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The text of the Republican plat.
form II "a follows:
once more the Republican party.
in national Convention assembled.
submits ltA cause TO The peorie. Thls
| great historic organization. that de.
| s,royed slavery. preserved the uaioa
| restored credit. expanded The Ia
tional domain. established = sound
financial system. developed the In
dus;ries and resources OF the eouu-
try. and gave to the nation her seal
Of honor in the councils of the world.
now meets the new problems Of gov
ernment with the same courage and
capacity with which Il solved the old
Under Roosevelt.
In this. the greatest era Of Amerl-
| can advancement, the Republican
party has reached It's highest service
under the leadership OF Theodore
Roosevelt. Ills administration is an
epoch In American history. la no
| other period since national soyer-
eighty was won under Washington
| or preserved under Lincoln has there
been such mighty progress in those
ideals of government which make for
justice. equality and fair dealing
among men. The highest aspirations
| of the American people have found
| voice. Their most exalted servant
| represents the best aims and WORTH
| est purposes of all his countrymen
| American manhood has been lifted TO
nobler sense OF duty and obliga-
| ton. Conscience and courage in
public station and higher standards
OF right and wrong in private life
have become cardinal principles of
political faith; capital and labor have
been brought into closer relations of
confidence and interdependence; and
the abuse of wealth the tyranny of
power and all the evils of privileges
and favoritism have been put TO
scorn by the simple. manly virtues
of justice and fair play.
The great accomplishments of
President Roosevelt have been, first
and foremost, a brave and impartial
a fnrnananf ~ hn 10
cution of illegal trusts and monopo-
lies; the exposure and punishment
of evil-doers in the public service,
the more effective regulation of the
rates and service of the great trans
portation lines; the complete over
throw of preferences. rebates and
| determinations; the arbitration of
| labor disputes; the amelioration OF
the condition of wage-workers every
where; the conservation of the natu-
raj resources of the country; the
forward step in the improvement of
the inland waterways; and always
the earnest support and defense OF
every wholesome safeguard which
has made more secure the guarantees
of life, liberty and property.
These are the achievements that
will make for Theodore Roosevelt
his place in history, but more than
all else, the great hings he has done
| will be an inspiration to those who
have yet greater things to do. We
declare our unfaltering adherence to
the policies thus inaugurated, and
| pledge their continuance under a
| Republican administration of the
Government.
Equality of Opportunity.
Under the guidance of Republican
principles the American people have
become the richest nation in the
world. Our wealth to-day exceeds
that of England and all her colonies
and that of France and Germany
combined. When the Republican
party was born the total wealth OF
the country was SIG 200, 100000. II
has heaped to $4,000, 900, 900 in q
generation, while Great Britain has
gathered but $50, 1000, ,000,0 900 in SOC
years. The United States now owns
one-fourth of the worlds wealth and
makes one-third of all modern man.
ufactured products. In the great
necessities of civilization, such al
coal, the motive power of all activ.
ity; iron, the chief basis OF all in.
dustry; cotton, the staple foundation
of all fabrics; wheat, corn, and al
the agricultural products that feed
mankind, Americas supremacy Is un.
disputed.
And yet her great natural wealth
has been scarcely touched. We have
a vast domain of 100000 square
miles, literally bursting with laten
treasure, still awaiting the magic o
capital and industry to be converted
to the practical uses of mankind; &
country rich in soil and climate, III
the embarrassed energy Of its rivers
and in all the varied products of th'
field, the forest and the factory
With gratitude for Gods bounty
with pride in the splendid produc
tiveness of the past an with conf
dence in the plenty and prosperit,
of the future, the Republican part.
declares for the principle that in thu
development and enjoyment o
wealth SO great and blessings 81
benign there shall be equal oppor
. tunity for all.
Revival of Business.
| Nothing so clearly demonstrates