The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
WILL
STAND PAT.

WASHINGTON, Sept. e.-The Repub
lfean party, its achievements for half
q century and particularly its record in
the present Congress is commended TO
the voters Of the country in the cam
paign textbook given out today by
The Republican Congressional commit
tee.
The book contains 27s pages and is
reblete with Republican doctrine. en-
bracing practically every conceivab bic
subject upon which information may be
desired Radicalism or conservatism,
II IS declared, are never matters of con-
cern to Republicans. but il is said
that they are content with practical
and progressive ideas and the maturing
OF the ideas into positive performance.
The keynote Of the discussion of the
tariff question is sounded in the fol-
lowing statement:
"Protectionists are content to let the
present law stand without change or
amendment so long as present con-
ditiOns prevail A slight reduction in
many OF our schedules would result
in the dumping into our market of per-
haps a billion dollars worth OF manu-
lsctures annually more than we now
Import That would mean a resort to
one Of two things: We would have 10
close OUT mills or reduce wages. There
is positively no other alternative.
"Protectionists do not claim that
schedules are sacred and never to be
altered They DO claim, however. that
the so-called American system of pro-
lection, as exemplified by the opera
tiOn Of the Dingley law for nine years.
is sacred and must be maintained. We
DO not have TO theorize in the least de-
gree We have tried and tried thor
oughly both high and low tariffs, and
we have experience as an example TO
guide US IN reaching the truth
HOMEMADE CAKE IN PANTRY.
We need go back no farther in our
history than a decade to learn that a
low tariff means insufficient revenue,
closing our manufactures. idleness for
millions Of our laborers and low wages
for other millions and Improbable
prices for our farmers.
A mere handful. however. of the
Republican party have been asking that
the duty be removed or reduced upon
certain materials entering into the
products Of their own locality 1t is
believed that this demand has been
made more for political than economi-
cal results"
Regarding the negro in politics. the
statement is made that the Republican
party believes in the political equality
OF all men, without reference to ma
tionality, while the Democratic party
AFleAeb III privileges Ol
, citizenship to a particular class
After quoting the letter of President
Roosevelt Of August IS last to Repre-
sentative Watson OF Indiana, analyz-
ing the issues,of the coming campaign,
the book closes with a quotation from
what is given as Speaker cannon's
new platform: Put none but home
made cake in the pantry"
II discussing the campaign issues OF
1906 the book calls attention to the
fact that since the termination of the
l7irty-thfrd Congress in 1895 the House
OF Represen natives has been Repub-
hran. and adds, There is every reason
t. expect that substantial working
Republican majority will be elected
next November" During those ten
years. il is stated. We have made a
greater advance as a nation and a
people than was ever made before in
a generation, and in many respects
greater than during our whole previous
history. There cannot be the least
doubt OF Republican success II the
voters study carefully the record Of
the two parties"
The industrial situation is claimed to
be unparalleled in the annals of ma
tions.
Our volume Of employment" the
statement continues, "our rewards Of
labor. our enjoyment of life were never
tefore eQualeos and, best OF all. there
IL no sign of abatement or signal of
retreat There is prospect Of still
greater and grander results, and only
lle rankest pessimist can see a cloud
y our national material horizon"
"A Because OF the various financial and
'iarin measures OF the Republicans.
which, the book says. have brought
about competition in manufactures, it
is declared that a home market has
been buir up in this country of such
magnitude that for several years it