Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
KEYNOTE IS SOUNDED
Temporary Chairman Burrows
Address at National Re-
publican Convention.
WHAT THE PARTY STANDS FOR
Revision of Customs Laws as Conditions
Make Necessary.
Resume of What the Republican Party
Has Accomplished Since the
Last National Conven-
ton Was Held.

Senator Burrows, Of Michigan, upon
taking the chair as temporary chairman
! of the national Republican convention at
Chicago, delivered the following address
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Con-
vention:
Another chapter in our national his
! tory under Republican administration is
soon to be concluded, and conforming to
party usage long established this con-
ventiOn Of $50 delegates and their alter.
mates, chosen by the Republican electOr-
ate from every state and territory within
the confines of the republic. meets in
this high council to submit the record Of
It's achievements TO the critical review
of the American people and make fresh
avoWal of its faith in the principles and
policies of the Republican uarty
The trainers Of the Federal cOnstitu-
ton wisely provided that all govern
mental power should be lodged with and
retained by the people, and that their
chosen representatives selected to adj.
minister the affairs Of government should
be vested with only a limited tenure OF
official life, and at regular and stated
periods render an account of their
stewardship to the rightfuI sovereign
to the end that the administration Of
public affairs through the instrument
tality Of individuals and parties, should
at all times conform to and reflect the
dominant judgment of the American
people.
To this end the constitutional term Of
the executive Office is limited to four
years, the senatorial TO six with third
of its membership subject to change ev-
cry two years. while the service of mem
bers of the national house of representa-
tiVes, the immediate and direct sponsors
of the people, is restricted to the brief
period of two years Thus in this free
representative government all power over
officials. parties, and policies rests at all
times with the supreme electorate con-
firming the declaration of Abraham Lin
coin that this is in fact a government
of the people, by the people, and for the
people"
In the approaching election a presi-
dent and vice-preSident of the United
States, full membership of the house
of representatives, consisting of 1893
members and delegates and thirty
United States senators from as many
different states are to be chosen. The
result, involving as it does the control
of both the executive and legislative
branches of the national government
with the opportunity for a change Of
parties and policies, is of transcendent
importance and far-reachfng conse-
quences, involving the states and the
nation.
in national convention submitted the
record of it's achievements to the Ameri-
can people, announced its policies for the
future, and, invoking continuance of
public favor, placed in nomination for
the office of president and Vice-president
of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt
and Charles w. Fairbanks who were
n Tho J,&f
popular vote of 7,623,4S5, a record un-
eNampled in the history of political
parties since the foundation of the gov
eminent, receiving the Endorsement of
thirty-two states out of the forty-fve,
with but thirteen in opposition
What the Party Has Done
In view of this Endorsement, it become
pertinent and opportune to inquire,
What has the Republican party done in
the last four years of governmental con-
trol-in many respects the most rerna rk-
able and brilliant in the history of the
party and the country-to forfeit public
confidence or create distrust in its ca
pacity for future administration? AL
though some untoward and unforeseen
conditions have beset the republic dur
ing the last four years, yet these have
been met and overcome with alacrity
and courage, and the country has march
eu steadily onward in its matchleSS
course of industrial triumphs The wise
and beneficient legislation of the Re
publican party during the long years
OF its ascendency and administration of
national affairs laid the foundation for
the public veal so securely that no dis
quieting condition, not even temporary
panic which necessarily touches the
handspring of all industrial life, could
arrest the country's resistless advance.
-
convention, four years ago, our popula-
ton has increased from S1h millions
to S71s millions, while millions of
immigrants from every quarter of the
globe have found welcome to our shores
and protection under our flag.
During the last four years our focks
and herds have increased in value from
1898 million dollars to 1881 millions
The value of our farm products from
5,917 millions to TAP millions.
The output of coal from 314 million
tons to 420 millions.
Our product of gold from IA millions
of dollars to 80 millions
The accumulation in savings banks
of ISIS million dollars in 1903 was aug
mented to 3,495 millions in 1907
The deposits in all banks in 1903
aggregating 1858 million dollars. reach
ed the fabulous sum of Is billions in
1907, an increase of 1886 million dollars
in four years
Two millions of spindles in our cotton
mills were added, and the domestic cot
ton used in our factories in 1907 amount
ed to over 5 million bales, as against
3,924,000 bales in 1908.
The importations of raw silk to sup
ply our mills increased from a little
over IS million pounds in 1903 to nearly
10 million pounds in 1907.
In spite of the disquieting conditions
incident to the regulation of rates on
interstate railroads, 20 thousand miles
of new trackage have been added in the
past four years.
The tonnage of vessels passing
through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal has
increased from 2S millions in 1908 to
"A millions in 1907.
The output of pig iron, the barometer
Of trade, in 1907 was 25,7S1, 900 tons
as against a little over s million tons
in 1903, and our exports of iron and
steel increased from S96,642. 600 in 1903
to $751;, 551 900 in 1907.
The cotton fabrics wrought in Ameri-
can mills from our domestic fiber con-
sumed in 1908 1924 million bales. while
in 1907 they required more than 5 mil
lions.
Our exports of manufactures advanced