Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-01
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Why 1t Sh7u'd Ee Continued In
Power by the People.
RoN. W. ", sKGLGs, OF SHELBY,

Repuhl cfr Candidate For Congress In
the fonr '~t h Dis,rct, Tali;- straight
From tL.. - u,der on the Duty Of h,
American -".I".
Tho A.e rua..Gan party should be con-
tinue1 in ..-N er because it is the best
part Tia. ....s ever existed in the his
tory q tne world. The Republican
PAL j was born for the express purpose
OF carrying ct the principles laid
down in the declaration of American
lnde Jundcnce IN this, to-wit: That
al l-.en are cr-Atei equal"
1t has sine ,he day of it's birth
maintained and Gcvocated that doc
triae. 1t is in that business today. 1t
will continue so long as it lives and
exists as a party to advocate the rights
and principles of humanity.
1t is the only party that has declar
ed that the man who labors and earns
a compensation for his days work
shall enjoy the fruits thereof whether
1t be Of his hand or brain. Every man
under a Republican administration
knows that when he earns dollar,
that dollar belongs absolutely to him
self, and he has a right to use the
same as he may choose. There is no
other country on the face of the earth
where such rights exist.
The Republican party has declared
throughout it's entire existence that
| 1ah in, I, &c el,o
competition with the poorly paid
labor of the old world. The Repub-
lican party has always advocated pro-
lection for the American laborer. 1t
has always guarded the laboring mans
interests. In the present contest, as
well as in the past, the Republican
party realizes that upon the sEo lders
Of the W.. k.ngmen of tais country
rests TIE dtst!ny of this nation.
1t 5hou.u Oe continued in power be-
cause labor is at the present time and
has been through the present admin
istratiOn fully employed. Under Grover
, Cloveland's administration and the
free trade policy, labor was almost
completely paralyzed Men walked
idly about the streets, ready and will
ing to WORK, but no work was found
The industries of the nation were
broken down by the Democratic free
trade doctrine, and this country was
flooded with products manufactured
in foreign factories by foreign labor.
Today all laboring man has to do
is to open his eyes and ears, and he
sees and hears prosperity around and
stronger than that which the working
man actually experiences this day. 1t
is worth a million campaign banners.
We note that on every hand labor
is in demand. In many places notices
are posted, "Wanted-25, so or 100
men," to perform work and labor in
connection with certain enterprises.
We can not believe that the wage
Garner of this country will vote for
change and go back to the days of
1893, 1894 and 1885. In those days the
sign most visible was, Free enter
.tainment," Free soup-houses," and
these institutions in many respects
were patronized by able-bodied men
| by reason of being wholly unable to
dispose Of that which they had to sell,
| to-wit muscle and BRAIN Will the
wage-earner vote to go back to those
gloomy and sad days so long as he is
| in possession of sound mind and body?
We do not believe they will. We do
not believe they will feign sickness
when they are not sick. They will re-
member the epitaph on the old tomb
stCne: 81 thought | was sick and was
not; | took the Doctors medicine and
| hLre ana" We do not believe they
can be prevailed upon to take Doctor
Bryan's medicine in the face of what
they see and hear on every side. Each
laboring man should consider what is
best for himself as one of the first
laws Of nature is self-preservation. He
had an invoice of his condition and his
affairs in Grover Clevelands time. Let
him take an invoice of his present con-
dtion and surroundings and compare
these invoices, and he will conclude
when he looks over the same that he
Is not in favor of change, but that he
is for the reelection of our distin-
guished and able president, William
Mckinley.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech at Column
bus few days ago, rldiculed the
"workingman's dinner pail" and asked
the question whether or not the Re-
publican party thought the working
man had only a stomach to provide
for, etc The dinner pail does not
stand alone for that which the work
ingman puts into his stomach, but it
stands for millions of dollars in saw
ings banks. It stands for a home paid
for, or partially paid for. 1t stands
for all the ncces5it e5 around an1 about
his home. l. stands for the comforts
of his family. It Is an emblem Of pros
perity. We believe any man, whether
he be a w2Fe-earner or not, will find
more consolation in Lurrahing for Nc
Kinley on full stom ch than hurrah-
ing for Bryan on an empty stomach,
A child after once burning It's hand by
the frt learns wholesome lesson by