La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
WHY THE REPUB-
LICANS SHOULD VIII.
Prize Essay BY Frank Hsndrick.
1.-The Party Of Expan.io.-

1.-The Party Of Expaasioa-
The Republican party was founded
upon the principle that this government
WAS established to protect for all times
the rights and opportunities OF every
Individual from abridgment- That prin-
ciple II has successfully maintained.
Through the Civil War II consecrated
a reunited country to free and equal
American citizenship II has kept the
channels Of Interstate Commerce open
for all and. through the national BANK
Ing system. the refunding OF the M
tional debt. resumption OF specie pay
ments. the gold standard and the
emergency currency law. has sustained
the life current of national integrity.
Az trustee OF the national wealth. II
has Investigated mineral regions. sur
veyed soils, developed waterways, In
Guiding the Panama Canal. Ryssated
deserts. conserved watersheds, nd hus.
banded the public lands. Protesting
American labor by regulating immigra-
tion and by taking at the custom house.
TO pay American taxes. foreign capitals
advantage from low wages, II has pre-
served to American industries the home
market OF eighty millions OF the world,
greatest consumers and 10 aid tAe
surext basis for American competition
in foreign mnrkets- Uniting capital and
labor. thus, In common Prosperity
and common source of Increased re
ward, it has created opportunities, I'm
proved conditions OF employment.
brought about higher standard Of
living. and more widespread distribu-
tion Of wealth and well-being. and
made expansion moral as well as ma
terial.
intrusted with insular possessions, 1t
has brought them peace and progfeD,
and provided for the extension and
protection OF American trade, for the
national defense. and for the honorable
discharge of the responsibilities Of
world greatness Maintaining peace at
home, with foreign nations and among
them. It has given American rights and
American opportunities new meaning
throughout the nation and throughout
the world,
n-rA. Party Of rrsGre.s a.d Pfss-
DeRtfy.
Promising progress and prosperity. It
has been politically sincere. 1t has
never had a candidate Of section,
prejudice, or class, nor platform Of
negntion, scheme Of repudiation. pro
gram OF scuttie, or doctrine OF despair.
1t has never lent itself to demand for
revolution, to be followed BY reaction
and retrogression, It has stood firm for
evolution by constant, steady and en-
during progress. Finding trusts. giant
born, nourishins under supposed con
nict OF state and national law, tn
double prohibition Of existence servinG
but to foster their Development, it ~
never, In an attempt to destroy trusts,
withdrawu, in state or nation, the pro.
lection Of law from property, but has
through executive investigation and ~.
sort to the courts, resolved the cua'
dict which had sflenced Law and give
trusts existence.
1t has never proposed to advanel
American workingmen and Americnx
| institutions By banishing American u
dustries and building up those OF otNss
Lands. and scorned to insult labor win
an ilfusory promise Of immunity frou
Law. Yet II passed the pure food IeN
| and tie employer liability law, =
cured equal Accommodation on ran
ruads. aided agriculture, created II
eivfl service. established free rusa
nail delivery, reduced foreign postaon
and ineFeased pensions- CootinulnI
naturally marked-out progress. it IN