Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-22
All OppostionTo Senator Fairbanks For ViceP President
Withdrawn. Adjournment May Be Reached To.
day. Full Text Of Strong Platform Presented
II By Lodge
Observation-Disclosures AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES

/ the United States by wise provisions
for our mutual Interests. We have or
ganized the government Of Porto Rics
and its people now enjoy peace, tree
dom, order and prosperity
The Philippines.
In tae Philippines we have sup
pressed the insurrection, established
order and given to life and prtIoslt,
a security never known thcre before
We have organized the e.yii govern
ment. made II effective and strong
| IN administration and have conferred
upon the people Of those islands the
largest civil liberty they have ever
enjoyed BY our possession of tie
Philippines We were enabled 10 take
prompt and effective action In the
relief Of the legation at Pekin and a
decisive part in preventing the parli.
tion and preserving Of integrity Of
China- The possession of the route
for the isthmian canal, 90 long the
dream OF American statssmanship Ii
now an accomplished fact.
The Arid Wsst.
VA have passed laws which will
bring die arid lands OF the United
States witAin the ares or cultivation
We have Seorganized the army and
put II In the highest state Of effic.
iency.
W have passed laws for the i'm,
prosement and support of the militia,
fThe Navy.
We have pushed forward the build.
ing of the navy for the defense and
protection Of our honor and our IN.
terests. onr administration Of the
great departments Of government has
been honest and efficient and where
ever wrong has been discovered the
republican administration has not hes
itated to probe the evil and bring The
offenders TO Justice without regard to
party or political ties.
The Trusts.
The laws enacted by the republican
party which the democratic party fall.
ed to enforce and which were intend.
ed for the protection Of the public
against unjust discrimination or y.
legal encroachment of vast aggrega.
tions Of cai,ital have been fearlessly
enforced by the republican president
and new laws ensnring publicity as
10 the operation Of great corporations
and providing additional remedies for
the prevention OF discrimination In
corporations and providing additional
remedies for the prevention Of dis.
crlmination In freight rates have been
passed BY the republican congress-.
In this record Of achievement dur,
Ing the past eight years may be read
the pledges which the republican par.
ty has fulfilled We propose to con.
tinue these principles and We declare
our constant adherence to the follow
ing principles
The Tarlf Commended.
Protection which guards ana de.
yelops our Industries is the cardinal
policy of the republican party; the
MEASURE Of protection should always
at least equal the difference 10 the
cost 81 production at home and
abroad. We insist upon the mainten'
ance Of the principles OF protection
and. therefore. the rates Of duties
should be readjusted only when con
ditions have so changed that the pub
lie interest demands their alterations
But this work cannot safely be com
milted TO any other hands than those
Of the republican party. The iemo
cratic tariff has always been followed
by business adyersity. the republican
tariff by business prosperity. To The
republican congress and the republi
can president this great question car
be safely instructed. When the only
free trade country among the great
nations agitated the return 10 protec
tIon the chief protective country
should not falter In maintaining L
The Gold Standard.
We believe II to be the duty o.
the republican party to uphold the