The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-27
OUT TO WIN.

The Republican party of the United
States is out to win at the end of this
troubled year. Their leaders have
planned to fairly surge to victory.
They have skirmsn ..ne, advance guard
and firing line all combined in a solid,
moving front. Their skillful generals
have overlooked nothing They com
mand u united, brave and enthusiasts
tic army. With the cleverest use of
all the material they have constructed
flying "trocha" which they calcu-
late will simply sweep the enemy into
the sea of defeat and oblivion.
The new blood is what has so per-
fectly equipped the Republican party
for the opportunity of it's life. Very
few of the men who have been in the
saddle at the fore since the days of
Lincoln were at the St. Louis conven-
ton. The remarkable and absolute
triumph of the Mckinley forces was
due to the talent, tact and manage
ment of men who have never before
been prominent in National cam
paign. The best speeches were made
by young men new to public life and
just winning the spurs of National
fame. They bring to the contest an
earnestness, zeal and "a degree of
confidence that is more than half
battle. They have routed the old
bosses" They have disciplined and
dropped the disatfected and with their
marvellous platform and their shout
ing following are ready for opera
tions.
The whole Republican party is out
to win now, as were the Mckinley men
when that stateman was first project
ed as the proper person to bear the
standard. No paper produced in the
United States in half century can
compare with the st. Louis platform.
1t simply covers everything that could
possibly be brought into the contest
for the presidency. And every senti-
ment appeals to immense bodies of
electors.
Elements that may find fault with
one expression or idea in the platform
will have the criticism fully offset by
determined statement in another de-
batable matter. 1t may be called a
blanket platform. But by whatever
name it is a statement and declaration
of principles that is strong as best
thought could make it, And it has
that rarest of all merit for a political
document. No supplement or eXpla-
nation is needed. Each plank is clear
and concise. Any one could stand
alone without any of the others.
In making this platform the auth
ors probably perfectly accomplished
their purpose of leaving not the small
lest loophole or permitting weakness
in any spot.
In presidential campaign the per-
sonnet of the candidates means much.
Since the period when the. word of
the Plumed Knight, the Incompatible
james G.. Blaine, was the law and the
command for a million valiant men
and effective voters, no individual in
public life IN the United States has
had such tremendous individuality as
VIM. Mckinley of Ohio. He is affable,
democratic, graceful of liberal
thought and on the plane with the
common people. He is a western man.
He is from cradle of presidents,
Hobart, the man named for the vice
presidency, is an eastern ideal and
fayorably impresses both the leaders
and the masses in other parts of the
Indifferent management would not
greatly impair the running" qualities
of this team.
There will be some side issues and
camp disturbances before the fateful
day of November. All reports from
ST. Louis indicate positively that the
Republican managers have anticipated
almost anything that can by any
chance occur in the way of detection.
They have planned away ahead all
of the past four years, still have dis
corning and penetrating eye on the
future and all in all are out to win.