Show Why the Republican Party Should 1 Be Successful in November ember BY Fn FRANK K of or New York CIl City The Tue following prize essay was wai awarded by ly the Republican congressional con eon gressional lonal committee as the best article article ar ar- tide submitted on the tho he subject subject- I. I The I.-The The of loii The Republican puny was founded upon Opel tho lie principle that this government gO was established to protect for or nil all times the lie rights and opportunities of every ely l Individual ual from abridgment That principle prin ciple it has successfully maintained Through the tue Civil war It consecrated a reunited countr country to free and equal American citizenship It has keep the tho channels of oC Interstate Commerce open for all nil and anti through h the national bankIng bankIng bank bank- Ing lag system the lie refunding of oC the tho national national na na- na- na debt resumption of specie payments pay pay- ments meats the gold standard and tho the emergency enc currency law la ht lois has sustained the life current of ot national Integrity As N tru trustee tee of or tho the national wealth It has hns laa investigated mineral regions surveyed surveyed sur- sur soils solis developed waterways In- In eluding the Panama canal irrigated i deserts conserved watersheds watershed and husbanded husbanded hus bus I ant banded the thC public lands Protecting American labor b by regulating I then Ion ton and by bv taking at the custom house i ito to pa pay pam American m taxes foreign capitals capital's I advantage from low Jow wages wales it has jias Us pro pro- pre pre-I I served to American Industries the thc home hom market of or eighty millions of or the worlds world's greatest consumers and ant so laid ald tho the surest t basis for American competition ii In n foreign markets Uniting capital and ant labor abor thus a common prosperity and common source of increased reward It has las created opportunities Improved I conditions of oC employment brought abol about t a hj higher standard of I living In and andin in more ore widespread v I d esp read 1 distribution i S t r I b U t I on of or wealth an and wel-b wel well being anti and made ex expansion cx- cx moral as well wel cli as material with wih Insular possessions It I lois has las brought them pence peace and pro progress and anti provided pro tor or the tue extension and protection of American trade for I the lie national defense and antl for or the til honorable discharge e of t I the lie responsibilities of world great greatness ness Maintaining peace at home with foreign nations and among among them it I ha has given lh ts and American opportunities now meaning throughout the nation naton and an throughout the world II The Ilic The In r of and ImI Im r I rI I Promising progress and prosperity It has been politically sincere It I has hashoVer never hoVer had a candidate of or a a. 0 section prejudice or class nor a platform of or orIe Ie negation atlon scheme of or repudiation program program pro pro- gram of oC scuttle or doctrine of ot despair It I has hns no never nor r lent itself to a demand demund for revolution to be followed by b reaction re ye- action and retrogression lon it hn has stood firm for COr evolution e b by constant steady and enduring pro progress Finding trusts giant born J flourishing lg- lg under supposed conflict of oC state nut national JIW law J the tho tho double prohibition of oC I c serving hut hilt to foster their development develop develop- melt ment it has loin never in an attempt to destroy destro trusts withdrawn rawn In state or nation naton the protection o of law from property but has through executive I Inest investigation aton and and resort lo to the courts resolved the conflict which had silenced I law nw and given trusts existence It I has never proposed to advance American workingmen and American Institutions b by banishing American in industries In- In and building up those of or other lands and scorned to lo insult labor with wih an Illusory promise of or immunity from law Yet it passed the pure food i law and aini the th employers employers' liability law secured d equal accommodations on railroads railroads rail rail- rai- rai roads aided a agriculture created tho the civil service Jer established free rural man mall delver delivery reduced foreign postage and Increased pensions Continuing naturally marked out progress It I will wil keep Its pledges of oC tariff readjustment currency reform and development de of or I I th the merchant marine and make the it d Stats s talc the thu financial renter is as ui It of tho the has is made mude it the Ow Industrial center world III The lartY It T Iury It Or- Or cs the thur National 11 In the tho evolution by w which lh party gov- gov 0 has become the 1 method of oC securing securing- responsibility I to the tue people the Republican party part hilLS bus husI become their traditional representative I and the tue Democratic party the organized aspiration of individuals for power I without r responsibility Fairly tried from morn 1893 to the two Democrat Democratic I houses the Democratic President were a wild wid team and a helpless driver Democracy a agitates local uHf dif Republicanism organizes this tho national Idea leca In 1863 the tite people were wro commuted committed to tho the cause cale of or human lIberty Jb- Jb lIb lIb- crt the thc Idea of or erty Iden Liberty and Union expanded for tor the first time Into the tha reality of ot the time American nation Jn In 1579 money moncY was committed to a n beefs basis 8 specie was nt at t once until I 1803 1893 jJ no ob longer e sought CJ mind and n government 1 b bonds went want to to a n premium at tho the reduced rate o of Interest In 1393 business men muon were a again aln committed to before a n single statute was wn enacted prosperity set et In and In ten years ear hank bank deposits almost trebled a trebled a permanent gain which tho the recent panic a state stat 0 of mind now non completely scarcely cel touched In 1006 1906 business was committed to fair methods without compulsion violations largely ceased Tho The Republican party part at each enci period sounded the tho public conscience felt time tho national pulse framed Us its Is policies In response and realized In law Jaw the time dominant domi death nant lant American idea idea- Idea Its Is constructive past assures Its Is constructive future It ItIs itis I Is Is today toca a as It I always has lias been Tho TImo Party ft nt It to Govern IV J TIie it The of uC The party part of ot statesmanship it I ha has hai been the training school of statesmen Its Is policies have been forged In the heat hent of or public di discussion tempered tempered In tho tIm deliberation oid shinned haled in the lie conflict of ot many trained minds and drawn and anc finally wrought for tor the time countr country's s 's wel wel- fare fure Dominating its Is members through principles It i assures unit unity in government govern govern- rn o ment tt Its t have havo made tIm the greatest contributions to na nu- nu muti- muti lonal progress Tho The roster rosier tf f 1 Its leaders Is the tue national roll rol of or honor I of or public service serice V. V Taft a Sherman Constructive Candidate t A Constructive Platform H Republicanism stands toda today for or progressive pro pro- e policies In iii safe BACe hands bands n By solving solving tho the constructive e of or tt world Power in In the last latt two adminis rations William Jf H. Taft ai taught time the world our capacity and us tiN his lila own In all al constructive o legislation for twenty 1 years ears James S. S Sherman has been a leader In Iii the tIme records of or the tho Republican can candidates as well vell wll as In the plat pInt form arc alO written the tho stOl story of or tho thuc nations nation's progress and the tIme reliance oC at limo tho future A Democratic President nt or a a. Demo Demo- cratic house would turn toni back pages thereafter would mccord re mc 1 cord destruction Till This tho the can senate could not prevent plC Under Pitcher Taft and Sherman and anti a n Republican congress conr's lh the great progress o of the past will wil be lipid held and th the great greater progress aul or of tl time the future wl l be bc assured |