Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-22

stration the chairman called for re-
lports Of the various committees,
The report Of the committee on per.
manent organization was adopted by
the convention, Chairman j. q. Can.
non took the chair and was received
with the greatest applause.
The Platform.
Fifty years ago the republican par-
~ came INTO existence dedicated
among other purposes 10 the great
task Of arresting the extension Of ali.
man slavery, In 1860 il elected It's first
president During twentyfonr Of for.
ty.four years which have elapsed since
the election Of Lincoln, the republican
party has held complete control Of
the government. Fer eighteen more Of
the forty four years It has held partial
control through possession of one or
two branches Of government, while
the democratic party during the same
period has had the complete control
for only two years. This long ten
ure Of power BY the republican party
is not due to chance. 1t Ii a demon
stration that the republican party has
commanded the confidepce Of Ameri-
can people for nearly two generations
to q degree never equaled In our his
tory, and has displayed ! high capac-
|ity for rule and government which
has been made even more conspicu-I
|ous by the incapacity and inflrniry Of
purpose shown by its n.fonents.
The Last Eight Years.
The republican party entered upon
its present period Of complete suprem..
acy In 1897. We have every right To-
congratulate ourselves upon the work
since then accomplished, for ii has
added lustre even 10 the traditions Of
the lparty which carried the govern,
ment through the storms OF the civil
war.
We then found the country after
four years OF democratic rule III an
evil plight. oppressed with misfortune
and doubtful Of The future. Public
credit had been reduced. revenues
were declining, debt was growing, the
administration attitude toward Spain
was feeble and mortifying. the stand
ard OF values was threatened and
uncertain, labor was crippled, business
was sank In the depression which had
succeeded the panic Of 1893, hope was
faint and confidence was gone.
We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously, effectively and alone. We
replaced the democratic tariff law
based on free trade principles and gar
|nished with sectional protection, by
protective tariff, and industry freed
from oppression and stimulated By en-
couragement BY wise laws. has es.
panded to a degree never before
known: has conquered new markets
and has created a volume Of EXPORTS
which has surpassed imagination. I'm.
der the DingIey tariff labor has been
fully employed, wages have risen and
ali industries have revived and pros
pered. We firmly established the g6id
standard. which was then menaced
with destruction. Confidence return.
ed to business and with confidence IN.
exampled prosperity
Surplus Succeeds Deficit.
For deficient revenues supplement
cd by improvident issues Of bonds, We
gave the country an Income which
produced large surplus and which
enabled US only four years after The
Spanish war had closed TO remove
over one hundred millions or annual
var taxes. reduce the public debt AMI
lower the interest charges OF the gov.
eminent.
Dealing With Spain.
We refused 20 palter longer with
the miserIcs Of Cuba We fought o
quick and vigorous war with Spain.
we set Cuba free. governed the IS.
land for the three years and then gave
n TO the Cuban peenle with order re-
stored, with ample revenues, with
education and public health establish.
cd, freeifrom debt and connected with