The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-07

done. and the mission of the REPUBLICAN
party In this respect be accomplished
important as are matters OF taxation
: the tariff. the currency. trusts and expan
sion. there Is another that overshadow
them ALL that lies at the very heart o
all our Institutions, and that has dur
ing the past few years been grievously as
saultcd. and that Is official integrity. TIL,
people OF this state have been scandalized
and their trust I'm public officials has beer
grossly betrayed by those charged with offi
| cial responsibility. Corruption has stalkeC
at midday in the halls of legislation. anc
corporate greed ard selfishness has lait
in wait TO pollute and destroy the current
of public morals Men who would scorn Il
do a dishonorable act I'm their ordinar,
dealings with their fellow men, do no
seem to have any scruples when IL comes
to buying official favor. Public officials
have wantonly disregarded not only the
pledges OF their party, but the well-knowr
wishes and opinions of the people OF thi:
state, until to hold public Office has ceased
to be an honorable distinction.
zone cannot read the history of the
world and not feel that we are approach
ing dangerously near the conditions tha'
resulted in the destruction of other nations
that In their time were correspondingiy
greater than ours. Avarice and ambition
proved their ruin. When the need and Gu
| pidity of the poor was gratifed by the
bribery of the rich; when the ambition OF
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the poor, then fell the great Roman re-
| public. When consulshps were bought.
| when the populace was debauched through
| bribery; when elections were put into the
market and senatorships sold to the nigh
| est bidders. then II was that Rome, proud
mistress of the world. crumbled and de-
| cayed. s -
':The greatest enemy Of our institutions
to-day is the one that uses money or pub
lie patronage to debauch the voters and
| f...-t Ia0A
rests with the people, and as the republic
an party Is now and always has been the
champion and exponent of the cause OF
the common people, II must rise 10 TINS
emergency and frown down the attempt or
ALL whether within or without It's ranks.
who resort to such means to secure place
and power. II must hold its representatives
and it's servants to a strict accountability
in the performance of party promises, and
insist that its voice shall be needed by those
those who wear the livery of office through
its favor. Every official representative of
the republican party In Michigan Is more
in honor bound by the action of the party
on the question of taxation than on the
question OF the tariff or the currency, be-
cause such action was indorsed by all the
people, and no man has any right to ac-
cept office from the party, and then be-
tray II in the discharge OF the duties OF
such office. The people will not tolerate
such conduct. and the party must not. The
chief strength of the republican party
In the past has been in the faithfulness
with which 1t has kept party promises. 1t
could not have retained the confidence OF
the voters so long had IL been faithless,
and It should look well to the character OF
those whom IL honors with office. and place
on guard none but those who are above re-
proach personally, and who on ell party
questions are In full accord with party
declarations.
49, a ir1n
punishable with Acknowledgement as well
as by imprisonment for any man to cor
ruptly use or furnish money for the pur-
pose of debauching either the electors
themselves or those chosen by them 10
serve in official stations. regard the man
who furnishes the money In such cases as
worse than either the man who pays II
out or who receives II. This, l am well
aware, IL not strictly party question.
There Ii no difference of opinion among
our good citizens as to what We should
do in the matter. Democrats and repub-
leans alike deplore the existence of these
conditions. Nobody favors them. But so
far as our own state is concerned, the re-
publican, being the dominant party, must
take the initiative, and | hope this con-
vention will speak the sentiments OF Mich
igan republicans on this, as on other ques-
TONS knowing that IL II does, and will nom
mate men for Office here and see that 9TH
ers are nominated throughout the state
who are in sympathy with such action,
that there will be a healthier, loftier and
purer public sentiment throughout official
circles and the fair name of Michigan Will
no longer be scandalized by grand jury
and other Investigations. Republicans, you
owe IL to yourselves and to the people OF
Michigan to place the seal of your condem-
nation on such practices, and nus pro-
tect those who are and who wnnt to be
honest In the discharge OF public duties.
Because the republican party mas stood
for the right and always given the very
best attainable government, H. has sue
ceeded. In all human probability, the ac-
ton of this convention will be indorsed by
the voters in November. The republicans
have never failed to record victory for
the nominee of the national republican
convention. They have been as true and
as constant to the party as the needle TO
the pole. There Is every reason why the
splendid and unprecedented majority given
for the national ticket four years ago
should be duplicated in November. The
party enters upon this campaign with
record of achievements that will command
every republican vote with united front
to the enemy, and with the consciousness
of having redeemed every promise of four
years ago, and better than all. with the
knowledge that the country under re-
publican rule Is again united, and prosper
Gus beyond comparison.
Never before in the history of our coun-
try did national administration acquit IT.
self so well as has that of President Nc
Kinley. Never before did a president en-
10y so large a measure of confidence on
the part of all the people. and never In the
history of our party has the president elect
ed by 1t given such universal satisfaction.
After using every honorable means to
avert the war with Spain In the defense
of the oppressed and downtrodden Cubans.
when the war was declared he prosecuted
IL to a successful and happy conclusion, ex-
tending the bounds of freedom and adding
new glory and luster to the flag. Under
his administration peace has had her VIC
tory no less renowned than war The ma
tons credit has taken first place In the
worlds finances Our flag Is honored and
respected In every cline, on every sea. Our
foreign trade has wonderfully increased,
while our domestic trade has been the
largest ever enjoyed by any nation. Agri-
culture has prospered. labor was never
so profitably employed. Our people were
never so happy, so contented and so pros
porous
with such record, with the party still
standing for the protection of American
labor. for the honor and credit of the ma
ton, for sound and honest money, for the
equality OF every man and every dollar be-
fore the law. for the highest integrity,
and the strictest accountability on the
part of all public officials. for humanity and
Justice In the consideration of the claims
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