Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-10-18
OUR SPLENDID PARTY
NEVER HELD HIGHER PLACE
THAN IT DOES TO-DAY.
The Tide OF Repubiicanism Has I;een
Rising for u Year and win Continue to
Rise Until the Party OF Lincoln Is Once
More IA Ascendency.
Has u Gioriout Record,


The tide OF Republicanism is rising
throughout the North. Every election
for months has borne evidence that
once more the intelligent people OF the
country have allied themselves to the
party whose history in this country IL
interviewer with the grand achieve
ments OF third Of century. 1t is
again in the confidence and the enthu.
sia,m Of the intelligent masses, in fact,
The Grand Old Party. 1t has hsd
It's dismal periods. 1t has bt en- slaE
1ered by its enemies, and betrayed by
those who should have teen loyal to
it. For years, In the North, It was
most defam d and harmed By men whe
had received its honors. but who de-
serted 1t because 1t would not accept
their dictation. These men, by their
influence and position, led away thQpp
ssnds Of young men who 'shYt ,
been Republican ;, and .tempdrar1
duced many of them TO join the 4B&I
mocracy. They were the "infallibles"
Of 1872 and the mugwuHlQs of 81.
To-day thousands OF the then deAaQed
young men have found their way
hack into the Republican party 1t Is
not claimed that Republican counsels
have alYRSs been wise, or that the
partys policy if..all things has been
the be 4 but these def are unim-
portaat compared with its serie of
achieve berf1s-the checking of the en-
ten. sion OF slavery, We saving of the
Union by the Lincoln policy, the de-
structipn Of slavery, the reconstructit
Of the Union, the policy by which the
national debt ceased to be a b,tl den and
specie payments were resumed, and the
policy Of protection, which has bro lght
10 the Republic tho most marvellous
eyeren;oyed. The leaders to day are
those who followed Lincoln as Union
soldiers, or stood by him in his great
work They are animated by the sam,
spirit; q ID the natioaalism for whi h.
they contend to-day is the nationalsm
for which Lincoln contended. The
names of its leaders are those which
all men mcst admire and reverence:
Lincoln, Grant, Morton, Sherman. To-
day its statesmen aqkthe mento whom
the intelligent mass0 ~ for su cor:
Harrison, John Sherm Mckinley,
Allison. Reed. rRn&R long HE OF others
who are in full aSc6fp. I1sinte ligent
people of the co1ntfy *ho are row
suffering from tho same Democratic
incapacity which went out of power in
Mar, h, 1861 ,ook with renewed conf
dedce to Hpyblican leadership aud
policy to restd4i5he country to the pros
perity of l9B.. Hundreds tf thousands
of men know that they are victims OF
Democrat inrom etency and they
xnow that Rep blican cendenSis
she only remedy. There can be
loubt of-this Every election durin
year has shown that the people are
turning to the Repbican party and
away from the Democratic as they
nave not since the early days of the
var. Even the lccal elections last
April and May showed this lejec-
ion of Democracy and approval OF Re-
oublicanism. The turning out OF pop
llations en- masse 10 greet Governor
Mckinley attests the turning OF the
intelligent masses to the Republican
party. The tide has been rising for a
,ear. and it will rise for months to
,ome In all its lendid course, the
,arty of Abraham Line oln never he'd
/ cher place in The faith and regard
If the American people than it does
;o.day.