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Toledo
Democrat.
Sheriff
W. V. Vest.
Toledo
Republican.
Supt. of schools. Surveyor.
D. E Brown.
Toledo
Democrat.
W. H. Holstead.
Toledo
Republican.
Coroner.
L. E. Allen
Tama.
Republican.
County attorney. ..
R. P Kepler.
Toledo
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm . .
J. T. Bell
Dysart
Democrat.
Supervisor
H. F. Novak.
Chelsea.
Democrat.
Supervisor
John Young
Traer.
Republican.
Supervisor
W. B. Mitchell
Toledo
Republican.
Supervisor
C. S. Winders.
Gilman.
Democrat.
I. C. Welty
Nevada.
Republican.
County Vilicens OL LOWd.
TAYLOR COUNTY. COUNTY SEAT BEDFORD.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
J. F. Besco.
Bedford
Republican.
Clerk courts
T. G. Stewart
Bedford
Republican.
Treasurer
W. F. Evans.
Bedford
Republican.
Recorder
K. K. Stephens
Bedford
Republican.
Sheriff
J. H. Humphrey
Bedford
Republican.
Supt. of schools
H. S. Ash
Bedford
Republican.
Surveyor.
E. S. Chesbro.
Bedford
Republican.
County attorney
J. B. Dunn.
Lenox .
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
Alex John ..
.Bedford
Democrat.
Supervisor
S. L. Payton
Bedford
Republican.
Supervisor
C. A. Huss
Gravity
Republican.
UNION COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT CRESTON.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
W. F. Craig.
Creston
Republican.
Clerk courts.
Clarence McConnel.
Creston
Republican.
Treasurer
G. H. Sherwood.
Creston
Republican.
Recorder
Geo. T. Harkness J. A. Ray.
Creston
Republican.
Sheriff
Creston
Democrat.
Supt. of schools
F. M. Abbott
Creston
Republican.
Surveyor .
M. V. Ashby.
Creston
Republican.
Coroner
James McKee
Creston
Republican.
County attorney ..
H. M. Fry
Creston
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
J. F. Danielson
Creston
Republican
Supervisor
W. W. Burns
Cromwell
Republican.
Supervisor
John Shade
Lorimor
Democrat.
Supervisor
F. Smith
Afton R. R. No. 5.
Republican.
Supervisor
Crede Holland
Afton
Republican.
VAN BUREN COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT KEOSAUQUA.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
E. H. Ruby
Keosauqua
Republican.
Clerk courts
E. F. Pittman
Keosauqua
Republican.
Treasurer
H. L. McGrew
Keosauqua
Republican.
Recorder
F. M. Lee ..
Keosauqua
Republican.
Sheriff
R. P. Ramsey
Keosauqua
Republican.
Supt. of schools
A. L. Heminger
Keosauqua
Republican.
Surveyor
David Williams
Keosauqua
Republican.
Coroner
L. Morris
Srockport
Republican.
County attorney . ..
E. L. McCoid
Keosauqua
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm . .
Albert Bowles
Farmington
Republican.
Supervisor
J. A. Ferguson
Mount Sterling
Republican.
Supervisor
T. L. Workman.
Mount Zion
Republican.
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County Officers of Iowa.
WAPELLO COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT OTTUMWA.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
J. R. Criley.
Ottumwa
Republican.
Clerk courts
Edwin Dungan ..
Ottumwa
Republican.
Treasurer
R. P. Dana
Ottumwa.
Republican.
Recorder
L. L. Swenson.
Ottumwa
Republican.
Sheriff
J. H. Cremer.
Ottumwa.
Republican.
Supt. of schools Surveyor.
Miss Emma Nye C. R. Allen ..
Ottumwa.
Republican.
Coroner.
F. W. Mills ..
Ottumwa
Republican.
County attorney.
W. W. Epps.
Ottumwa
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
T. J. Reinier
Hedrick, R. R. No.5
Democrat.
