Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-27
PRESENT UNITED FRONT
AGAINST THE DEMOCRACY
Clarion Call of Veteran of the Par
ty to Action in the Iowa
Campaign.


Hon. John f. Lacey: az point this
convention to the temple of actual ma
tional prosperity standing where Nc
Kinley painted the rainbow of promise.
Solid results have rewarded the independ-
ent voter who cast his lot with us in
1896. All have shared the fruits of that
great victory, north, south, east and west
alike.
Conditions are highly gratifying and
the pledges of the republican party made
in 1896, have been redeemed with full
measure, heaped up, shaken together and
running over. Our opponents candidates
for governor and for congress in this
district are contending with us for vic
tory upon we'll defined issues.
Our party had a strenuous contest
within it's lines before the convention,
but 1t emerged from that contest with a
clear and well defined declaration in be-
half of its historic tariff policy in the
following language:
We are uncompromisingly in favor
of the American system of protection.
Duties on foreign imports should not be
levied for revenue only, but should be
so adjusted as TO promote our domestic
interests, enlarge our foreign markets,
secure remunerative prices for the prod
ucts of our factories and farms and
maintain q superior scale of wages and
standard of living for American labor
I'VE stand again on the solid rock OF
protection, and every nominee of that
party, state or national is pledged to
support the cause of the protective poll
icy. ~
Now let US see what the issue is as
rendered by our opponents. Upon the
tariff they say:
a. 'XNa haliaya iii for rnyanun oply
and in approaching to that condition of
our revenue laws there should be immc-
date relief granted TO the people who
are now being robbed by extortonate
prices exacted under the shelter of
tariff ..,
80 the issue is again drawn clearly
and plainly, tariff for protection against
tariff for revenue only. t9
"a tariff for protection should be SO
levied as to collect the bulk of our rcvc-
nues from goods imported and which we
can ourselves produce. thus giving our
own producers the benefit of our own
market
and why should we not have this
market? IL is the product of our own in
dustry ut has proven to be the great
source Of industrial success and COM
merce and consumes 81 per cent Of all
our products.
"Our home market is preserved to us
through the operation of the protective
tariff, and after the lesson of the Wilson
bill the present generation Is not ready
TO renew another such experience.
Our opponents, on the other hand. do
clare in favor of tariff for revenue only.
ITO levy tariff for revenue only
means to so frame it as not to give pro-
lection to our industries.
"A protective tariff Is levied upon prod
ucts which we do Or can produce.
tariff for revenue only is levied on the
things which we do not produce.
''The Fifty-siSth congress was elected
during Mr.. McKinley's first term and
had good working majority. So also
the Fifty=eighth congress In the second
half of the second term, when Mr.. Roose-
welt had succeeded to the presidential
office after the bloody deed of the nane-
less anarchist at Buffalo. We have had
nearly full term under Mr.. Roosevelt.
and he is now about to enter upon the
last half of his full presidential term.
He has written an earnest appeal to the
American people asking that the Sixtieth
congress be elected TO support him in
his browning work. Shall Mr.. Roosevelt,
with his great record. be confronted with
a hostile congress, led and controlled by
John sharp Williams? Or shall his hands
be upheld by giving him for the next
two years congress that will work In
harmony with his great purposes as has
the present one?
"our state is a good example of wise
policies. The state affairs through a long
line of able republican officials have been
skillfully and honestly administered.
From Governor Grimes to Governor Cum
minis through long line of able men
have our local affairs been wisely and
safely managed.
"Your own county has shared in this
honorable state record in the person OF
b. f. Carroll, who, state auditor, has
supervised the accounts and held the in
surance companies to the observance of
the law.
Let us present united front and give
an old time majority for the whole ticket.
'"The campaign of 1906 is merely The
preliminary contest for the great battle
of 1905 and the results OF the coming
election will prepare the way for the
continuance i'm the nation of that policy
which has proven so successful In the
past"