The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-14
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while the Democratic party stands 70
an entirely different set of tenets. A.
! unfavorable economic condition, whic
is party sectional and partly class. Lu
mostly political springing from tn
unwiSe policy of the present admin
istraiton, has forced a new Issue, on
never heretofore sharply defined in Tn
platforms of either national party
This issue. in becoming a leading one
is distracring old-time partisanship, i
weakening old-time party lines. anC
| confusing both principles and men
The question with thousands upoI
thousands of free silver Republican,
and single standard Democrats today
is, what shall / do:" 1t is 4 two
phased question which is forcing itself
upon the country, upon it's people, it,
papers and its politicians, everywhere
Ed Hoch, ed tor of the Marion
Record, essays a solution for the aver
age Republican by the Yankee method
of answering a question by asking an.
other. He asks:
'sWhy should man in his right mind
strain at Republican gnat and swal-
low Democratic camel?'
why should a Republican gag at a
one good, and gulp down with glee a
platform at least sixteen to one bad?"
''Why should a silver Republican con-
sort with fiat Populists who are not
friends of silver at all?"
In short why should a Republican
leave the Republican party when he
has no place on earth to go?"
The Records queries, while simple,
will prove posers TO many who will
have already proposed the same TO
themselves. Must a Republican, who
is convinced that in enlarging the
volume of currency by converting all,
instead of a portion, of the silver out
put into money, that in short such a
policy would tend, largely, to solve the
financial stress and economic strain
of the Times, abandon all the princi-
pies which he has held to in the past,
and so quit his party, because a ma
jority of its leaders do not view that
one proposition in the same light with
himself? Would a Republican be act
ing wise 10 give up protection, and all
the material benefits to flow to the
country therefrom. and abandon the
ideas and measures advo-
Gated by the Republican party, and
turn over to free trade and to all the
leveling and unprogressive doctrines
Of his ancient and implacable Demo-
cratic enemy, and only because his
own loved party Is not yet UP with
him on that one single proposition?
Certainly not, unless he held that one
single matter to be of more import
lnce than all others combined
The Eagle has been advocating such
arger use of silver as money, but not
80 as q Pop paper, not as a Democratic
paper, nor with any idea of repudiat-
ng the principles to which it has al
ways held. but solely as Republican |
,aper and nothing else. The Eagle /
Is a Republican paper has been advo- |
ating bimetallisu, the unlimited and |
free coinage of both gold |
nd silver, n policy which in never be- |
ng indersed by either party has never |
een denounced by either. 1t is d /
,olicy that has been partially enter
aimed by both the Democratic and !
republican parties, in the past The
Inference today between the demands
f the two parties on that question is
My that one party demands ''inde-
endent" action and the other holds
or an international agreement The
,agle believes in the independent"
but not to that extent that
would no winin. sacrifice, for its
Immediate attainment, It's Republican
rinclples and party, its Republican
latform and nominees, which plat
lrm and nominees it believes to be
superior to that laid
own and those named by the Popo-
-at party last week in Chicago. No
God has come to this nation in the
st half of the 10Th century except
trough the Republican party.
While We regret. sincerely and deeply
'gret, that our party cannot be
Fought, as yet, 10 see that there would
: no danger in independent coinage,
nd t1at our party holds that the only
Ife policy is the one based upon in
rnat'onaf' agreement, vet and still
aver for moment has the Eagle con- 5
mplaled becoming, for that or any S
her reason, either a Democratic or a I
opuliSt sheet, paper or organ. While
e snall-sill hold for the independent
~, and still protest against the IN
rnarlonal' scheme. our Republican
N vii remain as steadfaSt and w. :
averlng, and our devotion TO our c
rty prove as constant in the future
in the past I
Finally, convinced, as we are, that
ajoIiJy OF the Republicans Of Kansas :,