The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-15
FOUR GREAT FACTS.
Justify Republican Party In Asking
Voters to Keep II In Control.
Redeemed Platform Pledges; Main
tanned Prosperity; Developed
Commerce; Protected Labor.

"Four great facts seem to justify the
Republican party In asking the voters
Of the United States to continue 1t In
control of the affairs OF the government.
First, the promptness with which 1t 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
perlty furnishes OF the fallacy Of the
principles offered by the opposing par
ties In 1896, and still supported by
them and, fourth, the advantages to
u 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 fulfliment Of one Of
the important pledges of the platform
of 1896, and with 1t the opportunity for
beneiting the people OF the territory
affected. From the Republican Cam
palgn 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 a 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 DATED States. These assertions
made In the Textbook 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 a republic; the Pan
anna Canal assured under the sole
ownership and control Of the United
States a 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 flag
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 encouragement, the opposition, and
the hostllities Of the Democracy. The
protective tariff was fought at every
step, and denounced by the platform of
the Democrats as a robbery" The act
establishing the gold standard was OPP
posed and the Democratic vote cast al
most solidly against 1t, and hat party
In Its conventions and platforms of
1904 and 1908 deliberately refused to
retract In the slightest degree It's ad-
vocacy Of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver. In the war for the free
dom Of Cuba, the work of the Republi-
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-
forcement Of law against trusts and
other great corporations was denounced
as ineffective and designed to deceive
the public. The establishment of rural
free delivery was discouraged. The
splendid prosperity which followed the
restoration of the protective tariff was
decried and denounced as fictitious and
temporary, and an attempt made to
COW 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
twelve years, evidence that the Repr5li-
can party IL a party of progress. and
the Democracy a party Of inactiou, re-
tardment, and fault-inding, that the
Republican party again confidently ap,
peals for public support In the Presi
Dental and Congressional elections OF
1908.