Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-28

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vas ushered in, and in the door Of the
Twentieth century, with calm and God.
like face. stood the republican, William
Mckinley.
MAGIC WAND OF REPUBLICANISM
That Ia the truest American policy
which shall most usefully employ
American capital and American labor,
and best sustain the whole population.
1t Is a fundamental axiom that the
great interests Of the country r unit
ell and inseperable; that agriculture.
commerce and manufactures will pros
per together or languish together; and
that all legislation is dangerous which
proposes to benefit n of these with
out looking to consequences which may
fall on the others.
The republican party has always rec
ognized the dignity Of labor and the
nobility of toll. 1t has always refused
to recognize the existence of classes
in this country. That party believes
that society must not be fixed in stra-
tas like the crust of the earth, for ill.,
stance, which lies in layers of rock, of
clay and of coal, and of mineral-such
as it is in foreign lands, where aris-
tocracies, tyranny and oppression pre-
vail. No, No! But society must be
rather like the ocean,, so wide, SO long,
80. Jooo DrJ VA fron ~, oil ifc poNtc that
every grain Of sand that mingles with
waters at the bottom may rise through
f.! all the waters until it CLEANS like a
crystal ON the crest of the highest
wave.
So that the son Of the poorest man
may rise If he so desires from the log
cabin home up to the Hottest position
OF honor in the gift of a mighty nation.
! So it was with most of the greatest
leaders of the republican party. Lin
coin, the rail splitter. Garfield the can
al boy, and Grant, the tanner, all trod
the weary pathway from humble
hcmes to the White house in Washing
ton, and died leaving their names en-
graved on Americas wondrous scroll
| Of fame, SO bright and radiant that
| time can never dim their splendid lus-
| ire.
We should Sc that the top rules In
| America-not the bottom. 1t Is to be
a government of the best; but the best
that is in every man, not n best class
set over another lower class Of society.
That is the problem that lies before us
not to develop an aristocracy Of
wealth. or intelligence or virtue, If by
that we mean intelligence or virtue in
a limited number, but an a%ristocracy Of
virtue and of intelligence in all the
people of this great country from the
east to the west and from the north
to thes outh, men ruled by conscience
and by faith and by love. All this Is
exemplified in the profound common
sense, the earnest simplicity and unaf-
fected Americanism and sweet human
lily Of our noble presendent, William
Mckinley. He is a typical American
just the kind of ap roduct to expect
OF our free institutions. He is also a
typical republican, and he Is giving to
his country an administration that all
good citizens regardless Of party a6ll-
iations should be proud Of.
A GLORIOUS CITIZENSHIP.
lN,r;ro thu fur vao,.c of tho admin.
istration of his predecessor the revenue
of the government had ben insufficient
t o meet the expenses Of the govern
ment by nearly S156, 900, 900. This, of
! course was occasioned by the Wilson
bill, which was un-American and inim-
ical to the prosperity Of American In
dustries and American workingmen.
In as hort time after President Nc
| Klnley's Inauguration, he together with
the friends of his administration in
| congress, set about to secure the pas
sage Of a tariff law which would be In
the interest Of American industries
and American farmers and American
laborers-a tariff law in the interest
| Of America and of home. During the
lengthy discussion Of this measure in
congress, 800, 00o,o 900 worth Of mer-
chandise was imported into thisc oun-
try by the merchants who anticipated
the passage Of the Dingley law. But
Notwithstanding this, that law has not
been a disappointment, for from Feb
ruary 1. of this year, to July 1, u ex-