The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-20

vention Of the party will have the heart,
brain and conscience to take up all ma
tional questions and decide them wisely
and justly. 1t is our work to elect,
not select, candidates, and promote,
not promulgate, platforms. Party plat
forms and party candidates must have
the approval of the people, but 10 insure
victory in the next campaign We must
prepare to meet organization with or
ganiZa,tion. 1t is through the ten thous-
and clubs which form the Republican
National League that this organization
can be best carried on. The league has
no desire to control party machinery,
or attempt in any way TO interfere with
any regular committee entrusted with
campaign management. 1t seeks, how
ever, through its clubs to make more
popular to all citizens the opportunity
to participate in political affairs, and
assume the responsibility, the labor and
the glory of political service. 1t APP
peals to the intelligence and patriot
ism of the American people, and
through the establishment of a club in
every town seeks to advance and pro-
mote Republican principles in every
community, and before every fireside
in the land. Every American citizen
should have strong political convlc-
tons, should attend all caucuses of his
party, and be in the truest and best
sense a politician. 1t is only through
the united and intelligent effort of our
best citizens that good government can
be assured. We rejoice that the Re-
publican National League forms parl
of the membership of the Republican
party, and that through that member
ship we have played a most important
part in the history of the nineteenth
century. From the day the Republican
party came forth a young David to do
battle with the mighty Goliath of sla-
very, it has been the right arm OF the
republic. All legislation which has met
the need and demands Of the people
has been proposed and enacted by the
Republican party. During all these
years the Democratic party has stood
opposed 20 every measure that savored
of advancement During all these
years arsenal and arms have been a
resistance and obstruction of Republic
can measures. They have always been
the party Of opposition; they have stood
in the way always; they have
never had any picketS thrown out on
the line of advanced thought. 1t was
but natural that at last when called
upon TO assume the reins of govern
ment by one of those spasmodic errors
of the people they found themselves en-
tirely untitled fer the task before them.
Although replete with political shrewd-
ness the Democratic leaders have been
lacking in craftsmanship; they have
been fioundering in the quagmire of
legislative stupidity for three long
years. Every attempt at craftsmanship
in internal affairs or diplomacy in for
eiEn affairs has brought ruin ON the
one hand and humiliation on tine other.
Weary and bedraggied, found guilty by
the people in every count of incapacity,
laundering ad infinitumt the Demo-
cratic leaders in sheer desperation have
l,o.,- g.. sn,,
They have taken upon themselves the
a citation of the currency question in
the hope that they may again fool the
people and recover the position they
so deservedly and completely lost. But
they cannot escape their fate; no
amount of silver agitation can turn the
minds of the people from the fact that
under thirty years of protection and
reciprocity this country developed as no
other country in the history of nations
and that in three years of threatened
free trade tariff legislation the Demo-
cratic party has brought disaster and
ruin to thousands and thousands of
American homes. They cannot blot
out the figures of the treasury depart
ment, which show that under President
HarriSon's administration two hundred
and thirty-three million dollars were
paid on the public debt, and that the
public debt under President Cleveland's
has been increased
over one hundred and fifty million dol
lars; or that under the Mckinley law
there was provided a revenue of five
million dollars in excess of the require
ments of the government, while under
the Wilson law there was a deficit OF
from 60 to 100 millions of dollars.
The only law passed by the Democratic !
congress which could produce revenue
has been declared unconstitutional by |
the supreme court of the United States. |
They will not be permitted to escape