The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-09-24
TURN OUT THE POPS.
SENATOR THURSTON SAYS 1T
CAN BE DONE.
Republicans Should Stand Together aud
Redeem the State From MisruIe-
What Animates tho PopOcratic
Party-What Brought About
Prosperity In Nebraska.
Thurston on the situation.

On the occasion OF the epu bllcan
convention at Lincoln, Senator Thurs
ton made quite Il lengthy address, but
not until now has there been found
room to give some extracts therefrom.
In part, the senator said:
Our state government is in the
hands of the opposition. Some of the
republican officials have proven un-
faithful to their public trusts, and
have brought suspicion and discredit
upon the party. 1t will require united
action by all the republican forces of
Nebraska to redeem the state. 1t can
be done. If we stand together we can
grandly win this year, next year, and
for many years to come. So far rs L
am concerned. so far as my friends are
concerned, there will be no factional-
ism, no division, no frvoritism. So far
as l am concerned the only test of re-
publican qualification will be loyalty
and devotion to republican principles
and to republican tickets. All / ask is
that the wishes of the rank and file of
the republican party nay find full and
free expression in e!ery convention
and in every Legislature controlled by
a republican majority.
After election the opposition said
Where is your general prosperity
All through the special session of con
gress they snecred and tainted us and
said Where is prosperity! The other
day prosperity came-canc quickly at
the bidding of the republican party
and now they say providence brought
it and not the republican earty. Did
you ever stop to think that providence
lever gave prosperity to the country
saw during Il republican administra-
ton?
Last November n Mexican dollar
bought one bushel of wheat. Today
one bushel of wheat buys two and one
half Mexican dollars. | am not rejoic-
ing at the decline of silver. | believe
the 16-to-1-or-bust party killed silver
by insisting on holding it to an artifi-
cial place it could not sustain.
Prosperity has come to Nebraska.
Did you ever stop to consider that the
combined products will make Nebraska
the first agricultural state in the
union? They would have you believe
You are the victims of n great conspir-
acy, a conspiracy to increase the circu-
lation of gold among farmers. Free
~ olLiCS will ' tiSdth NC tLl
issue. The 16-to-1-or-bust people
killed it off.
The eternal spirit of discomfort, the
spirit of lawlcssness, the spirit of ha-
tired and enmity and distrust, the spirit
of communism and of anarchy is the
.animating spirit of the popocratic party
in the United States. The republican
party has taught men to love one an
other as the only key to success. Ihad
rather suffer eternal defeat with a party
that teaches hope than share victory
with a party of discomfort.
The people are satisfied that the re-
publican party keeps its promises. Last
fall it promised a tariff. Before five
months it kept its promise. Some say
it is u tariff for trusts and for syndi-
Gates. l am satisfied it will enhance
the chances of capital in business, but
while it is doing hat it will spread its
benificent influence to the people.
Wouldn't you rather have a tariff that
will open manufactures of this coun-
try rather than those of foreign coun-
tries! They once said as you lower
the tariff to other nations they will
trade with US. 1t was tried and failed.
They said one Of our troubles wa not
enough money to do our business.
Great God. It did not take much mon
ey to do what little business we had.
Today it will take millions to move our
crops, but you don't hear any cry of not
enough money to do it.
What will the other side do move?
Every argument of theirs has been TX
ploded, every statement denied by
know they are fertile in ex-
pleasant in address, and can
more propositions than any other
set of men. / know they can say that
men have betrayed trusts, but
shows that where one dollar
was taken by republican Office holders
one hundred dollars have been taken
by other parties. History shows fit
teen democratic dcfaulters to one re-
publican. When it is discovered that
an official has broken his trust, say, as
Grant said. Let 40 guilty man es-
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