Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-06-23


Once more the Republican party,
In national convention assembled, sub
mits its cause to the people. This
great historic organization that de-
stroyed slavery, preserved the union,
restored credit. expanded the national
domain, established sound financial
system, developed the Industries and
resources of the country and gave to
the nation her seat of honor in the
councils Of the world now meets the
new problems of government. with the
same courage and capacity with which
1t solved the old
In this the greatest era of Ameri-
can advancement the Republican par
ty has reached it's highest service un-
der the leadership of Theodore Roose-
veit. His administration is an epoch
in American history. In no other per-
iod since national sovereignty was
won under Washington, or preserved
under Lincoln, has there been such
mighty progress in those ideals Of
government which make for justice,
equality and fair dealing among men.
The highest aspirations of the Ameri-
can people have found voice. Their
most exalted servant represents the
best aims and worthiest purposes Of
all his countrymen American man
hood has been lifted to nobler sense
of duty and obligation. Conscience
and courage in public station and
higher standards of right and wrong
in private life have become cardinal
principles of political faith: capital
and labor have been brought into
closer relations of confidence and in
terdependence; and the abuse of
wealth, the tyranny of power and all
the evils of privilege, and favoritism
have been put to scorn by the simple
manly virtues of justice and fair
play.
Laws Are Fully Enforced.
The great accomplishments of
President Roosevelt have been, first
and foremost, brave and impartial
enforcement of the law, the prosecu-
tion of illegal trusts and monopolies,
the exposure and punishment of evil
doors in the public service, the more
effective regulation Of the rates and
service of the great transportation
lines, the complete overthrow of pref
erences, rebates and determinations
the arbitration Of labor disputes, the
amelioration of the condition OF wage
workers everywhere, the conservation
of the natural resources of the coun-
try, the forward step in the improve
ment Of the inland water ways, and
always the earnest support and de.
fense Of every wholesome safeguard
which has made more secure the guar
antics of life, liberty and property
"These are the achievements that
will make for Theodore Roosevelt his
place in history, but more than all
else the great things he has done will
be an inspiration to those who have
yet greater things to do We declare
our unfaltering adherence to the pol
icies thus inaugurated and pledge
their continuance under q Republican
Nation Richest in World.
s'Under the guidance of Republican
principles the American people have
become the richest nation in the
world. Our wealth today exceeds that
of England and all her colonies and
that of France and Germany combin-
ed. When the Republican party was
born the total wealth of the country
was s16,000,000,000. 1t has leaped to
$110, ,000,000,000 in generation, while
Great Britain has gathered but $50,
O0O,000,000 in 500 years. The United
States now owns one-fourth of the
worlds wealth and makes one-third Of
all modern manufactured products. In
the great necessities of civilization,
such as coal, the motive power of all
activity; iron, the chief basis of all
industry cotton, the staple founda-
tion of all fabrics; wheat, corn and all
of the agricultural products that feed
mankind. Americans supremacy is
undisputed. And yet her great natur-
al wealth has been scarcely touched.
We have vast domain of 5000 900
square miles, literally bursting with
latent treasure, still waiting the magic
of capital and industry to be convert
ed to the practical uses Of mankind;
a country rich in soil and climate, in
the Embarrassed energy of it's rivers
and in all the varied products of the
field, the forest and the factory. With
gratitude for Gods bounty, with pride
in the splendid productiveness of the
past, and with confidence in the plen-
ry and prosperity of the future, the
Republican party declares for the priD'
ciple that in the development and en-
joyment of wealth so great and bless
ings so benign there shall be equal
opportunity for all.
Nothing so clearly demonstrates
the sound basis upon which our com
mercial, industrial and agricultural in
terests are founded, and the neces-
sity of promoting the present contin-
ued welfare through the operation Of
Republican policies, as the recent safe
passage of the American people
through financial disturbance which,
If appearing in the midst of Demo-
cratic rule or the menace of it, might
have equaled the familiar Democratic
panics Of the past. We congratulate
the people upon this renewed evidence
of American supremacy and hail with
confidence the signs now manifest of
a complete restoration of business
prosperity in all lines of trade, com
merce and manufacturing.
Since the election of William Nc
Kinley in 1896 the people of this coun-
try have felt anew the wisdom of in
trusting to the Republican party
through decisive majorities the control
end direction Of national legislation.
'The many wise and progressive