La Junta tribune., 1911-12-02
why HYIAMAREPuBucAN
sy a Rsevsl,eA.-Ev,oasrlv

never cOuip.t. Win IofriKu Id'oi''s
and that II must remain strictly az
riculturni country. dependent on Tor
cixu countries for manufactured pro-
ducts. II opposed the prosecution OF
tn. war for the preservation OF the
union and denounced Abraham Lin
coin as a tyranr. Gran, as a butcher
and the union soldiers as Lincoln
hirelings. II even opposed its great
leader. Thomas jefferson. and tried
TO prevent the ratification OF the
treaty which gave US the Louisiana
Territory II also opposed the ac-
auirement OF Alaska. Hawaii. Porto
Rico. and the PHILIPPINES II lent
aid and encouragement to Asninalio
and pictured him AS second Wash
ington while the men under him ~er.
ambushing and numbering American
soldiers, who were marching under
the flag In the sultry swamps and
jungles OF the island OF Luzon. Many
OF its leaders favored repndiating
.
expsdiency advocated rag money
and joined the greenbaek party in Its
efforts 10 d.=honor the obligations OF
IN. country and foIs, fiat oney upon
IN. people II opposed the resnmp
/ ton of specie payment. pronounced II
as an impractical scheme. and after
ward when every dollar Was worth i's
face In gold. 1t declared In favor of
the free coinage Of silver and ffty
cent dollar. 1, persistently opposed
the homestead laws and other land
laws under which the wide prairi"s
and woodlands Of the north. south
and west have been settled and de-
y.loped into comfortable homes II.
in fact. has opposed every great
movement for the betiormen' Of IN"
peopl. since the organization OF tn"
government, and during all the long
seventy years OF It's existence as
dominan, party II never created nor
developed single great question
which vas written on the statut.
books OF the country and has tended
TO uplif, or better the conditioa of
the whole people.
On financial questions II has ever
been wrong: on the question of pro
,ec,iye tariff. In the beginning. II
ridiculed IN. idea that this could
ever be a manufacturing country Ard
nov that We have outstripped the
world In manufactured products. II
still assails the protective principle
under which Ne hay. been - sue
cessfui. with the same faiiacious ar
guments that 1, used a hundred years
ago and which have many times been
proven false by all the preceden's Of
history i, still dcnouness the tariff
as pernicious system under which
the rich grow richer and the poor
poorer" the latter part OF which
sta,emcn, Is false In the light of all
history.
1, denounccs IL as robb.r tariff. as
. CLASS itKl.hton. hs uhcohfitht'"hai'
claims that II foster the Interests,
calls Its supporters tariff bsrons,
claims II Is the mother Of trusts and
combines and resorts to every other
unfair aud unfounded statement that
can be conjured up In the fertile
brain Of hard pressed politicians In
order TO d.ceiy. the people and ih.r
/ by gain party prestige at the polls,
The pro,ec,iy. tariff policy as sd.
vocatcd by Washington. Hamilton.
| Madison and other great men OF their
time. and af,erward by such states
men as Clay and Webster. and later
s,ili by Lincoln and Grant. Garfield
and Blaine. Thomas Reed and WI.
liam Mckinley. has made this the
richest. the most prosperous aud the
most enlightened nation OF earth u,
has stimulated and diversified our
industries. built up great manufRctur.
ing plants. established great railway
systems. thus giving employment to
great wage earning armies which cor,
sumo the products of the farm and
thus furnish n home mrakct there.