The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
"IT OUGHT TO BE BAD"

Thus Mr.. Blaine Reasons About the
COuntry's Prosperity. and He Therefore
| Refuses to Face the Facts.
The American Grocer contains some nuts
| for croakers to crack in the form of an array
of facts illustrating the movement of trade
during the present year. 1t is not likely that
the mouths of all the croskers will be stopped.
but the indications of continuance of con-
ditions promising indefinite business pros
perity will leave the people with little inclina-
/ ton to listen to Their dismal predictions.
| Send the croakers to the rear, and make the
| best of our bus ness chances, is likely to be
| the watchwOrd Troy Tunes tRspD
! / WAS especially requested to state that
while the Democratic party was in power Ma.
| tonal prosperity continued, and that the
| warn ngs OF Republican or ators of danger TO
| the industrial system Of the country because
! of Democratic supremacy had been falsified
/ have in my life heard many definitions of
what constituted the height of impudence,
! but here IS a practical exemplifcation of it
Fortunately for the Repu bl car party il is not
possible, however to oblterale current his
tory. JAMES G. BLAINE
What a contrast is here presented
between the frank acknowledgment
of a fact apparent to every business
man throughout the land by repre-
sentative Republican organ and the
pitiful clubbing and misrepresenta-
ton by a representative Republican
leader. Mr.. Blaine, according to the
reasoning of the Times, must be classed
with the croakerS whose dismal pre-
dictions it very properly rebukes. The
trouble with Mr.. Blaine is that like the
Bourbons, experience IS lost upon him.
He pinned his faith, in 1884, to the eff
feet of the dismal predictions of him
self and his brother croakers on the
public mind. Then he endeavored to
convey the impression that the cleo
ton of a Democratic President meant
financial ruin to the Nation. Business
interests would be paralyzed; enter
prise a thing of the past. and univer-
sal bankruptcy an inevitable result.
Time, which sets all things right. has
proved the utter falsity of those pre-
dictiOns. The Democratic Admins
tration has been in existence but year
and a half and what is the result? A
flowing tide of business prosperity
such as has not been seen for years;
prospects shll brighter in every chan
mel Of trade; confidence restored, en-
terprise unchecked and launching
forth into great ventures which it
would not have dreamed of before the
present Administration went into
power, and joy and cheerful expecta-
ton visible on the face of every bust
ness man.
But Mr. Blaine shuts his eyes to this
fair prospect and insists that the DEM
ocratic party will ruin the count try.
What cares he for the unassailable sta
fiSfinS Of hr1S ~ ruhinl,
every Republican paper in the country
is compelled to PUBLISH He forgets
that the Democratic Administration has
been tried and found admirably adapt
ed TO the interests of trade. He ignores
the fact that honest, economical gov
eminent, under Democratic auspices,
constitutes no unimportant factor in
the present business revival, being a
beacon of hope and encouragement to
capital and labor No such an ac-
acknowledgement would suit his purpose.
He has made the assertion on the stump
and by letter that Democratic rule and
business prosperity were incompatible,
and he means to stick to it, no matter
how ridiculous he may appear. 1t Is
an unpleasant position, almost rs much
as W Iltu llG w - COIlll Will illc
MY dear Fisher" letters. 1t is hard
to fight facts. and Mr.. Blaine can not
be expected to escape the penalty of
those who engage in such foolish bus
mess.
Mr.. Blaine'5 besetting weakness is
in seeing things, not as they are, bus
as he would like them to be. He can
not realize that what he so confidently
predicted in the campaign of 1884, has
not come to pass. In this he is like
the man who unexpectedly met 4
friend in the street and greeted him
with the following: How is this? |
read an account of your death in the
paper" Well" returned his friend.
you see l am still alive" But"
persisted the other, 1.-the account was
very circumstantial and the paper is
wholly reliable" Mr. Blaine has de-
clared that business would die if the
Democrats came into power. There
fore. business is dead. 1t is an opin-
ion as is an opinion. Bunsby could
saw no more.-ALbaqY -4rgus.