Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-22


away and the ingrained habit Of apply
ing fixed rules of Interpretation and of
Thoughtful give to a political party
known and inalienaDle qualities from
which must follow in It's deliberate
judgment and ultimate action, like re-
suits for good or bad government. We
do not deny that other parties have in
their membership men of morality and
patriotism; but we assert with conf
dence that above all others, by the in
tluences which gave it birth and have
maintained it's life, by the causes for
which it has striven, the ideals which
it has followed, the Republican Party
as Il party has acquired a character
which makes it's ascendancy the best
guarantee of a government loyal to
principle and effective in execution.
Through it more than any other politi-
cal organization the moral sentiment
of America finds expression. 1t cannot
depart from Che direction of it's tenden-
cies. From what it has been may be
known certainly what il must be- Not
all of us rise to it's standard; not all of
us are worthy of its glorious history,
litical OrganiZation-the party of
Lincoln and McKinley-cannot fail
to work i'll the spirit of its past and
In loyalty to great ideals.
We shall ask the continued confidence
of the people because the candidates
whom we present are of proved COM
potency and patriotism, fitted to fill the
offices for which they are nominated, to
| the credit and honor of our country.
We shall ask it because the present
| policies of our government are bene-
fetal and ought not to be set aside;
and the peoples business is being well
| done, and ought not to be interferred
with.
Have not the American people reason
for satisfaction and pride in the con-
| duct of their government since the cleo
| ton of 1900, when they rendered their
| judgment of approval upon the first adj
miniStratiOn of President Mckinley?
| Have we not had an honest govern
| ment? Have not the men selected for
office been men of good reputation who
by their past lives had given evidence
| that they were honest and competent?
| Can any private business be pointed
| out in which lapSes from honesty have
been so few and SO trilinS proportion
ately, as in the public service of the
| United States? And when they have
occurred, have not the offenders been
relentlessly prosecuted and sternly
punished without regard to political or
personal relations?
| Have we not had an effective gov
eminent? Have not the laws been en-
/ no nf
Legislative discussion upon many seri-
| Gus questions been brought to practical
conclusions embodied in beneficial sta
| tutes? and has not the Executive pro-
ceeded without vacillation or weakness
| to give these effect? Are not the laws
of the United States obeyed at home?
and does not our government command
respect and honor throughout the
world?
| Have We not had a safe and con-
sentative government? Has not prop
erty been protected? Are not the fruits
of enterprise and industry secure?
What safeguard of the constitution for
vested right or individual freedom has
not been scrupulously observed? When
has any American administration ever
dealt more considerably and wisely
with questions which might have been
the cause of conflict with foreign
powers? When have more just settle
ments been reached by peaceful means?
| When has any administration welded a
more powerful influence for peace?
and when have we rested more secure
in friendship with all mankind?
| Four years ago the business of the
| country was loaded with burdcnsome
internal taxes, imposed during the war
with Spain. BY the Acts of March I'd,
| 1901, and April 18th, 1902, the country
| has been wholly relieved of that an
| nual burden of over one hundred mil
| lion dollars; and the further accumu-
! lation of Il surplus which was constant
| ly withdrawing the money of the coun-
| try from circulation has been prevented
| by the reduction of taxation.
Between the @Oth of June 1900, and
the first of June. 1904, our treasury.
department collected in revenues the
enormous sum of s. ,203 900, 900 and eX-
pended s., OPS 600 600, leaving us with a
surplus of over s17O,O 900 after paying
the $50,000.000 for the Panama Canal
and loaning $1,000. 900 to the st. Louis
Exposition. Excluding those two cX-
ltraordinary payments, which are In
vcstments from past surplus and not
expenditures of current income, the
surplus for this year will be the rca-
sonablc amount of about ST. 900
The vast and complicated transact
lions of the Treasury, which for the
last fiscal year show actual cash re-
ceipts of $4,25O,29O262 and disburse
ments of $4,113 199,4l4 have been con-
Quoted with perfect accuracy and
fidelity and without the loss of Il dol
lar. Under wise management the FL
nancial Act of March 14th, 1900, which
embodied the sound financial principles
of the Republican party and provided
for the maintenance of our currency on
the stable basis of the gold standard,
has wrought out beneficial results. On
the LIST of November. 1899, the interest
bearing debt of the United States WAS
81, 046 O49,O2 on the LIST of May last
the amount of that debt was $685. 151 .440,
reduction of $150,S91.5SO. BY refund
ing, the annual interest has been still
more rapidly reduced from $40,3i1 ,SS4
on the LIST of November, 1899, to $a4.-