Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-10
Great Facts to Consider,

States:
-Four great facts seem to justify the
Republican party in asking, the. voters
Of the United States to continue it in
the control of the affairs of; the Gov
ernment. First, the prolnptncss with
which it has fulfilled the pledges of it.;
Platform upon which it successfully
appealed to the people in 1896; second,
the prosperity which has come to all
classes Of our citizens with, and as a
result of, the fulfillment of those pied
ges; third, the evidence which that
prosperity furnishes of the failacy OF
the principles offered by the opposing
parties 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
| nlerce, and international influence
which have unexpectedly come a., an
incident of the fulfillment of one of the
| important pledges of the platform of
1896, and with it the opportunity for
henefting the people Of the territory
affected" - -
That quotation, as we said in open
| ing. is from the pages of the Eepuhi-
can camraign text book Of eight years
ago, but it applies with equal force to
conditions in the present campaign
and we ask the voters Of, MaG" to-
briefly consider these things with us
The four great facts which justified
the party in asking the support Of the
public in 1900 were: First. that its
pledges Of 1896 had been redeemed;
second, that prosperity had como as a
result; third, that developments since
1896 had shown the falacy of The ;'rin-
ciples upon which the Democracy then
appealed for support; and fourth, the
conditions which had come to other
parts of the world and their people as
result of the promises fulfilled by the
| Republican party in the United States
These assertions made in 1900 have
been fully justified by the added OK
perienccs of another eight years
The pledges of 1896 and those made
In 1900 and 1904 have been redeemed.
he rrptt ctive tariff has been restored;
the gold standard made permanent;
cuba freed, given independence, pro-
-ected from internal troubles and about
to be again made Il republic; thu Pan
anna canal assured under the sole own
crship anG control of the United States:
d department of commerce and labnr
established; rural free delivery given
To millions of the agricultural comlnun-
ity; tn" laws for the proper regulation
| OF trusts and great : corporations
| strengthened and enforced; prosperity
| established; commerce developed; la
| Dor protected and given ample employ
nent ana reward; intelligence. prosper
| ty ANA good government established
in distant islands; and the flag of the
| United States made the emblem OF
honor in every part of the world.
All of these great accomplishments
| have btc.l the work of the Republican
party. IN each of them it has met the
{ iSCouragebent, the opposition and the
| ho.itilitics Of the Democracy. Tie pro-
tcctive tariff was fought at every step,
and denounced by the platform of the
| Democrats as a "robbcry." The act es-
tablishng the gold standard was OPP
| posed and the Democratic vote cast al
most soldIy against it, and that party
in its conventions and platforms OF
1904 and 1905 deliberately refused to
retract in the slightest degree It's ad-
Vocacy of the free and unlimited com
age Of silver. In the war for the free
dom of cuba, the work of the Repub-
Leans Was met with harsh criticism
In the efforts to establish peace and
good government in the newly acquired
territory, each step met With Opposition
and false charges and wth~tlle demand
that the territory and its millions of
people bo abandoned to internal strife
or control by a monarchial government
The requirement of the right to con-
struci the Panama Canal was met with
opposition and obstruction. The en-
fprCement of law against trusts and
other great corporations was DC
uounCed as ineffective and designed to
deceive the public. The establishment
of rural free delivery was discouraged
| The splendid prosperity which piloWcd
| the restoration of the protectiVc tariff
was decricd and denounced as fiCtitions
| and temporary and an attempt made to
| sow the seeds of dissatisfaction and
discord among the people by com
plants of the higher cost vt food which
| came as the natural results of the in
creased demand accompanying general
prosperity and high wages.
1t is upon the evidence of the past L.
years. evidence that the Republican
party is a party of progress, ana tie
| Democracy d party of inactIou. rctard-
mcnt and fault finding. that the Re
publican party again confidently APP
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