Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
which has been so wonderful for the last

which has been so wonderful for the last
twelve years.
THE question now for the people to
settle is whether the remedies which the
republican party has adopted and. is
carrying out under Theodore Roosevelt
shall be continued; whether the conf
dence which the public have in the re-
publican party and which the business
men have In the republican party. and
those who are willing to invest their cap
ital have in the republican party. shall
be availed of by the people OF this coun-
try in order to bring back the prosperity
that we have had; or whether we shall
turn over the government to party that
has been doing everything by turns and
nothing long that in 1896 proposed not a
revision OF the tariff. not any other
remedy, but to scale down our debts by
adopting q silver dollar that was worth
30 cents in order to bring about pros
perity which their leader said was i'm
possible.
HE said. you remember. that unless
we took free silver, wheat would go
down, and he did not have to live two
years before he saw that prophecy re-
pudiated by the facts.
I'VE went on and on in the face OF their
declaration of the necessity for such
remedy to the greatest prosperity ever
seen.
And so. in 1900. we were told that We
must have some remedy against iimper-
ialsm. We must avoid that destruction
to which the country was hurrying. be-
cause we were helping poor people
10000 miles away to get on their feet IN
order that they might gain the standard
of civilization And then again. in 1904.
we were treated to another chance to re-
strain Theodore Roosevelt because IL was
feared that he would become a tyrant In
this country and would usurp all leg1sia-
tive and judicial functions.
These are the remedies that we have
had proposed in the past And now we
are again threatened by this party under
v01d 0R sol n
of 1900 which claims that by new rem
edies. that by new nostrums they will
carry this country to prosperity.
Threat Against Prosperity.
.J ask Won business men. l ask you
farmers, 1 ask you wage earners whether
the election Of the present democratic
party under It's present leadership is not.
and if you do not feel in your hearts
that it is. a threat against prosperity.
with such a suggestion of new remedies
that will keep capital in the pockets OF
the investors and make worse the matt
in our prosperity that we now have.
Capital comes out with great caution.
We are now gradually feeling the return
of prosperity. Confidence Is a plant OF
slow growth, and in order to overcome
that you must continue to keep in power
that party that has conservatism on the
one hand and the progressive spirit on
the other, so that we shall avoid the
evils of regulation and not by destruction.
so that we shall encourage capital to
come, that the wage earners may nave
full time and full wages. in order that the
farmers may have markets. in order that
the business man may have business.
My friends. ladies and gentlemen, l
cannot go into details of the issues, but
upon this platform principle l ask your
support of the republican ticket. to wit:
That if at the November election you re-
cord your vote in favor of the republican
party you will assure to every one a
progressive and conservative course and
gradually returning prosperity. If you
commit it to the democratic party no one
knows. and say it advisedly. what will
happen. And with such doubt Of the
future you can be sure that business
VII remain at the halt at which it has
been during the last three or four
months
What Mr. Taft said received applause
the first evidence of which was when the
speaker mentioned President Roosevelt's
name.