The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14
Justify Republican Party in Asking
Voters to Keep 1t in Control.
Redeemed Platform Pledges; Main
tanned Prosperity; Developed
Commerce; Protected Labor.

control of the affairs of the government.
First. the promptncSs with which ii has
fulfilled the pledges of its platform
upon which il successfully appealed to
the people in 1896; second, the pros
pc.ity which has come to all classes
of our citizens with. and as Il result
of. the fulfillment of those pledges
third, the evidence which thai pros
perity furnishes of the falacy ii the
principles offered by the opposing par
ties in 1896. and still supported by
them; and. fourth, the advantages to
our country, our commerce. and our
people in the extension of area, COM
merce, and international influence
which have unexpectedly come as an
incident OF the fuliilmcnt of one of
the important pledges of the platform
of 1896, and with it the opportunity for
benefiting the people of the territory
affected Prom the Republican Cam
paign Textbook of 1900.
The above quotation from the open
ing pages of the Republican Campaign
Textbook of 1900 applies with equal
force to conditions i'm the present cam
pnign. The four great facts which
justified the party in asking the sup
port of the public i'm 1900 were: First.
that its pledges of 1896 had been re.
deemed: second, that prosperity had
come as Il result. third. that develop
nlents since 1896 had shown the fal;lcv
of the principles upon which the Dem
ocracy then appealed for pubi, sup
port: and, fourth. tho conditions which
mad come TO other pa,,s of the world
and their people us !; result of promises
fulfilled by the Republican, party in
the United States. These assertions
made in the Textbook of 1900 have
been fully justified by the added eN
perlenceS of another eight years. The
pledges Of 1896 and those made in 1900
and 1904 have been redeemed The
protective tariff has been restored ;
the gold standard made permanent ;
Cuba freed. given independence, pro.
tected from internal troubles and about
to he again made Il republic: the Pan
ANA Canal assured under the sole
ownership and control OF the United
States; Department of Commerce and
Labor established; rural free delivery
given to millions of the agricultural
community; the laws for the proper
regulation OF trusts and great corpora
tons strengthened and enforced pros
perity established. commerce devel-
oped labor protected and given ample
employment and reward intelligence.
prosperity and good government cstab-
lished in distant islands and the flag
of the United States made the emblem
of honor in every part of the world
Opposed by Democracy.
All of these great accomplishments
have been the work of the Republican
party. In each of them it has met
the encouragement, the opposition and
the hostilitics of the Democracy The
protective tariff was fought at every
step, and denounced by the platform of
the Democrats as Il robbery The act
establishing the gold standard was OPP
posed and the Democratic Vote cast al
most Solidly against it. and that party
in its conventions and platforms of
1904 and 1908 deliberately refused to
retract in the slightest degree lis adj
vocacy OF the free and unlimited coin
age of silver. I'm the war for the free
dom of Cuba, the work of the Republic
cans was met with harsh criticism In
the efforts to establish peace and good
I'm, a.
ritOry each step met with opposition
and false charges and with the demand
that the territory and its millions of
people be abandoned to internal strife
or control by Il monarchia government.
The requirement of the right To con
struct the Panama Canal was met With
opposition and obstruction. The en-
forcement Of law against trusts and
other great corporations WAS denounced
as ineffective and designed To deceive
the public The establishment of rural
free delivery WAS discouraged. The
splendid prosperity which followed Tho
restoration of the protective tariff was
decried and denounced rs fictitious and
temporary, and al attempt made Ia
SOW the seeds of dissatisfaction and
discord among the people by complaints
of the higher cost of food which canl'
as the natural results of the increased
demand accompanying general pros
perity and high wages
1t is upon the evidence of til" past
twelve years. evidence that the Reirilli-
can party is Il party of progress, and
the Democracy a party of inaction re-
tardment, and fault -iinding. that the
Republican party again confidently AZ
peals for public support in the Presi
DENTAL and Congressional elections of
1905
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