El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20

freedom to grow and develop manwarC
and Godward along the lines of indi
vidual strength and capacity L
means a wider outlook and a better
! chance in life today for children TO be
born under the Stars and Stripes thar
to be born under any other flag that sa-
| lutes the sun.
But these things have not come ia
pass by accident They have not grown
! up out of the soil by chance, nor drop
! ped down, ready-made, from the skies.
| They have been brought to pass by
years of struggle; they have been ere
ated by years Of high endeavor intelli-
gently, aggressively. beneficently ap-
piled They have come as a harvest to
a lifetime of patient and patriotic plow-
Ing and sowing and cultiVating and
pruning. They have come against op-
position and criticism, against obstruc-
ton and misinterpretation. They have
come, we have every right to claim, as
they came and when they came, largely
because our party, the peoples party,
the party of Efncoln and liberty, Of
Mckinley and protection, of Roosevelt
and enterprise. of Taft and prosperf-
", mas faced all its problems with clear
vision and solved them all with wisdom
We demand that our policies and our
administration shall be judged by their
fruits. From its first year to it's last
the republican party has pursued a
consistent and continuous course
1t has followed the light as God gave
1t TO see the light. It has always done
what at the time seemed best to do.
and so 1t has come to pass that, hay-
ing had exceptional opportunities and
having met them with exceptional abiI-
lty' every time the party has been in
power Democrats and Republicans alike
nave been exceptionally blessed, for
republican properties, like the Lords
ram, fall alike on the just and unjust.
and While our Democratic neighbors
nave been pelting us merciIessIy with
the stones of unfair criticism they have
at the same time been holding out their
aprons to catch the golden fruits shak-
en- from the Republican tree of pros
peTlty- They tell us, however that We
nave no right to claim credit for the
vast results of our undertaking: that
TO us is not due the growth and pros
per1ty which have come to us in the
last 90 years; that we did not create
the climate, nor the soil, nor the lakes
nor the rivers, nor the mines, nor the
forests; that Providence has done If
all. Our reply to that is: While it is
true that We did not create the soil.
nor the forests. nor the rivers, nor the
climate, We did create the opportuni-
ties TO utilize all these splendid re-
sources Of nature to the best advan-
tage.
Our Democratic friends have had a
marvellous record in formulating ma
tional doctrines. They have experienced
an almost uninterrupted series of de-
feats They have been wrong so often
that one or two errors, more Or less.
seems ito give them no Inconvenience
nor to disturb their personal complac-
ency- When one foolish theory is ex-
ploded. they turn with unchanged coun-
tenance and unmoved hearts to another,
always seemingly divinely inspired to
formulate false doctrines at lust the
critical time.
At different times they have solemnly
and more or less yehemently declared
that there was no power in the con-
stitution to prevent individual and SOW
ereign states from breaking out of the
union; that slavery was of divine right
a sacred and proper institution; that
the homestead laws were outrageous;
that the war was failure and that
the rag baby was the ideal of finance;
that the resumption of specie payment
was a fraud and a delusion; that the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio Of 16 TO L was the only SAL
walton Of the country; that protection
was unconstitutional; that they were in
throughout the world; that protection
was robbery of the many for the
benefit of the few; that our need Of
income is so great that incidental pro-
lection VIII be inevitable; and thus. I
presume, the robbery to go on forever.
They have declared war repeatedly
upon protected American industries.
They have never been guided by any
consistent program due to allegiance to
nxed and enduring principles. Their
platforms have been bundles of unre-
lated prejudices chiefly declaring opno-
sltlon TO whatever the Republican party
had previously proposed.
Labor is almost universally fully en-
ployed al higher rates Of wages than
ever before, and there is in this conn
Try within the reach of the averaea
man, and the children of the average
man, more Of the things worth having
and more opportunities for attaining
each Tor himself the best growth pos
sioie Tor each, unhindered and unre-
strained. by artificial obstruction. tina
anywhere else in the wide world Tba |
enl1ghtening red, white and blue of |
the stars and stripes has stretched |
around the world, and always with |
dressings in their folds. Our flag stands /
Tor equality of opportunity, and for /
that reason is today the banner of the
strongest nation on earth For that
reason our flag is the beacon which is |
attracting the restless, the unfortunate |
the unhappy from the ends of the ca rtb |
10 these shores in order that they NAV
here lay the foundation for future han
p1ness for their children and their chill
dren's children. For most of the pr;ma
FACTORS which have led up to our pres
ent national prosperity, which have
worked together to produce our nation
al situation the Republican party laws
proud claim. But however Democrats
and Republicans may differ as to wbera
the credit belongs for our unexampIed
the facts of history estab-
lished that never has the Republican
party done anything to prevent national
In view of the unbroken successes of
the Republican party in conducting the
domestic and foreign affairs of orr
country, why should there be a changer
What gain are we likely to experience
in any direction. either social, civil, or
Industrial?
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