Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-29
WOULD NOT CHANGE.
Senator Fairbanks Thinks Present
Administration Creditable.
EXPLOITS HIS PARTY'S LEGISLATION
Foreign Policy, Protective Tariff
and Gold Standard Dwell Upon By
the Man Who Expects to BE
Chosen Vice President.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept 22.-The lei
ter of United States Senator Fair
banks, accepting the republican nomi
nation for the vice presidency, whicl
was made public yesterday, Is in par
as follows:
| The principles which are so frankly an,
felcitously expressed In the platform
adopted by the republican national con
| vention meet with my heartiest approx
| al. In the main they have been sub
| jected to the test of actual experience
and have been found to be well suited Il
| our Industrial and national needs. The!
| have brought us to high state of ma
| terial development, and have made thu
nations name respected among the pow
ers of the earth.
The utterances Of political parties mus
be interpreted In the light Of that prac'
tical construction which they have put
upon them when intrusted with power
1t Is not alone what they say. but what
they will do which should weigh In de-
termining their capacity to administer
public affairs.
We have had two administrations In
the last seven years which have been gov
erned by the same policies. We may
consult the trade reports In vain to dis
cover when one ended and the other
began. Both were obliged to make vast
expenditures for much needed public
works. The rapidly expanding needs of
the government business must be met.
The national equipment must keep pace
with our national growth, yet always
with due regard to the principles OF
sound economy In public expenditures.
We have pursued no parsimonious policy
on the one hand nor INDUCED in extrava-
gances on the other. We have measured
the public expense with the public neces-
sity.
The foreign policy of the administra-
ton has been conservative, Just and firm.
and has made for the advancement of
peace. Time and events have given us a
larger place in international affairs.
While we have enlarged our foreign COM
merce we have increased our prestige
abroad, not with the sword but with
the peaceful agency of enlightened d.
plomacy.
Thirty treaties have been concluded
and proclaimed and stand to the credit
of the administration. Some of these
are Of far-reaching Importance. Among
the number are the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, superseding the Clayton-Bulwer
convention, which stood In the way Of
the construction Of an isthmian canal;
the Panama canal treaty, the Alaskan
boundary treaty, and commercial treat
les with China and with Cuba.
Events in the far east suggest the wis
dom and necessity Of continuance OF
the present foreign policy. We have
maintained exact neutrality between
Russia and Japan. At the beginning OF
the var between Them they assented to
the suggestion made by the administra-
tion, limiting the zone Of hostilities This
tends to preserve the open door In the
orient, so important and so much de-
sired in the expansion of our commerce.
1t is the policy of the administration.
predicated upon the soundest national
prudence, to settle and remove by treaty,
so far as possible, those international
differences which lead to future fric-
ton.
Our relations with the world were
never better. We have avoided all en-
tangling alliances, and, In the language
Of the eminent secretary Of state, I'VE
are without an ally and without an
enemy
The convention wisely declared in IA
vor of protection which guards and
develops our industries" and that "the
measure of protection should always at
least equal the difference In the cost Of
production at home and abroad" This
principle was embodied In the platform
If the convention which first nominated
Abraham Lincoln, and It has continued
% be one Of the cardinal doctrines of |
he republican party during the A years |
which have elapsed since then 1t has |
become Incorporated into the public law |
Industrial system. 1t has been regarded |
~ the republican party as a reasonable
md appropriate exercise of the leglsla-
i've power when imposing duties upon
imports to discriminate In favor OF |
american industries. This principle is
lictated by due regard for our enter
rise and industry. and is founded upon
he highest considerations of national
interest
Sound money Is so vital to our well
are, so important to our Industrial de-
'elopment, that we should let its open
nemies or negative friends know that we
bate nothing of our determination to
phold and defend II. Since 1896 we have
improved the system as well as increased
he volume of our currency We have
low in circulation $2,521. 15l,527, or $780,
4, 0OS more than We had seven years
60 The increase has not been due
lone to the larger yield of gold, for
262, $50. $780, or nearly 30 per cent of the
crease is composed of silver and ma
lonal bank notes, which. under the re-
ublican policy, are essentially the equiv
lent of gold.
The presidents course In Panama mer-
Is the most generous approval, He
ealt with delicate and difficult sltua-
lon clearly within our national rights
q such a way as to make possible the
arly completion of an isthmian canal
,hich has long been demanded In the
interest Of our commerce and the ma
onal defense.
che development OF trade with the
rient promises to absorb the increased
reduction Of cereals in the far west,
o as to leave the market conditions on
he Atlantic seaboard undisturbed. The
ettlement OF the present unproductive
egions will open a new market for the
OF the east.
Only by unduly extending this letter
ould l consider all the declarations en-
raced In the platform OF the conven-
on. Further reflection but strengthens
ny opinion of their wisdom and | shall
i've them my earnest support. We are
ratified that sectional differences have
lsappeared and that a fraternal spirit
ervades the people OF all sections Of our
ountry. We rejoice in a national inher-
ance which is our common pride. Re-
ublican policies are as broad as our
ountry's needs They are neiih-- 49,
unar- nor raciar in their generous de-