Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-17
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
CAPTURES CONVENTION
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cratic party. WIN xne democratic
party. and with it alone, must the
comparison be made. We differ from
that party in some important partic
ulars. We both. 1t is true, have g
past and history, but we treat those
possessions very differently. The,
wish to keep their past a profound
secret. We seek by all means to pub.
lish ours to the world. II we refer
to their history. they charge us with
| calumny. We regard ours. truthful
and undistorted. as our greatest
glory. To the youth of the country
they say. Judge us solely by our un.
discovered future" We say. Read
our record; Judge by our past and
our present. and from these learn
what we are-what we have been
and what we mean to be-" Recall the
cries which have sounded from the
lips of these two parties during the
last half century. One the one side
slavery; secession; reputation OF
the public debt; fiat money; free
trade; free silver: the overthrow oil
the courts and government owner
shin.
On the republican side, free soil;
free men; the Union; the payment OF
the debt; honest money; protection
to American industry; the gold in
dustry; the maintenance of law, of
order and Of the courts, and the gov
eminent regulation of great corpora
lions.
The old. shiboleths of the demo-
Gratis are today the epitaphs Of poll
cies which are dead and damned.
They serve only to remind us of dan
gers escaped or to warn us of perils
to be Stunned. The battle cries of
the republicans have been the watch.
words of great causes. They tell of
victories won and triumps tasted
they are embodied in the laws and
mark the stepping stones by which
the republic has risen to ever greater
heights Of power and prosperity.
Concluding, he said:
The president, who has led his
party and the people in this great
work, retires, by his own determine
ton, from his high Office on the
fourth of March, next. His refusal
OF denomination, dictated by the
loftiest motives and by noble 10y
atty to American traditions, is final
and 1rrevOcable. Any one who at
tempts to use his name as candi-
date for the presidency impugns both
his sincerity and his good faith, two
of the presidents greatest and most
conspicuous qualities, upon which no
shadow has ever been cast That
man is no friend to Theodore Roose-
welt and does not cherish his name
and fame, who now, from any motive,
seeks to urge him as a candidate for
the great Office which he has finally
declined. The president has refused
what his countrymen would gladly
have given him; he says what he
means and means what he says, and
his party and his country will respect
his wishes as they honor his high
character and great public service.
But although the president retires.
he leaves his policies behind him. To
those policies the republican party
stands pledged. We must carry out
as we have begun. regardless alike Of
the radicals Of reaction and the radi-
calls of revolution. We must hold
fast to that which Is good and true
while we make the advances which
the times demand.
We ask for the confidence and sup
port Of the American people because
we have met the problems Of the day
and have tried patiently to solve
them. We appeal for votes and for
the mower they confer because we
uphold the presidents policies and
shall continue to sustain them. We
make our appeal with confidence. be-
cause we have a well-defined policy
and are not. like our opponents. fum-
bling in the dark to find some opin-
ion on something.
We believe in the maintenance of
law and order and In the support OF
the courts in all their rights and dig
nifty. We believe in equal rights for
all men, and are opposed to special
privileges for any man, or any class
of men, high or low, rich or poor.
We. who established the gold stan
dard. are pledged to the cause OF
sound finance. We stand for protec-
ton to American industry and Amer
lean labor. and we will resist all the
assaults of free trade, under what
ever name it comes disguised. We
will see to the defense of the coun-
try. We mean to have navy wor-
thy OF the American name. We seek
peace and friendship with al' the ma
lions, but alliance with none. Yet