Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-20
GOLDEN JUBILEE CLOSED
REPUBLICAN CLUBS ELECT Or
FICERs AND ADJOURN.


League of Republican Clubs, at Philadei-
| phia yesterday ended its convention.
The resolutions adopted by the conven-
! ton are in part as follows:
1--WE pay tribute to our great leaders from
, our first standardbearer, John c. Freme a.
! and Abraham Lincoln, the first republican
/ President to Theodore Roosevelt, our pres
| ent leader the worlds first citizen. wno'
! through his rugged honesty, his persistent
J determination. his unflagging courage ana
/ his demand for square deal for every per
= son and every interest, has gained not only
| the respect and love of his fellow country
| men. but the esteem and admiration or all
mankind.
| I'VE indorse the sentiment of William
| Mckinley, that the principle of a protective
| tariff is sacred, but that schedules should
| be changed when conditions of industry
/ commerce and finance demand, and not TIL
| then.
I'VE emphasize the results of the opera
ton of the Dingley tariff which Is giving
us a surplus of revenue; unparalleled &C
tivity in our factories. forests and mines
profitable prices for the products OF our
farms: greater bank clearings and rela-
lively less failures than ever before; con-
tinually larger volume of employment at
higher wages. resulting in unprecedented
consumption of not only the necessartes,
( but comforts. conveniences and luxuries or
life, augmented withal by larger savings
and investments than have previously been
recorded in our history
Action of Congress Endorsed.
1--WE approve of the action of the present
Congress in carrying out the recommenda-
tons of President Roosevelt by more ad-
vanced legislation than has been given US
In a single session since the days of the
civil war.
I'VE have a Just pride in our party's
record; in it's settlement of the currency
question through the adoption of the gold
standard; in the establishment and devel-
opment of the rural free delivery system,
now extended to more than thirty thousand
routes and eight million homes; In the
progress made in opening our arid lands to
cultivation through irrigation; in the we'll
begun work of connecting ocean and ocean
with isthmian canal; in the many laws
looking to the welfare of labor and in the
completed pending legislation providing
for equitable railroad regulation in inter-
state commerce. for better inspection of all
food products; for free alcohol; for a new
state; for an American merchant marine,
and the many other important. measures
which have been or are to be considered.
Opposition to Trusts
I'VE are opposed to all Illegal combina-
tons in restraint of trade, whereby the in
terests of either producers or consumers are
injured or whereby, through monopoly,
rates and prices of products are controlled
at the expense of the masses, We wage
but we do ask for equity and justice to all,
by all and for all.
I'VE are opposed to Inequality which
permits one-twelfth of the voters of the
country to WELD one-quarter of the national
legislative power. The suppression and
denial of suffrage demands the reduction Of
the power so usurped, and the denial of
suffrage should never be rewarded with
political premiums. The democracy of at
least eleven states should be deprived of
its unfair preponderance of power, and the
full measure OF political rights secured to
every qualified citizen, white or black, who
is capable and willing to assert his political
manhood. The political party that profits
by the suppression of the ballot is not
to be trusted with the making or admins
traton of the nations laws.
I'VE reiterate the demand of our last
national platform that our republican ma
jority In Congress should courageously
carry out the principles and pledges of the
party and enact such legislation as will
absolutely and finally effective.
I'VE ask for immediate legislation look
ing to the establishment of a parcel post
and postal currency or notes to facilitate
trade through orders by mail"
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Gen. z. A. McAlpin New York; vice
president, II. II. ayers. Little Rock; secre-
tary, Chauncey Dewey Hamilton Ohio;
treasurer, w G. Porter, South Dakota.
The selection of the next place of meeting
was left to the executive committee.
Great Street Parade.
A great street demonstration in comment
grafton OF the birth of the republican party
was held last night. in which nearly all the
republican clubs of this city and neighboring
towns participated Gen. Fred D. Grant.
reviewed the parade in front of the Union
League clubhouse, which was brilliantly
Illuminated Adjt. Gen Thomas ]. Stewart
OF the Pennsylvania National Guard was
chief marshal Of the parade. and among
those in line were about 100 men who
voted for Fremont for President The line
of march was along Broad street, which
was densely crowded with people.
Speaker Cannon of the national House OF
Representatives, who was to have reviewed
the parade. was unable to be present and
sent a telegram of congratulation, in which
he said:
Il regret that cannot join the National
Republican League In celebrating the
golden anniversary OF the republican party.
Under the leadership of that party the peo-
pie of the republic have made progress in
nifty years. which If you measure time by
extent, Is more than in many centuries or
the history OF the race.
THE preservation OF the Union the eco
nomic and fiscal policy OF the republican
party from 81 to the present time has
made It first In production first In wealth,
hrst In prosperity and first in Just eompen-
sation for all kinds of endeavor among all
the nations of the world. A continuance OF
tae policy under which these results have
been accomplished will lead to greater ac-
complishments and greater good to the peo-
pie IN the next fifty years than has been
realized In the last fifty years While we
rejoice In the accomplishments under the
leadership OF this party In the past, let u.s.
from the standpoint OF practical achieve
ments, hold fast to these policies in the
present"
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