Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-08-12
WE MUST HAVE CONGRESS AS WE'LL AS
THE PRESIDENT.

WE MlNl IIaNb NoNuhoD Az NIAA E'
THE PRESIDENT.
The county elections being out of
the way, the Presidential, Congress
sional and State contest will open in
earnest. From now until the first
Tuesday in November the old ship Of
State will be tossed hither and thither
on a boiling sea of political excitement.
The feeling will grow more intense and
the interest more absorbing day after
day, and the processes of education,
keeping ahead of the wild disorder and
distractions, will SO clarity the minds
of the voters that when the time comes
for final action they will be prepared
to do their duty intelligently and patri-
otically. The friends of good govern.
ment and the advocates of the financial
policy and industrial laws that brought
to this country the highest degree of
happiness and prosperity it ave- en-
joyed have no just ground for appre-
hension and fear. They have only to
work with enthusiastic determination
and unfailing good sense and courage
to win back what was lost four years
ago through criminal carelessness and
apathy. When every Protectionist and
every man who has experienced the
impeachment and distress occasion
ed by the fearful and unnatural con-
ditions imposed by Democratic mis-
government is marshalled into line
then the cranks, lunatics, fanatics and
anarchists that composed the Chicago
mob may do their worst and the Re-
public will still be mistaken aud un-
broken in all its parts.
1t is eminently proper and dutiful
for the Republican party to dedicate
itself heroically and untiringly to the
work of electing its Presidential ticket.
Mckinley especially is not only thor.
oughly grounded in the faith of the
party, but being trained by q long and
faithful service in public life he is
equipped and prepared to carry its
policies into the most effective execu-
ton. He does not deal in sentiment of
the honey dew variety. He leaves eff
horescent oratory to the verdant youth
of the schools. He is a solid chunk of
good sense, clear discernment and cool
calculation. He is a statesman of bust.
ness methods and will give the coun.
try a business Administration through
out.
But Mckinley Of himself, though
President, will be powerless. To &C.
complish his purposes and to make his
Administration fruitful and profitable
to the nation, he must have a Con.
gress in sympathy with him, upon
which he a safely rely for needed
aid and co-operation-a Congress that
understands the business in hand and
properly appreciates the public require
ments. The election of q Republican
Congress is as vitality important as the
election of a Republican President.
The Importance of electing every Re.
publican candidate for Congress can
not be overstated. No Republican can
sulk, or refuse to support the party's
choice for this position without wan.
tonly violating his party obligations.
No party loyalist can afford to al.
low personal feeling to array him
against the party edict in this matter.
If he would rather see a bolter or a po-
litical enemy 90 to Congress than the
nominee of his party, the decent and
reputable thing for him to do is to re.
pudiate his party altogether.