The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21

their beliefs, we maintain that the | principles in which we believe and the policies which we advocate are far the best to be upheld and applied for the best interests of the hundred million ofs American people. We insist that ex- perience justifies our contention With. but two intervals, Republican rule has for half a century guided the majes- tic forward and upward strides of this nation. That we assert is a demonstra- tion of the capacity and the purpose and the success of the Republican par ty in securing for this country sane, certain and all embracing progress. Need of Deliheration.
 The crime of this "new age" is fren- zied speech and action, lack of thought. a spurning of deliberation and of the weighing of consequences. Takers with projects to "get rich quiek'' draw gaping crowds. Mad haste is the pas time of the multitude Automobiles race to carry their passengers to death at a mile minute. The British board of trade attributes the awful sinking 1 or the Titanic, with it's cruel sacrifice or life, of crew and passengers, to ex- cessive speed. The third term party and Candidate Wilson urge the coun- l try to like disaster and ruin.
 When the American people, in the quiet of the home freside, about the evening lamp, in the late autumn days. shall have given careful thought to the history of the past, shall have con s1dered the blessings that have come from tried policies; when they shall have contemplated the possible dangers that may follow from unwise and un- ripe changes, they will give heed to the warning and will not repeat in our political and economic fields the fright ful and ghastly experience of, the Ti- tanic.
 We, Republicans are not men wor- shippers. We contend with Jefferson for principles, not men," We are free, and we follow blindly no leader and bow to no dictator. The people have and the people always will rule. We grip our anchor firmly on the con- stitution and the American system of representative government. The more savage and truculent the attacks upon them the more insolent the buster, them, the more insolent the buster, I free institutions, which are the glory of mankind. An untrammeled judici- l ary is their strong bulwark. We warn the electorate not to be drowned by a Niagara of denunciation and abuse Every trade against the constitution and the law and the courts is strident call to the American people to protect their homes and to maintain inviolate l constitutional government. Every as sault upon protection is summons to 1 preserve their opportunities, to main tain existing conditions, which place the American wage earner in every calling on a higher scale of living and fertilization than enjoyed elsewhere in I the world. Such protection can be 1 guaranteed only by adequate customs 1 duties, justly and wisely applied to l hold our broad and immense home market against the world.
 The evidence upon which the Ameri- I can electorate will base it's verdict in November will be submitted upon the musings, through the press and by
 pleas through the mails. The evidence should be based upon the experience of the past. The jury of American people must weigh it well and sift the false from the true. The verdict will be rendered within a few hours 1 of a single day. It's effect will be with
 us for years. Let no juror reach his 1 conclusion, render his verdict, without
 due care for the welfare of himself,
 his kinsmen and his fellows.
 We ask that the Republican party
 and it's candidate be tried upon the
 record of service and accomplishments l We near the end of President Tafts
 first term of service with our govern | ment at anlity with all foreign pow
 CTS, amid domestic tranquility and l with our people blessed by prosperity l and abundance, our navy among the
 foremost of the world, our army in a l high degree of excellence, our postal
 service for the first time In its history
 self sustaining, the colossal dream of l centuries, an Isthmian canal, almost a
 completed reality; our foreign and do-
 nestle commerce in condition of ac-
 tiyity, vigor and health and meeting
 the desires of the most optimistic and
 every department of the government
 rendering proper and efficient aid to
 lawabiding citizens in every calling. 1 Confident that the American people
 are not yet willing to destroy and dis 1 card the constitution, which has stood
 the test of more than a century, which
 was framed, expounded and upheld by
 the great men of the past. that they
 have not yet forgotten the direfui re-
 suit of the mistake of 1892, we calmly await the ides of November.
 Hay fever. and asthma make Au-