ACHIEVEMENTS OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY
6ft tho Brilliant Party Record Be
Endorsed? '
&ai Made America One of tho Great
Nation of the Earth.
dn his Toledo speech the otherday,
Secretary Tnft made the bulls-eye,
when he Raid that the real Issue of
this campaign Is whether the voters of
this country will give their endorse
ment to the Roosevelt policies and the
fleeds of the Republican party or turn
to the Democratic party, with Its un
tried promises. It Is not, 'whether the
people shall rule, as P.ryau stated the
other day, because the people already
rule as much as the Democrats will
permit thorn. Tho hundreds of thous
ands of disfranchised negroes in the
fiontli, together with the many poor
white people, stand up and point tho
finger at tho guilty Democratic party.
Its statements about popular rule are
hollow pretenses. Us professions hypo
critical claptrap.
llny'a Tribute to Itepalillean Party
The distinguished American states
man, John Hay, In an address at Jack
son, Michigan, commemorating the GOth
anniversary of tho Republican party,
declared that the Republican party had
a noble origin, that It sprang directly
from nn aroused and Indignant Na
tional conscience. Questions of flnauce,
of political economy of orderly admin
istration, pass out of sight for the 'mo
ment to be taken tip and dealt with
later on. Rut In 1854 the question that
brought thinking men together, was
whether there should be n limit to the
aggressions of slavery; and In 1801 that
solemn Inquiry turned to one still more
portentiouB : Should the nation live or
Jlc? The humblest old Republican In
America has a right to lie proud that
lu the days of his youth In the presence
of these momentous questions he judg
ed right; and If he Is sleeping In his
honored grave, bis children may Justly
be glad of his decision.
The Republican party has a history
which since Its birth In 1854 is the
history of progress and prosperity. Its
lenders have always had the welfare of
the country' at heart. It has never
taken a backward step, but has always
been 'the supporting pillar of the Na
tional government. .Its cardinal prin
ciples have been the maintenance of
the Declaration of Independence, inter
nal Improvements, a tariff to protect
our labor and Industries and to pay
government expenses, the building up of
cur navy, preserving purity In clecMons,
for the diffusion of knowledge and hap
Illness among all the people, for an hon
est medium of exchange. It has stood
for honor, dignity, Integrity, patriot-
Ism, progress, prosperity, happiness,
law and order. 4
Voo-do Democratic High Prleats.
The high priests of the Democratic
party have for the lust fifty years tried
to terrify tho people with imaginary
political bugaboos. When Lincoln was
first a candidate, they got up the aw
ful bugaboo they called "Abolitionism"
and deceived multiplied thousands of
the people. When Grant was our can
didate lor the Presidency they manu
factured twin bugaboos, called "Cen
tralization," and "Mllltnry Dcsrwtlsui."
and scared many timid persons Into the
belief that our llliortles were about to
tie takeu awoy. When Hayes was our
caudldate they paraded before the pub
lic the carlcaturo denominated "A
Bloated landholder," and tried to make
us believe that It was the Republican
party lu disguise, and that If Hayes
were elected the bondholders would take
all of our property from us. When
Garfield was our candidate, thev invent
td a fearrul evil devil culled "The Force
Bill." and terrified the Southern people
tby declaring If Garfield were elected an
army would be sent to the South to
hold elections and none but Republicans
nd negroes wou'd be iilov.vd to vote.
Vh'.'ii Harrison was a candidate these
eanio Democratic high priests got to
gether and Invented a now lot of hob
goblins which they denominated "Rob
feer Barons," and rushed them all over
the country to the terror and dismay
of millions of unsuspecting Democrats
who actually elected Cleveland Presi
dent.
When McKlnley was our candidate
for President, tho bugaboo makers
brought out a stupendous crawling mon
ster, of outedlluvldu proportions, and
branded It a "Gold Bug." and swore
that It was the Republican party and
that If McKlnley were choseu President
this monster would devour tho sub
stance of we Americans as the cater
pillars and palnierwornis devoured the
crops of the chlldreu of Israel In the
days of old. When Roosevelt was nom
lnated these perennial alarmists, said
that tho republic would be strangled
and be merged into "Imperialism," that
the "Big Stick" would embroil us In
perpetual warfare with foreign nations
nd that the M!erty advocated by our
fathers bad vanished from the laud.
