Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-27

lands, and scorned to insult labor with
an illusory promise of immunity from
law. Yet it passed the pure food law
and the employers liability law, secur-
ed equal accommodations on railroads,
aided agriculture, created the civil
service, established free rural mail
delivery, reduced foreign postage and
increased pensions Continuing natur-
ally marked-out progress, it will keep
its pledges of tariff REIMBURSEMENT, cur
rency reform and development of the
merchant marine, and make the Unit
ed States the financial center of the
world.
III. The Constructive Party-It Organ.
ICES the National Will.
In the evolution by which party gov
eminent has become the eXtra-consti-
tutional method of securing response,
bility to the people, the Republican
party has become their traditional
representative and the Democratic
party the organized aspiration of indi'
viduals for power without responsible
ity. Fairly tried, from 1893 to 1895,
the two Democratic houses and the
Democratic president we're a wild
team and a helpless driver. Democ-
racy agitates local differences, Repub
licanism organizes the national idea
In 1863 the people were committed to
the cause of human liberty; the idea
of Liberty and Union" expanded for
the first time into the reality of the
American nation.
In 1879 money was committed to a
specie basis; specie was at once, until
1893, no longer sought, and govern
ment bonds went to premium at the
reduced rate of interest. In 1896 bust
ness men were again committed to
confidence; before single statute was
enacted prosperity set in and in ten
years bank deposits almost trebled-
a permanent gain which the recent
panic, Estate of mind now com
pletely dispelled, scarcely touched. In
1906 business was committed to fair
methods; without compulsion viola
tions largely ceased.
The Republican party at each per
iod, sounded the public conscience, felt
the national pulse, framed it's policies
in response and realized in law the
dominant American idea. It's construc
tive past assures its constructive FIJI
Lul z. II 10 IOudy IL div avs DCCu
''The Party Fit to Govern"
w. The Party of Statesmen.
The party Of craftsmanship, it has
been the training school of statesmen
It's policies have been forged in the
heat of public discussion, tempered IL
the deliberation and shaped in the
conflict of many trained minds, anG
drawn and finally wrought for the
country's welfare Dominating its
members through principles, 1t assures
unity in government; its staunchest
partisans have made the greatest con
tributions to national progress. The
roster of its leaders Is the nationa
roll Of honor Of public service.
v. Taft and Sherman Constructive
Candldates-A Constructive Platform
Republicanism stands today for pro
gressive policies in safe hands. B.
solving the constructive problems o
world power in the last two admins
trations, William H. Taft taught the
world our capacity and us his own. Ir
all constructive legislation for twenty
years James S. Sherman has been {
leader. In the records of the Republi
can candidates as we'll as in the plat
form are written the story Of the ma
tons progress and the reliance o.
| the future.
A Democratic president or Dem
ocratic house would turn back those
pages; thereafter Organism would rec
ord Destruction" This the Republi
can senate could not prevent. Under
Taft and Sherman and Republican
congress the great progress of the
past will be held and the greater pro
| gress of the future will be assured.