The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-08-23
WHY HE Is FOR MCKINLEY.

/ WHY HE Is FOR MCKINLEY.
Judge NJ. b. Nicholson Gives Reasons
for the New Faith That
Judge M. B. Nicholson, of Council
Grove, is one OF the ablest and best
known lawyers in Kansas. He has
been q lifelong Democrat and was
elected judge of his district for two
terms by the fusionists. lie gives
the following forcible reasons for
supporting Mckinley and the Repub-
lican party this year:
81 mover voted the Republican tick
ct, but will support President Nc
Kinley this fall. Old issues have
been relegated to the rear, and new
duties aud higher responsibilities are
upon us. The present attitude of the
Democratic party is not patriotic.
81 have grown weary of the course
that is being pursued by the oppo-
nents of Mckinley. In fact, I have
been getting more and more weary
ever since the Spanish-American war
broke out. I wasn't much in favor
of getting into that war. thought
it might have been avoided, but we
got into it, and from that time there
was no course for a loyal man to
pursue except to sustain his country.
My boy enlisted, aud, while hated
to see him 60, did not try to dis
suade him. Before the war COM
menced. the opposition, that is, our
party, we're doing::their best to drive
Mckinley into it, ready or not ready.
Mckinley was doing his best to pre-
vent q war, and honor him for it.
II was the right thing, the patriotic.
the humane, the statesmanslike course
to take.
"As soon as war was declared the
very people who had been bowling at
Nc kinley for not commencing sooner
began to abuse the administration
because there was some sickness aud
lack of equipment among the troops
They never missed an opportunity to
abuse Mckinley aud his administra-
tion, although there never has been
an army of 250,00O men got together
and equipped under the came circum-
stances in the same length Of time.
"It was simply wonderful that the
government of the United states was
able to do it. Since the war COM
menced everything else has followed
as a natural and logical sequence.
but the Democratic managers did
nothing but kick, kick, kick. There
has never been q time since Dewey
sailed into Manila bay that our gov
ernment could have let 60 of the
Philippine island with consistency or
honor.
awe destroyed the only govern
ment there was In the islands and we
arc in duty bound to supply q govern
ment in place of the one we have de-
stroyed. To say nothing about mill
tary or commercial considerations,
it would be an un Christian-like act,
a cruel act, a contemplate act, for
the United States to withdraw our
troops now. 1t would leave the ma
tives who have been friendly to US at
the mercy of q banditti, whose only
idea and purpose would be revenge
aud plunder.
"McKipley has been. right In his
course in the Philippines. He was
right all tho way through tho war
with Spain and propose to support
him. Ihave always been Democrat,
but am an expansioniet all over.
There is neither patriotism nor COM
mon sense in the course the Demo-
Gratis gre pursuing now and don't
propose to stay with them.
"I am on the currency question
pretty much as the law views litiga-
ton. 1t is important that lawsuit
be decided right, but it is equally as
important that it be settled. The
peace ana repose of society require
that there be an end of litigation-so
with the money question.