The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-17
VACANT CHAIRS.
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guest of a railroad company upon a
junketing tour. And, 50 seductive mas
he found such excursions ana so ana
bic and accommodating mas ne
found the gentleman whose greed,
aVarice and extortiOn he used
to denounce so fercely upon the
stump, that he divides his time between
railroad excursions ard the enunciation
of his wild eyed visionary impractical
Bile schemes, that not alone make MN
the laughing stock Of the country, but
render the entire state ridiculous. The
Lewelling, Fred Close, Buffalo Jones
north and south railroad scheme has
been rehatched ard reVampeo ara TINS
gentleman who for years mas preached
of the millions of suffering starving
unemployed, for whom it is sacred
duty of the government to proVide work
to enable them to earn bread; TINS gen
tleman who has posed as the irene OF
the laboring MAJ. proposes 10 Nul q ms
road with the Ia or g ie9zas 8-'l
sas corVicts Consistency is certainly
not jewel of POpuii7rl-
Tt Is a crying shame that Kansas
the fairest and best of the con1u-oi1-
w ealths in the sist~rhood o. states. with
her wealth and Intelligence. her pro-
GuctiVe farms. her thousands OF scnog4
houses and churches and miles on s5ti-
road, with her glorious past an" l4r
bright hope for the future should re
suffering under the blight Of Popuiisrn
But she is suffering from It Tor the
last time The great majority Of the
people of Kansas are honest. And, at
the first opportunity they VIII rise in
their might and consign the M mbers
Of this administration to the oDscurlty
from which they Sprang. 1t took the
combined forces Of the world the flesh
ard the devil to defeat US last fall. The
high protective tariff free silver Re
publican Joined with the absolute free
trade Democrat. The mosSba J Ell
fersonian Democrat. who believed in
the high st form of indiVidualism. u 1t
ed with the paternaIisic PopuHst aud
the lOng-haired, sanctimOnious, cold
water advocate shook hands with the
gentleman with short hair and build
jaw. All rallied around the standard
Of Is to 1 with the cry OF anything TO
beat the Republicans" With all these
inconsistent elements united their ma
iority was paltry. The fight made
the Republican organization was q
magnificent one. None could have
done better. The party was standir.
upon firm ground and fighting for the
right and it's platform was in strict
accord with the national party plat
form. As a result of the contest we
have today the best organized and dis
cipHned political force in the state and
the best the Republican party has ever
had.
ITO insure party success we have but
to heed the lessons Of the past and be
careful of the future Kansas IS n2tur-
ally a Republican state. And the Re
publican party has but to pursue
firm, consistent, honest policy to al
L
formation along new lines. The party
stood firmly and consistently for two
correct economic principles and there
was no wavering, no compromising.
The same course in the future will give
us permanent control. Deception is
seldom a wise course to pursue and it
is certainly foolish when employed for
the purpose of self-delusion. We must
mistakes in the past that should be
avoided in the future. There has been
too much apOlogizing for and compro-
missing with false economic ideas. Too
much opportunity has been given men
to justify their erroneous ideas by
claiming that they were taught them
by the Republicans. Too many Re
publican conventions, prompted by a
desire to conciliate people who had i'm
bibed erroneous ideas, declared in IA
vor of the free coinage of silver. Prom
inent Republicans taught that there !
was but So per capiter" in circulation
in this country Some gave strong
evidence that their dreams were haunt |
ed with visions of the British money
power in the shape of great red
dragon Others dreamed dreams of
plutocrats and corporate domination. |
The Republican legislature in 1881 |
passed q resolution memOrializing con- !
gress in favor of a dOuble-track gov
eminent railroad from the Atlantic |
sea board to the Missouri river. The !
idea seems to have struck the gentle I
men with such force that they were not |
content with an ordinary road, but |
wanted a double track for the entire |
distance. The Republican party has ]
gotten away from such a course. 1t +
compromises no longer, but when a |
false economic idea is sprung it takes |
the club of truth in hand and goes out /
and swats it to death. 1t has kept |
the leaders of the opposition busy writ /
ing new platforms and new de claratiOns |
of principles We must continue to /
stand by the declarations of the ma |
ma rtXr wit a 1Taf fn toll
too many sO-called advanced positions. /
We must be firm, earnest and consist !
ent upon all local questions and dodge |
none There will always be problems !
to solve and battles to fight. Error is /
almost as universal as truth and our
party has been the one that has had to /.
fight the battles of right in the contests |
against error.
There are questions now before the |
people of Kansas that must be settled, /
and settled permanently. They must I
be settled right or they will rise in the !
future as IN the past to trouble each /
and contribute to its
defeat. No one need have any fears
for the future of the Republican party
Of Kansas. 1t Will meet the gu stions
OF the hour Squarely and will take an
honest, determined position upon each +
one. 1t VIII stand by the business IN T
terests Of kansas, firmly and consist +
emily, and without cOwardice or eva
sion. 1t Will stand with the national +
Eepublican party upon all economic +
questions. It has won great battles +
in the past and Will win great battles /
in the future. In the contests the Re +
publican leagua should have an hon.r-
able part. It should be the standing
army of Pepublicanism. organized to .
assist as the auxiliary Of the regIIl ar .
marty organization, maintaining a club .
in very precinct fn the state, per1na-
nen tly orEe nized and equ pped. Thee
are now SIS clubs in existence, with q
mem bership Of 10000. They must re-
tain their anizati0n and keep in the /
fight, until Kansas is permanently re-
d. e-ued and the scandal of PopuIsm
is thing of the past"
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