The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-22
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1be N respo snGi1il of rests
upon the Republican party. Inc ~ co nn
pcatcd miannery tr lInied T States GOV
ern themselves. answers to no single WI ~.
The composite government devised " tiie
trainers OF the Constitution 70 meet Inc
conditions Of naon Mas III Inc wiling CO.
opnra i Of many minds, the combination
or many independent factors, in..svetS
tGP for the gshn1att WITH his
Cabinet, tho 90 Senators representing % %
sovereign States, the 1856 representatives
in Congress.-7aro required TO rea ta COZ
ti0ns involving varied and conflicting IN
terests and rec.irlng inyeOtigatio IN
formation discussion and reconciliation
or views. From all our vast territ t,,s
from all our grea. population active y, "
production anu commerce and soc ;ia
progress and intellectual ana morai nie
people f9 ..sedtiiiicult problems press upon
the National Government. ~,
Whiting tho past FIVE years more n,'Ge, th an
sixty-six Thousand pil!s nave pt tAna ln NJ
| selection must be followed. There must
| DO some preliminary process 70 ascerta n,
the general tenor Of public judgment upon
the principles TO- be applied in gover tnr ~
|, leadership which shall bring q Legislative
majority and the Executive into accord
in The practical application of those pl1n-
cipies or effective government becomes
impossible. 5ga y.
The practical governing instinct of our
people has adapted the machinery {, devi aSe
century by the organization of national
political parties. In them men join for
the, promotion Of few cardinal a. pr IN
sake of those principles they lay aside
their differences upon less important
questions TO represent those principles
and to carry on the government IN az az
people candidates whose compentcncy
and loyalty they approve, The people
by their choice of candidates indicate the
followed il the, conduct Of their govern
lnent. They do not merely choose be-
tween men, they choose between parties
between the principles they profess, the
of their professions, the differences to be
drawn from the records, of their past.
tho general weight Of character Of tho
body Of mon who will be brought into
cHdency.
w.sn the course OF the next admin
istration Is but half done the Rcpub.
lean party VIII have completed the first
eleven administrations sinces the first
election Of Abraham Lincoln. nine-cuy-
erins q period Of thirty-six. years--have
the greater part Of that time. tie ma
iorty in each house OF Congress has
been Republican, History affords no
parallel IN any age or country for the,
power and honor. the wide diffusion OF
tho comforts Of life. the uplifting OF tho
great mass or the people above tho hard
tunity for educntlon. and Individual ad.
vancement, the universal possession of
civil religious liberty. tho protection of
Rrd9perty and seerty for The rewards Of
sympathy Nh humanity and love OF
liberty and justice which have marked
this long period OF Republican control,
with the platform and the candidates,
81 ms convention we are about to ask
denco in the Republican party.
Four years ago the business of the
county, WAS loaded with burdensome In
lemai taxes. imposed during the war
WI WITH Spain. By the acts Of March 9
been wholly relieved OF that annual bur-
den OF over ono hundred million dollars
ana INC further accumulation Of sur
The money OF tho country from circulu.
lion has been prevented by the reduction
-Four years ago the regulation by law
called trusts stood substantially Where
" MAS when the sherman. antitrust act
IN his last message OF December, 1895,
had said:
Though Congress has attempted to
deal with this matter by legislation, the
laws passed for that purpose thus far
have proved ineffective not because of
any lack of disposition or attempt to
laws themselves as Interpreted BY the
courts do not reach the difficulty. III
the insuffcences of existing laws can
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