Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-27
he victories it has accomplished


the victories it has accomplished. l
have an abiding conviction that Its
work in the future will be wise and
just. and that it's policies will lead the
nation through paths of honor to the
highest distinction which a govern
ment can enjoy I intend to do all
that can, by voice and vote, to se-
cure the election of every republican
candidate for both state and national
office. II the democrats support me,
and hope many Of them will, they
must do SO upon the belief that there
Is something involved in the struggle
now In progress more vital than par
tisanship: that government of the peo-
pie. by the people, for the people, is a
condition precedent to the existence
OF political parties.
National Questions.
Unlike my opponent in this, as in
many other respects. 1t seems to me
that discussion of national ques-
tons is not only appropriate but re-
CURED. He filled three columns in ex-
plotting my views upon the tariff, and
few meager lines in expressing and
explaining his own. He Is apparently
afraid to rally democrats under the
flag of tariff for revenue only, and
eSpends his strength in quoting from
my speeches to prove that believe
that some of the duties are too high
and should be reduced. His long and
labored effort has, If understand 1t
fully, two ends in view; first, to estab-
fish that upon the tariff am not
nd 1,or hnr
republicans should support him-a
free trader; second, that inasmuch as
/ favor some notifications in the tar
iff schedules | could not consistently
accept platform which did not de-
clare specifically for such modiica-
lions, and that because l did not bolt
in 1904, and because was somewhat
responsible for the platform of 1905,
am weak. vacillating man, untrue
to my convictions of right and wrong.
Ii, in this caT3paign, had no purpose
in view saw to reinstate myself in
the confidence and esteem of my dis
tinguished rival, would not under
take the task; but as there has been
and stiP is dense fog raised about
this quartion in Iowa, and inasmuch as
many s,3nest men and faithful repub-
licans ave been misinformed respect
ing r'r position upon the tariff, shall
give t,e subject the consideration its
imr'".lnce requires.
Steadfast in His Position. =
In order that no man shall be able to
pefvsrt what 1 am about to say,
wart to make it clear that | retract
nothing that | have said with regard
to the tariff. My views are unchanged,
and, within the ranks of the party, I
will labor as earnestly as can, not for
a general revision of the schedules,
for that I have never favored but for
reducing certain duties which our ex-
perience during the past nine years
has shown to be excessive.
Protection given through import du-
ties, SC that our home producers shall
enjoy a reasonable advantage In the
home markets over their foreign COM
petitors, is the corner stone Of our
growth and prosperity, and is vital
article in the republican faith.
Doctrnesof Protection.
The second national convention Of
the republican party, in 1860, announc-
ed the doctrine in the following terms:
THAT while providing revenue for
the support of the general government
by duties upon imports, sound policy
requires such an adjustment Of these
imports as to encourage the develop
ment of the industrial interests of the
whole country; and we commend that
policy of national exchanges which se-t
cures to the workingman liberal
wages, to agriculture remuneratiye
prices, to mechanics and manufactur-
ers an adequate reward for their skill,
labor and enterprise. and to the ma
ton commercial prosperity an in
pendence"
Upon this platform, Abraham Lin
coin was elected president. and the
marvellous growth of the republic be-
gan. Forty-four years later the nation
al convention expressed the thought
in this way:
ops our industries is cardinal policy
OF the republican party. The measure
OF protection should always at least
equal the difference between the cost
of production at home and abroad. We
insist upon the maintenance Of the
principle OF protection, aud therefore
the rates of duty should be readjusted
only when conditions have SO changed
that the public interest demand their
alteration, but this work cannot safely
be committed to any other hands than
those Of the republican party
Upon this platform, Theodore Roose-
welt was elected president, and in his
administration we have reached the
highest point If, production, in com
merce. and ir prosperity, ever attain
ed among the people of the earth. In
all the years from 1860 to 1905, the re-
publican party has STEADILY adhered
to the system of protection. 1t has
sought constantly to SO adjust the du-
ties upon imports that our industries
might be rs diversified as our natural
resources; that our workingmen might
receive the wages to which working
men in a free country are Justly en-
titled; and that capital might engage
in enterprise with fair hope of reward.
Devotion to Protection.