Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-26
1.-THE PARTY OF PROGRESS
AND PROSPERITY.

1.-THE PARTY OF PROGRESS
| AND PROSPERITY.
Promising progress and prosperity, it
has been politically sincere. 1t has
never had a candidate of a section.
| prejudice, or class, nor platform Of
! negation, scheme of reputation. pro-
gram of scuttle, 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
| enduring progress. Finding trusts,
giant-born, fiourishing under sup
posed conflict of state and national
law, the double prohibition of ex-
istence serving but to foster their de-
velopment, it has never, in an attempt
to destroy trusts, withdrawn, in state
or nation, the protection Of law from
property, but has, through executive
investigation and resort to the courts,
resolved the conflict which had
silenced law and given trusts ex-
istence.
1t has never proposed to advance
American Worklngmen and American
institutions by banishing American in
dustries and building UP those Of other
lands. and scorncd to insult labor with
an lllusory promise of immunity from
law. Yet it passed the Pure Food Law
and the Employers Liability Law, Sc
cured equal accommodations on rail-
roads, aided agriculture, created the
Civil Service, established Free Rural
Mail Delivery, reduced foreign postage
AMI Increased pensions. Continuing
naturally marked-out progress, it will
keep its pledges of Tariff readjust-
ment, Currency Reform and develop
ment of the Merchant Marine, and
make the United States the financial
centre as ii has made it the industrial
centre Of the world .
III.-THE CONSTRUCTIVE PARTY
IT ORGANIZES THE NATIONAL
WILL.
In the evolution by which party gov
eminent has become the extra -consti-
tutlOnal method of securing RESPONSE
bility to tie people, the Republican
party has become their traditional
representative and the Democratic
party the organized aspiration of indi-
Vlduals Tor power without RESPONSE
bility. Fairly tried, from 1898 TO 1885,
the two Democratic Houses and the
Democratic President We're wild
team and helpless driver. Dcmoc-
racy aSitatcs local differences Repub-
iicanism organizes the National idea.
In 1863 the people were committed to
the cause of human liberty, 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 1898, no longer sought.
ana government bonds went to
a premium at the reduced rate of in
terest. In 1896 business men were
again committed to confidence before
single statute WAS enacted prosperity
set in and in ten years bank deposits
almost trebled-a permanent gain
which the recent panic. a state Of
mlnd now completely diSpelled.
scarcely touched. In 1906 business was
committed to fair methods: without
compulson violations largely ceased.
Inc republican party, at each period
sounded the public conscience, felt the
national pulse. framed its policies in
response, and realized in law the domi-
| nant American idea. Its constructive
past assures its constructive future.
1t is today as it always has been. THE
party fit to Govern"
lN.-THE PARTY OF STATESMEN.
The party of Craftsmanship. it has
been the training school of statesmen.
It's policies have been forged in the
heat of public discussion, tempered in
| the elaboration and shape in the con-
flict OF many trained minds, and drawn
| and finally wrought for the country's
Net1aTp, dominating jfS members
through principles, it assures unity in
Government; it's staunchest partisans
have made the greatest contributions
| to national progress. The roster of its
leaders is the national roll of honor OF
public service.
| V.-TAFT AND SHERMAN con-
STRUCTIVE CANDIDATES-A con-
STRUCTIVE PLATFORM
Republicanism stands today for pro-
| sressive policies in safe hands. BY
solving the constructive problems OF
world power in the last two admins
| tratiOns, William H. Taft taught the
world our capacity and us his own
In all constructive legislation for
| twenty years James S. Sherman has
been a leader In the records of the
| Republican candidates as well as in
| the platform are written the story OF
the nations progress and the reliance
| Of the future.
A Democratic President or Demo-
cratic House would turn back those
| pages; thereafter Organism would re-
| cord Destruction This the Rcpup-
| l1can Senate could not prevent. Undef
Taft and Sherman and a Republican
Congress the great progress OF the
| past will be held and the greater prog
ress of the future will be assured.
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