Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-10-11
FIRST YEAR VOTERS
They Should Vote With Repub-
lican Party.
IL Has stood for Progressive Policies
Within sane Lines and Has Given
the Country Unsxsmpled
Prosperity.

Bstwssn three and four million
young men IN the United States will |
this year cast their nrst yots. Every
one OF them should vote fo- President
Taft and the Republican party.
In choosing his political utilization
the first voter should thoroughly
study the platforms, principles and
records OF the great political parties
before allying himself with either. II
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 CEN
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 readjustlng the worlds
highways OF commerce. In addition
to all this Its beneficent policies and
wise administration have resulted in
the progress Of the nation, with COM
mercial development and national
wealth rearhing a point almost be-
yond imagination.
Democrats Are Destructive.
On the other hand, the first voter
will find that the Democratic party
has always been an 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 It's incapacity
and incompetency, but also because
r 1t has invariably destroyed manufac
turing interests by attempting to foist
free trade upon the American people.
. II has always been on the wrong
, side of everything, and II II coul
have had its way would have de-
stroyed the credit OF the nation with
E the free coinage Of silver. In the last
{ Democratic administration tbs ma
tional debt increased and distrust and
panic paralyzed the great Industrial
system OF the country. The value of
5 farm products decreased 100000. 900,
banks closed, business firms failed
= factories were silent and three million
o ablebodied men were begging for work
v These things happened during the
!, short administration of the Demo
cratic party. which has done nothing
for progress. nothing for the cause OF
liberty and freedom and nothing foi
the glory of our common country, for
o more than half century.
Republican Party viii Live.
u The FIRST voter will not be deceived
2 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 .he first veal
V In which the Republican parry ha.
been subjected TO simiia expe fences
There was he bolt Of the Liberal Re
} publicans 70 Horace Greeley In 1872
o the defect ms in the early SOS 20 tn,
Farmers Allisnee Greent ak ant
% Populist ia ties and the witt drawa
% Of the silver Repubi lea in 1896
II ReDublicso y es'deuts -Linco n. G an
and McEin' ev-hsve been loaded will
the vilest ~ go Y their cOntempora
ries Just rs President Taft is assailet
today But the keDubl can party ha
ID survived all these experiences just a.
~ IL will survive the present attempt I,
bring about its destruc ion.
=" The men WHO left the Republican
.r party in the past have gone down t,
n political Oh ivion. Those who have re
mained with the Republi an pa t.
i have. on the contrary proudly par
As tieipated in It's great achievements.
The Republican party offe.s to tn
first voter the So end re ord OF It
- past and the glorious promise OF Il;
D.. future.