The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-13

We are Duunu 10 nave un2uciaI S.'-s.
next spring. and then the poor people will
see the hardest times they ever saw.
Well, l guess the old man is typical
Democrat. He certainly has all the
symptoms. Perhaps had better tell you
what the symptoms are.
There are certain constitutional char
acteristics which distinguish the Demo
| cratic party and opposite characteristics
which distinguish the Republican party.
When l tell you what they are, you will
see why / want you to be a Republican.
/. The Democrats are pessimistic.
They always look on the dark side. They
perpetually expect evil ahead and see
nothing but the evil in the things that
now are. You pick up an average Demo
cratic platform and you find it full of
phrases like the following: I'VE protest."
Eve denounce," 1--WE disapprove," 1--WE
view with alarm" One Of the strongest
reasons against the party is that they
are always striving to make the people
discontinued with their lot and to fill
them with anxious forebodings for the
future. Right in the middle of abundance
and cheer and victory, they insist that
we are all going ito the bow-wows."
Now it is the nature Of Republicans to
be optimistic. The Republican party sees
the bright side. Thankful for the bless
ings Of the past, they look forward with
confidence to the future. They expect
good things and the expectation helps
bring good things to pass. They rejoice
in the greatness and prosperity Of our
highly favored land They look upon
our schools and churches, our farms and
factories, our army and navy, and their
platforms contain phrases like these:
Thankful for the past" 'we rejoice"
eve congratulate" I'VE point with
pride" They bring to the people song
OF hope and cheer and content. BE IA
Republican. my boy, and keep swe9t.S
Don't let yourself get soured and peSSi'
mistc
9. The Democratic party seems unable
to learn from experience One reason
why ! fit in easily into the Republican
party Is because / can learn from eXpe-
rience. Eight years ago | was free
trader. i read about free trade in book
and was convinced. 1t was very nice
book and the free trade theory was pre-
scented in very nice way. j still insist
that free trade is a nice thing in book
so long as you keep il in the book; but
when you take ii out OF the book and APP
ply ii to wool and eggs and pig iron and
things, il doesn't work worth cent. The
experience OF this country from 1893 to
1897 made me a protectionist. But our
Democratic friends have failed to learn
the lesson. In their platform this year
they still denounce our protective tariff
law.
II there is anything positively settled
by the experience OF nations, it is that
the best standard for a nations currency
and for the worlds currency is gold. For
centuries the nations bungled along en-
deavoring to keep up two standards, sill
yer and gold, with the result that the
comparative values of the two metals
were constantly changing and the cheap
or one driving the other out Of circula-
ton. making currency scarce, values un-
certain. exchange troublesome and com
mercc difficult. Through experience, the
nations, one after another, learned that
| the honest way and the best way is to
have one standard and that standard the
| best money goodwill n hundred cents
worth OF gold in the dollar. We have
! learned that, since standard dollar is
| a measure Of value, it should contain the
| value that it represents.
An civilized people in the world have
learned this except the Populistic-Dem-
| ocratic party. They come ont this year
Of our Lord 1900 and propose to roll
back the wheels Of progress and return
to the financial ways Of barbarism.
Now the Republican party does learn
by experience. 1t keeps up with the pro-
cession When a thing has been tried
and found wanting, the Republican par
ty drops it. When thing has been
proved to be good by experience, the Re
publican party sticks to it. My boy, the
Republican party is not perfect by long
ways. 1t has some men in it who are
not good. Any great party must have
| some such in world like this. 1t may
| sometimes make mistakes. But the broad
| political principles Of the party are true
| and right and it is the party that learns
| from experience. You be Republican
| and you will not be sorry.
| NnJTD l. ArrIII.D