Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-01

FIFTY years agO the repubitCan party
came into existence. dedicated among
other purposes, TO the great task OF ar
resting the extension of human slavery
In 1860 il elected it's first president.
During twenty-four of h forty-four
years which have elapsed since h cleo
ton or Lincoln. the republican party
has held complete control OF the gov
eminent. For eighteen more OF the
forty-four years ii has held partial
control through possession OF one or
two branches of the government; while
the democratic party during the same
period has held complete control for
only two years.
This long tenure of power by the re-
publican party is not due to chance II
is a demonstration that the republican
party has commended the confidence of
| the American people for nearly two
generations to II degree never equaled
in our history and has displayed q high
capacity for rule and government,
which has been made even more con
| %spicuous, by the incapacity and infifm-
fly of purpose shown by its opponents.
The republican party entered upon
its present period OF complete suprem-
acy in 1897. we have every right TO
congratulate ourselves upon h work
since Their accomplished, for 1t has
| added luster even TO the traditions Of
the party which carried the govern
ment through the storm of the civil
war. We then found the country, after
four years Of democratic rule, sin evil
plight, oppressed with misfortune,
doubtful OF the future. The public
credit had been lowered, We're
declining, debt growing. the admins
tration's attitude towards Spain was
feeble and notifying. the standard Of
values was threatened and uncertain,
labor was unemployed. business sunk in
the depression which had succeeded the
panic Of 1898, hope WAS faint and con-
fidence gone.
We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously, effectively and at once. We
replaced q democratic tariff law based
on free trade principles and garnished
with sectional protection by a consist
ent protective tariff. and industry,
freed from oppression, n stimulated
by the encouragement of wise laws,
has expended to q degree never before
known, and has conquered new markets
inc created a volume OF exports which
has surpassed the Imagination.
Under the Dingley tariff labor he's
been fully employed, wages have risen,
and all Industries have revived and
prospered.
We firmly established the gold
standard, which was then menaced
with destruction. Confidence returned
ia business. and with confidence, unex-
ampled prosperity. For deficient rev
enues supplemented by im%proyident is
sues. of bonds. we gave the country an
income which produced a large SUR
plus and enabled us, only fou years
after the Spanish war had closed, to
remove over $780, 600, goo of the annual
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lower tlsa interest charge of the gov
eminent. The public credit, which
had been so lowered hat In time of
peace a democratic administration
made large loans at e-xtrayagant rates
of interest in order to pay current ex-
p~enditures, rose under republican adj
mfnistration TO it's highest point, and
enabled us to borrow at 2 per cent,
even in times Of war.
We refuse to palter longer with the
misery of Cuba. We fought a quick and
victorious war with Spain. We set Cuba
free, governed the island three years,
and then gave 1t to the Cuban people
with order restored, with ample rev.
enues and public health established and
free from debt, and connected with
the United States by q wise provision
for mutual interests. We have re-
organized the government OF Porto Rico
l ana It's people now ENJOY peace ana
freedom, order and prosperity.
In the Philippines we have suppressed
insurrection, established order ard
given to life 4 property a security
eve known there before. We have
organized civil government and made
1t an effective and strong administra-
! I'd aes eccsssFTet upon me peo-
pie OF those islands the largest lvict
pie of those islands the largest civil lib
erty they have y enjoyed.
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BY our possession OF the Philippines we
were enabled TO tai prompt and effective
action in release of the legations at Pc
king, and a decisive part in preventing
the partition and preserving the Integrity
OF China.
The possession OF a route for an 18TH
miah canal, so long the dream OF Ameri-
can craftsmanship. is now an accom-
plished fact, and the great work of con-
Meeting the Pacific and Atlantic by canal
Is at last begun, and IL Is due TO the re-
publican party.
We have passed laws which will bring
the arid lands of the United States within
the area Of cultivation.
We have ~reorganized the army and put
IL IN the highest shape CT eIuclency. We
have passed laws for the Improvement and
support of the militia. We nave pushed
forward the building OF the navy for de-
tense and protection of our honor and in
terests.t
Our administration of the great depart
ments OF the government has feen honest
and efficient, and whenever ~wrongdoing
has been discovered the republican admin
istration has not hesitated to probe the
evil and bring the offenders to justice.
without regard to party or political ties.
Laws enacted by the republican party,
which the democratic party failed TO en-
force. and which were intended for the
protection OF the public against the UNI
just discrimination or illegal encroach-
ment of vast aggregations OF CAPITAL have
been fearlessly enforced by a republican
president, and new laws ensuring reason
able publicity az to the opera tons OF great
corporations and providing additional
remedies for the prevention OF dlscrtmi-
nation In freight rates, lave been passed
| by O republican congress. In this record
OF achievements, during the past eight
years may be read the pledges which the
republican party has fulflled.
We propose to continue these policies
and we declare our constant adherence to
the following p~rinciples:
Protection which guards and develops
ot1r fpdrfstrfaa ia the cardinal polfcv ~