The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
Jsstify Republican Party n Asking
Voters to Keep Il In Control.
1>deemed Platform Pledges; Main
tanned Prosperity; Developed
Commerce; Protected Labor.

COASAOA VA VA1O u - SA~
First, the promptness with which 1t has
fulfilled the pledges Of its platform
upon which It 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 fulfllment of those pledges.
third, the evidence which that pros
perity furnishes Of the fallacy Of tine
principles offered by the opposing par
ties In 1896, and still supported by
them and, fourth, the advantages to
our country, our commerce. and u
people in the extension of area, com
merce, and international influence
which have Unexpectedly come as an
incident of the fulfllment Of n Of
the important pledges of the platform
of 1896, and with it the opportunity for
benefiting the people of the territory
affected."-From the Republican Cam
paign 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
lions strengthened and enforced: pros
perity established; commerce devel-
oped; labor protected and given ample
employment and reward: intelligence,
prosperity and good government estab-
llshed in distant islands and the flag
Of the United States made the emblem
Of honor In every part of the world.
Opposed ~ Democracy.
All Of these great accomplishments
have been the work Of the Republican
party. In each of them It has met
the encouragement, the opposition, and
the hostilities Of the Democracy. The
protective tariff was fought at every
step, and denounced by the platform OF
the Democrats al q robbery" The act
establishing the gold standard was op
posed and the Democratic vote cast al
most solidly against It, and that party
In it, conventions and platforms Of
IVA and 1908 deliberately refused tt
retract In the slightest degree its ad
vocacy Of the free and unlimited coin
are Of silver. In the wal for the free
dom Of Cuba, the work Of the Republi
cans was met with harsh criticism. II
tho efforts to establish peace and goot
government in the newly acquired ter
rit0ry, each step met with Opposition
and false charges and with the demant
that the territ0ry and Its millions o
people b abandoned to internal strif,
Or control BY q monarchial government
The requirement Of the right to con
otruct the Panama Canal was met witt
onoooltion- and obstruction. The en-
horcomont Of law against trusts AM
ether great corporations wa denounced
- tn1lfective and designed to decety,
~ public. The establishment Of rura
FREE delivery was discouraged. Th,
splendid prosperity which followed th'
restoration Of the protective tariff wa,
lecriod and denounced - fictitious ans
temporary, and n attempt made t.
Nv the SEEDS Of dissatisfaction and
liscord among the people BY complaint
of the higher cost Of food which caln'
q The natural results Of the increased
dsmand accompanying general pros
perIty and high wages.
It Ii upon the evidence Of the past
twelve years, evidence that the Repl5lt
can party 10 ! party Of progress, and
the Democracy q party Of inactiou. re-
fardment, and fault-finding. that the
Republican party again Confidently MP
ponlG 1cr public support In the Prcsi.
6ential and Congressional elections OF
100.
sent1nsat TAat WIN Live.
Jndcs s1sft;s Il do not care Tor the
Presidency X Il has t. come BY COM
promlao with senator Foraker or any
BODY - a : matter OF principle" i
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