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one .of perfdy and dishonor, and
brought harm to our country and dis
aster to U people.
citnqs to Free Trade.
COMPARING the varioua platforms Oh
he democratic parry for tho last half
.entury, ~ end that It ..,Hs ching 10
out one pcncy or principle. aid that
is free trade. rhe ,,ollcy has i've"
through all the varying as Ire
ne issue shgt has leen taken NJ zId
not abandoned. l think 1t was Ecnry
.yatterso1i who sand Lat. the demo
cratic party Is " frse trade party Or II
Is nothing ami Ger a'aiy IN the lisnt
Of hist 40 one can dispute that
statement. 1t Is as strongly the
one as 1t Is apparently the other. )
Enacted only One Law.
"Analyxing briefly what the demo-
cratic rarty has stood for during the
past thirty years, and what 1t has done
or attempted to do. we find that 1t has
preserved only n doctrine, a tarfn
for revenue only, or free trade. and
that It has put on our statute books
only one law, and that as near a free
trade law as 1t was possible to get
through both houses OF congress. That
in a nutshell is the democratic record
and the democratic character.
Republican Record Of Accomplishment.
NO need to analyze the various plat,
forms adopted by the republican party
during these same years to ascertain
fol what 1t has stood. We can take up
the record of accomplishments. We
leave not only what has been aivocat-
ed. but what has been done. We
find that as consistently as the demo
cratic party has advocated free trade,
just SO consistently and persistently
has the republican rarty advocated
protection"
Some Benificient Laws.
Mr.. Sherman here enumerated re
sumption of specie payments, h gold
s andard. free rural delivery, the rail
road rate law, the department of agri
culture. the pure food law, the mea
inspection law and many other &C
complishments of the republicans as
conf. ituting a great record, and then
/. promised his hearers that "in coming
years the republican party will inaus
urate a postal savings bank system.
Watchword Of Party.
In every department Of u govern
uent,. he added, the watchword OIL
republican statemen in legislative
t and executive positions is onward, up
ward.
), Proud Of Party's Record.
We are proud of our record for the
last half century; especially proud t.
point to the record OF the party undel
n President Roosevelt. Our platform
and our candidate pledge the party, II
, further granted power, to continue the
record Of that party. The record which
Theodore Roosevelt has made is a re
publican record. We will carry oui
these policies which are for the besi
good of the greatest number of our
people, even those Of future genera
/. tons as we'll as the the present.
Taft's Policies Also.
"In,his recent letter to Col. Kohrs
: Of Montana, Mr.. Roosevelt declared
that Mr.. Taft has done no less thar
: he to construct those policies. They
are not Roosevelt's policies alone
hey are Tafs's policies as we'll. Aye
hey are even more. they are the poll
, cies of the republican party.
VIII Keep Party Pledge.
Il shall not, gentlemen. further take
up an particular issues oil this cam
paign. l will say that if the party Is
successful in November, as l believe
it will be and know 1t should be, our
pledge to revise the tariff. to revise
it a ong protection lines, will be kept
to the letter. SIR. Taft will e to II
that, SO far as within his power the
policies of President Roosevelt will be
continued in a spirit of fairness, jus
lice and equity to. all men and to all
interests.
Prominent Issue Of Campaign.
II believe that the confidence in
business circles which is needed at
his time, and will be needed for the
coming years. can only be had through
he election Of a republican majority
n the next house of representa- evs.
That Is the paramount issue OF the
campaign, and when that issue is de-
cided in November the people will
rule as they always have ruled"