The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-28
AN OBJECT LESSON.

To the Editor Of the kag =.
Our Democratic friends have great
deal to say about the American voters
going back on Republican protection, not
only IN their papers, but through their
street corner politicians. That Grover
Cleveland was legally and constitution
ally elected to the presidency Of the
United States | have nc doubt; but their
claim that the intelligence of the coun-
try elected him cannot be sustained for
moment. Let VI see: take the great
state of New York, with her thirty-six
electoral votes Outside of the slums of
New York City Harrison and protection
had 200 majority. Will any man tell
me that the intelligence of the Empire
state voted against protection. | think
not. Take the grand old Prairie
state that gave us Lincoln, a Grant, a
Logan, with her twentyfour lectoral
votes. How did her intelligence vote:
The same as New York. Out
side of the city Of Chicago protection
had a clear majority. Dare any man
say that the intelligence at Illinois voted
against protection? California with her
way. The state at large gave Harrison
a clean majority but was overcome by
this same element in the city Of San
Francisco. 1t is a fact that a large per
cent of the votes in these three cities are
class of men who know very little
about the principles that were involved
in the recent campaign, and have very
little interest either real or personal IN
the institutions of the country, and care
little whether a proposition is voted up
or down. And this element carried
these cities for Cleveland with ajorities
sufficient to overcome the vote of the in
tellgence Of those three great states
which was given for protection. These
three states with their siXty-nine
votes added to the 14S received
Harrison would have rased his vote to
PIT and consequently would have de-
feated Grover Cleveland at the polls.
With these facts before us can any sane
man claim that the intelligence of the
country voted against protection: |
think not
This element of illiteracy having given
the government over to a party without
The necessary brains to run 1t, what do
we see? Why, already the old ship is
driving toward the rocks. Only three
months of Democratic rule, and in the
distance we hear the flashing on the
breakers and a general alarm among the
passengers The industries of the conn
Try, foStered and protected by the gov
eminent under Republicanism are being
paralyzed, factories are closing up, thus
turning into idIeness thousands of wage
earners.
Those who are old enough to remem-
Der back in the fifties this result,
but perhaps we should not
blame them. They think they can run
it. Four years with full power will
doubtless undeceive them. They can
run the government. but they will run
it into the ground every time. When
remember how they ran this country
from 80 to 81 | would advise all those
that can't swim to secure plank. for the
wreck will surely come. The Republi
can party is the only party with sutfi-
cient brains to run as big machine as
this government The proof of this is
the fact in the history of parties that for
the last half century it is the only party
that has had full control and left the
country in better condition than they
found it. On, my country,
a. ]. O'NEIL.