The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
BRIEF IS FILED.
Republican Congressional Com
mittee Sums Up Its Case
And Presents It in a Campaign
Text Book.
POINTS TO THE PAST,
As an Evidence Of What Nay BE
Expected in Future.
Special Appeal Is Made to First
Voters.
POINTS TO THE PAST,

Washington. Sept. 1O.-The Repub-
llcan 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 text book given out by the Re-
publican congressional committee. The
book contains 27s pages and Is replete
with Republican doctrine, embracing
practically every. conceivable subject
upon which Information may be de-
sired.
Radicaiism or conservatism, It is de-
clareds are never matters of concern to
Republicans, but II Is said They are
content with practical and progressive
degrees and the maturing OF those
ideas into positive performances.'
Every statement made and all flg-
ures presented are declared in the
foreword Of the book to be official and
cludess
The truth is the highest exem-
plif1cation of Republican doctrine and
policies and past records the best plea
that can be made for continuance of
power"
In discussing the campaign issues of
1905, the book calls attention to the
| fact that since the termination of the
Fifty-third congress in 1925. the house
OF represen tatives has been Repub-
$1,000
reason TO expect that substantial
working Republican majority will be
elected next November
During these ten years, It Is stated,
we have made greater advance as a
nation and people than was ever
made before in a generation and in
many respects greater than during our
whole previous history. There can
not, then, be the least doubt of Repub-
lican success If the voters study care
fHilW The 4-npnFHa ~ "a 10 lee
There will be thousands and hun
dFeds of thousands" the book saws,
who will vote for the first time in No
vember, who We're mere children when
| the Democrats last had a majority in
the house, and they do not all wildly
remember the awful times and condi-
fions brought on the country by that
congress. They were not born when
the only Democratic president since
the Civil war was first elected. They
were babies in arms when Grover
Cleveland sent his famous or infamous
free trade message to congress, and
when a year after the Ubiquitous Mills
Dill was framed and passed by the
Democratic house of the Fiftieth con-
gress. But fortunately there was then
Republican senate to prevent the
enactment of free trade law, and
disaster and calamity was for the
time averted. But IN 1888, the Demo
Gratis had the presidency, as we'll as
both senate and house, and the work
OF that single F'ifty-third congress cost
the industries and people of the eoun-
try many billions of dollars and in
calculable suffering. These facts
should be weighed with the record OF
the Republican party before and since
and especially should the record of the
/ present congress be studied, for though
/ its work Is not yet finished more has
already been done in one session thar
/ by any previous congress since the
war Of the Rebellion"
"Only Democratic success" it is de-
clared. can prevent the giving to the
| people OF the country new records II
every phase Of our Industrial life"
The book then continues: "Republi.
cans have a right to claim that our fin
anciaI. commercial and Industrial ad-
vancement is due to the laws enacted
and executed by their party leaders. The
party came into power when the gov
/ eminent and the people were practically
/ bankrupt and without credit. A disrupt
/ ed union was restored, the vast ex-
! penses OF war provided specie payments
resumed. q protective tariff amended
from time to time and the development
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