We have been constantly told by
them that tho Republican party could
not be trusted, that all the usurers, all
the money sharks, all the b'.oated bond
holders, all the robber barons, all the
gold bugs, all the imperialists and war
lords, all toe corrupt 'oul.its, all the
enemies of the laboring man and all
the foes of the fur out were lu the Re
nubllcao party and that If that party
(Copyright, 1008, by the Mail and Express Company.)
ejected Roosevelt as President, awful
and manifold would bo the calamities
that would inevitably fall upon the
uierlenn people ana the salt of liberty
would lose Its savor, that our very free
dom would be like the blazonry of silks
and Jewels in the gloom of the grave.
Fajae Prophets All.
But out of these nettles of direful
and dangerous predictions hnv sprung
the beautiful blossoms of safety, and
prosperity. Instead of money becom
ing scarcer, it has become more plen
tiful. Instead of agricultural products
going down to nothing, they have great
ly increased In price; instead of la
borers' wages being cut down to pauper
rates, they have been greatly raised;
Instead of railroads having nothing to
do, they have not enough cars to carry
their passengers and freights; Instead
of our business men being ground to
powder in the bankruptcy courts, they
are hnppy and increasingly prosperous ;
Instead of our manufacturing establish
ments going out of business, they are
doing n Increasing .business. We have
more money In use and circulation than
ever before; more money per capita
than ever before; more money in sav
ings banks than ever before; thq dollar
has a larger purchasing power than
ever before and the laboring tnau. lives
better than ever before.
Republicans Lincoln's Heirs.
If there Is one thing more than an
other In which Republicans are entitled
to legitimate pride, It is that Lincoln
was our first President, that we believ
ed in him loyally, supported him while
he lived, and that we have never lost
the right to call ourselves his followers.
There Is not a principle avowed by the
Republican pnrty to-day which Is out
of harmony with Ms teaching or In
consistent with hh character. Rut only
those who believe lu human rights and
are willing to make sacrifices to defend
them, who liclievo in the nation and
its beneficent power, who believe ln
the American system of protection,
championed by a long line of our great
est and best running back from Ronse
velt to Washington only those who be
llevo In equal Justice to labor and to
capital, in honest money aud the right
to earn It, have any title to name them
selves by the name of Lincoln or to
claim a moral kinship with that august
aud venerated spirit.
Stood tlac Supreme Teat.
i Is the Republican party entitled to
public confidence? 'Its record speaks
In uo uncertain tones In answer to this
question. After slavery had beeu abol
ished by it, the war ended and peace
restored with no damage to the struc
ture of the government, tout ou the con
trary with added strength aud with
Increased guaranties of its perpetuity,
It remained to be shown whether the
power and success of the Republican
party were to be permanent, or whether,
born of a crisis. It was fitted to
cope with the problems of ' dally
national life. It had destroyed
slavery, but lu the absence of this great
adversary, could the party hold to
gether agalust the thousands of lesser
evils that beset the public the evils
of ignorance, corruption, avarice and
lawlessness, tke prejudices of race and
of class, the voices of dciuagogr.es, tin1
cuuulng of dishonest craft, the brutal
tyranny of the boss, the venality of the
nieau? It U not too much to say that
the last fifty years have given an an
swer full of glory and honor to that
question.
The Republican party In the mass
LOSTl
. a
and In detail bus shown Its capacity to
govern. By the homestead law, with
equal generosity and wisdom, It distri
buted the Immense national domain
among the citizens who were willing
to cultivate It and who have convert
ed wide Btretches of wilderness Into
smiling homes. It built the Pacific
railroad, which has bound the union
together from east to west and made
the States beyond the mountains among
our most loyal nnd prosperous com
monwealth. It redeemed our paper cur
rency and made all our forms of money
exactly of equal value, and our credit
the best In the world. By persistent
honesty in our finances In the face of
obstacles which might have daunted
the hardest statesmen It has reduced
our interest charges so that in f any
mart on earth we can borrow money
cheaper than -any other people. We
have by the patient labor of years re
formed and regulnted our civil service,
so that patronage has almost ceased
to cast its deadly blight upon the work
of our public servants.
Brilliant and Glorious Ilecord.
Its record Is but a succession of bril
liant and successful achievements
which have raised the nation to a
world power of the first rank and which
have vouchsafed to our people the max
imum of benefits with a minimum of
cost. Some things it has accomplished
may be mentioned here:
The homestead law passed by a Re
publican Congress and signed by Abra
ham Lincoln.
The national banking laws, which
gave the people a currency stable lu
ull parts of the country.
