The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-16
Justify Republican Party In Asking
Voters to Keep II In Control.
Redeemed Platform Pledges; Main
tanned Prosperity; Developed
Commerce; Protected Labor.


control Of the affairs of the government.
First. the promptness with which it has
fulfilled the pledges of its platform
upon which 1t successfully appealed to
the people in 1896; second, the pros
perity which has come to all classes
of our citizens with, and as a result
of, the fulfillment Of those pledges
third, the evidence which that pros
perity furnishes Of the fallacy of the
principles offered by tire opposing par.
ties in 1896. and still supported by
them; and, fourth, the advantages to
our country, our commerce, and our
people in the extension of area, com
merce. and international influence
which have Unexpectedly come as an
incident of the fultilment of one of
the important pledges OF the platform
Of 1896. and with 1t the opportunity for
benetiting the people OF the territory
affected."-From the Republican Cam
paign Textbook of 1900.
The above quotation from the open
ing pages of the Republican Campaign
Textbook of 1900 applies with equal
force to conditions in the present cam.
paign. The four great facts which
Justified the party in asking the sup
port of the public in 1900 were: First.
that Its pledges OF 1896 had been re-
deemed; second, that prosperity had
come as result third that develop
ments since 1896 had shown the fallacy
Of the principles upon which the Dem
ocracy then appealed for public sup
port and, fourth the conditions which
had come to other parts of the world
and their people as a result OF promises
fulfilled by the Republican party In
the United States. These assertions
made In the Text Book Of 1900 have
been fully justified by the added ex-
periences of another eight years. The
pledges of 1896 and those made in 1900
and 1904 have been redeemed. The |
protective tariff has been restored ;
the gold standard made permanent
Cuba freed, given independence, pro
tected from internal troubles and about |
to be again made republic; the Pan
ANA Canal assured under the sole
ownership and control OF the United
States Department of Commerce and |
Labor established; rural free delivery
given to millions of the agricultural
community; the laws for the proper |
regulation of trusts and great corpora
tions strengthened and enforced; pros
perity established; commerce devel- |
oped labor protected and given ample |
employment and reward; intelligence,
prosperity and good government estab-
lished in distant islands; and the dag |
Of the United States made the emblem |
Of honor In every part Of the world. |
Opposed By Democracy.
All of these great accomplishments |
have been the work Of the Republican |
party. In each Of them 1t has met !
the discouragement, the opposition, and
the hostilities of the Democracy. The
protective tariff was fought at every
step, and denounced by the platform of
the Democrats as robbery" The act
establishing the gold standard was op-
posed and the Democratic vote cast al
most solidly against 1t, and that party
in its conventions and platforms of
1904 and 1908 deliberately refused to
retract in the slightest degree Its ad-
vocacy of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver. In the war for the free
dom Of Cuba, the work Of the Republl-
cans was met with harsh criticism. In
the efforts to establish peace and good
government in the newly acquired ter
ritory. each step met with opposition
and false charges and with the demand
that the territory and its millions of
people be abandoned to Internal strife
or control by a monarchial government
The requirement Of the right to con-
struct the Panama Canal was met with
opposition and obstruction. The en-
forcenient of law against trusts and
other great corporations Was denounced
as ineffective and designed to deceive
the public. The establishment of rurnl
free delivery was discouraged. The
splendid prosperity which followed the
restoration Of the protective tarin was
temporary, and an attempt made to
SOW the seeds of dissatisfaction and
discord among the people by complaints
Of the higher cost of food which came
as the natural results OF the Increased
demand accompanying general pros
perity and high wages.
1t is upon the evidence of the past 4
twelve years, evidence that the Repr5li-
can party is party Of progress. and
the Democracy a party of inaction, re-
tardment. and faut-hnding. that the
Republican party again confidently NJ.
peals for public support In the Prcsi.
Dental and Congressional elections of
1905.
A Sentiment That VIII Live.