The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-22

"Reveling In the knowledge Of their power.
IN q moment OF midsummer madness, the peo-
pie in 1892 determined upon an experiment and
called the democratic part to Office. The ex-
pertinent introduced them 20 an experience IN
the furnace fires OF affiiction. and so, In 1894,
with an expression OF their power unmistak-
able in its emphasis. they recalled to once. so
far as they could. the party whose history Is
the brightest chapter in the life OF the re-
puh'c.
=. now Of no more potent exhibition Of the
wisdom Of the people and Of their intelligent
conception Of their power and the necessity
for its exercise than Is to be found in the last
election 1t was q turning OF the faces Of the
great masses to the republican party for COM
fort and for relief.
THE American people despise Incompetence
Mistakes they can forgive. blunders they may
overlook II there be not too many OF them.
but for incompetence they have nothing but
contempt. This Is another OF the patent les
sons Of the republican victory.
while in 1892 the people called the demo-
cratic party TO power, in 1894 they defeated its
candidates at almost every polling place
Why! The history OF the two intervening
years furnishes q satisfactory answer.
The very accession OF the democratic party
to power was the signal for universal distrust.
The people no sooner awoke to realization OF
what they had done than they began TO wish II
undone. Prior to the election they thought
they wanted a change; Immediately after the
election they were sure that they wanted one
The metamorphosis was too sudden and ex-
treme when it involved Cleveland for Harrison
and Walter @ Gresham for John W. Foster and
James G.. Blaine. Fear and trembling took
hold upon all and reign OF distrust followed
"In his last message to congress Mr.. Harri-
son declared that a comparison OF the then ex-
listing conditions with the most favored period
in our history showed that a higher degree OF
and "A mora general diffusion of the
comforts OF life had never been enjoyed by
our people. This was no empty boast, but
truthful statement Of fact. And yet immedi-
ately following upon his retirement from office
blight settled upon our entire business and
manufacturing interests. Furnace fires were
banked. mill doors were closed, factories
ceased their operations and the happy hum OF
industry gave place to the ominOuS silence OF
enforced idleness. Hungry men and women
and starving children appealed TO public and
private charity. The unemployed became an
army that, moving by battalions upon the ma
tional capitol, threatened social order and
bred beliefs and advocated doctrines at war
with all sound theories OF society and govern
ment The country enjoyed again the good old
days Of the Walker tariff, Of which democrats
boast, and they enjoyed also the good old dem
ocratic souphouses
CIeveland's Hawaiian Policy.
Meantime what was the party in power do
democratic party always does when clothed
with responsibility-anythin but the right
thing. The president and his-politically
| speaking-piebald secretary OF state were
| busily engaged in trying to enthrone barbar-
Gus and debauched queen in the mid-Pacihc,
| where men of our own flesh and blood, having
carried the principles OF Saxon liberty, were
| engaged in laying the foundation Of republican
| institutions.
s,Groyer Cleveland was inaugurated the 4th
| of March; March Paramount Commissioner
Blount started for Hawaii to make case
| against the new born republic and for the de-
posed queen. And from that day to this,
submit to you that the foreign policy Of this
| administration of shame and surrender has
! been laundering and un-American to degree
| that merits and has received the condemna-
| ton of the great masses of the American peo-
pie There was O bracing atmosphere OF
| Americanism about the administration OF
| BENJAMIN Harrison and the department OF
| state under James G.. Blaine that Quickened
every American heart beat and flushed every
/ American cheek with pride We somehow
| felt as though every star upon our dear old
| flag shone brighter from its field OF blue, and
| every stripe blazed redder from its field OF
white when the glory and supremacy OF that
flag were in the keeping Of that administra-
rion. There was no Hawaii infsmy in that
chapter Of our history.
/
| eign policy, you will note the looting OF our
consular service, and the intrusting Of Ameri-
| can honor and dignity abroad to ward pol
| iticians and incompetent party tools. Since
| Mr. Cleveland came into once, 200 out OF 2il
| American consuls have been superseded, and
Of those not recalled many were appotntees OF
| the first Cleveland administration, holdovers
| under the Harrison administration. A bril-
liant record surely for civil service reform
president, better than his party. and the Idol
| Of the dear mugwumps, who. like the publican
| In the temple, daily thank God that they are
not as other men are.
| when directing his attention to our home
affairs. the president had some theories as to
the cause Of our troubles and some nostrums
for their cure He believed that silver pur-
chases under the then existing law caused ouI
| financial ills and he was strong In the faith
that protective tariff was robbery.
| $50 he called congress into extraordinary
| session in August OF 1898. Congress organized
| as all democratic congresses do, on the princi-
| pie OF the loaves and fishes for southern demo
| Gratis and the crumbs from their masters to-
BILE for their northern brethren From the
| speakership all the way down through the
| chairmanships OF committees. the Fttty-thirc
| congress is and has been dominated by the
ideas and traditions that men had supposed
buried under the apple tree at Appomattox.
| will not stop to rehearse the story OF the re-
| peal of the purchase clause OF the Sherman
act. 1t is matter OF history that It was accom-
| plIshed only by the action Of the republican
| minority, which, rising above party to the
platform OF high. patriotic purpose, put coun'
| try first and held up the hands OF tn presi
dent whose own party failed him. This done
and tardily done, the party In power addressed
itself to the enactment Of its announced theo-
ries of tariff reform.
Growth Under q Protective Tariff.
For thirty years under q protective tariff
| We had grown and prospered beyond the power
Of language adequately TO describe Agricul-
| ture, manufactures, commerce, following the
law OF harmonious development. had attained
to giant proportions Population had mar
velously increased, cities had grown and null
tiplied. transportation facilities had been i'm
proved The American workingman had beer
! enabled to live up to the standard Of American
| manhood, worthy to be the husband OF ar
American woman, the head Of an American
home, and the father Of children born to the
rights Of American citizenship Protection
against unequal foreign competition and free
| trade within forty-four states and the terri
| tories had developed home market In COM
parison with which the markets Of the world
| are insignificant The tarin law upon oul
| statute books when the present administra-
tion succeeded 70 power had continued, so al
as the people were concerned, the advantages
| OF the protective policy. 1t had also fully
served national purposes. Under It our for
eign trade had largely increased, and. until
threatened with repeal, 1t had furnished
| adequate revenue for governmental needs
BY its reciprocity feature IL had started on the
way OF securing to US the conquest OF the mar
! kets of Latin America. 1t had opened up ar
increased and largely remunerative trade fol
orr flour. our corn. lard, hams and bacon. tC
TO say nothing at all OF the markets for oui
machinery and hardware, all OF which were Il
| be and have been sacrificed by the new admin
| istration policy. This benefcent law the ad
ministratiou denounced as robbery aad uncon'
stitutional and announced its intention OF sup
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