The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-19

excite internal difficulties which proved
fatal to Republican supremacy. In Wis
consin. Michigan and Indiana the
school question also had a great deal to
do with the result of the election; so
that it Is grossly unfair to charge Re-
publican defeat, entirely or in great
part, to the Mckinley and the Lodge
bills. That Is the mere pretense OF
free traders and mugwumps, who know
the truth but refuse to tellit
Behind all local causes operating so
disastrously to the Republican party,
and behind the widespread discomfort
with a new Administration always man
ifested by disappointed office-seekers
and their friends. lay still another
cause that worked to the decided dis
advantage of the Republican party; this
was the utter failure of Republic Con-
gress to comprehend and perform its
duty. Had the Mckinley bill and the
Lodge bill been passed early in the
session; had the shipping bills, the sill
yer bill, pension measures, and other
popular laws been enacted speedily and
disposed of four or five months ago, we
should have had an intervening period
of comparative quiet instead Of con-
tinuation of political excitement cul-
minating in the climax of defeat
Had the Mckinley bill. for instance,
been passed at the opening Of the ses.
sion, instead of dragging along fof
months, adding to business disquiet and
to the tiresome tariff debate, its benefi-
cent results, seen in the erection of new
factories, in the employment Of many
thousands of men, and in the healthy
impulse it would have given to BUSH
ness, would have commended protec-
ton to the American people so gener-
ally and happily that the Trades
free-traders would have been effectually
silenced. The wrangling in the Senate
over rules and questions of courtesy and
Senatorial dignity; the dese-tion of tn,
protective principle, and the public and
brutal betrayal Of the cause by men elect
ed to the Senate as Republicans, not to
speak of the cowardly abandonment Of
the Lodge bill by Mr. QUAY and several
of his associates, representing States
which have always been ultra-Repub-
lican, not only destroyed our own de-
lenses, but also gave our enemies the
heaviest ammunition of their campaign.
Had the earnest solicitation OF
President Harrison been listened to by
the leaders of a Republican Congress;
had there been no faltering in the per-
Torrance of the psrty's obligations, no
hesitation in the fulfllment Of its
pledges, we might not have escaped the
natural and generally-expectedr result Of
party dissatisfaction with q new Admin
istration, but we would have been
spared much Of the greater humiliation
that has befallen US.
1t remains to be seen IL there is SUN.
cient intelligence in the party to learn
the lesson always to be found in defeat
Three things are vital: First, united
and aggressive insistence upon the pol
icy of the Republican party; second, the
obliteration of paltry personal and SEQ
tional differences; third, the subjuga-
ton and sacrifice OF personal ambition,
the desire for ''bossing" and DONNA
ton. to an earnest interest in the
party's welfare, which means the well
fare Of the Nation.
The lesson, IL it had to come, came al
good time. There will be abundant
opportunity before the general election
Of 1892 for the party to come together.
and every prospect Of signal success, ii
it shall pull together, bearing always
in mind the political apothegm Of Sem
ator Evarts that, so Ifar as Republic
ans are concerned, This is an Admin.
istra ton to swear by and not at
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