Supervisor
J. M. McElroy
Ottumwa R. R. No. 7.
Republican.
Supervisor
A. J. Gardner.
Eddy ville
Republican.
WARREN COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT. INDIANOLA.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
W. J. Hewitt.
Indianola.
Republican.
Clerk courts
O. E. Copeland
Indianola
Republican.
Treasurer
T. N. Coffin. .
Indianola.
Republican.
Recorder
W. A. Graves
Indianola.
Republican.
Sheriff
G. L. Kimer.
Indianola
Republican.
Supt. of schools Surveyor
J. W. Radebaugh
Indianola.
Republican.
A. H. Gillaland
Indianola.
Republican.
Coroner.
O. P. Judkins
Indianola.
Republican.
Cnunty attorney.
J. O. Watson
Indianola.
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
Coy Craig.
Palmyra
Republican.
Supervisor
Geo. Fridley.
Milo ..
Republican.
Supervisor
Lee Hiatt
Indianola.
Republican.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT WASHINGTON.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
F. E. Neal
Washington
Clerk courts
M. E. Logan
Washington
Treasurer
J. S. Shearer
Washington
Recorder
John S. Wilson
Washington
Republican.
Sheriff
J. W. Teeter
Washington
Democrat.
Supt. of schools Surveyor
W. D. Ott
Riverside
Republican.
Coroner
E. T. Wickham.
Washington .
Republican.
County attorney.
Eardley Bell, Jr
Wellman
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
Samuel Anderson
Ainsworth
Republican.
Supervisor
S. M. McCleary
Washington
Republican.
Supervisor
Jesse Longwell
Wellman
Republican.
Republican. Republican. Democrat.
Cora E. Teeter
Washington
Republican.
Ottumwa
Republican.
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County Officers of Iowa.
WAYNE COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT CORYDON.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
J. E. Neill
Corydon
Clerk courts.
D. E. Jaquis.
Corydon ...
Republican. Republican.
Treasurer.
Wm. Shriver
Corydon.
Democrat.
Recorder
M. J. Evans.
Corydon
Republican.
Sheriff
E. Merrick.
Corydon
Democrat.
Supt. of schools. Surveyor
Maude Elmore.
Corydon
Republican.
L. M. Phillips
Corydon
Republican ..
Coroner.
W. G. Walker.
Bethlehem
Democrat.
County attorney. ..
H. H. Carter
Corydon
Republican.
Supervisor - Chm ..
S. F. Wasson
Lineville
Democrat.
Supervisor.
John Krouse,
Corydon
Democrat.
Supervisor
B. F. Wharton
Seymour
Republican.
WEBSTER COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT
FORT DODGE.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
H. S. Holm
Fort Dodge
Clerk courts.
H. L. Weiss.
Fort Dodge
Treasurer
J. T. Ryan.
Fort Dodge.
Democrat.
Recorder
A. C. Smith.
Fort Dodge.
Republican.
Sheriff
Henry Olson.
Fort Dodge.
Republican.
Supt. of schools Surveyor
C. H. Reynolds.
Fort Dodge
Republican.
Coroner
A. H. McCreight
Fort Dodge ..
Republican.
County attorney ..
B. J. Price.
Fort Dodge
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm . .
A. F. Simpson.
Duncombe.
Republican.
Supervisor
F. W. Collins
Fort Dodge.
Democrat ..
Supervisor
J. P. Hilstrom
Callender
Republican.
Supervisor
P. H. Cain.
Clare R. R. No. 2.
Democrat.
Supervisor
Anton Byer.
Gowrie.
Republican.
WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT FOREST CITY.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
L. A. Hauge
Forest City
Republican.
Clerk courts
J. H. Anderson .
Forest City
Republican.
Treasurer
A. J. Johnson.
Forest City
Republican.
Recorder
H. S. Johnson
Forest City
Republican.
Sheriff.
J. C. Anderson
Forest City
Republican.
Supt. of schools
L. C. Brown.
Forest City
Republican.
