Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-14

But, there they are, the living and the dead
their names as brilliant as the stars in the
armament Take any one and he is the
representative Of the ever living present, the
embodiment OF some principle that has
helped to develop the moral anG physical
forces that makes this the greatest nstion
and the greatest state on earth.
Oh. no, we should not grope about among
the antedeluv1ans. It IL one of the signs OF
age and decay that one lives and cOmmQneS
with the past. Poor old democracy, not
only in its dOtage, but childless, every one
OF lis paintings have been buried. Not one
Is left. Go with me for a moment for q
ramble. Chamber over the rubbish into the
democratic camp and note its appearance
by moonlight. How much it looks like g
graveyard. Look at the grass-Rrown hill
ocks and mouldy slabs There is the grave
VI the trst-born. II was shot to death.
Iarked on this slab is Human Slavery"
= catered about in neglected places are
J 'uried state sovereignty, nulllfcStiOn, re-
q obstruction, opposition 10 the war; resist
, nee to drafts and tissue ballots; shot guns
% re stacked here and there "a if to connect
= he present with the past. Now and then
ku klux passes from shadow to shadow like
a spectre. At the rear of the camp, in
dark forbidding spot, its outlines dimly
| Swallowed by the pale moon, stands shat
tered, disheveled saloon. Its bottles broken
| and its screens scattered. At the right of
| g diminutive piece of statuary ready to top
pie to the ground, marked personal liber-
| ty." On the other side, in bold relief, stands
another piece of bronze. 1t is the first and
| last democratic governor of Kansas! One
| hand clinching hercely battle-ax, while the
other outotretched holds q scroll, with the
names of the members of the late lamented
| "ArmY of Liberty" written thereon, Above
the door, in fading letters, can be dimly
traced the words True Temperance. Is
this Jeffersonian simplicity Jeffersonian
democracy? We are assured that is it.
But let us look into the republican camp.
You can go there in the broad daylight.
Strains of patriotic music greet your ears as
you approach. Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean" 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
"Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching"
and Marching Through Georgia." come
waited TO your grateful ears on the morning
breeze. Banners are streaming from every
column and spire. Glad hurrahs from
thousands of patriotic Threats tell of victo
ries won for liberty and law. One great
shaft marks the only grave in the camp.
1t is the last resting place of 1906 of the
brave soldiers of the republic who died to
make men free! There is the smoke of forge
and furnace, the busy hum of industry, the
joyous laugh of happy childhood. The flag
that hangs high up against the blue vault of
heaven sweeps the green earth beneath.
And its inscription; the first one placed
here when this camp was established. 1t
sounds like a revelation. Read IL. mot
another foot Of American soil for human
slavery" Read again. Shiloh" "Vicks-
burgh,' "Ihe Wilderness" "Homesteads
for the homeless" "Honest ballot" Patri-
otism." Are the things dead or alive?
Alive! Thank God.
Has the republican party ever violated its
faith or been recreant to a public trust?
To which of these forces then must you loo
FOR ,,F
press upon Us to-day. Answer at the ballot
box.
During the last campaign it was charged
that if the democratic party was placed in
power it would be controlled by its preju-
dlces against the union soldier. By some
inscrutable providence, with the assistance
of "Rum, ROmanlsm and Rebellion" the
third party and the solid south, it got into
power. What has been the fact III this re-
RardT Let Us see. Soon after the close of
the war, the republican party adopted the
policy of granting pensions to the manned
and crippled soldiers of the republic Ger
tain rules were established to prevent un-
worthy persons from imposing on the bOun-
ty of the government. But human rules
and regulations are more or less imperfect.
In practical operation 1T was found that by
reason of loss OF evidence and defective
memories, evidence could not be obtained
III many worthy cases. To meet this diff
Guilty a republican, COuSESH6 HQOpG6Q the pol
ICY OF granting pensions in such cases by
special laws passed for such individual cases
Grover Cleveland has now occupied the
presidential Office about eighteen months.
/ hold in my hand q book containing full
and complete copies of 101 messages sent by
Mr. Cleveland to congress, vetoinR that
many of these special pension bills passed
by congress. There may be more. But
here Is l0l that We know of. More than 100
times during the first eighteen months of his
administration he has invoked the extraOrdi-
nary power of the veto 10 defeat the claims
of these unfortunate defenders of the ma
ton. These bills were passed by the rep
resentatlves OF the people. They were ap-
proved by the loyal north. They were but
tangible expressions OF gratitude due from
a great nation 10 its brave ana crippled de-
tenders. But the president promptly by
some sentiment unknown to loyal hearts,
has stood like mountain between these
men and Justice. In eighteen months he
has used the veto power more than 100 times
against manned and crippled soldiers.
More times than that power has been H.
voked in the history Of the nation from
! Washington to Arthur. 1t IL a significant
fact that on the question Of the passage Of
these bills over the presidents veto III con-
Eress, In every instance every vote against
their passage was democratic, while every
republican Ia both houses voted for their
| pc-ooSc
The democracy OF Kansas are just uOw
making great demonstrations of love and
devotion TO the soldier, and yet they endorse
Cleveland administration. It's antics are
as amusing a. those of the hoary widOwer Of
eighty summers, SIX months after the burial
Of his fifth spouse. Poor Old democracy /;
its handkerchief Il scented with cinnamon
essence. It's long hair L. saturated with
Burgamo. and bear oil. Butt its tOothlesa
smiles and It's totterlDg capeTIngs, are but
wasted sweetZess II uzed to spell negro
with two Is. For every descendeEt Of Ham
IA held the prOtOundes. CONTEMPT. Il made
him p slave for 20 years. X attempted %
tear down the temple Of liberty 10 keep him
IN bondage. It refused him ths ballot
Since the war It has murdered more than
10000 of them. 1t drove him from the land
of his birth and the home of his childhood.
and made OF him g wauderer upon the earth.
Ii has committed every crime aEainz. the
cOlor9d man known TO the moral and civil
Law. But now when vote= are wanted; when
the cOlored men can De used. x longs to take
hun lntOIts garrGlo1s embrace.
In Kansas, II nomInates him. II the south.