Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-27
EDITORS GREETED
Senator Beveridge in Thoughtful
Strain Sounds Stirring Cam
paign Keynote.
FORWARD IS The WATCHW0RB

The Principles of RepubIicanism EIo-
quently Outlined by Indiana's Bril-
liant Junior Senator-Senator Fair
banks Sends Cordial Words of Greet
Ing and Congratulations.
Notable features of the annual cot
vention of the Indiana Republican
Editorial Association were the greet
ings received from both of Indiana's
distinguished senators. Senator Bev-
eridge had accepted an invitation to
be present at the meeting, but his at
tendance was prevented by physical in
disposition. He however sent a letter
addressed to the association through
President Stivers and Secretary Mont
gomery, the reading of which created
great interest and enthusiasm. Sen
ator Beveridge said:
ct had been my purpose until yes
terday to be with you at your annual
banquet. But during my recent indis-
position from the grip there has been
such an accumulation of Official work
and duties here that I find it impossi-
BILE to leave Washington at this par
ticular time You may be quite sure
that nothing else would prevent me
from meeting the Republican editors
of Indiana face to face.
''While all the meetings of your as
ISOLATION are important, this one is
particularly so, for another national
campaign is approaching in which the
Republican press of the state and ma
ton must bear the heaviest part of the
great work of presenting the views of
our party to the whole people.
A Suggestion CT PURPOSES.
while it is impossible in the brief
limits of a letter or even in such an
address as the propTieties of the oc-
casion would permit at the banquet
table, to set out in detail the record
of our Republican administration and
the relation of what we have done
are doing and propose to do for the
welfare of the country, it is possible
to make a suggestion of our purposes
in general and Of the spirit which ami
mates us and differentiates us from
the opposition.
First of all, the Republican party
has come to be the party of conserva-
tism. 1t is the party of progress, too,
but of conservative progress We be-
lieve that the good accomplished in
the past should be preserved and that
the evils which have developed along
with the good of our industrial and
commercial system, are so radical
and i1l-advised that, were they put in
force, they would also destroy the
good with the bad From this position
of moderation and good sense we will
not be swerved by any temporary
clamor-by the agitation of thought
less men or the attempts of the reck-
less to array our people into classes.
We are. one nation, one peopIe-with
all of our interests woven inextricably
into the great fabric of our COMMON
prosperity. And so, in our policies we
have kept in mind this dependence of
every citizen on every other citizen,
and of everv industry on every other
industry. From our viewpoint labor
and capital are the different sides of
the same shield, beneath which in
safety reposes the well-being of the
of our opponents labor and capital are
hostile forces.
I've have been and must continue
to be the upholders of law and order
A general review of our legislation
viii show that the laws we have passed
have been for the benefit of the whole
people and our administration Of all
the laws of the country no matter by
what party passed, demonstrates that
we enforce the statutes of the country
with fearless impartaIity
"Our foreign policy has been one of
peace with al nations; and this policy
has never been Interrupted by us save
when the interests Of humanity and
the safeguarding of the repaid. css fu-
ture have imperatiyely demanded a
sterner course.
$50 that 3 description Of the spirit
which animates the Republican party
might be summed up in these three
words: Conservatism, progress. peace /
and as the necessary result Of all Of
these the steady and continuous pros
perity of the whole land To the test
of this high standard oil our work for
the nation may be put; and it will be
found that our record measures up to
its high requirements.
Appealing to the Firesides.
Careful observers have noted the
steady increase among the people of
that thoughtfulness. poise and reserve
which alone can make a republic per-
manent and successful. And it is to
this growing tendency of the people
to consult their sober second thought
that we appeal. Mature reflection is
the wisest counsellor which either a