The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-27

The Republican party always has
been and Is today the true friend OF
humanity. 1t is the party of liberty,
equality, progress. 1t vas organized
by the most active and advanced pio-
neers in . movement which swept ne
gro slavery from the American soil,
which crystalized into law and action
thenoblest aspirations Of the founders
of onr Republic. It's civilizing forces
have touched every form OF human
government.
Among it's fundamental principles
are: free thought, free speech, q free
ballot and a fair count, majority rule,
equal opportunity for all, loyalty to
the Gag, human equality before the
law. It contains within it's ranks the
moral, intellectual ndprogressive ele-
ments OF a country. For q genera
ton the Republican party has sue
cessfully grappled with the increasing
problems of advancing civilization.
Republican craftsmanship placed our
OWu CUu1lbKy Ia SuG 1G60 Vi ZIG kE6hG-
est civilized nations of the world.
The great English scholar and
man, James Bryce, the author Of The
American Commonwealth, says: "In
q country SO full of change and move
ment 90 America new questions arc
always coming up, and must be an
swered. New troubles surround q
government, and a way must be found
to escape from them; new diseases
attack the nation, and have to be
cured. The duty OF q great party is
to face these, to find answers and
remedies, applying to the facts OF the
hour the doctrines it has lived by, so
far as they are applicable, and when
they have ceased to be applicable,
thinking out new doctrines conform.
sbie to the main principles and ten.
denotes which it represen g.
This has successfully been accom-
plished by the Republican party for
more than q quarter of q century,
presenting a record OF wonderful wis
dom and integrity. The financial
legislation during the war times may
not meet with unqualified approval,
but during those perilous times when
the fate of free institutions trembled
before treason. there was no one able
to suggest better plans. The unior-
tunate denomination of silver in
1873 was in no sense the act Of the
Republican party. Stewart and
Jones, the present Populist leaders,
supported this measure. So did the
Democrats. The immense land grants
and subsidies to the transcontinental
railroads were voted in response to
the demands OF the people. In the
light of experience we may regret these
acts but they have nothing to do
with our loyalty to the grand old
party of Freedom which has always
stood for what is noblest and best in
human government.
The wonderful westward movement
which opened up new territories con-
tanning the richest natural resources;
improved means of communication
and transportation; the marvellous
Developments of steam and electri-
city;new inventions and discoveries;
q rapidly increasing population, slim
ulated by the best energies, skill and
intelligence,-all combined have pro-
duced during the last half century the
most complex commercial and INDUS
trial conditions. This industrial and
social evolution demands the appli-
cation of new principles in civil gov
eminent, requiring the very best ef-
forts of the Legislative, Judicial and
Executive departments. The wisdom
OF our greatest statesmen OF the last
generation could not foresee the legal
principles which today battle the keen
est intellects. The questions relating
to street railways, electric light plants,
the telegraph, the telephone, could
not be considered before these pro-
ducts of progress had been developed.
There could be no antitrust law be-
fore the existence of the trust
What we need today is new laws to
meet new conditions; not new polit-
icAl parties. The enormous produc-
tion OF wealth and it's alarming ten
denotes to concentration and mo-
nopoly 10 q problem Of today. It's
successful solution 10 the finished work
OF tomorrow. The fierce conflict be-
tween capital and labor,-the great
eat problem OF the age-is not con
fined TO our own country, but is CO.
extensive with human civilization.
This raging conflict Is not the product
OF Republican rule or misruie but the
natural, logical result OF human pro-
gress. Tho Republican party Ia no
o responsible for the centralizing,
despotic tendencies of capital than it
ID for the spots on the sun. Like the
telephone, the photograph, it ID a
phenomena in human developement.
It marks another epoch in the evo-
luton Of the human race.
The practical solution OF these
great problems win come through the
Republican prAty. OF late O new
party has sprung into being which
seems TO ~arrogate 10 itself the exclul
ssve right TO consider these questions.