The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-29


OF administration and legislation now
come before the people content to
be Judged by our record of achieve
ment. In the years that have gone by
we have made the deed squar" with
the word: and if we are continued i'll
power we shall unswervingly follow
out the great lines OF public policy
which the republican party has al
ready laid down: public policy to
which we arc giving. and shall give.
a united. and therefore IN efficient.
support.
In ali OF this we are more t"r;l;r-
ate than our opponents. who now ap-
peal for confidence on the ground.
which some express and some seek
TO have conidentiallv understood.
that if triumphant they may be trust
ed to prove false TO every principle
which in the last eight years they
have laid down as vital. and to leave
undiSturbed those very acts OF the
administration because OF which they
ask that the administration be driven
from power Seemingly their pres
ent attitude as to their past record
is thar some of them were mistaken
and others insincere. We make or
appeal in a wholly different spirit.
We are not constrained to keep silent
on any vital question; we arc divided
on no vital question: OUT policy is
continuous, and is the same for all
sections and localities. There is
nothing experimental about the gov
ernment we ask the people to continue
in power, for our performance in the
past, our proved governmental eflc-
iency, is guarantee as to our prom
Uses for the future. Our opponents.
either openly or secretely, according
to thei- several temperaments, 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 sufficient length
OF time to give to our policy coher-
ence and sanity. In such funda-
mental 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
what we shall continue to do. In
dealing with the great organizations
known as trusts, we do not have 10
explain why the laws were not en-
forced. but TO point out that they ac-
tually have been enforced and that
legislation has been enacted to in
crease the effectiveness OF their en-
forcement. We do not have to pro-
pose to turn the rascals out for we
have shown in very deed that when
ever by diligent investigation a public
official can be found who has betray-
ed 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 admin
ist-ation. This is the efficient way
to turn the rascals out and 70 keep
them out, and it has the merit OF
sincerity. Morcvoer the betraya's II
trust in the last seven years have
been insignificant in number when
compared with the extent OF the pub
lie service. Never has the admin
istration OF the government been or
cleaner and a higher level: never
has the public work OF the nation
been done more honestly and eff
cic1'ly.
:AsSuredly it is unwiss 10 change
the pcl;cies which have worK,l :"
we'll and which are now working so
well. Prosperity has come at home
The national honor and interest have
been upheld abroad. We have
placed the finances OF the nation up
on sound gold basis. We have done
this with the aid of many who were
formerly our opponents, but who
would neither openly support nor ST
lently asquiesce in the heresy of un-
sound finance; and we have done it