Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-10-13
A Speech by Boyle.


mittee hoped to have Mr.. Boyle here
during the campaign but find that it
will be impossible, AS the next best
thing we publish extracts from
speech made by that gentleman on
Saturday last at Columbus
"a political argument 10 simply a
discussion of certain business quss-
tions that effect the whole body Of
the people. 1t is my purpose to ap.
proach these questions with q spirit
OF fairness, and endeavor if 1 can to
demonstrate that the best interests OF
the people would be subserved by
their support of the fusion ticket this
fall. The state Is but great family,
Political parties represent policies
that relate to the development and
best interests OF this great public fam
lily. Certain men and women who
constitute a part Of the body polite
champion a certain policy, and, as
distinguished from this policy, other
members Of the great family cham
plon an opposition policy,
II am here this afternoon to eluci-
date and illuminate, if l can, the pol
10y that is represented by the reform
forces Of Kansas. If l can demon
strate that the best interests of the
masses Of the people will be subserv-
ed by continuation of the policy we
represent, take it that as men and
women who have at heart the best
interests Of the state, they will sup
port this ticket. The people are not
interested in the personnale of these
tickets, but they are interested in the
policies and the principles Of the men
WIZ uLo VI Uu6u.
at might be we'll for me TO first
briefly analyze the arguments advanc-
ed by our republican opponents. 1t
is urged by them that there is long
line Of Legislative history back of the
republican party upon which they
may consciehtiously rely for support
in this contest, They claim that the
republican party has spread upon the
statute books of Kansas many laws
that look to the protection of labor;
they point with pride to the home
stead law; they call attention to the
mechanics lien law; they tell the
merchant who furnishes material that
the republican party has protected
him and thrown safeguards around
him. In brief, they go through a
long list of laws that they assert have
been spread upon the statutes of Kan
sas by the republican party.
"And for this reason they claim
that they should receive your sup.
port. Let us briefly examine this
position, discover if it IS germane to
the present issues in this campaign.
We are making no fight against the
laws that the republican party has
spread upon the statutes that are ben
etiCial to the people. We do not
claim that these laws should be re-
pealed. We give them every credit
for all the good things they have
done. 1t is not the deeds of commits
sion We complain Of; it is the deeds
of omission. Why is 1t that in this
very audience there are scores Of gray
headed men who were zealously sup
porting the republican ticket when
chat party was making these lsws9--
1t is because the policy and the prin-
ciples Of the republican party have
shifted in their course, 1t IS because
from tendency to uplift the masses
the disposition has been to elevate the
classes. You men who voted the re-
publican ticket left 1t because ia your
judgment the republican party was
not true to its original mission. 1t is
true we are all interested in the past.
| We love to read Of glorious deeds Of
parties as we'll as OF men. But, my
friends, we cannot support existence
upon the reflections Of the past. II
is not the mama Of the past that will
support life; 1t is the bread of the
present that makes blood,
THE question Low is not what the
republicans have done but what they
now intend to do. What ia it they
offer this people for their future vel
fare and advancement? The trouble
is that in the politics of the present
there is too much politics and hypo-
crisy. Let us go into the open, not
scurry for the brush. The voters OF