Arizona republican., 1908-08-19

therefore. will offer every encourage ment to the thrift, industry and intell- ] gence that will better their prospect of 1 higher attainment.
 | I believe in the maintenance of such an army, the upbuilding of such | a navy as will be the guarantee of | the protection of American citizens. 1 and American interests everywhere, and an omen of peace; that at every | exposed point We may be so fortified | that no power on earth may be tempt | ed to molest us. I believe in the resto-
 ration of the American merchant ma rine and in rendering whatever finan- 1 cial aid may be necessary to accomp- l fish this purpose.
 l approve the movement for the con- l servation of our natural resources; the fostering of friendly foreign rela-
 tions; the enforcement of our civil ser vice law, and the enactment of such statutes as will more securely and more effectively preserve the public health.
 Our platform, as it should do. pledges adherence to the policies of President Roosevelt; promises to con- tinue the work inaugurated during his administration, to insure to persons
 and property every proper safeguard and all necessary strengthening of administrative methods will be pro-
 vided to furnish efficient inspection
 of every injustice, discrimination and l have not touched upon every plank of our splendid platform, but l reiterate my full and unqualified approval of it's every promise.
 l emphasize as my party's creed and my faith that in legislation and administration favor should be eX- tended to no class, no sect. no race, no section as opposed to another. To foster class hatred, to foster discon- tent, is un-republican and un-Ameri- can. Our party stands on the declar- ation that all men are created with equal rights and it will have no part in the enactment or execution of any law that does not apply alike to all good American citizens; whatever their calling or wherever they live. It will allow no man in our land to have advantage in law over any oth- CT man. It offers no safeguard to capital that is not guaranteed to la boI- no lIolttlloH 10 lllt NOI that is not insured to his employer It would offer to each and to both in pursuit of health and happiness and prosperity every possible advan- tage.
 The work that has been given the republican party to do has been of immense importance. Much of that work has been fully accomplish ed; some has yet to be completed. Republican declarations once in our platform and no longer there, are omitted because they have become accomplished facts. On the other hand, democratic declarations have been abandoned because the voters have pronounced them to be unwise and unsafe and unsuited to our times and our country.
 Shall the people rule?" is declared by the democratic platform and can didate to be the overshadowing is sue now under discussion" It is no issue. Surely the people shall rule, surely the people have ruled; surely the people do rule. No party rules. The party, commissioned by the peo- pie, is simply the instrument to exc cute the peoples will, and from that party which does not obey their eX- pressed will or which lacks the wis dom to lead successfully. the people win withdraw their commission.
 For half a century, with but two exceptions, the people have commis- stoned the republican party to ad- minister the national government: commissioned it because its declared .g,.T- .V judgment; commissioned it because the common sense of the American people scented danger in democratic policies. Ours always has been. al ways must be, a government of the people. That party will. after March next, execute old laws and enact new ones as in November it is com missioned by the people to do. That commission will be from an untram- meled American electorate. Shame on the party which, shame on the candidate who insults the American people by suggestion or declaration that a majority of it's electorate is venal. The American voter, with rare exception, in casting his ballot is guided by his best judgment, by his desire to conserve his own and the public veal.
 The overshadowing issue of the campaign really is: shall the admin istration of President Roosevelt be approved; shall a party of demon strated capacity in administrative affairs be continued in power, shall the reins of government be placed in experienced hands, or do the people prefer to trust their destinies to an aggregation of experimental malcon- tents and theorists, whose only claim to a history is a party name they pill fered
 With a record of four decades of wise legislation; two score years of