Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-20
THE PARTING OF THE WAY.

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For forty years The Bee has been
Republican paper For forty years Il
has followed the banner of that part,
under the clouds as we'll as in the sun
shine. For forty years, IL has stead
rstly, loyalty ,unflinchingly, kept steI
10 the music Of that organlzatsor., and
has ever been content to be Il torch
bearer to help light Others on to the
Mantua of their political hopes. F0r
forty years The Bee has been as faith.
rll to the Republican party as was
Ruth to Naomi, when she exclaimed
on that bright morning in Moab: SIN
treat me not to leave thee, or To re-
turn from following after thee: for
whittier thou goest, l will 20: and
where thou lodgest l will lodge; thy
people shall be my people, and thy
God my God" For forty years The
Bee has troden the path, above which
glittered the star OF Republicanism
with far less complaint, far less of
murnur, than came f.om the lips of
the lsraellLes against their Creator
during their forty years sojourn in
the wilderness.
Today, The Bee is no less Repuh.
lican paper ,than 1t has ever been.
Today The Bee is as thoroughly i'm
bued with sterling Republican prln-
cples as 1t was in those days when
the Republican party was born, ard
when above It's cradle shOnc tie
modern Star of Bethlehem, presaging
liberty to all mankind, and lighting
up the duSky face with the new and
glorious revelation of freedom, Tos
day, The Bee looks back over its Re-
publican record of forty years, and can
lind nothing that could bring blush
to the cheeks, nothing that could
taintdt with disloyalty, nothing that
should prevent IL from speaking as q
sterling Republican journal-not one
OF the new Republican papers, thank
dod! but Republican jonrnal OF the
good old stock; a Republican journal
OF the days anterior to, during, and
after the war; Republican journal
which will ever be steadfast to true
Republican principles, though IL may
refuse to follow the lead Of Uitlanders
and lscariots in the camp, who have
placed pelf above principle and who
nave sold the birthright OF the Re-
publican party for a mess of Roths-
child pottage.
standing thus as Republican paper
proud of its past and conscientious
IN Its present-The Bee declares that
y VIII not follow the Republican party
into its house of bondage, into its
iand Of captivity, into its slavery to
lhe Kings OF Wall street. 1t will not
Sarcrltice its manhood and degrade its
nohor-it will mot bastardize its Re-
puollcanism-by bowling the knee to
Aammon and accepting as an article |
VI lalth a declaration OF principle an
'asonlstic TO every interest OF the
people, destructive of the welfare and
corIoding to the progress OF the ma
''on' ana beneficial only TO those who
'a''eh ana thrive upon the very life |
s"Sa Of the masses. 1t will not-it
ra"no'-remain silent during the
p'uilhg campaign, and not point out /
"s 'ase use TO which the glorious Re-
p'o''ean party has been put-an ors
s"hi@tlon at whose birth Liberty
"s''elr smiled, transformed into a
D's'e eapper' for the money jugglers
ana the gold gamblers.
4" naS cost much TO write these
"HsS' but they are true, and they
'uouid be written. 1t has cost an
4u''lonal pang, because it most
Oo'oly meahs the severance OF any
pp0f' from William Mckinley, for