The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15
THE REAL AND THE IDEAL.

Hold the Republican platform" up to
the light and look through it. II you
get the real thing you will read this:
We. the Republicans Of Kansas, in con-
yention assembled, express and record our
approval Of the Mark Hanna administra-
tiOn In peace and In war. We reathrm the
principles enunciated In the national Re-
publican platform OF 1896, and rect atten-
tiOn to the fact that every promise has
been kept and every prediction has been
verified. to the Intense satisfaction ana de-
light of the corporations ana money sharks.
We heartily approve OF the policy OF Pres
ident Hanna and Acting President Mckin-
ley I'm the preparation for and conduct OF
the war and pledge to him our loyal sup
port in this contest, begun as 1t was at the
dictates OF humanity and Waged as 1t Is
for the honor Of the nation and the free
dom Of the oppressed by starving them on
twenty times faster than II has ever been
done before. When the honor OF the ma
tion calls upon US to fill oihces IN CUBA OF
the Philippines we shall be ready to re-
spOnd cheeTfully to our cOuntrys call.
The experience Of recent events has dem
Onstrated that our navy should be imme-
diately strengthened and enlarged so thaL
1t will command and compel the respect or
the world. Give us more bonds we be-
lieVe that the necessities Of war have sup
plemented the arguments Of peace and that
the Nicaraugua canal should be pullt as
speedily as possible. We believe that the
Hawaiian islands should be annexed, and
we urge our Representatives in Congress
to support the resolution providing for their
immediate acquisition. We are proud or
the fact that we have just found these
things out.
We favor the most liberal construction Of
the pension laws in the spirit of their en-
actment without technical Obstructions or
requirements, and most heartily condemn
our Commissioner Of Pensions, Henry Clay
Evans, for his opposition to and failure IN
such q construction. We urge that prefer
ence be given to honorably discharged SOL
diers and sailors In all appointments OK the
State and nation, as provided Dy law, ana
we approve the firm stand recently taken
by Governor Leedy in this matter We de-
mand of the Governor and Secretary Of
State that, in accordance with the S,atutts
of Kansas, they prepare In ample time
proper poll books, ballots ana tally sheets,
and forward the same to the officers OF the
Kansas regiments In the volunteer service
Of the United States, so that all officers
and soldiers Of the Kansas regiments,
wherever they may be stationed, may nave
an opportunity to vote.
We invite the attention of the coal min
ers OF Kansas to the pledges OF the Popu.
list platform OF 1896 against cOnvict-mined
coal I'm the open market, and the record
Of the present State administration there"
on, as SHOWN by the following figures,
taken from the official records: Penlten-
tiary coal sold on open market from No
vember /, 1896, to April !, 1897, operating
under contract entered into by Republican
board, 12294S bushels; penitentiary coal
sold on open market from November J.,
1897, to April /. 1893, operating under con-
tract entered into by Popullst board, 73,-
291 bushels. The last Republican adminis-
tration made similar pledges to the free
coal miners and kept them on the shelf to
the letter. The Republican party now re-
peats those pledges against putting con-
Vict-mlned coal into the market in cOmpeti-
tion with the product Of free miners and
will break these promises as IT does all
others to the wage-Worker and producer,
without the slightest cOmpunctiOn.
In contrast with the faithful performance
OF promises to corporate wealth by the Re-
publican party i'm the nation we place the
work for the people of the POpulist party
in the State. Entrusted with power and
given absolute control OF every branch or
the government they adopted the policy,
of office and spending their contingent
funds for the purpose of accomplishing
something for the public good when they
might just as we'll have showed the money
in their pockets. Their record Of incon-
sistency to ours is rounded out by feeling
among q good many of us that McNall
and Boyle and a number Of those fellows
are doing just about what is right.
On the record of our party for the last
fifteen months, in accord as 1t IS with the
history OF thirty years Of Republican rule
and misrule that gave to our nation It's
greatest development of ring rule and pros
Derity Of trusts and combines, we appeal
10 the voters OF the State OF Kansas to
cast away their Consciences and vote to
give us another chance at the public
trough. -