The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-03

anomaly for which the Republican par
~ was never responsible. Too many
sheep and not enough mutton is very
strange condition that can only be &C
counted for upon the theory that Tor
several years we had too much mutton
in congress and too much oleaginous
matter in THE White House.
"Republicanism says that for every
beast that fattens upon the imperial
plains Of the west there should be
profitable market someWhere-that the
meat should administer to the comforts
and happiness of mankind, and the
hide and wool and pelt should be
wrough into American fabrics, upon
American soil by American labor for
the honor and glory of American civili-
zation. Republfcanism says that we
must maintain the parity between cat
tie and beef, between hogs and ham,
between sheep and mutton, between
wool and cotton and clothing. Repuo-
lcanism says that the partly between
wheat and bread should be maintained
by pursuing protective policy that
will enable the workingmen to buy six
teen leaves in the city bakery 10 one
bUshel in the farmers granary. Repuu
licanism says that whenever a hen
cackles around the plenteouS barns IN
Kansas there should be a responsive
echo in some protected manufacturing
establishment when a well paid Ameri-
can artisan strikes the American blow
that earns the American money to buy
the American egg just laid in proud and
pa triotic triumph by an American hen.
Republicanism says the man who tolls
has lien upon all our cattle, hogs and
sheep, a claim upon every waving field
Of wheat and a mortgage upon the pro-
ofe of soil NIB af,
falls the shadow of the American flag,
and that when the obligation to Ameri-
can labor is discharged, the mortgage
paid off and the books balanced, if there
is a surplus, European syndicates may
put in a bid for it. That is Bill Nc
Kinley Republicanism.
Limited time and lack of inclination
restrain me from entering upon a dis
cussion of these great national prob
lens. That must be reserved for a more
opportune time in the campaign pro-
crosses.
There is another absorbing issue,
however, TO which I ought to make at
least a passing reference, and that is
the currency question. The Republican
party in this contest will be the interp-
i'd champion of the restoration Of silver
to its proper place in the nations none
'tary system. 1t will favor a financial
policy that will keep the volume of our
currency adequate to the increasing
demands of trade and commerce II
will will stand for bimetallism. Not
that bimetallism which IS a preclude to
the issuance of a large volume of ire
deemable paper money; not that BIZ
metaIlism which would enhance the val
ne OF our commodity by debasing anoth-
er, but that bimetallfsm which had it's
birth in 1879 in the American constitu-
ton which recognizes both gold and
silver as inseparable handmaidens COM
missioned together to bear the burden
of commerce.
This nation has been three times
tried by war and vexed by the civil dis
sessions that mark a century of pro-
gress, but during a quarter of a century
of Republican prosperity IL paid more
than three billions of fabulous war
debt, and pursued a financial policy
that maintained its honor at home and
its credit abroad The financial ques-
tion is not free from perpIexities and
anxieties. There have been difficult
ties and diScouragements and there will
be doubts and fears, but this alternative
is distinctly presented to the Aemerican
people, the abrogation of Democracy or
rational bankruptcy. Think of this
ma ton with its 160 years of Respondent
history, it's ilhmitable resources and its
boundless possibilities, borrowing mon
ey during a period of profound peace,
to pay its fixed charges. The Republi-
can party is a party Of metal and when
IL is entrusted with power again it will
handle this problem courageously, hon.
estly and successfully. This nation in
distress turns to the Republican party
as inevitably as the helianthos bows it's
modest head to the rising sun for that
susteance which gives it life and beauty,
and when, on the fourth of next March.
at high noon, the bells at Washington
toll the glad requiem of Cleveland De-
mocracy, a bow of Republican promise
will span the American continent and
an era of industrial and financial pros
perity will dawn upon a people radiant
with the smiles of hope as they contem-
plate their timely deliverance from Dem
ocratic devastation, disaster and de-
spair."
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