Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-02
Vote Honestly.

Ihe nope or the republic is In tn
patriotism of its constituents. So lon
as patriotism prevails over partisan
spirit the best and the right will con
troll. Hopeless indeed would be tn
condition of the country and the PEG
Pile ii sordid and ambitious leader
could crack the whip of partisan hatred
and thereby compel men to vote agains
their convictions of justice and right
In this year 1898 political changes MAJ
be confidently expected. All about u,
are evidences that the party in power
is incompetent to administer public
affairs in way to secure the greatest
good to the greatest number. In Q
country which one year ago was enjoy
ing the greatest prosperity in its his
tory, there is now panic, idleness and
want. The mills are stopped, three
million pairs of willing hands are weary
with waiting for something to do
Other mills are working On short time,
with smaller forces on smaller pay.
Through the agricultural districts there
is, on the whole, a smaller crop, and
that should sell at an increased price,
but contrary to all of the natural laws
of supply and demand, it is going to a
slump market and the farmer who has
obligations to meet sells on a forced
market at 4 disastrous loss. The re-
suit is a paralysis of trade and labor
and capital, panic and hard times to-
day,a menace of greater disaster in the
future.
This has not come about by chance.
1t has not happened so. 1t didn't come
just because the representatives of
party said it would come. 1t didn't
come because there was n panic twenty.
or forty or a hundred years ago. 1t
came as result, and though it was
predicted, it is not the less logical. 1t
came as the result of placing in power
in the nation party that promised
ana proposed policies of government
inimical to the best interests or the in
dustrial, financial and agricultural class
es, policy opposed to the best interests
of the whole nation. Every man in the
United States, except the specializing
importer, is directly or indirectly bene-
fitted by the protective revenue policy:
every man in the same territory is di.
rectly benefited, in fact all of his bust.
ness success is dependent upon sound
money; and when the party was placed
in power that had threatened to sub
stitute free trade for protection and
wild cat currency for the sound money
we have had for years, that moment
there was panic and depression and
idleneSs and want; that moment good
money was shy, speculation ceased,
manufactures stopped and the laborer
went from the work shop to the soup
house; decreased supply Of food and
food products was met by a decreased
demand and slump market.
The REPUBLICAN repeats and reiter
ates these obvious and burning truths
because it deeply deplores the situation.
Aud in urging their Importance we on
ly ask the reader to act upon the wis
dom and in the light which he has, and
only to look around him for proof and
confederation of facts we maintain. 1T
is no new theory, but the conditions
prove too truly and with too much bit
terneSs of expensive experience, that
free trade will bring disaster to this
country whenever it is adopted. 1t is
the lesson taught by the republican
party since its birth for the deliyerance
and liberty Of labor and for the per-
petuatlon of this nation as an indis-
soluble and Independent Union.
And now, respected reader, what is
the duty of voters next Tuesday? We
that the obligation of good
is greater than that of the |
partisan, and when a man learns 10y a !
of evidence that the party |
III power is radically wrong, it is his
plain duty to help to depose that party. |
The condition would be hopeless if |
subject to indefinite rule of potentate,
but the strength of our boosted liber-
lies is in the right of the people TO rule
and in which every man is a sovereign
All can be changed by the silent, force
lul ballot. Under the Australian sys-
TEN in vogue in Iowa, every man casts
secret ballot. Alone with his con.
science in the booth, no ambitious
party bosses, undetermined to cast the
full party vote though the country fall
can dictate or know his action.
There he can go and neither nagged or
goaded by party henchmen, vote his
sovereign will. Then let every man, of
political faith, vote honestly
and conscientiously, in a manner that
he may be proud to answer to his chill
dren for his responsibility as citizen.
Vote in the light of facts and con-
dltions, and above all vote honestly as
a citizen, ansWerable to no man, ans
werable only to your intelligence and |
convictions of right.
Vote right. Vote to avert further /
disaster and 10 right these wrongs.
HE democratic campaign is badly |
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