Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-16

prevail and the well-beng of the people
is being in every respect promoted and is
deserved.
In the Philippines instruction has been
suppressed. law established and life and
property made secure. Education and
practical experience are there advancing
the capacity Of the people for government,
and the policies Of Mckinley and Roose-
welt are leading the inhabitants step by
step to an evcr-increasing measure of
home rule.
Time has jutif1ed the selection Of the
Panama route for the great isthmian
canal. and events have shown the wisdom
Of securing full authority over the zone
through which it is to be built. The work
is now progressing with a rapidity and
energy far beyond expectation. and al
ready the realizat ton Of century's hopes
has come within the vision of the near
future.
The Parties Contrasted.
We call the attention of the American
people to the fact that none of the great
mea sucee lrere. advocated by. the republic
an party could be enacted and none of The
steps forEArh here proposed could be
taken under a,democratic administra tion
Or under one in which party responsibility
s divided. The tariff could not be re-
vised a permanent currency system could
not be established. the federal supervision
capital could not be extended. nor could
any of the new duties confronting the
country be performed by a party which Is
unable to agree within itself on any public
question. and Is unwilling TO cooperate
with party that can agree. The contin-
uance Of present policies therefore abso-
lutely requires the continuance In power
Of the party that believes in them and
that possesses the capacity to put them
into operation
Beyond platform declaration there are
funda mental differences between the re-
publican party and its chief opponent
which make the one worthy and the
other unworthy of public trust.
In history the difference between democ-
racy and republication is that the one
stood for secession. the other for the
Union: the one for slavery. the other for
freedom: the one for debased currency,
the other for pure currency: the one
for free SILVER. the other for sound money: :
the one for free trade, the other for pro-
lection: the one for the contraction of
American influence the other for it's ex-
pansion: the one has been forced to aban-
don every position taken on the great
questions before the people. the other has
held and vfndicated all.
In Sex perience the difference between the
democracy and republicanisn is that one
means adversely, while the other means
other means high: one means debt. the
other means confidence and thrift.
In. principle the difference between de-
mocracy and republicanism Is that one
stands for vacillation and timfdity in gov
eminent, the other for strength and pur-
pose: one stands for obstruction, the other
for constructions; one promises, the other
Performs one finds fault, the other finds
work.
Tendencies Of the Parties.
The present tendencies of the two par
ties are even more marked by inherent
differences. The trend of democracy is
toward socialism, while the republican
party stands. for wise and regulated, in
dividualism. Socialism would give to each
an equal right to take: republicanism
would give to each an equal right to earn.
sion. which would soon leave no one any
thing to possess. Republicanism would
give equality, of opportunity. which would
assure to each his share of the constantly
increasing store of possessions. In line
with this tendency. the democratic party
Of today believes in government owner
ship. while the republican party believes
IN government regulation. Ultimately de-
mOcracy would have the nation own the
people. while republicanism would have
the people own the nation.
Upon this platform of principles and
purposes ,reaHrming our adherence to
every republican doctrine proclaimed since
the birth of the party, We go before the
country. asking the support not only of
those who have acted with us heretofore,
but of all our fellow-citizens who, regard
the desire to maintain the policies. per-
petuate the blessings and make secure the
achievements OF a greater America.