Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
LIVE CAMPAIGN THOUGHTS.
From the Pen Of Noble Prentis.

The opposition-the bourbons, the free
| traders, the mugwumpS-say the nomI
nation of Harrison falls flat. That il
what the opposition said when Garfield
was nominated That is where they
were mistaken, to put it mildly, then
and where they are mistaken now.
The outward signs of satisfaction al
the nomination of General Harrison are
quite as hearty as those which greeted
the nomination of the afterward victor
ious Garfield, and we may remark, in
passing, that they are much heartier than
have so far greeted the second nomina-
ton of Grover Cleveland.
Moreover. the words of approval are
given without any mental reservation.
There was holding back when Garfield
was nominated. 1t would do no good to
tell what may be told of Roscoe Conk-
ling's attitude and that of others. The
flames burnt ont openly as soon as Gar
field was inaugurated: even his blood did
not quench their fires.
1t is not so now. The names of Har-
rison and Morton are received with an
acclaim in which there is no suppressed
voice, no false note. There is no Repub-
lican in this country carrying a knife
under his cloak.
The Republican party has learned the
fuses of adversely" Men who have
quarreled about offices have found
out how it is when there are no
offices to have or hold. The Union
soldier has found out what it is to have
in the presidential chair Pharaoh who
knows him not. The Union soldiers
who voted for Grover Cleveland, and
enough so voted to elect him, have found
out what it is to have for president a
man whose heart never beat faster to the
roll of the Union drums. who lived dur
ing the great war as silent, unheard-Of
and unmoved as the mud-turtle in the
bottom of the pond in winter time; who
has seen fit to make petitions to soldiers
for pensions the subjects of his awkward,
hog-on-Ice humor, and who has betrayed
himself TO May other actions showing
that the struggles and agonies through
which his country was saved made no
more impression on his stolid mind than
the soft-falling dews OF the evening upon
the back of a rhinocerous. The soldier
who voted for Grover Cleveland four
years ago knows more now than he did
then. He will profit by the lesson and
returning to the colors, will stay with
his comrades for the rest of the few
years that are left him in this world.
Of the mugwumps who sit in the private
boxes, we do not have much hopes.
The gods have been caught mapping, and
are mad because they were walked up.
These lofty creatures will never confess
that they have made a mistake. They
will stay where they are, 'beholding
Heaven and feeling hell and declaring
that they enjoy ii very much indeed.
But the common men, just ordinary
human beings. who were wanting a
change will discover that they have got
it, and don't want any more of that kind.
All these will get back into the Republic
can ranks, but il will be done quietly.
The campaign will increase in interest.
1t VIII require some thought TO conpre-
bend the issue. Thinking has tendency
to make Republicans. just as ignorance
is the fertilizer of Democracy. If man
studies the questions and feels that he
camprehends them he will have too much
intellectual pride thereafter TO be Dem
ocrat. The longer the campaign the
more intelligence will increase, and with
it the Republican vote.
The people VIII take the measure OF
the men; two Patriots against TWO Cop
perheads. A gentleman as opposed to
Cleveland; soldier as against man
who hated soldiers; a scholar and an
orator as against the Democrat. who,
at the University of Virginia made the
speech that the president did on WedneS-
day. Once more, with the issue clearly
formed this time, it is brains against
neck, hat against shirt collar; genius
against grease
This Will be the least sectional cam
paign the Republican party has made
since the Republican party in the south
was betrayed to it, enemies. The south
viii at least listen this time. In protec-
ton 1t has an issue common TO the whole
country and protection is tie watch
word Of the Republican party, The
campaign beginning with every advan-
tage, At VIII end in sweeping victory.
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