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far through the mists and uncertainties
! Of the future and mark with precision
the path in which the party will walk;
but remembering that it came into exis-
tence as a protest against the inaction
Of the Wings and the medieval tenden-
| cies of the Democrats, and remember
! ing, too, that for more than half CEN
| fury it has been the progressive party
| of the union, cannot permit myself to
doubt that the party OF Lincoln, Of
/ Grant, of Blaine, of Garfield, of McKin-
/ ley and Of Roosevelt will rise trium-
phanty above the clouds of its civil
war and be in the future, as it has been
, in the past, the best hope of mankind,
/ the progressive party, not only of the
nation but of the world.
| Democrats Incapable.
There are many Democrats who are
distinguished for their wise and broad
views upon public affairs. but the large
majority of the Democratic party are
incapable of making or administering
laws for a country like ours, for they
invariably find in the constitution an
insuperable obstacle in the way of do
ing the things which are imperatively
demanded, and which if done at all
most be done by the general govern
ment
some of my blind and passionate oppO-
nenfs of having Democratic leanings,
and 1 have many warm personal friends
in that organization but there never
was time in my whole life when
would have been willing to commit the
destiny of the country to the Democratic
party, and there is less reason now for
doing so than ever before.
An impossible Gulf.
SO long as 1 look upon the cOnstitu-
ton as a command to look after the
welfare of the people, rather than
mere injunction against invading the
rights of the states, there will be an
impossible gulf between the Democrat
ic party and myself
The character of the problems which
now hold the first place in the Aneri-
can mind makes the Republican view of
the constitution vital to the common
good l admit that the differences be-
tween Republicans are many and that
they are important; but any Republican
who, by reason of these differences,
votes for Democratic candidate, will
find that he has jumped from the fry
ing pan into the fire.
Vote for Party Candidates.
l reiterate what 1 have always said
in every campaign during the stormy
decade in which 1 have been in public
office. We viii fight with all the
III lllcI Is III Us D6lOI6 the nOIQl-
nations are made, but when they are
made in the appointed way we will
stand shoulder to shoulder for the Re-
publican candidates, and in this spirit
l appeal to every Republican in the
state to give his voice and his vote to
every candidate on the ticket, whether
national or state
Protection.
With these preliminary observations
1 nrOCp1d n the of
definite principles which touch our par
~ history. The policy of taxing i'm
ports, not only for revenue but for pro-
lection to domestic producers, establish
ed in the very beginning of Alexander
Hamilton, adopted by the Wings, and
inherited by the Republican party, has
beyond dispute helped to make the
United States the mightiest nation in
the world.
There is not a Republican anywhere
who does not yield to the protective
system unreserved and unwavering al
legiance- Aldrich, Lodge, Hale, Can
non Payne and DalzeIl may be its sin
ccere and earnest advocates. but in zeal
for its perpetuation, and in the elo-
quence of its defense they cannot sur
pass Nelson, Clapp, Beveridge, LaFol-
lette, Dolliver and Bristow.
There has been no controversy, and
there can be none. between Republicans
as TO the soundness or value of this
doctrine The divergence appears
when we come TO apply it to interna-
tional trade.
Revise Downward
have never been much interested in
the debate over the technical PROPOSE
ton that our promise was to revise
the tariff downward. Beyond dispute
the people generally expected that ii
would be revised downward, because
they knew that the duties were too
high, and were greatly more than the
difference between the cost Of produc-
ton here and elsewhere.
What the Pledge Was
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