Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1908 — The Republican Party’s Own Answer. [ARTICLE]

The Republican Party’s Own Answer.

In his address to the Republican national convention, Temporary Chairman Burrows referred to the Republican victory in 1904, and then asked: "In view of this Indorsement, It becomes pertinent and opportune to Inquire, what has the Republican party done in the last four years of government control to forfeit public confidence or create distrust in its capacity for future administration?” For this question the Rochester (New York) Union and Advertiser finds a striking answer. This is the answer which the Unioiv'and Advertiser takes out of the mouth of Senator Burrows’ own party as stated in the Republican Platform of 1896; “In the broad effect of Its policy It has precipitated panic, blighted industry and trade with prolonged depression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crippled American production. Every consideration of public safety and individual interest demands that the government shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselves incable of conducting It without disaster.”