Surveyor
J. H. T. Ambrose.
Forest City
Republican.
Coroner
O. A. Hanson.
Forest City
Republican.
County attorney . . .
T. A. Kingland.
Forest City
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
W. H. Combs.
Thompson
Republican.
Supervisor
J J. Holland.
Leland.
Republican.
Supervisor
C. O. Thompson
Lake Mills
Republican .
Republican. Democrat.
A. L. Brown.
Fort Dodge
Republican.
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County Officers of Iowa.
WINNESHIEK COUNTY
COUNTY SEAT DECORAH.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
I. Linnevold.
Decorah
Republican.
Clerk courts.
S. E. Bricner
Decorah
Republican.
Treasurer
E. R. Haines
Decorah
Republican.
Recorder
H. S. Stinson
Decorah
Republican.
Sheriff
Geo. Mizener
Decorah
Republican.
Supt. of schools
E. J. Hook
Decorah
Republican.
Surveyor
C. E. Schench .
Decorah
Republican.
Coroner
P. M. Jewell.
Decorah
Republican.
County attorney .
W. M. Strand
Decorah
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
M. J. Nicholson
Decorah, R. R. No. 1
Republican.
Supervisor
Edwin Hover ..
Locust
Republican.
B. E. Jewell.
Decorah
Democrat.
Supervisor. Supervisor
R. S. Wolfenberger.
Burr Oak
Democrat.
Supervisor
M. A. Kubish
Fort Atkinson.
Democrat.
WOODBURY COUNTY. COUNTY SEAT.
SIOUX CITY.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor
N. Jenness.
Sioux City
Republican.
Clerk courts
Wm. Conniff
Sioux City
Republican.
Treasurer
O. B. Talley
Sioux City
Republican.
Recorder
H. S. Beeker.
Sioux City
Republican.
Sheriff
C. W. Jackson
Sioux City
Republican.
Supt. of schools
E. A. Brown
Sioux City
Republican.
Surveyor
Martin Holmvig.
Sioux City
Republican.
Coroner
J. H. Robbins .
Sioux City
Republican.
County attorney
U. G. Whitney
Sioux City
Republican.
Supervisor - Chm
W. J. Wray
Sloan
Republican.
Supervisor
Geo. Ellerd.
Sioux City
Democrat.
Supervisor
D. Scheelhaase.
Moville
Democrat.
Supervisor
E. C. Copeland
Correctionville.
Republican.
Supervisor
Godfrey Durst
Danbury
Democrat.
WORTH COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT NORTHWOOD
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
I. Iverson, Jr
Northwood
Republican.
Clerk courts
H. K. Myli. .
Northwood
Republican.
Treasurer
John J. Simmons
Northwood
Republican.
Recorder
John M. Slosson
Northwood
Republican.
Sheriff
G. A. Lee
Northwood
Republican.
Supt. of schools.
Northwood
Republican.
Surveyor
O. E. Gunderson H. V. Dwelle
Northwood
Republican.
Coroner.
C. A. Hurd
Northwood
Republican.
County attorney .
M .: H. Kepler
Northwood
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm
T. L. Bolton.
Northwood
Republican.
Supervisor
G. A. Rye.
Fertile .
Republican.
Supervisor
O. E. Foss.
Kensett
Republican.
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WRIGHT COUNTY.
COUNTY SEAT
CLARION.
Office.
Name of Officer.
Post Office.
Politics.
Auditor.
E. M. Callende r
Clarion
Republican.
Clerk courts
N. M. Nelson
Clarion
Republican.
Treasurer
W. H. Trowbridge
Clarion.
Republican.
Recorder
Jennie G. Keith
Clarion.
Republican.
Sheriff
W. C. Brown
Clarion
Republican.
Supt. of schools. Surveyor
A. Macdonald
Clarion.
Democrat.
G. L. Mechem.
Clarion
Republican.
Coroner.
J. W. Garth.
Clarion
Republican.
