Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-20

people, but l can point you to re-
suits that attest the fact"
THE demand for labor Is created by
preserving 1t to the home market. The
home market of today is the product OF
republican tariff schedules"
Special to Times
Des Moines. July Congressman
w. P. Hepburn, Of Clarinda. who pre-
sided as temporary chairman over the
republican state convention today. de-
livered a stirring speech and received
4 warm reception. 1t was expected
that his address would lean towards
standpatism. but the majority of dele
gates were hardly prepared for such a
radical speech on the reciprocity ques-
ton. On other issues he was very
satisfactory to all the delegates.
Mr.. Hepburn being introduced to
the convention as temporary chairman
spoke III par as follows:
The fifty years of life OF the repub-
lican party has been a period of con-
ciptes of the rerty have always been
in CONSEQUENCE with the highest
standards OF morals and political ethics
Yet it has always Lcen doing things.
Our opponents, a fortnight ago,
while they in great measure acqu'es
in tile wisdom OF the republican party
on this subject, had determined that
their platform should pc silent upon
the subject OF the gold standard. 1t
was only .oIr years ago that they
declared that their opposition to the
geld standard was of paramount m
pcrtance. TINT ali of their political
hopes Were. risksd upon that question.
that tic free ARD unlimited coinage of
silver al the ratio of sixteen to one
was a policy chat wis essential to
tie prosperity and happiness of our
people. sIet it was their purpose In
their platform of this year to be silent
on these questions. .'heir candidate,
however. who had had that silent
platform before him for nearly day
llior to his nomination during which
serioi he manifested no concern, sud-
denly, after his nomination was an
assured fact, assured KY majority of
more than two-thirds. assured by the
fact that the party wats so beset with
and dissentions that no
other result than his candidacy was
possible, suddenly wok,. UP to the fact
that the democratic platform on this
subject was not nm expression of
democratic principles and policy, and
by simple telegram. nut the conven-
ton into such an attitude that II was
to declare itself as having
nominated candidat,. whose conduct
would be entirely agreeable to Them,
and in harmony with their wishes.
should he pursue the extreme re-
publican view entertained now and
four years ago by the republican party.
During all of this ptriod-the republic
can party was not llnmindful OF Its
duty and obligation to labor. In its
early struggle 1t said that all terrific
ries and new states should be dedicat-
ed to free labor. Later on # said that
all labor should be free; that it should
not be owned by capital. In the con-
tests between labor and capital 1t took
the side OF labor, and declared that la
Dor should own itself. 1t early took
counsel as to how to increase the wage
Of labor, and determined that. for the
time being at least, securing the home
market and excluding the competition
of foreign labor would enhance the
price at home. So we have the vari-
ous protective tariff avs, all OF them
intent upon stimulating the demand
or labor; Increasing the home COM
petition Of labor: making wider and
wider the home labor field. We have
lever cared about schedules, so that
hey were sufficient for these purposes.
We have changed the schedules a
iozen times. treating them as incense
luential SO that we held fast to the
home market for labor. We have re-
sisted all assaults upon this system.
We have known tina. a tariff for rev.
.nue purposes did not secure the home
market or prevent this foreign competi-
ion against labor For these purposes
/ tariff for revenue is utterly nom
Effective. A tariff for revenue requires
iuty that will admit of the largest
Measure OF importation. 1t stimulates
instead of preventing 1t,
md SO far as protection is concerned
the home market for our own
a bor-We might as we'll have no duty
rs that duty that Is best adapted to
revenue. Two weeks ago
ional convention again announced
heir hostility to protection: again de-
lounced 1t as robbery, and signified