Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-02-17
Is the Republican Party as Bad
as Represented by the Kirwin
Independent and Logan
Fraeuaup

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Fireman.
We will not knowingly misrepresent
either the Kirwin Independent or Logan
Freeman. They both advocate many
good wholesome doctrines If they
practice al the good things they com.
mend to others, they viii do WE'LL but
we cannot forbear asking cur readers,
did you ever know Of two more self
conceited, Iop-sided, self-righteous
Journalist Why if one would accept as
true, all that those papers assert, he
would inevitably come to the conclu-
sion that the Republicans of this eoun-
try are the most unmitigated scoundrels
on earth-that the country is on the
verge Of irretrievable ruin, because Of
these monstrously wicked republicans,
and that the two redeemers of a lost
nation live in Logan and Kirwin. Now
Brethren. jokes aside. are you not get
ting a little too radical? Every intel
ligent, thinking man knows that there
are some grIevous wrongs that need
righting by legal enactment, but the
Republican party, against which you
seem to have such an intense hatred, is
not so bad as one might justly infer
from your writings. 1t is not perfect;
it has made some mistakes it contains
within its ranks some bad men, but can
not the same be said of every human
ore anlzation? Now let US look at
few-only few-of the good things the
republican party has done in the past:
1t set the slaves free; it gave them the
ballot: it established the Free schools
all over the land 1t gave the country a
stable currency it Suppressed the slave
holders rebellion and preserved the
Union 1t lent the influence of the Gov
eminent to the grand doctrine Of Inter
national Arbitration; it gave the coun-
/ try a Homestead law; in several states
/ it enacted laws controlling railroads IN
/ their charges for transporting freight
/ and passengers and gave the United
! States the Interstate Commerce law it
I passed statutes forbidding the importa-
ton Of foreigners under the vicious
contract system in all the states where
/ Republicans have the majority, it en-
acted liberal exemption laws for the
benefit of the poor it has extended to
women in some states and territories
the right of suffrage; it has given sew
eral states a Prohibitory Liquor Law,
and with all its faults and short COM
ings, under its management of affairs,
the arts and sciences have nourished /;
great cities have been built up; vast
tracks Of the so called American Desert
have been settled and improved tens
of thousands Of miles Of railroads have
been constructed; more labor saving
machinery has been invented than in a
thousand years before the Republicans
came into power; colleges schools and
. grand libraries have multiplied all over
the land, while the blind, the deaf and
dumb, the insane, the homeless and
friendless, have been provided for, and
a system Of laws for the relief of the
jniirm and unfortunate, such as the
world had meyer before seen, has been
I adopted in all the states under Repub-
hcan control. A quarter of a million Of
disabled soldiers have been pensione d
while Homes have been established for
those who are without relatives or
friends.
These are "a few OF the many grand
and good works wrought by the Repub-
licans of this country. AS before stat
ed, the party has made some blunders
and have fostered some evils. To abate
these and root them out, and to solve
the great problems of the proper rela.
ton of capital to labor, the breaking
up Of dangerous monopolies, the sup
preston of the illegiumate liquor traffic
and the Inauguration of other reforms,
able and honest Republican statesmen
are now studying. Is not this fact that
they are doing sO,-that the leading
Republican congressman and nearly
all the Republican Legislators are con
/ Jenplatilg tho enactment OF AMI mo
/ OpOy laws, Is Cause ui rejoicing, gentle
men Of The independent and Freeman
or are you so partisan, so prejHdIced,
so lop-sided, that you would rather see
no reforms at all, than to have them
come through the Republican party /?
While we are tree To confess that we
have more hope Of the desired .eforma-
tory work being performed by the Re-
publican than by any other party, yet
every constant reader of the HERALD
knows that our position has been on
the high ground Of working for an anti
monopoly progressive sentiment IN the
Republican ranks, and uJtering none
but words OF encouragement to all
/ those who were honestly Iaboring for
the triumph Of the same good cause in
other political organizations.
Our position has b, en- stated aud re-
stated so often that HERALD readers
can hardly misunderstood as, and yet
there is but little prospect that our con-
temporaries at Logan and Kirwin Will
hereafter represent Us correctly, or take
anything out g lop-sided bitter, partisan
view Of eli those who do not agree pc
litically with them. Come up onto a
higher plane gentlemen, cone up.
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