County attorney
S. Flynn
Eagle Grove.
Republican.
Supervisor-Chm . .
J. K. Sheplee
Clarion
Republican.
Supervisor
G. H. Jameson
Dows
Republican.
Supervisor
R. France ..
Eagle Grove.
Republican.
Supervisor
J. K. Miller
Belmond .
Democrat.
Supervisor
M. K. Uhr
Holmes.
Republican.
PART IV.
Political Parties, Platforms, Committees and Statistics of the General Election 1904, Vote by Precincts, Official Vote by Counties, Vote for Senators and Representatives, Vote for Congressmen, 1898-1904. Popular Vote and Electoral Vote for President by States, 1900 -- 1904.
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NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTION, 1904.
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Vice-President. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. of Indiana.
National Convention, Chicago, June 21-23, 1904. Temporary Chairman-HON. ELIHU ROOT, of New York. Permanent Chairman-HON. JOSEPH G. CANNON, of Illinois.
Secretary-CHARLES W. JOHNSON, of Minnesota.
NATIONAL PLATFORM.
Fifty years ago the Republican party came into existence, dedicated among other purposes to the great task of arresting the extension of human slavery. In 1860 it elected its first President. During twenty-four of the forty-four years which have elapsed since the election of Lincoln the Republican party has held complete control of the Government. For eighteen more of the forty-four years it has held partial control through the possession of one or two branches of the Government, while the Democratic party during the same period has had com- plete control for only two years. This long tenure of power by the Republican party is not'due to chance. It is a demonstration that the Republican party had commanded the confidence of the American people for nearly two genera- tions to a degree never equalled in our history, and has displayed a high capacity for rule and government which has been made even more conspicuous by the incapacity and infirmity of purpose shown by its opponents.
CONDITIONS IN 1897.
The Republican party entered upon its present period of complete suprem- acy in 1897. We have every right to congratulate ourselves upon the work since then accomplished, for it has added lustre even to the traditions of the party which carried the Government through the storms of Civil War.
We then found the country, after four years of Democratic rule, in evil plight, oppressed with misfortune and doubtful of the future. Public credit had
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been lowered, the revenues were declining, the debt was growing, the admin- istration's attitude toward Spain was feeble and mortifying, the standard of values was threatened and uncertain, labor was unemployed, business was sunk in the depression which had succeeded the panic of 1893, hope was faint and confidence was gone.
THE TARIFF LAW.
We met these unhappy conditions vigorously, effectively and at once. We replaced a Democratic tariff law based on free trade principles and gar- nished with sectional protection by a consistent protective tariff; and industry, freed from oppression and stimulated by the encouragement of wise laws, has expanded to a degree never before known, has conquered new markets and has created a volume of exports which has surpassed the imagination. Under the Dingley tariff labor has been fully employed, wages have risen and all in- dustries have revived and prospered. We firmly established the gold stand= ard which was then menaced with destruction. Confidence returned to bus iness and with confidence an unexampled prosperity.
REVENUES.
For deficient revenues suplemented by improvident issues of bonds, we gave the country an income which produced a large surplus and which enabled us only four years after the Spanish war had closed to remove over one hundred millions of annual war taxes, reduce the public debt and lower the interest charges of the government.
THE PUBLIC CREDIT RESTORED.
Public credit, which had been so lowered that in time of peace a Democratic administration made large loans at extravagant rates of interest in order to pay current expenditures, rose under Republican administration to its highest point, and enabled us to borrow at two per cent, even in time of war ·
CUBA.
We refused to palter longer with the miseries of Cuba. We fought a quick and victorious war with Spain. We set Cuba free, governed the Island for three years and then gave it to the Cuban people with order restored, with ample revenues, with education and public health established, free from debt and connected with the United States by wise provisions for our mutual interests.
PORTO RICO.
We have organized the government of Porto Rico, and its people now enjoy peace, freedom, order and prosperity.
THE PHILIPPINES.
