The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-11

Hancock in 1880, ''the tariff is q local
ISSUE" that lost the presidential cleo.
ton.
THE REPUBLICAN, RECORD.
In his speech before the republican
state convention, the temporary pre-.
siding officer declared there was no
need for republicans to attempt de.
tense OF their party's record. 1t
speaks for itself. In q defiant chal-
lenge to the political opposition the
speaker said in part:
''1u asking for the suffrages of the
electorate In support OF our platform
and our candidates we will not be
embarr assed by the necessity of apol'
ogy for the republican party, or for
its record of more than half q century
of intimate association with the ad-
ministrative aft airs of our nation. In
the past ffty'two years we have had
eleven republican administr atoms and
two democratic; forty.four years I'm.
der republican presidents, during the
greater part OF which time the major
ity in each house of congress has been
republican,. And the history Of the
world does not afford a parallel for
the progress made by the American
people during that protracted period
OF republican control.
"In the UNFOLDING of all that goes
to make for the advancement, pros
perity, opeace and contentment of q
mighty nation, the record of the re-
publican party constitutes q history Of
brilliant achievements. 1t has proven
itself essentially q party of progress
and advancement; q party Of broad
and liberal ideas, and above all q
party of action. It has set for itself
certain tasks to be performed, certain
ends to be reached In the construc-
ton and maintenance OF q great sys-
tenn of good government; 1t has clear
ly defined its purposes and its plans,
and when vested with the requisite
legislative and executive authority,
has effectually put them into execu-
ton. 1t has fulfilled It's promises and
redeemed its pledges, and the Ameri.
can voter has come to know that the
declar atoms Of its campaign platform
will be it's policies of administra alton
1t has been q party OF optimism ant
pride In American achievements; b,
steadfast adherence to the doctrine o
faith in the American citizenship and
American institutions, 1t has placed u
In the foremost rank of nations II
civilization, wealth, power and in
Auence; and the period of time which
> has continued the life OF the Gram
:. Old party has been APPLY termed tn
golden age of the republic.
= "Upon this record we are about t
q ask for q renewed expression OF popu
- lar confidence in the republican party
:. 81 think 1t was Patrick Henry VIII
y said: Il have but one lamp by whic
. my feet are guided, and that Is tn
= lamp OF experience We have n
means of judging of the future b,
- by the past; and judging by the pas
- what IL there in the record of th
democratic party to warrant the b.
lief that another administration woul
be signalized by any greater degre
OF success than has attended it's disms
effor heretofore? Have the last tw
periods OF democracy's supreme &C
- been such as to inspire in the Amer
can people full faith and confidence
= Did they serve as q panacea for a
II the ills to which human flesh is hei1
and as q remedy for all the evils TIL
exist,-all of which for fifty years
least have been charged to the republ
can party? Have the American pet
pie ever been furnished any notab
examples of the competency of Il
democratic party to administer tt
3, aft airs OF Jul national government
And yet every four years it renew
II its pathetic appeal to the voters to
allowed to perform the righteous a
- OF saving the country. 1t was Ia
Of accorded the privilege in 1892 and Il
In obituary Of the succeeding four yea
se does not, to say the least, constitu
r. one OF the most brilliant epochs
se our country's history"
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