Arizona republican., 1898-11-03
A SERIOUS QUESTION.

| tentOn is that the result Cf the etec-
 ticn in Arizona will have a national
 effect. Granting, fer the sake Of argu-
 ment, that it will, is this not time
 to stand by the national governm ont?
 If Arizona is in the public eye, if the
 people Of the cast are watching il
 closely, why should not the oppcrtun-
 ity be embraced to show the patriotism
 of it's people. The national admins
 tration stands before the coun- 1 try on the record Of the war. A
 republican victory will be equivalent
 to a vote Of confidence. It will
 strengthen the administration abroad
 where questions of vital importance are tagging because Of the hcpe that
 the administration will not be sus-
 tained by the people. The Republ1- cans dispatches in the last month have shown plainly that Spain, encouraged
 by the attacks on tho American admin
 istration originated by yellow journals
 and foolishly supported by repub- lic3n papers, is trying to de-
 lay the peace proceedings cn the as
 sumption that if the republicans are
 defeated President Mckinley and his advisers will net feel 1iks pursuing the course laid cut by the peace commis- sicners.
 There is good sense in this view.
 The president entered upon this war with the American people suppcs- edly united at his back. He held back as long as lie could honorably and con sistently because of his knowledge Of the Unprep3redness Of the country. After the declaration 9f war the United States gave the world an object lesson in patriotism. Fer three months there was no sign Of discorG. The troubles that since have arisen had their incep- tion in Q mad desire for ssns2tional- ism, and the investigation now going on is daily revealing that the cliargas so broadly made and now the chief prop of the naticnal democratic cam paign, have very little foundation The government unquestionab]y will emerge triumphant from the ordeal to which sensaticnalism and partisanship have subjected it.
 But t3e investigation will net b9 fnishsd before the election. The American people must register their verdict on November $. Who. is there so dull as not to sec that a dem ccratic victory this year, following So closely cn the war with Spain con- ducted by a republican administration would set the seal cf national disap- prcva1 On all that the government ac- complished in that war? Where would be the glory cf Dewey's achievement? What would become of the Iaurels so glcricusly won by Hobson and Samp- son and SchIey and Wainwright and Clark Of the navy, and Fighting Joe" Wheeler, and Shafter, and Lawton, and W cod, and Roosevelt and other brave officers Of the army? These men would have to share the humiliation of the The administration depended upon them to bring the war to 3 successful conclusion. They ac- ccmplished de1ds that the world will never cease to honcr. A democratic victory this fall would be a blow i'll the face to patriotism and the military spirit Its effect Cn the cCuntrys in forests abroad would be disastrous. Europe would take it as an indication that the policy of foreign expansion So boldly advocated by the republicans and the administration was to be aban- doncd, ard we wcQld see Germany and other powers grow aggressive in the 
 The possibilities Of national shame contained in the threat Of a democratic victcry' are 1imitless. Do the people cf Arizona care to see tho present administration discredited at home and abroad? Are they dissatis- iiel with the conduct cf the war? Do they regret that 50 many Of their brav5 sens went to the front and wen imper- ishebla fame? Can they afTcTd to con- tribute to the attempt to shcw the wcrld that the people Of the United States are dissatisfied With the outcome of the war? These are quas- tiors the people of Arizona should con- slider.