Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-10-14
REpuBLIeAN PLATFORM.

The platform issued by the Repub-
licans in this State during the past
week npor which they will make
their appeal to the voters at the
coming election is clean and clear
cut The position of the candidates,
therefore, is unmistakable.
The declaration Of the partyupon
which the candidates stand is brief,
concise, and dignifed. There is no
evasion Of the issues, but they are
metand dealt with fairly and squarely.
No equivocation or straddling can be
found in or between any line.
The platform endorses the able
and business like administration of
President Taft and sets forth that
the Republican candidates are pro-
gressives and believe in the pro gress
and advancement of our country as
does onr great President William
Howard Taft. i
The platform sets forth and illus
trates plainly that there is no equi- I
vocation in the position Of the Re
publican candidates especially in that
part which relates to the tariff. 1t
sets forth in clear and unmistakable
terms the effect which its enactment
has produced in the country. Here is
what it says: "The new tariff was
enacted without upsettlng business.
Rates of duty on some are articles of
luxury were increased, and on com
mon food products and necessities Of
life were either unchanged or de-
creased notwithstanding a general
average reduction Of IL per cent in
all duties, it resulted in a surplus.r
Can this be said of the last Demo
cratic Tariff law? Tie answer at
once is. No! The people only too
well remember as stated likewise BY
the Republican party platform, the
great depression which followed in
financial and business circles, how
industry was blasted, mills and fac
tories closed and thousands of wage
earners thrown out of employment
after the last Democratic tariff law
The contrary has been the result
since the passage Of the Palne.Al-
irich tariff law. Business is in a
most healthy condition, there is no
depression Of any kind, the country
at large is prosperous, industries are
progressing, mills and factories are
in full blast, the laboIer has ready
work at remuneratise wages, and the
farmer is getti e higher prices for
bis products. The financial condi-
ton of the country is in the best
shape it has ever been. The people
are enjoying protection and prospect
y in unmeasured terms. This is
the situation since the enactment Of
The present tariff law. No free
-rade or soup houses exist and none
will exist under Republican adj
ministration. If the people want
he former, but we feel confident
hat from their last experience they
10 not, then they must ignore the
Republican party platform and its
aRd elect Democrats ,
congress. The platform of the Re-
'ublican party appeals to all intelli- /
,ent and right thinking men. 1t !
ppeals to the reasonable man who t
ses his good common sense. The
eople want to elect men who will c
eed the public will and cast their Q
otes for measures that will prove an
npetus to industry and progress.
We believe the people are ready to
asst their votes for candidates Who'll
ONE out on such platform as that
dopted by the Republican party II
-hich as heretofore stated is uneys,
i've, clear and clean cut :; which
'ayes no room for implication or
but meets the issues hon
lily and fearlessly and which seeks >
J maintain and advance the best t
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