The system of internal revenue tax
ation by which approximately one-hulf
of the ordinary excuses of the gov
ernment have been raised from malt
aud spirituous liquors-, tobacco and
cigars.
The constitutional amendments,
which abolished slavery, created citi
zenship of the I'nited States, as dis
tinguished from citizenship of the sev
eral stutes, nud established equality of
suffrage.
. The Civil Rights net, which extended
to all persons the equal protection of
tho laws.
AH existing laws for pensions to war
veterans.
The resumption of specie payments;
tho reduction of Histago; the money
order system; the establishment of the
railway mall service.
Rural aud city free delivery.
The endowment of public schools,
agricultural colleges, etc., by grauts of
land from the public domain.
The establishment of the Circuit
Court of Appeuls to relieve the Su
preme Court and no longer require
litigants to suffer a delay of three or
four years In securing a decision ou
appeal.
The principle of reciprocity, by
which we reduce the duties on certain
Imports from countries that offer cor
responding advantages to our exports,
ami thus extend our foreign market.
Statehood for Kansas, Nebraska
Nevada, Colorado, North and South
Dakota, Washington, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Tho Sherman anti-trust act.
The national bankruptcy luw of
ISO" aud lS'.iS, which relieved many
'housands of unfortunates and restor
ed tbriu to commercial or Industrial
ntlvlty. .
The establishment of the gold stand
ard which placed our monetary system
on a stable basis, In harmony with the
great nations of the world.
A protective tariff in the Interest of
American industries, and American la
bor. The building of the Panama canal.
The national Irrigation act, which Is
transforming the West from a desert
to the most productive area of Amer
ica. r
The Pure Food Law, stopping pois
oned foods.
The Railroad Rote Law, abolishing
rate discriminations.
The Emergency Currency bill and tho
National Monetary Commission.
The Employer's and Government
Liability laws.
The measures for the greater effic
iency for the Army and Navy.
The model child labor law for the
District of Columbia.
The new statute for the safetv of
rullronl engineers and firemen and
many other acts concerning the public
welfare.
Shall the Republican record be en
dorsed? Triumphant millions of free,
enlightened American cltizeus will
answer YES, at the pollB November
4th, and overwhelmingly elect Taft and
Slier man.
PROTECTION FOB DEPOSITORS.
Postal Savings Banks Offer a Satis
factory Measure of Protection.
Mr. Bryan's scheme for the protec
tion of depositors is to make solvent
and prudently managed buuks pay the
losses of the Insolvent and imprudently
managed. It Is a plan to make overy
bank go security for every other bank,
and it may well be questioned if a law
Imposing Buch an obligation wltho
the consent of the person charged
would be sustained by the courts.
Mr. Tnft, discussing this subject, said
that he favored postal savlugs banks as
a protection for depositors ruther than
the Brya lis mcfheoecmfwyp cmfwyp
the Bryan scheme of enforced liablll-.
The distinct advantage of the postal
savings bank proposition is that It
would provide for direct government
responsibility. The depositors would
bo guaranteed against loss by the
government, because the banks would
be government Institutions. There
would be no possibility of loss, aud no
Injustice would be Inflicted upon other
banks like that to which tnqy would
be subjected under the Bryan scheme,
If they were compelled to pay losses
incurred by bunks over which they
had no control.
Postal savings banks in other coun
tries have given greut satisfaction, and
there is np question that they would
be conducted us safely and in every
other way as satisfactorily in the Unit
ed States. The government be
ing the banker, would properly be
charged with resiwnslblllty to the de
positors aud others doing business
with it.
On the other band, the State has no
more authority to make a banker re
sponsible for the debts of . auotber
bauker than it has to Impose a like
responsibility upon a merchunt for the
debts of other merchants. Surety la a
matter of voluntary contract, and the
essential eleuieut in any financial ob
ligation Is consent on the part of the
person to be charged. To force a
banker to Insure the payment of the
debts of another baaker is to Impose
iion bliu au obligation against ' bis
will, which would be manifestly un
just. Deliver Republican.
W. R. HEARST RESIGNS
FROM IROQUOIS CLUB
In Cleverly Sarcastic Letter Tells
Why He Withdraws With
Gratification.
"THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY."
There Is Only a Bryan Party and Its
Followers Don't Know When They
Go to Bed at Night What They
Will Bo Called Upon to Be
lieve When They Wake
Up In the Morning:.