In the Philippines we have suppressed insurrection, established order and given to life and property a security never known there before. We have organized civil government, made it effective and strong in administration and have conferred upon the people of those islands the largest civil liberty they have ever enjoyed.
By our possession of the Philippines, we were enabled to take prompt and effective action in the relief of the legations at Peking and a decisive part in preventing the partition and the preserving of the integrity of China.
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THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
The possession of a route for an isthmian canal, so long the dream of Amer- ican statesmanship, is now an accomplished fact. The great work of connect- ing the Pacific and Atlantic by a canal is at last begun, and it is due to the Republican party.
THE ARID LANDS.
We have passed laws which will bring the arid lands of the United States within the area of cultivation.
TRE ARMY AND NAVY.
We have reorganized the army and put it in the highest state of efficiency. We have passed laws for the improvement and support of the militia.
We have pushed forward the building of the navy, the defense and the pro- tection of our honor and our interests. Our administration of the great depart- ments of the Government has been honest and efficient, and wherever wrong- doing has been discovered, the Republican administration has not hesitated to probe the evil and bring offenders to justice, without regard to party or political ties.
THE GREAT CORPORATIONS.
Laws enacted by the Republican party which the Democratic party failed to enforce and which were intended for the protection of the public against the unjust discrimination or the illegal encroachment of vast aggrega- tions of capital, have been fearlessly enforced by a Republican President, and new laws ensuring reasonable publicity as to the operations of great corpora- · tions and providing additional remedies for the prevention of discrimination in freight rates have been passed by a Republican Congress.
In this record of achievement during the past eight years may be read the pledges which the Republican party has fulfilled. We promise to continue these policies, and we declare our constant adherence to the following princi- ples :
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
Protection which guards and develops our industries is a cardinal principle of the party. The measure of protection should always at least equal the dif- ference in the cost of production at home and abroad. We insist upon the maintenance of the principle of protection, and therefore rates of duty should be readjusted only when conditions have so changed that the public interest demand- their alteration, but this work can not be safely committed to any other hands than those of the Republican party. To entrust it to the Demo- cratic party is to invite disaster. Whether.as in 1892, the Democratic party declares the protective tariff unconstitutional, and whether it demands tariff reform or tariff revi ions, its real object is always the destruction of the protective system. However specious the name, the purpose is ever the same. A Demo- cratic tariff has always been followed by business adversity, a Republican tariff by business prosperity. To a Republican Congress and a Republican President this great question can be safely entrusted. When the only free trade country among the great nations agitates a return to protection, the chief protective country should not falter in maintaining it.
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FOREIGN MARKETS EXTENDED.
We have extended widely our foreign markets, and we believe in the adop- tion of all practicable methods for their further extension, including commer - cial reciprocity wherever reciprocal arrangements can be effected consistent with the principles of protection and without injury to American agriculture, American labor or any American industry.
We believe it to be the duty of the Republican party to uphold the gold standard and the integrity and value of our national currency.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
The maintenance of the gold standard, established by the Republican party, can not safely be committed to the Democratic party, which resisted its adop - tion and has never given any proof since that time of belief in it or fidelity to it .
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
While every other industry has prospered'under the fostering aid of Repub- lican legislation, American shipping engaged in foreign trade in competition with the low cost of construction, low wages and heavy subsidies of foreign governments, has not for many years received from the Government of the United States adequate encouragement of any kind. We therefore favor legislation which will encourage and build up the American merchant marine and we cordially approve the legislation of the last Congress which created the merchant marine commission to investigate and report upon this subject. A navy powerful enough to defend the United States against any attack, to uphold the Monroe doctrine and watch over our commerce is essential to the safety and the welfare of the American people. To maintain such a navy is the fixed policy of the Republican party.
CHINESE LABOR.
We cordially approve the attitude of President Roosevelt and Congress in regard to the exclusion of Chinese labor and promise a continuance of the Republican policy in that direction.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service law was placed on the statute books by the Republican party which has always sustained it, and we renew our former declarations that it shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced.
