The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
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D. Long. secretary of the navy.

d. Long, secretary of the navy.
We have one Long in Washington and
the people of this district desire to send
another Long there. Someone suggests
that it won't be long till he is there, and
hope when be is it will be long before he
is out.
No president since Washington has had
the country so Overwhelmingly behind him;
but the work is not yet finished. and it
is for the people TO decide whether they viii
support and strengthen the president in
carrying il forward TO its completion or
whether they will embarrass and thwart
MS efforts TO put the capstone upon the
triumph. Do you accept the presidents
judgment in the war? DO you recognize
his f.gacity in shaping the peace? Then it
remains to elect a congress that will act in
harmony with the president in the mo-
mentous work of constructive statesman
ship which IS before u.s. If you have the
faith in the president which the expe-
riences of the whole administration justify,
and which the universal tribute Of the peo-
pie attests, it becomes your patriotic duty
to uphold and strengthen his patriotic pur-
pose in the remaining steps by choosing
representatives who win stand with you at
MS back.
What spectacle the American people
wou-4 present if after war of unparalleled
success they should repudiate their own
work and the work Of their chosen leaders
by electing an opposition congress, If such
a thing were possible, would not the world
say that the American people were lacking
in stability and fidelity, and that, in their
vaccillation and weakness they were de-
stroying the fruits of their own unprece-
denied triumph?
That question is TO be answered here IN
Kansas II is largely to be decided on these
western fields and I come from the east
with undoubting faith that the people of
the west, enlightened by the events of the
past two years, which have changed bust
ness darkness and industrial gloom to the
glorious sunshine of promise and pros
perity, and lifted up to higher attitudes of
patriotism by the mihty movements of the
war, will show the true intelligence and
sturdiness of American citizenship. Even
If we had not the supreme lessons of the
war to uide us in our duty, the unmistak-
able changes of condition which have fol-
lowed the vicissitudes of administration
and of party policy within the last few
years should be sufficient to teach the peo-
pie to hold fast to that which is sure and
sound and safe.
What was the result of the incoming Of
this administration? Confidence, which
had been destroyed, was at once re-estab-
lished; business which had been sluggish
and torpid. was quickened into new activ
ity; enterprise, which had been halted dur
ing the time of Democratic rule, started up
again; the wheels of industry, which had
been arrested, began TO turn once more;
and the towering stacks OF our factories
and FORCES again sent forth their pillar of
fire by night to mark the pathway of the
country toward restored prosperity. The
president lost no time in putting the coun-
try once more on its feet. He called an
extra session of congress to rescue the ma
ton from deficits and the depression which
had come from a mistaken revenue mea-
sure. While the house was Republican, the
senate really belonged TO the opposition.
Yet such was the tact and skill in dealing
with this emergency that within six
months fro mthe Inauguration, the Dingley
bill had been placed upon the statute
book and the ship OF state was headed
aain in the direction Of sound government
al finance and of safe business conditions.
We have now reached the magnificent
position. absolutely unrivaled among ma
lions where our exports are double our i'm
ports. We sell twice smuch as we buy.
Instead of being compelled to rely upon
other nations, we are completely independ-
ent. and go forth into the markets of the
world. This is the maniicent vindication
of the American policy-that It has built
up our industries until we are supreme
in our own field. and has established them
with such strength and facilities and equip