The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-28
Republican Prestige.

At the threshold Of another quad
rennial national political contest the
republican party finds itself able to-
point to great achievements, demon
strating it's ability ITO meet great ma
tional questions involving the quick
solution Of both foreign and domestic
problems. Its first great achievement,
the maintenance of the integrity Of
the union, agave 1t a magnificent pres
Etige, but the party has shown that
dit lis no preteristic oEganizat ion, rest;
ing upon one past : achievement to
gain fresh laurels. The present lib
eral party In England, which Is gov
erned by the same progressive prfn-
ciple which started the era Of reform
in that country by the passage of
the reform bill Of 1882, has not only
wrought reforms beyond the limita-
tons set by the WING party which gave
it birth, but has stimulated great
changes in the platforms and achieve
ments Of the tory party. Just SO has
the republican party by its benef-
cent policies and achievements, grad
ually modified the economic and f1nan-
cial policies of the democratic party,
which embodied disloyalty TO; the
maintenance of the public faith. The
administration Of President Roosevelt
| has continued to meet and deal ef-
fectively with responsibilities which
no administration except those Of
Washington, Adams and Jefferson had
to meet in the youth Of this nation,
and that Of Lincoln in its maturer
years.
It is needless to say that the Roose-
welt administration has added enor-
4 mously to the prestige already at
! tanned and that the party Is well pre-
1 pared to meet opponents whose ae-
tivities are found altogether in the
tactics of bitter assailants Of every
policy which, advanced by the repub-
lican party, has been heartily accepted
by the vast majority of the public
Take, the Panama canal matter. The
democrats have. stormed and sraved
and threatened impeachment Of the
president, for treason" charging that
he influenced and forced the Panama
revolt and ignored the rights" OF
Colombia, not one word of which il
true. The action of the administra.
ton has been Endorsed by the people
Of the United States and recognized
} Internationally, and the whole Incl
dent has, been closed by the transfer
) of the franchise and property to the
| United States by the French cana
: company, and of the right Of way ant
perpetual control by the republic o
l Panama.
: The republican party has had tn
f honor of dealing a stunning blow
1 against Injurious trusts in the North
ern- Securities case and thru the SUI
a. preme court decision, sustaining tn
: government in it's position as to tn
r absolute power of congress to deal eff
f fectively with trusts violating the Law
n and affirming: the power of the court
: to issue any decree necessary to brea
8 up unlawful combinations. If the re
. publican party does not take advan
) tage Of the fulcrum it has been con
a spicuously interested in erecting fo
its potential lever to rest upon. tn
! democrats may be justified in thei
crepitant criticism, but the part
which did not hesitate to attack sla,
: cry unto the end, will not hesitate
% deliver the country from bondage I
= corporate lawlessness and oppressio
in these latter days.
. 1.-THE labor unions to some extel
bava expressed hostility tn the pres,
Is dents policy as announced in the Mi
t Ter case, which declares that so far /;
st the United States government is col
cerned, lit cannot lawfully, and wi
i not, discriminate in giving emplo.
rs ment In its shops between organize
in and unorganized labor, It's object b
isl ing to get thes best labor IN. the ma