The Iroquois' Association, nn essen
tially Democratic organization, of San
Francisco, n few days ago suggested
to Mr. William Randolph Hearst that
since ho had decided to oppose the elec
tion of the Democratic candidate, air.
Bryan, he could not consistently retain
his membership In the organization. In
rejly to this -suggestion, Mr. Hearst
has sent the following letter to the as
sociation :
To tho Iroquois Association, San Fran
cisco, Cal. :
Gentlemen I received your letter
with both pleasure and surprise. I
was surprised to know that Mr. Bogart
was sending four dollars dues to your
organization, but pleased to learn of It,
as I am exceedingly ready to stop that.
I was pleased and surprised, too, to
learn that the Iroquois Club was st'll
In existence, for, I thought that it had
been peacefully burled along with the
last remnants of the defunct Demo
cratic party of California.
But since the Iroquois Club still In
a way exists, I am glad to resign from
It, and the situation suggested In your
letter seems suUk-Ient reason for me.
You Imply that I am not a Democrat,
and I strongly suspect that I am not,
according to' the Democratic standards
of to-day. I worked hard for the Dem
ocratic party at one time nnd contrib
uted many thousands of four-dollar
checks, and cheerfully suffered much
abuse und much injury for the Demo
cratic party, but I believed in it then,
and I don't now.
You imply, furthermore, that you are
Democrats, and I cannot help wonder
ing what kind of Democrats you think
you are. Are you 18!2 Democrats, or
lS'.W Democrats, or 11X10 Democrats,
or 1904 Democrats, or 1008 Democrats?
Are you Cleveland Democrats, believ
ing In the tariff reform that we dldu't
get, and the military suppression of
labor unions that we did get? 1 Are
you Fnrker Democrats supporting the
trusts if they contribute and opposing
them If they don't? Are you Br
Democrats, believing in free silver
sometimes nnd in government owner
ship sometimes, nud in the Initiative
and the referendum sometimes? And
If you are Bryan Ddnocrats aud be
lieve in these things, do you also be
lieve in a Bryan platform that contains
none of these things?
Dear friends and brothers of the
Iroquois Club, you all remember how
the Democracy of free silver was
taught you and how you got intensely
excited over it, and cheered for It and
inarched for it, nnd then were Informed
that free silver was not true Democ
racy after all, but that public owner
ship was. Then you remember how you
threw your hats in the air over public
ownership and worked up on almost
hysterical enthusiasm for It, and then
were Informed that this wasn't true
Democracy either, but that the Initia
tive and referendum were. Then you
camo nobly to the front again and nf-
med undying devotion to the ever
lasting principles of the Initiative and
referendum ; but now you have n plat
form In which there Is no free silver,
In which there Is no public ownership.
In which there Is no initiative or refer
endum, and still you are Informed by
the old Dr. Cringle of, Democracy that
only that platform with the owner's
trade-mark pasted on the front and the
owner's name blown in the bottle is
genulno Democracy, and that if you
don't subscribe to that you will be read
out of the Democratic party.
Friends and ex-brothers of the Iro
quois Club, there Is no Democratic
party. There is only a Bryan party,
and the followers of that party don't
know when they go to bed at night
what they will be called upon to be
lieve when they wake up lu the morn
ing. ,
Once there was a man who had an
old carving knife which he said had
been banded down to him from his
grandfather. A frleud said to hlui :
"It looks rather new. Haven't you
ever done anything to It?" And the
man said: "Oh, I've had the blade
changed once or twice, and the
handle renewed a couple of times, but
otherwise it is just the same knife my
grandfather hud."
Mr. Bryan tells us that his variable
doctrines are the Democracy of our
fathers, but I say that both the blade
and the handle have been changed so
often that there Is no recogulziug the
original principles.
Once, again, there was a farmer who
had a balky mule and be couldn't make
the mule go. stranger came aloiij
and offered to help, and the farmer told
him to go right ahead. The stranger
had a bottle of turpentine, and be
opened the mule's mouth and pushed
hack his bead and poured about half of
the bottle lutd the mule'a stomach.
The mule gave one startled gasp and
struck out across the prairie, and was
lost to sight. The surprised farmer-
stood for a while Immersed In deeyTVv
thought, and then he said: "Strangejf '
please give me the restof that turpen '1
tine; I've got to catcln'ny mule." ' I
. - i . . , .. .. . .
menus una ex-tiroiiiers or tne one
time Iroquois Club, I have always
stood Just where I stand now, square
ly upon the principles of the founder
of the Democratic party and the
fromer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence; but the Democratic Donkey
has goue galloping over the political
prairie until It is lost to the sight of
Its original adherents.
