Evening journal., 1908-09-03
WHY REPUBLICAN
PARTY SHOULD WIN.
New York Writer Says the
Party is One Of
Progress
CANDIDATES ARE
CONSTRUCTIVE

The following essay by Frank
Hendrick. of New York. was awarded
$3.50 by the Republican Congressional
Committee as the best article submitted
on the subject. why The Republican
Party Should be Successful in fio-
vember:
THE PARTY OF EXPANSION.
The Republican party was founded
upon the principle that this government
was established to protect for all times
the rights and opportunities of every
individual from abrdgrent. That prin
ciple It has successfully maintained.
Through the Civil Wax 1t consecrate
a reunited country to iree and equai
American citizenship. II has kept the
channels Of Interstate Commerce open
for all and. through the National
Banking System, the refunding of the
National Debt, Resumption of specie
payments, the Gold Standard aud the
Emergency Currency Law. has sustain
ed the life current Of national in
tegrity.
AS trustee OF the National wealth, st
las Investigated mineral regions, sur
veyed soils, developed waterways, in
cluding the Panama Canal. irrigated
deserts, conserved watersheds, and
husbanded the public lands Protect.
ing American labor by regulating I'm.
migration and by taking at the Custom
House, to pay American taxes. foreign
capitals advantage from low wages, it
has preserved TO American industries
the home market of eighty millions Of
the worlds greatest consumers and So
laid thes urest basis for American
competition in foreign markets. Unit
ing capital and labor. thus in COM
mon prosperity and common source of
increased reward, II has created oppor-
tunities. improved conditions of eri-
ployment brought about a higher
standard of living. and more wide.
spread distribution of wealth and we'll.
being. and made expansion moral as
. well as material
Intrusted with insular possessions. Il
has brought them peace and progress.
and provided for the extension and
protection Of American trade, for tho
National defense. and fcr the honor
able discharge Of the responsibilities of
world greatness. Mainhng peace at
home, with foreign nations and amoue
them, it has given American rights and
American opportunities new meaning
throughout the nation and throughout
the world
1.-THE PARTY OF PROGRESS
AND PROSPERITY.
Promising progress anil prosperity. it
has been politically siucere. It has
never had candidate of n section.
PREJUDICE, or class. nor platform OF
negation, scheme of reputation, pro-
gram of scuttle. or doctrine of despair
1t has never lent itself TO a demand
( for revolution. to be followed oy re-
| action and retrogression. it has stood
| firm for evolution by constant, steady
and enduring progress. Finding trusts
giant-born, flourishing under supposed
conflict Of State and National law, the
double prohibition Of existence serving
! but to foster their development, It has
never in an attempt to destroy trusts.
| Withdrawn, in state or Nation, tie
protection Of law from property, bur
has, through Executive investigation
and resort to the courts. resolved tho
conflict which silenced law and given
] trusts existence.
1t has never proposed to advance
American workingmen and American
institutions by banishing American in
oustries and building up those Of other
lands, and scorned TO insult labor with
an illusory promise of immunity from
law. Yet it passed the Pure Food Law
and the Employers Liability Law. So.
| cured equal accommodations on rail.
roads, aided agriculture, created tn.
Civil Service, established Free Rura
Mail Delivery, reduced foreign postage
and increased pensions. Cont,nuin.
naturally marked-out progress, it vii
keep its pledges Of Tariff readjustment
Currency Reform and development o
the Merchant Marine. and make tn
United States the financial centre as /
has made it the industrial centre Of tn,
world.