The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-15

portance. The question is, what shall
we do for the Republican party in the
State OF Kentucky Conventions to
nominate are good things. but men at
the polls are better things.
"All the xeesutives we choose at the
conventions are but the blossoms; we
must gather the fruit in November.
The preliminary skirmish among our
selves amounts to but little; the VIC
tory amounts to more.
MUST FORGET DIFFERECNES.
1--WE must have personal differences;
we may quarrel among ourselves. But
it is time to forget our differences.a and
to the Republicans. This Is my plat
form. was for Fairbanks. 1 fought
his battles the best i could. had a
right to do It; but the men who differe
with me had as great right. These
things are of small concern. Even the
President is of small concern when
measured up with the interests of the
Republican party.
I'VE Republicans have gone down
in defeat in the past in Kentucky. At
the last election we won signal vic
tory. The comittee is entitled to
credit for it, but there were men all
over the Commonwealth who went
out on the stump and among their
neighbors and fought for the victory
who are entitled to as great credit
1t was a great victory, and 1t was won
by united efforts and with the as
sistance of Democrats who helped US
win.
For Heavens sake don't throw
away the fruits Of victory. Let us do
nothing that will put us back into
the valley of the shadow of defeat II
We do that we shall be false to our
selves and to the Republican party.
This struggle over the loaves and the
fishes is of small Importance and
amounts TO little, but the great prin-
ciples of the Republican party amount
OF everything.
Keep your faces straight, and your
record straight, and go TO the polls in
November and win for us another vic
tory in Kentucky. If the Republicans
in this State fought the Democrats
with half the earnestness they fight
each other they would do better, and
we shall get all we need from the
Democrats. Save your energy for
that fight.
Whoever you are, be Republicans
for the sake of the Republican party.
My friends, what is the Republic
an party? Let us get away from our
selves, and let us think what we are
and why. We are Republicans. Why
are We Republicans? Is it a mere
passing thought, a whim? No. 1t is
The grandest record in all the tides
Of time that has ever been made by
any party that makes us Republicans.
Out of the darkness and into the light
sprang the Republican party: 1t was
the champion of liberty and freedom.
For years the banner waved in
the breeze, declaring that 1t waved
,ople who lived in freedom,
when on its folds was the blot of sla-
very. The Republican party tore that
blot from the flag so that IT'S stars
might shine on undimmed forever. Tn
Republican party met in the halls of
Congress adopted wise legislation and
equipped an army whose victories
swept the earth and whose banners
darkened the skies
1T adopted the principle of the
protective tariff for the benefit of the
laboring man. 1t brought the oceans
together with bands of steel. 1t has
accomplished all the great legislation
that has been created in the past for
ty years, and through that great
man, Theodore Roosevelt, it has done
more to build the Panama canal than
in all the 400 years before. The Re-
publican party through him brought
peace between Russia and Japan and
saved the shedding of human blood
The party in control deserves the credi
for the accomplishments under it and
so it sent an army to China that en-
abled one of our brave boys to plant tn
flag on the ancient walls of Pekin.
The Republican parry through diplo-
macy and its President saved China
from spoliation, saying Let us not rob
these people; let us be just"
1T was in charge of the manage
ment of the campaign in the war with
Spain, and saved Cuba from the despo
1t sent fleets to Santiago and TO Manila
and helped to break the power of Spain
God bless the Republican party. 1t
is the party of progress of liberty, of
craftsmanship and of advancement. 1t
has accomplished more in a few years
than all that have gone before it. Do
we love this party? We love the name
Of the great men who have led it of
Lincoln, Garfield, Mckinley and Roose
welt. Let us take those knives we've