I am not In the race to catch that
donkey, and if you are, you will find
thaf you have to keep plumb full of
a different kind of turpentine in every
campaign.
And so I received your communica
tion with gratification and gratitude,
and so I withdraw from your club with
pleasure nnd without the slightest hard
feeling.
Good luck and God bless you, and
may you nil be able to keep up with
your mule. Sincerely,
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
CURTAILMENT OF PRODUCTION
What Would bo the EStect of Bryan'
Plan for Curbing the Trustsf
Now conies the suggestion that, by
law, the operations of a corporation
shall bo so curtailed that to the whole
output it shall not contribute more than
50 iKr cent. Those who have neither
the time nor the inclination to go below
the surface of things may acquiesce,'
but even they may not.
. Presume a machine to be invented
and presume Its promoters, not only to
establish n plant for its manufacture,
out to be fortunate to the extent that
the use of the contrivance becomes gen
it mac i
es gen- J
whol
InnlngV
eral. At the start they make the
output. Then conies n rival, beelnnln
by producing 2.-j per cent. Down swoops
the government, eoiimellimr mntrnn.
lion by the pioneer. v-
What Is tho result? It Is to reiiuc
the total production, though the de
mand for the machine may be greater
than tiro supply. The pioneer plant
cuts off 30 per cent In obedience to gov
ermental mandate, aud Its rival makes
good but half of the deficiency. Of
course, there are what may be called
secondary effects, and they ensue Imme
diately. Presume the first plant to have cost
two millions and to employ 2,000 men.
No sooner is the second plant estab
lished than 1,000 men are thrown out
of work, nnd property represented by
a million is converted Into an industrial
Junk shop. The author of this brilliant
Idea suggests that the company sell
what It becomes illegal to use.
This is equally brilliant. It may
take the entire plant to produce one
machine, of which th prfl 111 '1 V 1 in mnnv
-'V, A "J J
parts. In that event, compliance wltly-
aw can come only by discharging l-frfttL,
men or oy Keeping .',ooo at work on
half time. Nor does the proposition
emnnate from an occupant of a home
for the feeble-niinded.
It conies from the Democratic candi
date for the Presidency. It comes from
mental machinery which enjoys a mo
nojMjly of that sort of thing. Of this
machinery the aggregate output Is
large, hut no effort has been made to
restrict It. One of the choicest of Its
products Is that monopolies be exter
minated. This is a pet thunderbolt
but Mr. Bryan has the crudest notlVs
us to its significance. He seems to
think that in some mysterious way it
would benefit the '.'plain people."
A big corporation produces on a big
scale. Exterminate It, and It stops..
Corporations become big for reasoned
economists have no trouble in compre
bending They do things by wholesale.
And part of what they save remains In
the pocket of the consumer, who would
otherwise have to pay far more for his
purchase..
Mr. Bryan says he would dissolve,
destroy, obliterate, extirpate, exter
minate. Sometimes, he says, kill. He
finds fault with Mr. Taft because he
will make no use of these terms or of
synonyms for them. Well, the Repub
lican candidate for the Presidency has
not lost bis mind. He Is not formulat
ing a policy of destruction. He knows
that evolution from the little to the
big was not only Inevitable, but bene
ficent. In declamation the Nebraskan is ef
fective and lmprerelve; in elaboration,
In detail, In what are called speelflea.
tlons. he Is out of bis element. To ask '"
him to be exact is to suggest that he
clip his own wings. The only known
equivalent for his Democracy Is De.
structlou. Brooklyn Eagle.
Joist Interests,
Labor needs capital to secure the besiS
production, while capital needs labor in
producing anything. The share of each
laborer In the joint product is affected
not exactly, but In a general way, y
the amount of capital in use as com
pared With the nunihpr nf th nam ivhfl
labor. The more capital in use theV
more work there Is to do. and the more ,
work there is to do the more laborers
are needed. The greater the need for
laborers the better their pay per man.
Manifestly, it is In the direct Interest
of the laborer thilt nmltnl ntmll in.
- ""-
crease faster thau the number of thoir
who work. Everything which legltl(
nmtely tends to increase the accumu'N
latlrm of wealth and its use for pro
duction will give each laborer a larger
khure In the joint result of capital ana
labor. Hon. Win. II. Taft, at Co per
Union, New York City.
