The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-14

1alFS nave been gulQeQ Dy ESP1oAaSe-A wisdom, prudence and energy. The great fact of our national prosperity is undisputed, and indisputable. It is marvellous! It has surpassed our ex- pectations;; it challenges the attention and admiration of the world. If we may not claim these great achievements as solely the consequences or repubE- can administration, we may at least assert, that except for the wise doc .trines and judicious conduct of the re- publican party, they would have been impossible. Does the man live who will say that they would have been the same under democratic administration? If so We answer by holding before him "a picture of our situation during the last years when misfortune saddled up- on us a democratic administration. That sad period is not yet forgotten. Men will contrast it, as they should, with our present fiourishing state. We rest in the confident assurance that the thoughtful. intelligent people of the United States will not risk recurrence Iof the disaster and distress of that time. Why should they? llC ICIDA dEOA O. PdALJs AANAC NAAeSl VI eS man. is the true test of it's character. By their fruits shall ye know them,", was the maxim of a divine philosophy. The fruitage of the tree discloses its nature. Fruitage of party administra- tion is the sure proof of merit or de- merit
 If the voters of the country are earn estly seeking an answer to the ques- tion as to which of the great political parties should receive their support, it is surely to be found in the history of the last twelve years. Not a long time in the life of parties or nations, but a time full of action and results. Twelve years ago Grover Cleveland was elected president. and the senate and house of lrepresenttves became democratic. The democratic party came into full possess sio nof the government; it proceeded at once to put it's policy into force, and from that very hour a blight fell lpon the nation. A people which had been happy and prosperous under republican administration, almost immediately be- came sad and Respondent under demo- cratic administration. Crippled busi- ness, vanishing opportunities, rising dis lcontent, impaired national credit in- lcreasing international disrespect, ever growing unhappiness, marked, as with successive milestones, the progress of
 democratic administration.
 Benjamin Harrison in his last annual message called attention to the fact that the nation had reached the high water mark of prosuarity Dur ing democratic administration, it reached the low water mark of adver- sity. That even lower depths of uncer- tainty, want, and loss were not reached,
 we freely attribute to the fact that its president was better than his party in all respects but one The democratic
 party was imbued with the most
 vicious radicalism. Grover Cleveland l with all his faults, was conservative
 In his unrea asoning devotionkto the fal- lacy of free trade, he was worse than
 his party. Parties do not completely Ichange their purposes in three short
 administrations. The democratic party would administer our national affairs
 now upon the same lines that it did during the period when it was unfet- kG4C0 III 1lo uNklOlis 1bs1 iOA1N3 purpose has been, and is, to destroy the Epretective policy an dto inaugurate. a free trade policy in the United States Carrying the country on it's war cry oi II a tariff for revenue only, in 1892, il Iseeks to carry it again in 1904, upon
 the declaration that protection is "s .l robbery of the many to enrich tht 5l few" If placed in absolute control ot the government, every intelligent citi- lzen knows that it would attempt again the folly and wickedness of its former faction, and every intelligent citizen
 knows tlatathe same results sadness land despondency- would follow.
 In 1896, the people by an uprising as lsignif1cant as it was triumphant, put their seal of condemnation upon demo- lcratic administration, Two great ques- Itions entered into that campaign.
 First--A return to the wise and safe lpolicy of protection to American labor land American business interests.
 \ Second-The establishment of 8 lsound currency, based upon the gold .l lstandard.
 On these issues the repuhlic lican party tWOll &lIlS tGIGGIluil LoOuI ciilh ling with that very hour, prosperity re turned; new nlilestones marked the lprogress of republican administration; restored confidence, reviving business lgrowing opportunities established cred. lit, returning happiness to the people 1.-the respect of the world, proclaimed tht
 wisdom and efficiency of republican lrule.
 Statistics are not needed to prove tht truth of these assertions; the figures lare startling and concluslves but whC
 cares for statistics to. prove self eviden facts? What we see and feel, w know. The working1nan who finds ready employment at better wages than ever before, the farmer whc
 realizes better prices for his products
 the manufacturer and the merchant
 who find their business stable and re stable and remuneratfve, the American
 lnuneratiye, the American, wht Hike the Apostle. of old, feels tha The is a citizen of no mean country
 does not need statistics to prove, ol
 theory to assure him that republican
 policies are wise, and republican ad, administration is right. r.
 The man who votes governs! Int Eman who votes can perpetuate ol iehanee governmental policies and ac