Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-04-21
The REPUBLICAN, OpTLooK.

The Hon. Thomas II. Garter, chair
man of the republican national COM
mittee, discusses 1.-THE Republ can Out
look" i'll the April number of the North
American Review, giving compact
history of the record of the party from
the beginning of its career, contrasting
its reign of unexampled prosperity with
the periods when it hiss been set Sside
aud stating the conditions which led to
the party being turned down. The
bearing of the we'll known factor, a
glut Of prosperity. he thus refers to:
'Irdividual prosperity began to be
regarded only in relative sense. The
laborer whose daily wage was greater,
both nominely ard in purchasing power,
than the sum e,rned in like employ
meut in any other country, became
dissa .isfa2 brcuase his employer seemed
more prosperous than himself.
The largest apparent accumula-
tons OF wealth sufficed to breed envy
and discomfort among prosperous people
whose situations, while felicitous 10
themselves, became unsatisfactory
because suffering by comparison"
Protection and free trade have their
records scanned, as also the populist,
and other injected parties as factors in
the political situation.
This political situation mas augment
ed republican strength supsrfluously,
80 far as numerical force for elective
purposes is concerned, o. as Mr.. Carter
says: Existing conditions seem to
guarantee a more radical change in
the popular vote than republican ne
cessities require. The Ire nd of public
sentiment is very clearly disclosed by
the returns Of recent elections in the
states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere, all show
ing phenominally large republican
gains" Mr.. Carter thus sums up his
argument:
In conclusion then, republican loss in
the past has resulted from the abate-
ment of party entbusiasm through the
elimination of sentiment, personal disap-
poiutments resulting from the friction
Incident to a long continued administra-
ton, discomfort and unrest born of
extraordinary prosperity, misunder-
standing between eastern and western
republicans as to the safe ard effective
method to be employed for the restora-
ton of b,metalIsm, the suppression by
force of the republican vote In the
south, the cohesiveness and ever-in-
creasing strength OF the vicious elements
in the large cit es, and misunderstar d.
ing as TO the real character of the Nc
Kelley law.
The great work to be done In the
future for the advancement of civiliZa-
tion and good government in this coun-
try insures the psrpetuation OF republi
can supremacy 1t is the only national
party in the United States worthy OF
the name. and entirely equal to the
administration of the general
Il the arena Of peaceful
corqusst it's great mission has scarcely
begun. 1t remains for the party in The
future t. ;ac our tariff system on a
permanent LASS .iOr- protection lines
and 70 develop the American merchant
OGI 5AtuIl uOut OhcC our
messengers OF commerce in every harder
and over all the seas.
The Monroe oo-trine must be rescued
from the domain of sentiment and be
recognized as a iivlrg. vital and inviola- |
BILE principle supported by the strong
arm OF the gOvrrnmeLt.
The two oceaL6 must be united by the
Nicaragua cGnal.
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of government must be guaranteed by
assuring homes; national elections.
The men who saved the republic must
enjoy respectful consideration in their
cid age.
The claim of men to superiority over
the material things regted by their Ia |
Dor must be maintained.
The principle that the nation is great |
er tran any of it's component parts must |
not be surrendered.
Oar foreign policy must become a |
str - American foreign policy-so firm |
iy estt biished and vigorously maintain !
ed that ali the nations OF the earth will !
extend to us the respect and conF;dera
ton due TO the strength we have at tain
ed and the high order of civilization We
haved reached.
Bimetailism must be restored on
safe and p rmanent basis.
The great work of internal improve
ment must be continued.
To these kindred questions the re-
publican party will be commissioned
anew TO address itself at the next gen
ersl election. The present unfortunate
experience cannot fail to impress the
with the gravity of the mistake
made in 1892, whereby the progressive
rrorl, of thn nn.t. ...nc cnddenlv inter.