The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

| from that party IN some import
Darticula-s We both. IL is Fu" UeNN
n mast aud n history. hut We treat THOSE
nossessIons very differently. they wish
10 keen their past protouhu s'Sl
We seek by all means 10 puotsu ~
10 the world II We reIer 10 49,. W.
Tory they charge IA with calumny W.
regard ours truthful and undlstorteu;
as our greatest glory To thr YOUTH Va
the country they say. Juuge US S",e
lv BY our undiscovered future: Ne
s.v. @Fead our record. Judge rs by our
mast and our present. and from these
learn what we are what we nave p.S''
and what We mean 10 De NessiN -
cries which have sounded from the UPS
Of those two parties during the iast
half century, on the one side STAY :
cry. secession. population OF the p ,aoe
lie debt. fiat money. free TRACE, -
silver. the overthrow or the courts anu
government ownership
.On-the- Republican side-"tree sou,
free men. the Union. the paNmeht "l
the debt. honest money prote'lloh "a
| American industry. the gold sthnuH. :.
The maintenance OF law. OF order ana
OF the courts and the government reg
ulation o. great corporations me orc
shibholeths ~ the Democrats ar. '1 1sA
the epitaphs OF policies which are dead
and damned Pie battle cries OF w
| Republicans hyh-e been the watchworas
| OF great caus9s.
Peril of Fiuanciering.
In these latest years as In the mos
tons In the process OF development
a point was reached where the country
was confronted by situation uloEe
perilous than any II mas ever iseeo , al
cent In the civil war. and we kepuDIl f,
cans were therefore Obliged 10 uehI
with problems OF the most compleN
and difficult character. To our hohot
he IL said we have not shrunk from the
task I have spoken OF the seriousness
of the situation with which the coun
try was confronted. Changed econoInic
conditions have In turn affected pro-
foundly society and politics. They nave
led among other things. 10 combina =
tions OF capital and labor on scare
and with a power never before WIZ
messed. The social and poutieal proo-
lens thus created are wholly new
sfruur~- Of Mammoth EaTtnnea---
Great Individual fortunes and rich
men are IL IS true. as old as recorded
history Yet II is none the less true
that the same things today present
questions different in kind as well as
In degree from their predecessors
II Is the huge size OF private FOR.
lures the vast extent and power OF
modern combinations of capital, made
possiLie by present conditions. which
have brought upon Us In these later
years problems portentous In their pos
sibilities and threatening not only our
social and political welfare. but even
our personal freedom. IL they are not
boldly met and wisely solved.
The great body OF the American peo-
pie. neither very. rich nor very poor
the-honest. the thrifty. the hardwork-
ing the men and women who earn ana
zara-haxa- nn-hase- no fanatic
hatred of wealth. whether individual
or corporate. II It has been honestly
gained
But this great body OF our people
began to observe with deep alarm the
recent manifestations OF the new econ
omtc conditions More and more they
came to believe that these vast for
tunes were formed and built up by
tortuous and dishonest means. they
began TO fear that political power was
being reft from their hands and put
into the possession of the money hold =
ers To those who looked beneath the
surface an ominous unrest was appar-
emit The violent counsels OF violent
men. who aimed at the destruction of
property and the overthrow Of law, be-
gan 10 b. heard and hardened TO. The
great order loving. Industrious masses
OF the American people turned away
from these advocates OF violence. but.
at the same time. demanded that their
government should give them. in law
ful and reasonable ways. the protec ,,
tion TO which they We're entitled
against the dangers they Justly appre-
hended
The great duty OF fulfilling these
righteous demands. like all the great
public services OF the last half century.
was imposed upon the Republican party
and IL has not hinched from the burden.
The preslien. has enforced the laws
as ne tohnI mem on tne stdluNt ppphS.
For this performance or his swof n
duty he has baen bitterly attacked
But the work has not ceased with
the enforcement OF existing laws A
Republican congress and Republican
president have placed new laws upon
the statute hooks. designed to carry out
the Republican policy OF government
regulation in safe. reasonable ana
effective manner. The Elkins law. aim
cd at preferential rebates, which have
been the curse OF our transportation
and our business: the railroad rate law,
which made the supervision OF rail-
roads more effective. and the pure food
law which has been In the highest de-
gree hene1cent tothe masses of our
people. are all monuments of the policy
and the labors OF the Republican party.
RooseveIt's Retirement.
The president who has led his party
and the people in this great work re-
tires. by his own determination. from
his high office on the 4th Of March
next. His refusal OF denomination:
dictated by the loftiest motives and
by noble loyalty TO American tradi-
lions Is final and irrevocable. Any
one who attempts TO use his name as
candidate for the presidency impugns
both his sincerity and his good faith.
two Of the presidents greatest and
most CONSPICUOUS qualities upon which
no shadow has ever been cast.
We appeal for votes and for the pow
err they confer because we uphold the
| presidents policies and shall continue
| TO sustain them We make our appeal
with confidence because we have well
defined policy and are not like our
| opponents fumbling in the dark to find
some opinion on something.
We believe In the maintenance OF
/ law and order and I'm the support OF the
courts In all their rights and dignity.
| We believe In equal rights for all men
and arc opposed TO special privileges
/ for any man. or any class OF men. high
or low, rich or poor We, who estab-
! lished the gold standard. are pledged
/ to the cause OF sound finance We
| stand for protection to American in
iustTy and Americal labor. and we will
| resist all he assaults Of free trade
\ under whatever name II comes dis
guised. We will see to the defense OF
tire country. We mean TO have a navy
worthy CT the American name We
seek peace and friendship with all ma
| ttons. but alliance with none. Yet
We have no intention OF being her
/ init nation" The great services OF
the president TO the worlds peace will
he continued by the party which he
has led. We are a party nt TO rule and
| govern. 20 leelslate and administer. and
not "A fortuitous collection OF atoms
whose Oniv form or thought or motion
/ our traditions and 10 our past--true
now as We were In the days OF Lin
coin.
In this spirit we must prevail-by
this sign we must conquer
STATE BUYERS GATHER.