The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-28

+. some express anu some Seek ~ nave
confidentially understood, that II tri
| umphant they may be trusted &c
prove false 10 every principle which
in the last eight years they have laid
down as vital. and to leave unIisturb.
ed those very acts Of the administers
ton because of which they ask that
the administration itself he driven
from power Seemingly their present
attitude as 10 .hpir past record Is that
some Of them were mistaken and 9TH
in a wholly different spirit We are
not constrained to keep silent on any
vital question we are divided on no
vital question our policy is continu-
| Gus, and is the same for all sections
and localities, There is nothing ex.
perimental about the government we
task the people to continue in power
I for our performance In The past, our
proved governmental efficiency. is a
guarantee as to our promises for the
future Our opponents, either openly
or secretly, according to their several
temperamsnts, now ask the people TO
trust their present promises in con.
liberation Of the fact that they in !
tend TO treat their past promise as
null and voiI We know our own
minds and we have kept OF the same |
mind for sufficient length of time /
10 give 10 our policy conference ana
sanity In such fundamental matter
as the enforcement OF the law we 40
not have to depend upon promises
but merely to ask that our record be.
taken as an earnest of what We shall Il
continue to do. In dealing with the
great organizations known ais trusts A
we do not have to explain why the
laws were not enforced, but TO point
out that they actually have been en-
forced and that legislation has been
enacted to increase the effectiveness
OF their enforcement We do not
have to propose TO ''turn the rascals
out" for we have shown in very deed
that whenever BY diligen. investiga-
ton public official can be found
8ho has betrayed his trust he will be
punished To the full extent Of The Law
without regard to whether he was
appointed under Republican or
Democratic administration. This Is :
he efficient way to turn the rascalS
jut and TO keep them out. and II has :
he merit of sincerity. Moreover the
OF trust in the last seven !
ears have been insignificant in num-
ier when compared with the extent of :
he pubic service. Never has the adj
of the government been 81
a a cleaner and higher level; never !.
AS the public work of the nation !,
cen done more honestly AMI efficient /.
Y. =
Assuredly it is unwise to change !.
rell and which are now working so i
yell and which are now working 50 :
Yell Prosperity has come at home. 9,
he national honor and interest have !
cen upheld abroad We have placed :,
he finances OF the nation upon a
ound gold basis. We have done this vu
18th the aid of many who were for
lerly our opponents, but who would ~
either openly support nor silently =
cquiesce in the heresy of unsound -
and we have done it against
lie convinced and violent opposition to
the mass of our present opponents Ii
no still refuse to recanu the I'M &,
,und opinions which for the moment q,
ley think it inaxpedient to assert. q,
1e know what We mean when VIC ri
peak of an honest and stable cur. ',
sncy. We mean the same thing from n.
ear to year. We do not have to ~
void a definite and conclusive COM n
ittal on the most important issue n,
hich has recently been before the =,
sople, and which may at any time in ~
Ie near future be before them again. y,
pon the principles which unierlie ii,
lis issue the convictions of half Of In
Ir number do not clash with those 10
the other half SO long as the Re ~
iblican party is in power the gold -
anlard is settled, not as a matter ri
temporary political expedieney. not ~
cause Of shifting conditions in the eli
.oduction of gold in certain mining W
,nters, but in accordance with what de
e regard as the fundamental prin- IN
Piles of national morality and wis 70
I'm.
Under the financial legislation vi
hich we have enacted there is now co
nple circulation for every business te
sed: and every dollar Of this cireu- ed
ton Is worth dollar in gold. We 70
I'VE reduced the interest-bearing tn
,bt and in still larger measure the III
terest on that debt; All of the war su
xes imnoscd during the Spanish m