Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09
GENUINE REpuB1IcANIsM FINDS POPULAR FAVOR

years OF democratic mixed rule at time IS all the Amer
can people able to stand The last time this country
had two democratic presidents in succession, Pierce and
Buchanan the nation narrowly escaped destruction and each
new attempt to undergo single term in 1884 and again
in 1892 brought disaster in form Indications are not
lacking that the present democratic administration the third
since the Civil War; likely political history repeat
itself Our democratic friends prone to do really
good thing and then kick it all Analysis of the fun
damenta principles of the Democratic party makes plain
the reasons for this structural weakness.
The Democratic party has stood for the false
nomc theory that 1t thrift to buy necessaries away
from home and it has formulated tariff legislation accord
ngy Untrue to it's name, believes not created
equal and should not be given political rights equals 1t
has repeatedly failed the integrity of American
territory and it is as ready under Woodrow Wilson to
haul down the American flag Panama and in the Philip
pines it in Hawaii under Grover Cleveland to say
nothing of its championship of extreme State rights 1t is
sectional party and with the solid South eliminated it could
not endure for day it's false basis and usound economic
theories With all these dscordant principles and Amer
lean policies to overcome within its ranks it is not
strange that the Democratic party has failed the people
AT this particular time when not few republicans
concerned the political outlook it well to get back to
first principles well to adapt policies to present
ditions.
1t is true when Abraham Lincoln formulated
the thought that when buy necessares abroad get
the goods and the foreigner has money while buy
at home we have the goods and keep too That
is the sound economic principle underlying the great repub-
hcan policy of reasonable protection of American
labor and American industry The Republican party the
champion of equal political rights The Republican party
has always stood for the absolute integrity American
rtory Repubicanism the real hope of the
nation in dealing with the great problems involved in the adj
Justment of our public service to modern conditions
Democratic opportunity comes only when the great Re-
publican party grows careless Indifferent to these sound
principles of Americanism which it founded When
we permit special interests personed by Adrch to use our
party to strengthen monopoly the of protection of
American industry then deserve popular condemnation
like that of 1912 we allow Lodge to party the
of
Just thrown off, shall again deserve rebuke at the hands
of the voters of this nation.
To-day the mission of the Republican party is plain
The people of the United States grand
party for the phodng of their rights the promotion of
their interests in the following PARTICULARS
The manufacture at home by American labor of every
thing possible and protective policy just high enough
help us buy at home and higher.
The maintenance of the complete integrity American
territory and the dgnfed assertion of all American rights
therein especially those protected by American treaties
The protection of American citizens in their political and
other rights in all American territory we'll of life and
property of American citizens abroad
The protection of the public service from the buccaneer
eXpoter the hand and from the rabd ancorpora-
ZIONIST on the other of the public well the stockoer
The last principle is well nigh first in Importance at this
particular time President Wilson entered office as the
alleged rabid foe of American public service corporations
He has sounded the signal for surrender those who
have tried to exploit American public corporations
their own gain at the of both stockholders
patrons.
The true Republican party policy is to stand sturdily
independent of corporate influences We say the public
service corporations that they servants of the people
and must comply with the laws and bear their fair share
the burdens the individuals We do want to
ride them and they must not ride party They
titled to fair play and the people We
of public service corporations whose real interests are the
peoples but the foes OF those financial powers
would exploit public service corporations for their
ends the harm Of innocent stockholders as we'll as of the
public.
CLARION note of repubicanism has Just sounded by
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts In letter the republican
candidate for Congress to succeed Mayor Crey Senator
Weeks shows that generally speaking when the Republican
party is IN power business is good and when the Demo-
cratic party has had control business felt the bghng
effect of their national policies eguarity of employment
is disastrous At this time business depressed an unusual
number OF out of employment and capital is md
He continues:
The increasing of freight rates per cent might give
temporary impetus to business but the real difficulty fun
damenta with the Democratic party"
The great need of repubicanism to-day is to stand
surdy for the happy meanbetween the monopoist and
the free trader between the railroad baers the Meens
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