Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-24
INFUSED new LIFE
REPUBLICAN PARTY STRENGTH
ENED BY PRESIDENTS TRIP.
WAR Is THE MAIN ISSUE
TIE QUESTION OF EXPANSION MUST
BE SETTLED.
MckinIey's Plain Talks to the People
Show That He Is Carrying Out
Their Will - People Are
Standing by the
President.


his return to Washington to-day. has put
life into the POLITICAL campaign. The con-
greSSional committees of both parties are
realizing this from the reports that come
to them. The principal effect is felt in the
West, especially in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa, the states through which the
president Travelled. and where he made
short speeches. But the whole West seems
| TO have felt the new vigor which came from
the presidents plain talk about the war
and its results. The Republican con-
gressional committee has been hampered by
usage, which confines its official efforts TO
sending out documents and literature re-
lating to subjects upon which the party has
either in national convention, in congress,
or by act of the Republican president, TAX
en- decided stand.
| The committee began its work in this
campaign on the tariff and the currency
questions because it knew just where the
| party stood on those questions. 1t took no
stand on the great questoa or territorial
expansion, because no national convention
bad ever considered that question, Re-
| publican congress had not acted upon il,
| and President Mckinley had not made pub
| lie his instructions to the peace commits
| Sioners. The committee found much difh
Guilty in arousing Republican enthusiasm
| over either the tariff or the money que;-
| tion. because the people seemed to conslder
| these questions practically settled. ana
We're giving their attention to another and
more important question, which had been
| developed by the war with Spain. The flag
| had been driven out of the Philippines,
| as well as out of Cuba and Porto Rico.
| There has been no mistakins the sentiment
| of the people regarding the Philippines,
but Republican congressman. as well as
I the Republican commission. have heSitated
| TO take a position upon this question until
| the peace commissioners should act and
| show to the world what were their in
| structions from the Republican administra-
| ton.
Another Issue.
Some of these gentlemen, a few weeks
ago. expressed the belief that the campaign
| would be fought out on the silver question,
| but they have changed their minds. Repub-
| lican congressman who have visited WASH
ington in the last three weeks have re-
| issue. and the Republican party must take
| its position on that issue and declare its
/ purpose regarding the fruits and respon-
| sibilities of the war.
President Mckinley went West to attend
the Omaha exposition and the peace jubilee
at Chicago. He did not start out on 4
pleasure re- tour. % ,sai It developed, as did his
make a dozen brief speeches in as many
different states and was kept busy talkin,,
to the people from the car platform over
i trail of about 10000 miles, which summed
up more than 100 speeches TO crowds that
aggregated several millions of people.
| The president met the same demonstra-
Wherever he went the people wanted to
hear him, and instead of three or four
speeches, scheduled for him when he left
Washington two weeks ago, he made sew
enty-fve talks of from two minutes dura-
ton to twenty minutes, and more than
| million people heard him. He knew what
| the people were thinking about, and he
knew they wanted to know what were his
purposes regarding the results of the war.
| He could not speak in detail about ques-
| tionS now in the hands of the peace COM
mlSSiOnerS ennnctafp
| principles which were governing his actions
| in making a peaceful settlement of all
| the questions which have been developed
| by the war.
Stand by the President.
That the presidents speeches have been
| satisfactory to the Republicans of the West
| is shown by the reports from Western
states to the congressional committee. The
Republican congressman are more confident
| of large vote and victory in November
| than they have been at any time since the
| opening of the campaign, and all over the
West it is reported that the Republican
candidates are taking their stand on this
| question of expansion and declaring their
| purpose to uphold the haIds of the presi-
dent in keeping the American flag where it
has been placed by the army and navy.
The same condition is reported in the
East and the Democrats have recognized
the danger of the new life in the campaign
Ex-senator Hill, in the first speech he has
made since he left the senate, began with
party differences regarding the war, that
both parties stood together, and that there
was no prospect of party differences in the
settlement of the peace negotiations. The
willy senator from New York realized that
his party could not hope to win by antag-
/ oniZing the administration on this issue
and he sought to pass it over as war
without politics and get the people of New
York to consider state issues alone.
Change Their Minds.
The Democrats of the West are also try
ing to remove all excuses for the president
to visit that section. He will go to Phila-
delphia next week to attend a peace Jubilee
had adopted a resolution in favor of peace
jubilee in that city, but on the recommen-
dation of Mayor Van Wyck the Democratic
aldermen rescinded this resolution the other
day because they do not want to give the
people of the city an opportunity to meet
and hear the president. They fear the no.
litical effect OF such jubilee. because il
York on the principles that must govern
in settling the war.
But President Mckinley may go to New
York anyway to attend dinner given him
by the Union League Club, and also to
Boston to attend dinner given by the
Home Market Club. He is going for the
purpose of making political speeches but
country know that he stands with them on
this question of territorial expansion, and
that he is carrying out the will of the peo-
pie in the negotiations for peace.
Registration of New York City.
NEW YORK. Oct 2s-The total registra-
ton of the city of New York is 500 $50 as