The Globe-republican., 1908-09-17

keep its pledges Of tariff REIMBURSEMENT
currency reform and development Of
the merchant marine, and make the
United States the financial center as
it has made it the Industrial center
of the world.
III.-The Constructive Party-It Or
ganizes the National Will.
In the evolution by which party gov
eminent has become the extra constitu-
tional method Of securing responsibility
to the people, the Republican party has
become their traditional representative
and the Democratic party the organized
aspiration of individuals for power
without responsibility. Fairly tried,
from 1893 to 1895, the two Democratic
houses and the Democratic President
were wild team" and helpless
driver. Democracy agitates local diff
ferences, Republicanism organizes the
national idea. In 1853 the people were
committed to the cause of human lib
erty; the idea Of Liberty and Union"
expanded for the first time into the
reality of the American nation.
In 1879 money was committed to
specie basis; specie was at once, until
1893, no longer sought, and government
bonds went to a premium at the re-
duced rate Of interest. In 1896 bust
ness men were again committed to con.
fidence; before a single statute was en-
acted prosperity set in and in ten years
bank deposits almost trebled--a per-
manem gain which the recent panic, a
state Of mind" now completely dis
PEELED, scarcely touched. In 1906 bust
ness was committed to fair methods
without compulsion violations largely
ceased.
The Republican party, at each period,
sounded the public conscience, felt the
pulse, framed its policies in
and realized in law the domi- |
nant American idea. Its constructive
past assures its constructive future. 1t |
is to-day as it always has been, "The
Party Fit to Govern"
IV.-The Party of Statesmen.
The party of craftsmanship, it has
been the training school of statesmen.
Its policies have been forged in the
leat Of public discussion, tempered in
he elaboration and shaped in the con-
ilct Of many trained minds, and drawn
md finally wrought for the country's
Welfare. Dominating its members
through principles, it assures unity in
government; Its staunchest partisans
lave made the greatest contributions to
lational progress. The roster of its
eaders is the national roll OF honor of
ublic service.
Taft and Sherman Constructive
Candidates-A Constructive
Platform.
Republicanism stands to-day for pro-
resslve policies in safe hands BY
diving the constructive problems of
7orld power in the last two admins
'ations, William II. Taft taught the
ord our capacity and us his own. In
Il constructive legislation for twenty
ears James S. Sherman has been a ,
ader. In the records of the Repub- :
can candidates as well as in the plat
,rm are written the story of the ma ,
on's progress and the reliance of the ;
lture. :
A Democratic President or a Demo-
attic house would turn back those .
lges; thereafter Organism would re- E
I'D Destruction" This the Republi- =
n Senate could not prevent. Under =
aft and Sherman and Republican :
)ngress the great progress of the past y
III be held and the greater progress of
o future will be assured
David B. Hill has pledged his sup a
rf IN Rrvau hut hn will t1pd n ,aoaC a