The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-25

The republican party rests upon its
record of achievement the past eight
years When the history of this coun-
try has been written to include this
el a, 1t must be written as the golden
age of the republic, unexampled In
point of the material blessings which
have come to us, by any equal period
in the history not only of this nation.
but Of the world. That is a tremen-
dous claim to make, but 1t is borne
out by facts and figures. 1t would be
absurd to claim that the republican
party is responsible in its entirety for
this, but the difference in the attitude
of the two parties upon the events
and things which have contributed TO
our prosperity and glory are what the
voter should weigh in the balance of
his judgment in deciding his political
abiding place. 1t may be stated with
out successful contradiction that dur
ing the past eight years. aside from
the silver question. the democratic
party has been practically always
wrong on every important question
and the republican party practically
always right on every important pub
lie question. Senator Newlands in his
Omaha speech recounted a long list of
democratic errors, which included
every great issue which has come up
since the election of Mckinley. The
democratic party Is wrong on the tar
if question: was wrong on the ques-
tion of imperialism, since 1t denied the
good intentions of this government
with regard to the government OF
thos islands. gave comfort and
strength to the insurrectionists. and
maligned the American soldier who
was fighting the battles of his country
there: was wrong in its attitude dur
ing the establishment of the Cuban re-
public. since 1t likewise misrepresented
the good intentions of the nation and
planted seeds of suspicion and discon-
tent in the rearts of the Cubans dur
ing the time we were restoring law
and order and assisting that disor-
ganized people to form an organized
government: is wrong In its attitude
upon the labor question, since II is
{ ying to SOW dscord to reap advan-
tage at the polls. wrong in making
promises to labor which, If elected to
power. 1t will not fulfill, wrong in Its
attempt to array class against class
when there can be no peace and profit
to either capital or labor. or the nation
at large. without unity. harmony ard
mutual concessions between industrial
forces; and wrong In opposing the rec
ognition of the Panama republic and
the building of the Panama canal
The democratic party offers to every
kind of voter every kind of hope.
however antagonistic one may be with
the other. trusting TO blind each TO its
generous diffusion of prediction
promises until after the ballots are
counted. The chief difference today as
ever between the two parties is the
wide stretch between promise and per-
foTmance. The republican party has
performed much and promised little
the democratic party promised much
and performed little. The democratic
party today asks you TO be governed
ny WHdt IL ptoiiiseS " uo, thS iSPuo"
can party by what IL has done. While
the democratic party, as an example
has been routing trusts from every
rostrum on the continent and boldly
battling organized greed with wordy
shot and gesturing shell. the repub-
lean party passed the Sherman act,
amended 1t to remedy defects. and
with 1t secured a practical victory
against one OF the greatest trusts In
the country and injected a principl:
of the supremacy of the public well
fare against private interest into the
law of the land that will never be
eradicated and the value of which Il.
beyond human estimation.