor of foreign couu |
tries President Roosevelt, in mes
sage to Congress, Dec 3, 1901
The poorest motto upon which al |
American can act is the motto OF
Some men down and the safest to |
follow is that OF all men up Vice |
President Roosevelt at opening of Pan |
American Exposition, May 20. 1901.
We are no more against organiza |
tons OF capital than agaisnt organiza |
tions of labor. We welcome both. de |
manding only that each shall do right |
and shall remember its duty to the |
Republic. President Roosevelt a
Milwaukee, Wis, April 3. 1903.
THE hum of industry has drowned |
the voice of calamity and the voice OF
despair is no longer heard in the |
United States. and the orators with |
out occupation here are now looking |
TO the Philippines for comfort AS we |
opposed them when they were stand |
ing against industrial progress at
home, we oppose them now as they |
are standing against national duty in |
our island possession in the Pacific"
President Mckinley.
Il believe in the doctrine of protec
tion because the facts of our national |
experience thoroughly exemplifies its
truth. No great American statesman |
except the half-forgotten leaders ol |
The slave power, have disowned the |
protective system. Hon. J. p. Dol |
liver in the American Economist.