Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-25

The Full Text of the Declaration of Principles
Adopted by the National Convention in Chicago.

Once more the Republican party. in ma
tionaI convention assembled, submits It's
cause to the people This great historic
organization, that destroyed slavery, pre-
served the Union, restored credit, expanded
the national domain, established Il sound
financial system, developed the industries
and resources OF the country and gave 10
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 it solved the old.
Under Roosevelt.
In this, the greatest era of American
advancement, the Republican party mas
reached its highest service under the lead
ership of Theodore Roosevelt. His admin
istration is an epoch in American history
In no other period since national sovereign
ty 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 American
people have found voice. Their most
exalted servant represents the best aims
and worthieSt purposes OF all his country
men. American manhood 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 prin-
ciples of political faith: capital and labor
have been brought into closer relations or
confidence and interdependence and the
abuse of wealth, the tyranny of power, and
all the evils of privilege and faYoritiSm
have been put to Scorn by the simple man
ly virtues of justice and fair play.
The great accomplishments of President
Roosevelt have been first and foremost
brave and impartial enforcement of the
law; the prosecution of illegal trusts ana
monopOlieS the exposure and punishment
of evil-doers in the public service; the
more effective regulation OF the rates and
service of the great transportation lines
the complete overthrow of preferences, re
bates and Determinations the arbitration
of labor disputes the amelioratiOn of the
condition of wage workers everywhere; the
conservation of the natural resources OF
the country; the forward step in the i'm
provement of the inland water ways; and
always the earnest support and defense OF
every wholesome safeguard which has made
more secure the guarantees 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 policies thus inaugurated, and pledge
their continuance under a Republican add
| ministration of the government.
Equality OF Opportunity.
Under the guidance of Republican princi-
| pies the American people have become the
| richest nation in the world. Our wealth to-
| day exceeds that of England and all her
| colonies, and that of France and Germany
! combined. When the Republican party was
| born the total wealth of the country was
| $4,000, 900. 1t has leaped to S11O,0OO,-
| O00 900 in Il generation, while Great Brit
ain has gathered but S600O0,OOO,OOO in
| 500 years. The United States now owns
| one-fourth of the worlds wealth and makes
one-third of all modern manufactured prod
ucts.
In the great necessities of civilization,
| such coal, the motive power of all ac-
tfrrftr thn OH of no NJ n -
| try; cotton, the staple foundation of all
| fabrics; wheat, corn and all the agricul-
| tural products that feed mankind, Amerl-
| cas- supremacy is undisputed. And yet her
touched. We have vast domain OF
| 100000 square miles, literally bursting
| with latent treasure, still waiting the
| magic of capital and industry to be con-
verted to the practical uses of mankind ;
| a country rich in soil and climate, in the
embarrassed energy of its rivers and in all
| the varied products of the field, the forest
| and the factory.
Revival of Business.
Nothing so clearly demonstrates the
| sound basis upon which our commercial in
dustrial and agricultural interests are
| founded, and the necessity of promoting the
| present and continued welfare through the
| operation of Republican policies, as the re-
] cent safe passage of the American people
through a financial disturbance which if ap-
| pearing in the midst of Democratic 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
| q complete restoration of business pros
| perity in all lines of trade, commerce and
| manufacturing.
| Recent Legislation.
Since the election of William Mckinley,
| In 1896, the people of this country have
| felt anew the wisdom of entrustinS to the
| Republican party through decisive n'aiori-
| ties the control and direction of national
| legislation.
The many wise and progressive measures
| adopted at recent sessions of Congress have
| demonstrated the patriotic resolve of Re
publican leadership in the legislative depart
ment to keep step in the forward march to
| better government.
Notwithstanding the indcfensible filibus-
| tering of a Democratic minority in the
| House of REPRESENTATIVES during the last
session many wholesome and progressive
! laws were enacted, and We especially com
mend the passage of the emergency cur
| rency bill, the appointment of the national
| monetary commission, the employers ana
| government liability laws the measures for
| the greater efficiency of the army and navy
the widows pension BILL the child labor
law for the District of Columbia the new
| statutes for the safety of railroad engineers
and fremen, and many other acts conserv-
| ing the public welfare.
Tariff Revision.
The Republican party declares unequivo-
| cally for a revision of the tariff by a spe-
| cial session of Congress Immediately follow
| ing the inauguration of the next President,
| and commends the steps already taken to
| this end in the work assigned to the appro-
| pirate committees of Congress which are
| now investiga ting the operation and effect
| of existing schedules.
| In all tariff legislation the true principle
| of protection is best maintained by the i'm
position of such duties as will equal the diff
| ference between the cost of production at
| home and abroad, together with reasonable
profit to American industries.
| We favor the establishment of maximum
| and minimum ties to be administered by
the President under limitations fixed in the
law. the maximum to be available to meet
determinations by foreign countries against
| American goods entering their markets. and
| the minimum TO represent the normal meas
ure of protection at home; the aim and
purpose of the Republican policy being not
| only to preserve, without excessive duties,
that security against foreign competition
to which American manufacturers, farmers
and producers are entitled, but also to main
tain the higher standard OF living of thewage
| earners of this country, who the most
direct beneficiaries of the protective system.
Between the United States and the Phil
ippines we believe in a free Interchange of
products with such limitations as to sugar
and tobacco as will afford adequate protec-
ton to domestic interests.
Currency Reform.
We approve the emergency measures
adopted by the government during the re-
cent financial disturbance and especially
commend the passage by Congress at the
last session of the law designed to protect
| the country from a repetition of such strin-
| gency. The Republican party is committed
! to the development of permanent currency
| system. responding to our greater needs, and
| the appointment of the national monetary
commission by the present Congress which
will impartially investigate all proposed
methods insures the early realization OF this
! purpose.
The present currency laws have fully JUS
| titled their adoption, but expanding COM
| merce, a marvellous growth in wealth and
population. multiplying the centers of dis
| tribution. increasing the demand for move
| mcnt OF crops in the West and South, and
entaiIing periodic changes in monetary con-
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