Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-11
DEAR BOY" LETTERS 8
Ny Dear Bow:

nay Lear Luy
So old man Skinner says that there
will be war in the Philippines for twenty
years yet; that we will soon see the time
when men will be conscripted in every
township for service In China, and that
we are bound to have a financial crash
next spring, and then the poor people will
see the hardest times they ever saw.
Well, / guess the old man is a 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 tell you what they are, you will
see why l want you to be a Republican.
l. 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: 1--WE protest"
I'VE denounce," 1--WE disapprove," I'VE
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 NIL
them with anxious forebodings Tor the
future. Right In the middle OF abundance
and cheer and victory, they insist that
we are all going "to the bow-wows."
Now it is the nature of Republicans to
be optimistic. The Republican party sees
the bright side. Thankful for the bless
inus NJ tho mast thev look forward with
confidence to the future. Ihey expect
good things and the expectation neips
bring good things to pass. Iney rejoice
in the greatness and prosperity OF our
highly Favored land. Ihey look upon
our schools ana churches' our FARMS anu
FACTORIES, our army ana navy, ana tneir
Platforms contain phrases IKE tnese
lnanklui Tor the past, we reJoice'
we congratuiaee' we point win
pride. Ihey Dring 10 the people song
Oh nope anu eheer anu eon'e DC :,
nepuoncan' my poy' anu Aeep sweet
Don let yourseii get soureu anu peSSi
ihlslc;
Inc Deinocratlc party seems uhapie
10 learn from experience: que reason
why u. III easi,s INTO ,ne i.epuoiiehh
rience. Esnt years ago ! was iree
traaer' reao ABOUT Iree .raue ~ oooA
ana was convinced. II was very niee
DOCK ana the free trace theory was pre-
sehteu IN u very nice way, sum ihsiS'
that free traoe IS nice thing IN a pooh
SO long as you keep II Al 'ne pooh pu'
wnen you take II OUT Oh tne pooh anu ap
ply II 10 Wooi ana eggs ana pig iron AM
things' IL aoesh WORK worth CENT; NJ "
experience OF TINS country from 1850 lC
1891 mace me protectlonist. but ouI
Denocratic Lrlenas nave .ailea 10 iearl
tne lesson IN tnelr PLATFORM TINS yea
they sun dehouhce our protective tarin
law.
II there Is anything positively settiec
by the experience OF nations II is tha'
the pest standard Tor nation currency
and Tor the world currency = goa. foi
centuries the nations bungied along en-
deaVorlns TO keep up TWO STANDARDS sii
yer and gold, with the result that tns
comparative values OF the TWO metals
were constantly changing ana the cheap
er one driving the other out OF circula
ton, making currency scarce values un
certain, exchange troublesome ana com
merce dihicult. through experience I'M
nations, one atter ahother' learned Una