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
We are always mindful of the country's debt to the soldiers and sailors of the United States and we believe in making ample provisions for them in the liberal administration of the pension laws.
ARBITRATION.
We favor the peaceful settlement of international differences by' arbitra- tion.
PROTECTION OF CITIZENS ABROAD.
We commend the vigorous efforts made by the administration to protect American citizens in foreign lands and pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and equal protection of all our citizens abroad. It is the unquestioned duty of the Government to procure for all our citizens, without distinction, the rights of travel and sojourn in freindly countries, and we declare ourselves in favor of .all proper efforts tending to that end.
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HE ORIENT.
Our great interests and our growing commerce in the Orient render the condition of China of high importance to the United States. We cordially commend the policy pursued in that direction by the administrations of Presi- dent Mckinley and President Roosevelt.
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
We favor such Congressional action as shall determine whether by special discriminations the elective franchise in any State has been unconstitutionally limited, and if such is the case we demand that representation in Congress and in the electoral colleges shall be proportionately reduced as directed by the Constitution of the United States.
COMBINATIONS OF CAPITAL AND OF LABOR.
Combinations of capital and of labor are the results of the economic move- ment of the age, but neither must be permitted to infringe upon the rights and interests of the people. Such combinations when lawfully formed for lawful purposes are alike entitled to the protection of the laws, but both are subject to the laws and neither can be permitted to break them.
OUR LAMENTED PRESIDENT.
The great statesman and patriotic citizen, William Mckinley, who was re-elected by the Republican party to the presidency four years ago, was assas- sinated just at the threshold of his second term. The entire nation mourned his untimely death and did that justice to his great qualities of mind and char- acter which history will confirm and repeat.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
The American people were fortunate in his successor, to whom they turned with a trust and confidence which have been fully justified. President Roose - velt brought to the great responsibilities thus sadly forced upon him a clear head, a brave heart, an earrest patriotism and a high ideal of public duty and public service. True to the principles of the Republican party and to the policies which that party had declared, he has also shown himself ready for every emergency and has met new and vital questions with ability and with success.
The confidence of the people in his justice, inspired by his public career, enabled him to render personally an inestimable service to the country by bringing about a settlement of the coal strike which threatened such disastrous results at the opening of the winter of 1902.
Our foreign policy under his administration has not only been able, vig- orous and dignified, but in the highest degree successful. The complicated questions which arose in Venezuela were settled in such a way by President Roosevelt that the Monroe doctrine was singularly vindicated and the cause of peace and arbitration greatly advanced. His prompt and vigorous action in Panama, which we commend in the highest terms, not only secured to us the canal route, but avoided foreign complications which might have been of a very serious character.
He has continued the policy of President Mckinley in the Orient and our position in China, signalized by our recent commercial treaty with that empire, has never been so high. He secured the tribunal by which the vexed and perilous question of the Alaska boundary was finally settled.
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Whenever crimes against humanity have been perpetrated which have shocked our people his protest has been made and our good offices have been tendered, but always with due regard to international obligations.
Under his guidance we find ourselves at peace with all the world and never were we more respected or our wishes more regarded by foreign nations. Pre- eminently successful in regard to our foreign relations, the President has been equally fortunate in dealing with the domestic questions. The country has known that the public credit and the national currency were absolutely safe in the hands of his administration. In the enforcement of the laws he has shown not only courage, but the wisdom which understands that to permit laws to be violated or disregarded opens the door to anarchy, while the just enforcement of the law is the soundest conservatism. He has held firmly to the fundamental American doctrine that all men must obey the law, that there must be no distinction beween rich and poor, between strong and weak, but that justice and equal protection under the law must be secured to every citizen without regard to race, creed or condition.
His administration has been throughout vigorous and honorable, high- minded and patriotic. We commend it without reservation to the considerate judgment of the American people.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Headquarters, New York and Chicago.
Chairman-GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, New York.
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