Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16
Republican Platform

(REvIsED TO SUIT ALL CoMERs.l
LIFE
We, the party in power, do hereby
declare the following as being our
combined sentiments:
In the first place, we would respect
fully call attention to our great re-
cord, which includes saving thelUnion,
keeping Hartman out Of jail, freeing
the slaves, driving the wolf from
Andrew Carnegie's door and caring for
our noble and needy veterans Of the
late war, including their friends and
relatives, wives, grandchildren aud
other distant connections. Also, our
upholding of the gold standard, thus
enabling Wall Street to keep up its
credit, and our disinterested efforts
in behalf of the laboring man, who, II
he votes our way, will surely get a
good job some time or other after the
campaign is over.
We are In favor Of spelling reform,
not because it isn't all right in itself,
but also because 1t would .necessitate
new type, thus helping out one Of
our most important industrie, namely,
the writing Of the best sellers.
We cannot deprecate too strongly the
open acceptance Of funds for campaign
purpose from our leading friends and
fnanciers, who, under mistaken zeal
| In a good cause, have In the past
handed us their money, and we can
not accept any such contributions this
year in any such brazen manner II
anything like that is done, remember
that we don't know i6. In the words
Of scripture (which we are glad to have
an opportunity Of quoting right herel
Let not your right hand know what
Iyour left had is doing. Our treasurer's
home and back.door address sent
on application.
We hereby promise to take up the
tariff question aud discuss 1t OCCASION
ally during the next four years when
there is nothing else to do.
Our navy, now almost equal to none
will be still further enlarged. The
gradual disuse of some Of our principal
ferris will enable us, at a small cost,
to make several important additions
to the list Of our battleships and fast
lcruisers. In conformity with our US
ual custom Of namingthese ships aftel
our national ideals, they will be called
the Hoboken, Welner Wurst, Pass
over, Shamrock, and so on.
We believe thoroughly In the liberty
| of the press, and shall continue to buy
UP only enough newspapers In the
large cities that the great mass OF
people may not be misied by the
scurrilous cartoons and slurs OF tn
enemy.
A suitable currency bill will short
lily be introduced into Congress, which
will make 1T unnecessary, in times %
, panic, for Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Rockefelle
and other of our patriotic citizens t
imperil their, fortunes to help US Out
The authors copyright question will
be, as usual, agitated during our tern
lof office. Any settlement OF thi
9 question would be distinctly detr
I mental to our policy,
And, in conclusion, II we are ono
Imore given the sacred trust (of which
d of course, there can he no possibl
doubt, we shall see that all corpol
ations and combines are kept In thei
places, the laws are properly and REG
ularly referred to In our editorial co
umns, and that our next Congrei
spends only about double what th
estimates call for.
- Done with the consent and goo
fellowship Of Thomas Ryan, And
lCarnegie and ]. r. Morgan, at Chicag
etc, etc.
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