The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-19
A SOUND DOCTRINE,

The Republicans of Mcpherson county
held grand rally il the city Of Nc
Pherson q few evenings ago, the prime
object of which was the organization of
local Republican League. The assem-
bled multitude were in tune to hear
some wholesome Republican doctrine
and several responses were had to calls
for speeches. among them State Senator
II. B. Kelly from whose happy effort
the following extract is taken:
Governments, according to the dec
laration of the founders of the Republic,
are instituted to secure protection to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness" 70 this add protection to labor,
and we have the true and only Repub-
lican creed, principles broad enough for
great national party, but in Kansas,
we have in the. past been adding to
these fundamental principles, declar-
tions of policy to the detriment of the
party.
"a political organization should hsve
no other creed as a test of membership
than declaration of purpose to administer
government in accordance with funda-
mental principles Measures may arise
for legislative action most important.
but which have no business. and should
have no place in declaration of party
principles. The last decade from begin
ming to close, presents picture OF politi-
cal mistakes, which, opening with st.
John, closed with Jerry Simpson.
The people having voted prohibition,
legislation to enforce the popular will
was incumbent upon the law-making
branch of the state, while enforcement
OF law was the sworn duty of officials.
But political mistake was made in en-
grating prohibition into Republican
platforms, making endorsement OF the
measure a test of PARTY fealty.
The next mistake occurred in the es-
fo-t 10 control interstate traffic by state
legislation. We proclaimed that the
farmer was being robbed by the roads
and IN our platforms resolved TO do a
thing we were poweriess TO accomplish,
namely through state legislation SECURE
material reduction in freight rates TO the
Kansas producer.
The next mistake from a political
standpoint. Was in becoming eutanglec
IN the meshss of woman suffrage oy add
ins this plank to our platforms. This be-
ing followed bv mistake IN the effort
ID control Interstate commerce, IL The
futile endeavor 10 destroy fresh mea;
shipments. We declared II our plat
forms that The Beef Combine vas rob
ing the farmer, and that we could and
would stop II
Following the beef mistake came the
last in the series, namely. free coinage.
0r the effcrt 70 restore the monetary
function OF silver. notwithstanding that
this last was more inspractfcahie than
any Of the measures preceding X.
Throughout tire decade We were t2sk-
inE ab1ut aecesslsx o; relief f0g tie
farmer and promising 10 secure tn2E
which WAS hevon2 gbe reach of seErs42
fiou. We were uu iseig bslE rs god
.al;h t.geIniset that whsch could not u@
accomplished. These wbo nNvs bean
charged with the dats IL iegE-.sfsosa
f.zgs learned tAAs thes= measures c1E2l1
net - secured. but thoGsAnds q voters
have uos learned st.s lesson. ls-1scs ~sth
promises unfnilllezi. ouu@s The charge
vi tad failti-
The platforms ~ Iess9 weTsizn epsf-
o1ne OF al tss.- lsBs 81 ss,s preceding
decade. Stagt.Sx with ths sIzls plat