People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-01-21
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.
What the Dollarcratic Party Has

Done and the Future Outlook.
Mckinley and prosperity A majority
of the voters of the country want Mr..
William Mckinley for president, and
everybody wants prosperity.
But Mr. McKinley's election has not
brought such a revival of business as
the dollarcrat newspapers have claimed.
Thus far no prosperity is apparent save
the natural renewal that always comes
after the close Of presidential election,
when the doubt and uncertainty Of the
campaign have passed away. The elec-
tion of Mr.. Cleveland in 1892 had the
same effect. Prices went up spasmodic-
ally Immediately after that event, and
business was better after it was known
that the party had been dethroned
which will soon again come into power.
But this condition did not last long. II
was followed by q succession of panics
and business depression, and the record
OF the Cleveland administration that
has thrown the nation in debt to the
extent Of some 5000, 900, 900 is too fresh
in the minds Of every one to need spe-
cial enforcement Of the fact that any
basis of hope growing out of that elec-
ton was but the most unstable and fic.
titious.
The party that upheld Mr.. Bryan and
the Chicago platform in the recent cleo
ton will not put straw in the way Of
the prosperity that the Republicans
have presaged. To them the prosperity
Of the entire people is Of far more con.
sequence than the welfare Of any party.
But they will be interested in watching
what measures the incoming admins.
tration may adopt to secure the great
revival in business which it has been 80
strenuously claimed will ensue. The
policy they have outlined is ridiculous,
considering past experience and the pre-.
yious tenets Of the party. Strange to
say, Mr.. Mark Hanna, the Republican
Pooh Bah, seems to favor, not a tariff
for protection, not the kind Of tariff
that the Republican party has advocat.
ed since its birth, but the kind the Dem
ocrats have always favored-a tariff for
revenue, something like that the present
Wilson bill was enacted to secure. Just
how they will succeed if they try to en-.
act tariff that will increase the rev.
enue and yet give the protection that
the trusts and monopolies have so long
sought remains to be seen.
To the 'man up a tree" it looks as if
the Republican party were already in
trouble and in fear and trembling. We
know what the Republicans and Cleve-
land Democracy have done for the coun.
try during their SO years regime. With
nature yielding an unvarying abundance
they have so impoverished the many
and enriched the few that one-half the
wealth of the country is in the hands Of
30, 900 people, and in times of profound
peace they have SO manipulated finance
that the national debt measured in la.
Dor and the worlds products is as great
as it ever has been. Added to this they
have so increased the mortgage indebt.
edness of the country that there is an
average Of two farm mortgages to every
farm.
1t would be amusing were it not so
portentous to note the makeshift sug-
gestions Of the successful party. But the
prospects are anything but alluring.
Meantime let the people get in line for
their victory in 1900.