The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-22
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cereIy grateful Tor these evidences OF
continuing confidence and esteem
II had not expected to be again q
candidate for public ONCE. but II the
/ people Of Kansas who have honored
me 80 often in the past are desirous
OF having the benefit OF my services
which. by reason of my experiences
they have seemed to consider val
Iuable, cannot wen refuse.
| For more than half q century the
Republican party has been the domi-
nant political. force in the Union. and
| during all of that time has stood for
| genuine progress, advancement and
| reform, and during all of my man
hood. have been a member of this
party, without variablepess or shadow
OF turning. because 1t seemed to me
| to have started right and in the main
| to have kept right.
Under its benef1cent rule from
1897 to 1913, the country attained it's
highest standing. our people their
greatest prosperity. AS a member Of
congress during this period 1t gave
me great pleasure to support the adj
ministrations OF Mckinley, Roosevelt
and Taft, except that 1 opposed the
proposition of reciprocity with Can
ada
During that period the American
| system OF protection again indicated
its value to the American farmer. the
workman and the factory.
Baleful Effects OF Bourbon Tariff.
The baleful effects of the Demo-
cratic tariff policy are already notice.
able. During the month OF Novem-
Der last, there was imported nearly
eleven million pounds of beef, over
five million bushels Of oats, over one
hundred twenty thousand head of
cattle, seven hundred thousand BUSH
! OF products of foreign factories, while
the government expenses exceeded its
income that month y over four mill
hon dollars.
Unemployed Throng Streets.
THE unemployed throng the
Streets farmers have been deprived OF
their market, and yet the consumer
has not been benefited.
THE Republican proposition of q
tariff commission should have been
retained and no amendment to the
ommendation had been received
| from it.
las a member of the committee
which prepared the law establishing
the gold standard. it is pleasing to
observe that the Democratic admins
l
| a part of the new currency measure.
This new law, having as its basis the
essential features of the Republican
proposition on that subject, should be
successful and should receive the cor
dial support of bankers and people,
and II amendments are found neces-
sary to administrative features, as is
probable, they should be promptly
made without regard to party lines.
The Eieht-Hour System.
I'm common with many other Re
publicans, I supported bills providing
for the eight-hour system, workmen's
compensation, regulation of child la
Dor, the children bureau, strengthen
ing the interstate commerce act, con-
ing the white slave traffic. and nu-
merous other measures in the inter-
est of all of the people, as vel. -
some in which Kansas was more d.
rectly interested, including the grant
of the Fort Hays military reservation
to the state of Kansas, the appropr1n-
ton to assist in developing the UNDER
! flow in western Kansas proposed by
4 me, which passed the senate but failed
of action in the house. 1 also sup
ported the income tax amendment and
the amendment providing for the elec-
ton of senators by a vote of the peO-
pie. And during all of my term of
service. it gave me pleasure to do
what I could for the veterans of the
civil and Spanish wars, their widows
and orphans. The women who were
attempting to secure their rights re-
ceived my support, including the
printing and distributing Of public
documents, in their interest and such
like service, because in my judgment
their exercise of the right of suffrage
will be beneficial to the best interests
of all the people.
G. O. p. Foreign Policy.
sGr7,o forajon no1icv of ho Rnnvrh-
lican party has always, included the
use Of every proper effort to secure
it's citizens in their rights of person
and property. wherever they may be,
able the executive department to pre-
serve these rights. they should be
promptly given and effectively used.
Now as always, the Republican
aspirations and hopes of the people.
and 1t is ready to face and solve new
problems as they arise. Now as al
ways, it is opposed to stagnation and
! realizes that it must either progress
or perish. Now as always. confident
of its rectitude and strength. 1t insists
that new movements shall be carefully
conceived. evidently practicable and
certainly beneficial. Now as always, it
believes that 1t is better to be right
than to repent.
II People Would Advance and Prosper.
FOr the advancement ana prosper
ity Of the people, it is important that
the Republican party be returned to
power, from which 1t was removed by
discord among its own members. In
my judgment. the best way to secure
harmony is to open the primary to all
who have faith in the party, and then
every voter who believes in Republi-
can principles, should give such nomi-
nees a cordial and hearty support,
thus insuring the election of the en-
tire ticket.