The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
SEN. cU|N|NINS
TAEKS HARMONY
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TO power where IL ndS peeI 6lmlHdl'
ed by moRopoly and combination.
40 do this win require all the gen.
ius of the American mind. and all the
patriotism of the American heart. No
timorpus soul who has friends on
both sides and fears their displeas.
ure can successfully meet such an
emergency. No man who believes
that production alone is the keynote
to prosperity can reach the desired
end
Broadminded, fearless representa-
tives, who stand far apart from the
interests to be controlled on the one
hand and high above the clamor of
prejudice upon the other, are needed
now as they were never needed be-
fore, and it is for the republican par
ty to supply these men for the public
service.
Rights of property must be fully
protected and the profits of capital
must be generously recognized, for
both are essential to the progress of
the world. We all know, however,
that in the effort to determine just
where the line of regulation shall be
drawn honest judgment will often
times hang in the balance, and when
1t does believe in giving men, not
money, the benefit of the doubt. =
The republican party is profoundly
impressed with the necessity of con-
serving our natural resources, not
only for this, but for future genera
tions. The government of the Unit
ed States is still the owner of vast
forests, and they should be SO used
that they will perform the double
duty of supplying the people with
lumber and of regulating the flow OF
our running waters.
These forests belong to all the peo-
pie and they should not be allowed TO
pass for a mere pittance into the
hands OF fortune hunters.
The United States is also the own
er OF mines in which untold treasures
are stored. 1t is obvious that in
some way, consistent with continuous
growth and development, these mines
should be made source of revenue
for the government, and that we
should not deliver them for nothing
into the hands of those who are wait
ing to exploit their unparalleled
riches.
We are the owners as we'll of lands
which by nature are fitted for water
power sites. AS time goes on. water
power will become more and more
valuable, and we ought to see to it
that these sotes are devoted to the
interest OF all the people and are not
SO combined that our own possessions
are made the instruments of injus-
tice.
We are also under sacred obliga-
ton to do all that can be done
through education, the spread of sci
entihc Information, and through every
other method open to the government
to preserve the strength of the soil
now in private ownership. The pros
perity and happiness of our people
and the permanence of our institu-
tons depend in greater degree upon
the productiveness and fertility of
our farms and gardens than upon any
other thing that enters our national
life, and the increasing millions of
our population have transformed what
was once beautifui theory into the
most imperative demand of the pres
ent age. sf'
Wise and practical conservation Is
a duty from which we must not
shrink, and the republican party
stands charged with the administers
ton Of this vital policy a ...a
In the abstract Theodore Roosevelt
was not the first apostle of the pol
icy, but to him must be accorded the
everlasting honor of planting 1t In the
American mind, of making US all I'm.
derstand its tremendous Importance.
and of crystallizing 1t into the forms
and practices OF government.
II is impossible for me at this time
to discuss the details of the work to
be done. 1t is suffieient to say that
an overwhelming proportion OF the
men and women of the country be.
lieve, in the policy as expounded by
Roosevelt, and as applied by his ad-
ministration, and they will insist that
1t shall be carried on by men in fun
and complete sympathy with his pa
triotic views.
In conclusion allow me word with
respect to the way In which the vot.
ers can best accomplish their ends in
government Ours is. in the main.
representative form of organized
society. The selection of represents
tives is, therefore, the corner stone
OF the governmental structure. The
potency of political parties ssbstap.
TALLY transfers the influence Of the
general, electionHto the selection OF
party candidates wand therefore, II
this is to BETA government for the
people,uof the people. and by the PEG
pie, we must give every voter the
best and freest opportunity to join
in the selection of the party candi
dates
Faith and confidence on the part d
the people In their representatives
are absolutely necessary to a success
full administration of public affairs
1na.. L.. a. II