Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — "Scrupulously Fulfilled.” [ARTICLE]

"Scrupulously Fulfilled.”

Mr. Roosevelt says: “In 1896 the Republican party came into power, and in 1900 it retained power on certain definite pledges, each of which was seruplously fulfilled.” If anyone doubts that this is an unwarranted boast, let him read the Republican national platforms for 1896 and 1900. Among the “definite pledges” in the 1896 platform were the promise of reciprocity; the promise to promote the free coinage of silver by international agreement: the promise to give veterans of the Union armies preference in the matter of appointments to office; the promise to honestly enforce the civil service law; the promise to create a national board of arbitration; the promise to admit the territories to statehood: the promise to give Alaska representation in congress. Not one of these pledges has been fulfilled. Conspicuous among the “definite pledges” in the Republican platform for 1900 was the promise that the party would restrain and prevent all conspiracies and combinations intended to restrict business, to create monopolies and to lihiit production or to control prices. Another “definite pledge” was to maintain “the associated policy of reciprocity." Another “definite pledge” related to the enforcement of the civil service law Another “definite pledge" related to the admission' to statehood of the territories. Not one of those “definna pledges" has been fulfilled.