Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
A WESTERN EDITOR.
GIVES REASONS M.kiNLEY Willy
BE REFLECTED.

De nG'GeGN TEOs
People Want No Cessation In, Their
Daily Labor-Prcscnt Administration
Through War and Trouble Has Been
S.ncerc-MusscsWant Money tn Spend.
The reelection Of President Mckinley
means that there will be no cessation to
the daily labor of the toiling masses.
1t means that there will be good cheer
for the little ones in the humble homes
of the laborer and comforts for the ann
lily of tho artisan. 1t means that the
steady tramp of the great and universal
dinner-pail brigade will not be stilled,
nor the marchers be commanded to halt
while a new experiment in finance or
other legislation is being tested.
1t is true that the denomination OF
William ]. Bryan is being sought, and
will doulNless be brought about by the
class OF Democrats who care more for
present notoriety than they do Nor the
ultimate success of their party. Mr..
Bryan is the recognized leader Of that
sentiment that felt itself submerged
four years ago, and wilici. at the pres
ent time is by no means united in his
favor. However, there are SO many
differences in the party of woe this year
that Democracy will lose nothing by
retaining the same leader. 1t has moth
ing to gain in any event. No man can
lead it to victory, and no issues that
could be compiled could help it in this
extremity. Il.
There is no excuse foMa change in the
administration of the government of
the United States at this time. We have
been permitted to see for ourselves the
workings of the Republican administra-
tion, and a million busy workshops tes-
tify to its fnuitfulness. There is no rea-
son why this state of affairs should not
continue as long as the people of the
country wish it, and there is every rea-
son to believe that the people-the peo-
pie who are the heart %. the machine
desire to return TO the disturbances and
poverty that marked secent Democratic
administrations of national affairs.
The demand for financial legislation
was great. That the Republican party
faithfully kept it's promises in this re-
spect has bound to it, With ties of per-
feet harmony and accord. the business
mel who had experienced one pa.lic,
because of the prospects Of an unstable
currency. The blessed workings of the
protective tariff have given its reward
to the toiling masses. who earn their
bread by the sweat OF their brow. They
are too we'll pleased to return my more
to a nervous dread of starvation that
they once knew. Ely this same tariff
the manufacturer has been protected in
his investments, and has been permit
ted to provide work for willing labor.
The wise administration of President
Mckinley in the troublous days through
which the nation passed While q Europ-
can country learned our strength and
sincerity has not been lost uron the
people. They may claim adherence to
the Democratic party. but thousands
and tens of thousands of them rejoice
at the backbone of this Republican adj
mihistration in its grasp of the unfor-
seen issues growing out of the Spanish
war. They admire the manner in which
we have dealt With the Philippines,
with Cuba and with Porto Rico. The
islands in the Orient, it is admitted by
all the thoughtful. have beer the means
of opening to us the great markets Of
the East. The South. especially, is SEN
sible of this. for her exports will go
there more largely than to any other
point on the globe. Our dealing with
the island of Cubs has Won the praise
of the entire world. while little Porto
Rico is blooming like a tropical rose,
With the history of four years'to turn
to, the expectant and approving gaze
OF the voters of the country, what shall
we say of Mr.. Mckinley? Is there any
doubt that he will be returned to the
Office of chief executive of the nation?
He stands upon a platform of fulfilled
promises-of promises faithfully kept
and Of which the people of the country
have been the direct beneficiaries.
There is no longe. n cry of. hard times.
Arrayed against existing conditions
against prosperity, visible and unde-
n~iable-stands the Democratic party.
Like Poe's raven it looks gloomily on
the scene, hopeless of any good-a mere
omen of morbid melancholy. Democ-
racy merely say loudly, I'VE protest."
The only policy of the Democratic party
is to deny that the people are happy,
to deny that they are we'll fed, to deny
that we are contented, to deny that it
is right to be prosperous. If they sue
coed in making a case OH these issues,
Bryan will go into the Office of Presi-
dent with Il whoop, and ranting reck-
lessncss shall have taken prudence by
the head and strangled it.
Out here in the West-the Westythat
once was silver, but now r%epudiates a
doctrine that it knows means retrogres-
sion, loss and poverty-the soft summer
winds are again sweeping over a grow
ing harvest in its rich promise of album
dance. The sun rises at morn and
picrces the vail of smoke that lifts from