Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
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. his brave and magnificent struggle for
. life Throughout his illness he has shown
; the same characteristics of faith. patience
; and courage as have marked his honorable
; career as a public man. l wish to take
this occasion to voice the sentiment OF
this convention by extending sympathy
. and love not only to our governor. but to
the wife who watches and cares unceas-
, ingly by his bedside.
1.-The laws of this state have often been
, taken as models for adoption in other
states, and lead in the advancement Of re-
) form. Our schools maintain the highest
, standard. Our credit is of the best. and our
bonds, even in London. the financial CEN
, ter of the world, rank with the consols
of great nations. During the civil war
Massachusetts did not avail herself OF
scrip. but pair her interest and principal
not in a deprecated currency. but in gold
coin. May she always maintain in all
her transactions the high standard which
she has invariably shown. especially dur
ing the trying years of the civil war.
The Issue Before the People.
1.-The issue before the people this COM
ing autumn is not whether we shall re-
turn to the conditions and methods of
few years ago. OF uncontrolled railroads
and unrestricted trusts-because there will
be and can be no backward step-but
whether the problems that confront US
shall be worked out by the party of free
silver, which means the deprecated dol
lar; the party that stands for government
ownership of railroads and its accompany
ing evils. with it's stupendous increase of
government employees: the party of prom
ises without fultillment; the party that
believes in state jurisdiction rather than
in federal: or whether these questions
shall be solved by the republican party,
the party of experience, the party with
definite purposes and successful achieve
ment the party that believes in federal
supervision Of railroads and securities
and in the enforcement of the laws on the
statute books without favor.
This is the problem which the people
must decide next November-which party,
under the leadership of the parties as they
now are. they will choose to work out
their salvation. and we appeal to all up
right and independent citizens. whatever
their party utilization in the past. to sup
port in the present the one party which
has both the announced purpose and the
assured power to correct the evils of
which there is just complaint while pre-
serving the good which it would be an
even worse evil to destroy
with an ever abiding faith in the peo-
pie in whom Lincoln never failed to be-
lfeve. l have every confidence that they
will choose the party that has been tried
had experience: the party whose leaders
have led the country to the heights of its
present success and advancement in gov
eminent for the people and by the people.
and which will continue the policies of
righteousness laid down by the President
when he hands over the reins of govern
ment to his republican successor next
March,"
The convention followed Mr.. Meyers
address with interest and applause was
frequent.
The report of the committee on resolu-
tons followed the close of Mr.. Meyers
speech.
The Platform.
) The platform opens with an expression
Of regret over the Illness Of Gov. Curtis
Guild, jr., and of hope that he may be
, shortly restored to health.
, I've believe the resolution says, "he
is fully qualified for higher honors, and
his nomination for Vice President would
, be gladly Endorsed by Massachusetts,.
, After declaring firm belief in the re-
publican party principles Of the last
thirty years. the resolutions continue:
; I'VE stand absolutely by the principles
or protection. but recognize that rates
changed and revised. We believe certain
existing schedules have become i'll suited
to present conditions. and that our able
. Massachusetts, delegation in Congress will
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. poets in securing speedily wise revision
. without abandoning the protective prin-
, ciple or destroying our industries or pau
; perizing American laborers''
1.-The Spanish war the platform says
thrust upon the country the determine
ton of greater International as we'll as
governmental questions. The republicans
. faced those questions with the same cour-
age with which they had faced hostile
. battle line. The peace. progress and pros
, perity exhibited in all our island indie
tendencies under the intelligent applica-
; ton Of those policies by the present re-
; publican administration are demonstra-
; tions Of their correctness
Unexampled Prosperity.
; Continuing. the platform says:
I'm the unexampled period Of prosperity
, witnessed during the term of the present
) national administration great questions of
the control or regulation of transported
facilities of capital and trust combna-
) lions and of monopolies sitting personal
enterprise arose for solution. They were
the old problems. but changed both In
kind and in degree by processes of social
and political evolution. 1t was demon
strated that in certain instances some
corporations and combinations were giving
unlawful privileges. and that competition
and individual enterprise we've being
crushed by fraudulent devices seeking
monopoly in trade. Then it was that
our repuDhcan fTeSluent III messages
to Congress and in public speeches of
matchless force called attention to in
stances of wrongdoing. and especially to
the evil tendencies which must be arrested
lest the social fabric be destroyed.
THE wrongdoer cried out and the people
were aroused. The President proved
himself in this emergency alert and
watchful. He applied old and true re-
publican principles to the solution of new
questions He announced with a voice
which carried to every part Of the re-
public that the powerful are not too strong
to be controlled, and that the weak are
not too insignificant to be protected by
the laws enacted to give equal oppOr-
tunity to all He saw the destiny OF
our country and he dared to go forward.
i At the opportune moment he led In the
work of constructing an interoceanic
canal.
Value Of Panama Canal.