The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-23

fifty years ago the RepuDl1can party
came into existence dedicated among other
purposes to the great task of arresting the
extension of human slavery. In 1850 1t
elected its first president. During twenty
four Of the forty four years which have
elapsed since the election of Lincoln the
republican party has held complete control
Of the government. For eighteen more OF
the forty -four years it has held partial con
troll through the possession of one or two
branches of the government, while the Dem
Ocratic party, during the same period, mas
had complete control for only two years.
This long tenure of power by the kepubli,
can party is not due to ehanGe. 1t Is a
has commanded the confidence of the Amer
lean people for nearly two generations to
degree never equaed In our history, ana
has displayed high capacity for rule and
government which has been made even more
conspicuous by the incapacity and infrm-
ity of purpose shown by its opponents.
The Republican party entered upon its
present neriod Of complete supremacy, IN
1897. We have every right to cong hat a
complished, for it has added luster even to
the traditions of the party which carried
the government through the storms OF the
We then found the country after four
years of Democratic rule In evll plight.
oppressed with misfortune and doubtful of
the future. Public credit had been low
cred, the revenues were declining, the debt
was growing, the ADMINISTRATIONS attitude
toward Spain feeble and notifying,
the standard of values was threatened and
LABOR Ias pwTch bad snc
ceeded the panic Of 1893, hope was faint
and confidence was gone
We met these unhappy conditions v1gor-
ously,, effectively and at at. once: We re-
placed a Democratic tariff based on free
trade principles and garnished with sec
tional protection by consistent protective
tariff and industry, freed from oppression
and stimulated by the encouragement of
wise laws, has expanded to degree never
and has created volume of exports which
has surpassed imagination.
fully employed. Wages have risen and all
industries have revived and prospered We
firmly established the gold standard which
was then menaced with destruction. Con
fdence returned to business and with con-
fdence an unexampled prosperity.
For deficient revenues, supplemented by
country an income which produced large
surplus and which enabled us, only four
years after the Spanish war had closed,
to remove over one hundred millions of an
nual war taxes, reduce the public debt and
lower the interest charges Of the govern
The public credit, which had been so low
cred that in time Of peace a democratic
administration made large loans at cXtrav
agant rates of interest, in order to pay cur
rent expenditures, rose under Republican
administration to it's highest point, and en-
abled us to borrow at per cent, even in
We refused to palter longer with the mis-;
victorious war with Spain. We set Cuba
! free governed the island for three years
and then gave it to the Cuban people with
education and public health estabiished
free from debt, and connected with the
United States by wise provisions for our
| mutual interests.
| In the Philippines we have suppressed
insurrection, established order and given to
there before. We have organized civil gov
| eminent, made it effective and strong in
10 nan and have conferred cor erred, upon
| liberty they have ever enjoyed. BY our
possession Of the Philippines we were en-
| abled to take prompt and effective action
In the relief Of the legations at Pekin and
| q decisive part in preventing the partition,
and the preservation Of the integrity of
| China.
Ths purchase Of "a route for an isthmisn
| craftsmanship, is now an accomplished
Psehc and Atlantic by canal is 'n at
aWs NsPc s
| Bring the arid lands Of the United States
within the area Of cultivation.
We have reOrganized the army and put
it in the highest state Of efficiency.
Our administration of the great depart
| ments of the government has been honest
and efficient and wherever wrOngdoing has
| been discovered the Republican administra
ton has not he<itated to probe the evil and
bring offenders to justice without regard to
Laws enacted by the Republican which
the Democratic party failed to enforce and
which were intended for the protection of
!
or the illegal encroa chment of vast aggre-
cations Of capital have been fearlessly en-
forced by a Republican PRESIDENT and new
laws insuring reasonable publicity as to
| the operations of great corporations, and
providing additional remedies for the pre-
vention OF discrimination in freight rates
have been passed by IA Republican congress.
In this record Of achievement during the
last eight years may be. read the pledges
which the Republican party has fulfilled
| We propose to continue these policies and
We declare our constant adherence to the
following principles:
Protection which guards and develops oul
Industries is a cardinal policy Of the Repub
lean party The measure Of Of p ,;xasnot
In the cost of production at home anc
abroad. We insist upon the ma intenance OF
the principles Of protection and, therefore
when conditions have so changed that the
public interest demands their alteration
but this work cannot safely be committed
publican party.
To trust it to the Democratic party Is t.
, invite disaster. Whether. as in 1892, tn
Democratic party declared the ,protectly
mands tariff reform, tariff revision, it
real object is always the destruction Of tn
protective system. However specious til
name, the purpose is ever the same.
Democratic tariff has always been fol
lowed by business adversely, a Republical
) tarif by business prosperity. To RepuD
this great question can be safely intrusted
When the only free trade country amon
the great nations agtates a return to pre-
not falter in maintaining it.
We have extended widely fsreig
, markets, and we believe in the adoption o
; tension, including commercial recprocit
wherever reciprocal arrangements can b