Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
Republicanism is Doomed

Republicanism is Doomed.
The Olympian declares that tn,
ruptured ranks of the Republican
party are closing up again, and cite.
Mckinley's triumphant tour through
the Middle and Western States" al
an indication that the cold loya
spirit is again taking hold of the PEG
pie"
Lay not that flattering JUNCTION tt
your soul, credulous neighbor. Nc
Kinley "draws" simply because hi.
name, connected with protective mi
putty, has gained for him worldwide
notoriety. He draws large audience
for the same reason that John l.
Sullivan, or Jim Corbett, command
the attention of the rabble, simply be-
cause people like to feast their eyes
upon men who have attained noto.
riety. His addresses to thousands
upon thousands" as the Olympian
boasts of, is simply a tribute to
genius, but carries with it no endorse.
ment of its vagaries.
The Olympian attributes Democratic
success two years ago to "a faltering
in the lines OF the Republican party"
and this, it assumes, made an opening
for the party of free trade, with its at
tendant train of evils, that found ex-
preston in strikes, boycotts, armies of
the unemployed and business paraly-
SIS" but it does not diagnosis the con-
ditions which produced that " falter-
ing" which was so ruinous to the Re-
publican party. 1t ignores the condi-
lions which made the success Of the
Democratic party possible, the gigan-
tic strikes which preceded the Presi.
dental election and the spirit of
unrest and the forebodings of disaster
which actuated the campaign that
-.fs--ed the Republican party from
power, nor does it admit the plain
truth that subsequent troubles were
but the elimination of train of cir
cumstances inaugurated by the party
OF greed and corruption. The pro-
cesses OF change are necessarily slow
in governmental affairs of great ma
ton, and many months elapsed before
the slightest impetus could be given
to the machinery to set tho policy Of
reform in motion. Progress at every
step is slow, and it is one of the safe.
guards of our governmental system
that it should be slow, and it is not al
all surprising that we should but dis
cover the first glimmer of results of &C
radical change in the political hori
zon.
The result of Republican rule upon
the nation is observed, in q smaller
degree, in the chaotic condition of af
fairs in our State and in every county
Extravaganza and prOfligacy have lee
to distress everywhere. Here it i.
more apparent, tits true, simply be-
cause the cost Of the munificent salar
les OF n horde of office-holders is paic
by direct tax upon the people, while
the profits of the millionaire manufac
turers of the east and the millions in
salaries to the countless numbers who
hold fat positions in national employ
has been paid in the enhanced value
of the clothing worn by the people, il
the increased cost of the food they eat
and the higher prices paid for every
article Of necessity and comfort. i
takes much longer for people to realize
this burden than when they are com
PEELED to walk up to the collectors of
fee and settle it in a single yearly pay
ment.
The result of reduction in tariff il
only now becoming possible and ap
parent. 1t IS just now that the clout
is beginning to lift from the horizon
Already the hum of the factories ha
begun to resound the breadth OF tn,
land, and it will reach the ears OF vot
ers before their ballots are cast on thu
9th Of November.
1t is no political experiment,
neighbor Olympian, but the premise O
a great logical event. You do we'll t.
urge haste, for soon the MONDAY SUI
of national prosperity will remove thu
last vestige of doubt from the mind
OF the people, and the party Of frauds
corruption, false pretenses and broker
promises will be buried so deep that i
will never hear the trump OF resurrec
ton.