Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-19
FIRST YEAR VOTERS
They Should Vote With Repub-
liean Party.
IL Has Stood for Progressive Policies
Within Sane Lines and Has Given
the Country U~nexampled
Prosperity.

Between three and four million
young men in the United States will
this year cast their first vote. Every
n OF them should vote tor President
Taft and the Republican party.
In choosing his political afiliation
the first voter should thoroughly
study the platforms. principles and
records OF the great political parties,
before allying himself with either. If
he goes into the record of facts i'm
partially, he cannot escape the con
viction that his choice must be with
the Republican party. From Lincoln
to Taft, with one single exception,
every president Of the United States
has accepted the inspiring Repub-
lican doctrine. The Republican party
preserved the Union, abolished slav.
cry, freed Cuba, rescued the Philip
pines and Porto Rico from three Gen.
turtles of Spanish tyranny, secured the
open door Of trade in China and is
building the Panama Canal-making
the old world dream of centuries
come true and readjusting the worlds
highways of commerce. In addition
to all this, its beneficient policies and
wise administration have resulted in
the progress of the nation, with COM
mercial development and national
wealth reaching a point almost be-
yond imagination.
Democrats An. Destructive.
On the other hand, the first voter
will find that the Democratic party
has always been al obstructive and
destructive party instead of construc-
tive; that when In power 1t has al
ways brought disaster to the country
not only because of Its incapacity
and incompetency, but also because
1t has invariably destroyed manufac-
turing interests by attempting to foist
free trade upon the American people.
1t has always been on the wrong
side of everything. and IL 1t could
have had its way would have de-
stroyed the credit of the nation with
the free coinage Of silver. In the last
Democratic administration the ma
ional debt increased and distrust and
panic paralyzed the great industrial
system of the country. The value of
,arm products decreased $500. 000. 900,
banks closed, business firms failed.
factories were silent and three million
lblebodied men were begging for work.
These things happened during he
short administration Of the Demo
cratic party. which has done nothing
for progress, nothing for the cause OF
liberty and freedom, and nothing for
the glory of our common country, for
more than half a century.
Republican Party VIII Live.
The first voter will not be received
by the attack now made upon the Re.
publican party by men who are smart
Ing under the sting OF disappointed
ambition. This is not the first year
In which the Republican party has
been subjected to similar experiences.
There was the bolt of the Liberal Re-
publicans to Horace Greeley in 1872,
the OBJECTIONS In the early COS to the
Farmers Alliance. Greenback and
Populist parties and the withdrawal
Of the Silver Republicans In 1895.
Republican observation-disclosures, Grant
and McKinley-have been loaded with
the vilest abuse by their contempora-
ries just as President Taft is assaulted
today. But the Republican party has
survived az these experiences just as
Brins about u $ssdSsiloaHk. ssss@Rs %
The men. who iefi Che Republican
party in the past have gone down to
political obliyion rhoeS who have, re-
haln4d With the Republicancyparty
have. on the contrary. proudly a
ucipated In It's great achievements.
The Republican party offers to the t.
irst voter the splendid record Of its
past and the glorious promise OF its
future.