Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-18

1898. And. Notwithstanding all the efforts
put forth by the Democratic party,
wretchedness still abides with u.s.
The country, after a long period OF
more than 81 years of Republican pros
perity, began to taste the sweets oil Dem
ocratic rule. and to compare the happy
| and prosperous condition of the Ameri-
can people. as it had been for many years
under Republican guidance with the uni
versal alarm which came with Cleveland
and his followers in 1893
But the Republican party will again re-
turn to power with a strength which it
has not had since the war.
The elections in the past two years, the
sentiment of the people everywhere. point
10 the early and permanent restoration OF
the Republican party as the only one
suitable TO guide the fortunes and des-
TIMES of the Republic.
Republicans have been able to deal
with the grave problems which have
arisen touching the welfare and pros
perity of the American people
The party has accomplished much in
war, and much in peace.
1t has always governed the country by
sound national policies, and in the Ian
guage of it's greatest leader it has given
a government ''of the people, by the peo-
pie. and for the people"
Whenever the Democratic party has
attempted to create policies. it has
been beaten by internal dissensions. a.
we have witnessed in the last three
years. and they quarrel, and tussle.
and strangle each other, and go to 1e-
feat.
One trouble with them is that they
have no recognized leaders. Their most
prominent men are constantly pulling
at cross purposes and the crew is ever
in a state of mutiny.
The natural lesson of the present ad
ministration teaches us that the great
est state and national prosperity may
be swiftly paralyzed by distrust. anu
that national prosperity demands ma
tional leaders and national law-givers
in whom the public have confidence.
There must be confidence. Cont
dence is of itself prosperity.
The great bar to the restoration o!
confidence in this country al this tim,
is the existence of a Democratic House
a Democratic Senate. anu a Demo
cratic President. These must all he
removed before there will be conf
dence among the l.eople. And the.
will be removed i'll November next
when the ground swell of public opin
inc Will lift Clevelanu and his party
from the rocks and the Ship of Stat
will float into the deep waters of wis,
ana patriotic action. After that, ths
great work Of the Republican party
| will lie taken up and carried on. Tho
| people have had enough of running il
| debt of borrowing money, of crushing
| industries. of cutting down wages, anG
they want change, and they VIII
have it.
The Democracy. as national party
| has dalied with its chances anC
thrown away its opportunities Th
people are renewing their vows Of obi
cation to the Republican faith ans
principles. and are seeking a restora
| ton of the old-timo itepublican pros
peIty. Cleveland said, in 1892. and
his followers proclaimed it from tn
| house tops. that tariff reform was
necessary for the prosperity of tn
country.
The Democratic Congress complete
it's tariff reform more than two years
ago, put prosperity has not been il
sight anywhere from Maine To Cali
| forIlia. from the Lake of the Woods tt
the G}alizc.
| The German Wilson bill! was an &C;
to crush industry and protect trusts
Every monopoly in the United States
saW it's chance ami was there, anu
monopoly has been camping in thu
| pcmocra tic party ever since.
! Cleveland sold the people woulf
never forget these things. OF course
| the Republicans were surprised at The
| truthfllresS of this statement, con
sdering the unreliable source froi;
whence it came, but it was, lcverthc-
| less true.
Democratic l.
| Used reform in 1898. has succeeded il
| closing one third of the wooden miis
| in New England, and we see the Brit
| ish steamers coming to America loaded
with wooden goods from Bradford.