Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-06-09

yersaries though perpctuauy using o'o'S ",s.s
ure OF our new republican policy are compellou
10 see the wisdom Of our course ana 70 confess
that we have been right and that they have
been wrong. ,,-.,--,, ,,,..
They have lust about exhausted in the FIFTY
arst congress one year Of congressional NE IN
vair assaults unnn three Items In tarln OH
made up OF thirty Items. At this rate OF pro-
gress they would have 10 be trusted for about
eight hundred years In power before we could
see a tariff formed upon lines agreed upon by
our conflicting democratic friends.
But we cannot hope To win merely upon the
recital Of the achievements Of our past, bril-
liant as they have been, any more than our ad.
versaries can hope TO succeed upon platforms
OF gittcrlng praise. The past Is chiefly useful
TO us in so far as II demonstrates the vitality Of
the party TO redeem It's pledges and its ability
to govern n broad and enlightened and progress
sive people. Our pledges have been kept, all
save one, and greatly mistake the temper OF
the republican party II II VIII ever be contented
until that pledge is made good.
Our manhood and honor IL pledged to CON
tinue the contest for a free and honest ballot,
until this vexed question is settled In the right
That all people should cast n free vote and
have II honestly reco rded and returned Is the
determination Of the republican party and the
despair and nightmare OF democracy. II Is the
pride OF the republican party that II never yet
has commi tied an assault upon the freedom OF
tho ballot The entire vocabulary OF political
lines has grown out OF attempts to prescribe
assaults Of the democracy upon the freedom OF
the ballot and fair play in the exercise OF the
elective franchise. And the individuals words
have been made Ineligible by democratic
practices. No question has ever been pcrma'
nently settled and never will be fully deter
mined until Il is settled and until every citi'
ZEN white or black, cast or west, north or
south can approach the ballot box with abso-
luto security and have his vote counted with
absolute honesty none OF US can rest assured
that our liberties are safe, the vote OF no man
is safe II is not the negro alone who is dis
franchised, II Ia every American
The contest before US assumes oil its diffcul
ties from the fact that We enter the president
lal race handicapped by the certainty that in
| the electoral college Of iA members l58 votes
| are now already absolutely secured In advance
TO the democratic nominee, and these 100 votes
come from the south which IL kept permanent
ly solid through perpetual breach OF the
| guarantees Of the constitution OF the United
| States.
Sometimes we are told the mission Of the re-
| publican party Is ended We have met our des
| tiny and fulfilled IT, But the destiny Of q pro
| gressive party Ia never fulfilled in an advanc
| ing and expecting national life SO long o.
| there remains u wrong to be redresscd, 80 lonj
| as there remains right 10 be enforced so lonl
/ as the privileges OF citizenship are not freely
| enjoyed under the guarantee Of the constitu
ton to oil citizens OF this union Just so lon
Will there be n mission ior lnt Ttpuollcau party
So long will there be u great work before u
| and each republican may exclnim; Il live L
greet that season whom man shall live by ren
son and not alone by gold, when man to ma
united, and every wrong made right thi
whole world shall be lighted as Eden was q
| old. | live for every cause that lacks assis
ance, for every wrong that needs resistance
for the future In the distance, and the good tina
l can do
The words "lIarrison and Blaine
were mentioned so rapidly that tn
friends of the former candidate wer
taken by surprise and had no opportr
nifty TO cheer for their candidate. Bu
the Blaine men made the most of tn
occasion, and for three minutes DELE
gates waved their hats and handkel
chiefs wildly in the air and cheered tn
great leader
Another sceue came when Chairma
Fassctt praised the work of the Fifty
first congress- under the iron will an