The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-08-05

, servants during the last seven years OF
administration and legislation now
come before the people content to be
judged by u record of achievement
In the years that have gone by we
have made the--deed Squar with the
word; and If we are continued IN power
we shall unswervingly follow out the
great lines of public policy which the
republican party has already laid
down; Il public policy to which WI are
giving, and shall give, a united, and
therefore an efficient, support.
More Fortunate Than Opponents.
In all of his we are more fortunate
h a our opponents, who now appeal
for confidence on the ground, which
some express and some seek to have
cOnfidentially understood, that if tri-
umphant they may be trusted to prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
as vital, n to leave undiSturbed
because of which they ask that the
administration itself be driven from
power. Seemingly their present atti-
tude as to their past record is that
some of them We're mistaken and 9TH
erS inSincere. We make our appeal in
a wholly different spirit. We are not
constrained to keep silent on any vital
question:; our policy is continuous, and
is the same for all sections and locali-
ties. There is nothing experimental
ABOUT the government we ask the peo-
pie to continue in power, for our per-
Torrance in the past, our proved gov
e~rnmental efficiency. is a guarantee as
to our promises for the future. Our
opponents, either openly or secretly,
according to their several temp era
ments, now ask the people to trust
their present promises in consideration
of the fact that they intend to treat
their past promises as null and void.
we know our own minds and we have
kept of the same mind for a sufficient
length of time to give to our policy
conference and sanity. In such a fun
damental matter as the enforcement
OF the law we do not have to depend
upon promises, but merely to ask that
our record be taken as an earnest of
We shall continue to do. In deal
ing with the great organizations
known as trusts, we do not have to
explain why the laws were not en-
forced, but to point out that they actu-
ally have been enforced 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 diligent
investigation Il public official car be
found who has betrayed his trust he
will be punished to the full extent of
the law without regard to whether he
was appointed under a republican or
a democratic administration. This is
the efficient way to turn the raScalS
out and to keep them out, and it has
the merit of sincerity. Moreover, the
b~etrayalS of trust in the last seven
Years nave Dttil lll5iSIlllClnI III mum
Der when compared with the extent of
the public service. Never has the ad-
ministration of the government been
on a cleaner and higher level; never
has the public work of the nation been
done more honestly and efficiently.
Unwise to Change Good Policies.
Assuredly it is unwise to change the
policies which have worked so well
and which are now working so well.
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
tional honor and interest have been
upheld abroad. We have placed the
finances of the nation upon a sound
gold basis; We have done this with
the aid of many who were formerly
Il opponents, but who would neither
openly support nor silently acquiesce
in the hereSy of unSOund finance, and
we have done it against the convinced
and violent opposition of the mass of
our present opponents who still refuse
to recant the unSOund opinions which
for the moment they think it ineXpe-
dent to assert. We know what we
stable currency. We mean the same
thing from year to year. We do not
have to avoid a definite and conclusive
cOmmittaI on the most important issue
which has recently been before the
people. and which may at any time in
the near future be before them again.
Upon the principles which underlie
this issue the convictions of half of
u number do not clash with those
of the other half. So long as the re-
publican party is in power the gold
standard is settled. not as a matter
of temporary political eXpediency, not
because of shifting conditions in the
production Of gold in certain mining
centers, but in accordance with what
we regard as the fundamental princi-
pies Of national morality and wisdom.
Under the financial Legislation which
we have enacted there is now ample
circulation for every business need,
n&l r-h~ nf +hI- ~ tSnr -.
worth q dollar in gold. We ave re-
duced the interest-bearing debt and in
still larger measure the interest on
that debt. All of the war taxes i'm
posed during the Spanish war have
been removed with u view to relieve
the people and to prevent the accumu-
latiOn of an unnecessary surplus. The
result is that hardly ever before have
the expenditures and income OF the
government SO closely COrreSpOnded.
In the fiscal year that has just closed
the excess of income over the ordinary
expenditures was 50. 1000, 900. This does
not take account Of $50. 900, 900 eXpend-
ed out of the accumulated surplus for
the purchase of the isthmian canal. 1t
is an extraordinary proof of the sound
financial condition of the nation that
instead of following the usual courSe in
such matters and throwing the burden
upon pOsterity by an issue of bonds,
we We're able to make the payment
outright and yet after it to have in the
treasury a surplus of $3.50. 000. 900.
Moreover, we were able to pay s. 5000
600 out of hand without causing the
slightest disturbance to business con-
ditiOnS.
Country on High Plane.
We have enacted a tariff law under
which during the past few years the
COUNTRY has attained a height of ma
terial well-being never before reached.
Wages are higher h ever before.
That whenever the need arises there
schedules is ~undoubted; but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the princi-
pie of a protective tariff is beyond
question: for otherwise the changes
would not amount to readjustment but
to repeal. The reimbursement when
made must maintain and not destroy