The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-06-18
PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON.

demands the exercise of dispassionate
Judgment and our best thought and ex-
periencc. We cannot venture on uncer-
tain ground or encounter obs nclcs placed
IN the pathway of success by ourselves.
The democratic party is now divided, but
the hope OF the possession of power once
more will make it In the final battle more
aggressive, determined and unsorupulous
than ever 1t starts with fifteen states
secure without an effort by
popular government and If continued
long enough will paralyze institutions
founded upon popular suffrage. 1t has to
win four more states in q fair fight, states
which in the vocabulary of politics are
denominated doubtful. The republican
party! must appeal to the conscience and
the Judgment of the individual voter in
every state in the union This is in ne
cordance with the principles upon which
1t was founded and the objects for which
it contends. l. has accepted this issue
before and fought IL out with an extraor-
dinary continuance of success. The con-
disions tisn ,s,o Of republican vic victory from ;,
Grant They were, that tho saved
republic should be run by its snviors;
they were the emancipation of the slaves,
the reconstruction Of the states, the recep-
ton of those who had fought to destroy the
ties or punishments, and to an equal share
with those who had fought and saved tho
nation, in the solemn obligations and ines
timable privileges of Ameri an citizen
ship. They were the embodiment into the
constitution of the principles for which
1000 900 of men had fought and 5J0, 600 had
died. They were the restoration of pub
lie credit, the resumption of specie pay
ments and the prosperous condition of
solvent business
For twenty FIVE years there were names
with which to conjure ana events fresh In
the public mind which were eloquent with
popular enthusiasm 1t needed little else
than recital of the glorious story of its
heroes and statement of the achieve
ments OF the republican party to retain
the confidence of the people. But in the
desire for change which is characteristic
OF free governments thero came n re-
versaL This caused n check to the prog
ress of the republican party and four
years of democratic administration.
These four years, largely relegntcd to the
realms OF history, past issues, and brought
us face to fnce with what democracy, its
professions and its practices mean today
The great names which adorned tho roll
OF republ can statesmen and soldiers are
still potent and popular. The great mea-
sures of the republican party IRE still the
best of the history of the century. The
unequalled and uncxampled story of re-
publicanism In its promises and in its
achievements stands unique in the record
of parties in governments which nre free.
But VIC live in practical times, fncing
practical Issues which affect the business,
tho wages. the labor aud the prosperity Of
today. The campaign will be won or Loaf,
not upon the bad record of James K. Polk,
or of Franklin Pierce, or of James Bu-
chnnan-not upon the good record of Lin.
coin, or of Grant, or of Hayes,
or Of Garfield, or Of Arthur. 1t will be
won or lost upon the policy, foreign
md domestic, the industrial measures and
the administrative acts of the n iministra-
tion of Benjamin Harrison. Whoever re-
ceives the nomination of the convention
will run upon the judgment OF the people
as to whether they have been moro
prosperous and happy; whether
the country has been in IL better condition
at home and stood moro honornbly abroad
under these last four years of Harrison
and republican administration than dur
ing the preceding four years of Cleveland
and democratic government
Not since Thomas Jetfers on has nny ad-
ministrntion been called upon to fn ce and
solve 3 many or such difficult problems as
those which have been exigent in our
conditions. No admiuistration since the
organization of the government has met
difficulties better or more to tho satisfac-
tion of the American people.
Chile hns been taught that, no matter
how small the antagonist, no community
car with Bafety insult the flag or murder
American sailors.
Germany aud England hayo learned in
Samoa that the United States has become