Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-30
OUR DAY OF GRACE.
THE SUPREME TEST NOW BE-
mo APPLIED.
Tho Right Of Self Government at Home
and the Granting Of the Same Right
to Others win Soon be put TO the
Test

pages Of history are replete with sa'
lutatory warnings, The ruin OF thu
nations and empires OF the past, th'
distinctions OF great peoples and th'
obllteratlOns Of great civilizations hav'
left behind certain landmarks tha
point uncrlngly to the cause OF theil
decay and death, II the lessons they
.each are not needed, and we eithci
'llndly or reclslessly follow in theil
footsteps, u similar fate TO theirs II
certain TO follow.
The past year has been fruitful Of
| ,hange, and has brought the American
people face TO face with grave Ques-
IONS serious responsibilities and
alarming dangers Are we capable
If meeting them? Shall we through
incidence or indifference sin away our
lay Of grace.
The criminal and reckless course
that Is being pursued by the present
administration should warn our people
that the ship OF state Is rapidly drift
ng into the naTows, waited by the
currents OF greed and avarlce, and
that disnster may result unless the
American people Immediately realize
heir peril and call on those in author
ny TO halt In their mad course, The
penalty of the Doodle election OF 1896
nay come upon MS swift and terrible
I the voice OF the people does not ring
'ut in determination Of the present
md proposed course Of the administers
lion at Washington.
The republican party has fallen un-
der control OF the unconscionable poll
ticians, Of which we regret to say Pres
ident Mckinley is proving himself to
be pronounced type, These are fran
Ideally selling upon anything that
promises them an issue that in the
election Of 1900 will obscure their bro
zen promises to the people and save
Them from the wrath of those whom
.hey so wantonly buncoed and out
aged. The money kings, trusts and
nonopolies covet standing army as
The means to perpetuatc their reign Of
plunder Greed Of power in the one
md greed of pelf in the other are the
controlling motives Of the rash course
that is being pursued, AS narcotic
10 deaden the sensiblites OF our peo-
pie to the dangers that confront them
,he subsidized press and venal politi-
'ians cloak the evil designs Of their
masters beneath the humane and moral
entimcnts that animate the American
lation.
President Mckinley prates vaguely
lbout destiny to quicken the pride and
stimulate the aspirations Of the people
only to elude the intelligence aud ap-
pense the conscience Of the nation,
while with thirteen inch guns he is
numbering thousands Of unolfending
people for the purpose Of subjugating
and establishing military and despot-
ism over the people Of the Philippine
Islands on the opposite side of the
earth. He loudly disclaims sordid
motives while he continues the worl,
Of subjugation. In order that the
work OF benevolent assimilation"
may be carried out in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines he now demands
that congress furnish him with large
permanent standing army.
The present population OF the Uuit-
ed States is less than seventy-6ve mil.
lions, Our trTitory and resources are
ample to sustain population five
times us great. Shall we depart from
the sacred path that guided our fathers
in the development in this great and
mighty nation, and in the future fol-
low IN the bloody trail that marks the
path of empires? Who will say 80?
Where can be found the justification
for such course? Who will say that
it is part of wisdom for the United
to embrol itself in the network of
European and Asiatic complications
and antagonisms? Shall we abandon
the plow and the pruning hook for the
cannon and the sword? Shall we for
sake the gospel of peace for the gospel
OF war?
The United States is the hope Of the
human race. Our nation was born in
the throes of revolution and revolt
against the expressions and misgov-
ernment OF our mother country Eng
land. Our fathers stated their griev-
ances and appealed to candid world
for justification. Our example has
been the inspiration of struggling hu-
manity everywhere, Our success has
justified many successful revolutions
by the people of many lands. We have
been q world power by precept and
example for nearly century and u
quarter Our life as II nation has Civ
en- the lie to every despots claim to
throne and under our code Of morals
A. .,,l, s,oato aud avn1oit nnv nant,la bx,