The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-11-02
CONSIDER CAREFULLY.

Ere an0tner issue OF JnlS paper Sual
have been distributed to its readers
the great political battle of 1900 viii
have been fought and won. The clasl
of contending forces will have subsld
ed and the vctors will he in the midst
of rejoicing
The issues have been made and the
case fully argued, and has now gone tC
the jury which will hand in its verdict
next Tuesday.
1t is well on the eve Of so important
an event as a national election that
we consider carefully the issues at
stake and the results that are likely
to follow the success Of either party.
Once the ballot is cast, it has accom-
plished its mission, for good or for
evil.
We would ask every honest, intell-
gent voter, this fall, before voting, TO
lay aside all party prejudice for lit
tie while and consider carefully and
seriously the arguments that have
been presented by the Republicans
for continuance in power for anoth-
er four years.
They have shown conclusively that
Republican policies have greatly ben
Gifted the laboring man, by giving
him more work and usually better
wage. The farmer rejoices in the
prosperity that has come to him by
reason of the greatly advanced prices
he has received for his products. The
business man is happy over his big
cash trade.
The banks Of Kansas never had so
much money before. No one claims
there is not money enough now to
transact the business OF the country.
Interest rates are lower than ever
known before.
Our commerce has expanded beyond
all expectation. The balance of trade
in our favor has been simply wonder
full.
AS people we have grown in i'm
portance and respect in the eyes of all
foreign countries, and our flag is re-
spected wherever it floats.
The Republicans have honestly car
ried out every pledge they made four
years ago, either in their platform or
on the stump. From the very begin
ming of the Mckinley administration
conditions began to improve in the
country and have continuously grown
better during the past three years.
The dire calamities prophesied by
Bryan have not come to pass, but in
stead, a greater measure of prosperity
has blessed the country than was even
limited at by Republican statesmen.
No laboring man should cast his
ballot this fall without contrasting
his present condition with what it
was four years ago. True, he pays
more for his living, but his capacity
for earning money is increased in a
much greater ratio, so the balance is
largely in his favor.
The farmer, though he may pay
more for his sugar and his barbed
wire, finds still that the increased
price Of all he has to sell much more
than compensates HIM for the extra
expense, and the balance is largely in
his favor.
That immortal saying of Mckinley
four years ago seems now almost like
an inspired prophecy, when he said to
his old comrades at Canton: 81 know
not what you may think about it, but
l believe it is good deal better to
open up the mills fthe United States
to the labor Of America than to open
up the minis of the United States to
the silver of the world"
Republican policies have opened up
the mills and given employment to
labor, and great blessings have fol-
lowed.
No one denies the changed condi-
tions for the better; no one wants to
go back to the old Cleveland condi.
tions.
Is it not reasonable to conclude that
a continuation of the Republicans in
power Will continue the present con-
ditions of commercial activity?
Bryan says himself that the first re-
suits of his election would be panics
and an unsettled condition of bust
ness, Do we want that; would 1t not
be better to continue right along in
the way we are going?
Why should we want change when
we are satisfied with present condit-
ions? In a change Of policies we at
least run the risk of changing for the
worse and no possible hope Of better
ing our cordition.
President Mckinley has proven
himself to be a wise statesman and an
earnest, consistent patriot. Conced-
ing that Bryan may be the same,
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