Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
A MARVELLOUS RECORD.
Charles Emory Smi!h Tells of The Republican Parfy's Achievements.

Tn the present emergency, when tue democrats here and elsewhere are en- deaFoTing to gain support for their candidates through malicious abuse Of the president and his administration, and misrepreseltations concerning th3 coEduct Of the war, it is well that read CTS Of The Republican should know what leading republicans of the nation are saying in defense Of the president and of the republican position. Below will be found extracts from, ! sp7ecil de- livered in Topeka, Kan, few days ago by Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, wf.ch ought to enthuso every well wishc- Of his country who reads it:
 If there was ever time in all our history when the American people should stand tcgathsr ia support of the governmens, and when there should be 9 mighty and irresistible uprising for the complete fulfiliment of great achievements, that tire is now. We havs lived more than g decade of ordi- nary existence in the last six months.
 
 events las swept us forward on its mighty current and brought us face to face with n5w duties and with q broader destiny. The echoes of thal glorious May day. when, in the gray dawn. the hercic Dewey sailed into the ha:bor of Manila and wen a victory which had mC-e meaning than any other sea fight of modern tinTes, still ring in our ears and thrill our hearts. The brilliant triumphs Of Santiago. both on land and sea, added to the lus ter Of cur arms. The American people make war, as they make peace. upon thEir own principles and their own ideas. In April. we faced war with the question in every mans mind whether it would last C1e CT two years or more, what checkered course Of vic tory and reverse might mark ie5 caTler, and what loss and sacrifice might be required to achieve the ultimate tri- umph which all felt would be it's sure outcome. Tn August, C1ly 1f3 days from the outbreak of the war, after oh iioerating two Spanish fleets and ac- oeptirg the surrender Of two spanish armies, after annihilating Spanish pow CT on the sea and extinguishlng Span. ish colonial remains on land, the war was over with such splandCr and com pleteness as assonished the world, and m lh1se October days we are consider ing the tremendous questions Of na- tional development which this victory las brought to us.
 No president since Washington has had the country so overwhelmingly ba- hind him; but the work is net yet fin ished, and it is for the people to decide whether they will support and strengthen the president in carrying i forward to its completion or whether they will embarrass and thwart his ef forts to put the caDstone upon tha ri sImPh- Do you accept the presidents judgment in the war? Do you racus rize his sagacity in shaping the peace? Then it remains to elect congress that will act in harmony with the pras- 1Gene in the momentous work Of con structive craftsmanship which is be fore US. If you have the faith in the president which the experiences Of the whole administration justify, and which the universal tribute C. the peo pie attests, it becomes your patriotic duty to upheld and strengthen his pa triotic purpose in the remaining steps by choosing representatives who will stand with you a, his back.
 What Q spectacle the Aniefican peo- pie would present if after war of un- paralleled success they should repudi- ate their own work and the work of their chosen leaders by electing an op- position congress- If such thing were possible, would not the world say that