The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-16

ing a suitable spot for the camping
ground of his party
I can not recall the name of the
bright man who once observed that the
Democratic party always pitches its
camp in the graveyard of dead issues
but, no matter, the observation true
then is still true. And on that occasion,
with admirable Democratic instinct
this leader proceeded to select a nice
quiet, shady spot among the tombstoneS
of the past. Here he thought, 'Democ-
racy will feel at home, and here the air
will suit the mugWump. Here lies the
Monroe doctrine Here is a monument
marked, sWashington's farewell address.
Another reads, 'Jeffersonian simplicity.
At one side neglected mound is mark
ed, National isolation
He knew that when Washington PEN
ned that Incompatible essay on patriot
ism, the Northwest Territory was an
uninhabited wilderness, and this vast
empire west of the Mississippi, foreign
SOIL that it took longer then to send
a letter from Mt. Vernon to Buffalo than
it took the Mccullough to steam to
Hong Kong and tell the world the glory
of DeWey's victory in Manila bay.
Some of the more progressive ones
have shown symptoms of dissatisfaction
with the surroundings of the camping
place. They object to the sunken graves
and the fallen headstones and the news
papers are kept busy announcing their
remuneration of their party's principles.
THE Republican party never takes
backward step 1t always pitches its
camp out in the open, in the sunlight,
on the rising ground, and meets new
issues fearlessly, takes up new response
biiities with the courage and confidence
born of success.
80 in his Omaha speech, this leader
took ground against what he termed
expansion and Imperialism. But we will
tell them in this campaign, when It
comes to a discussion of the question of
expansion, that expansion is an accom-
nliGha6 IA words n Ed
Everett Hale, In one hundred days God
has set forward civilization one hundred
years. And it is one of the browning
glories of American citizenship that, in
this setting forward of the standards OF
/ civilization American valor and patriot
1 ism, American diplomacy and states
manship have been duly accredited
| agencies.
LAS partisans, too, it is a source of
satisfaction to know that a wise Provi-
/ dence so Willed that there should be a
| fair working majority of active Republi-
! cans on the committee of arrangements.
| The chairman of that committee is a
man the Republicans selected as their
| leader, as their standard bearer four
| years ago, and whose wise administra-
] ton of the business affairs of the cOun-
| try as well as his triumphS in diplomacy,
| makes his election in the coming cam
| paign a fOregOne conclusion.
/ 1T requires no careful reading of the
/ history of these great marches of civiliz-
alton to observe that they are never
made when the Democratic party is in
power. Doubtless the Almighty could
accomplish these great things at such
| times, but surely He never has.
| Our opponents are never asked to
| lend a hand in these great enterprises
| and yet the Democratic party never
seems to be able to take a hint. II
| takes poses as the self-appointed trus-
tee for the preservation of the Ark OF
| the Covenant of human liberty.
1.-THE fact is, that when our party is il
| power, the Democratic party, like Alex
ander Selkirk, 'dwells in the midst OF
| alarms
Zone of the fears of democracy at thi.
time is what they call militarism.' They