Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-17
Election and Its Lesson.

The election on last Tuesday re.
suited in q sweeping victory for Cleve'
land and the Democrats. The con-
test was between the progressive spirit
of Republicanism aud the combined
elements Of retrogression. The Re-
publlcans made a sincere, manly and
intrepid fight for honest principles and
honest men. There was no deception
In their platform and no faint 10 their
candidates. While all the combined
opposition worked for the one purpose
Of overthrowing the Republican party
and gaining the spoils Of Office, these
elements assumed different names and
different phases in different States.
The Democratic party surrendered It's
principles, and sold itself for votes to
thesocialistic and anarchistlc Populists
in no less than ten States Of the Union.
In eight Of these States there we're no
Democratic electors running-out-
wardly the Democratic surrender was
complete. In I've other states the
the Democratic party for the purpose
Of deluding the voters, copied into
their platform the widest yaearies OF
the Populists.
With South that has been solid
from the day that Beauregard trained
his guns on Sumter, until the polls
closed on Tuesday Of last week, with
all the worst elements OF our foreign
immigration which yielded such rich
Democratic fruit 10 such great cities rs
New York and Chicago, with the clan
destine support of the anarchistic
Populist leaders of the great West,
with the aid OF the corruption fund of
So 900, 900, swelled by the $25, 900 check
of the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, the people of the Nation with
unusual unanimity have acceded to the
demands of this heterogeneous comb.
nation OF malcOntents for the unlim-
tied issue Of fiat money; for the unlim
tied coinage Of fraudulent silver; for
the return Of wildcat banks; for the
government ownership Of railroads and
telegraphs; for the odiOus income tax;
for unrestricted opportunity to perpe
trate fraud at the ballot box; for free
trade and war 10 the knife upon oil
protected Industries. The advocates
Of these theories have been placed In
power and no one Ahould attempt to
prevent them from ENGRAVING their
peculiar theories on the laws OF the
county.
For thirty-two years the Democrats
have been on the outside watching the
most prosperous years Of American
history. Their criticisms have been
unsparing. They have talked and
proposed without the weight of respon-
sility, For years they have promised
to be the party of the poor, tbs cham
pion Of their cause against the rich.
The people have decided to give them
AN opportunity of contrasting the con-
ditions which viii follow the adoption
of their policies with the Republican
policies existing today. The Republi
cans will await the events philOsophi
cally. They assume all responsibility
for whatever may have developed IL
this country during their thnty tive
years Of stewardship. They turn Ovel
to the Democratic party a land oi
unparalleled prosperity, "a land Grst il
agriculture, first In manufacturing
first IN mining. Its finances are sound
Nobody Ia idle who has mind to work
Wage earners are receiving enough t.
enable them 10 spend third of thei
time ON strikes. Kansas farmers ar
rich enough to donate $3.50, 600 TO elcc
PoDulists to Office. The hum of indus
try Is heard everywhere. Such is thu
land we surrender on the 4th Of March
1897. What will be it's condition whe
the Democracy shall surrender II bac
to US ON March 4, 1897.