The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-11-02

other. some have adopted the state plat
form and rejected the national. and some
have adopted the national and rejected
the state; some have chung to Bryan and
some have spewed him out. and some have
/ tried to do both. This diversity OF the coun-
have followed Ohio and some have refused
| to do SO.
"In short, they have no common agree
ment and no common purpose with re-
spect to any policy or question Of national
character. What their next convention
will declare for, no man can tell; but all
men know that II will be for whatever al
the time may seem TO give the best prom
/ ise of success, without regard whether II
Is consistent or Inconsistent with previous
| declarations. They will stand by their
present professions or take another de-
| parture,' as expediency may dictate.
| "In at least one respect, all such depart
ures' are alike. They illustrate the want
of fixed principle and purpose, and thus
emphasize unfitness for public duty.
mo party can be equal to the require
ments OF government In this country that
is not inspired by a national policy that
j Is the same in all the states and all the
counties. So long as democracy is one
| thing in one county and another thing In
| another county; one thing In one state and
| a different thing In other states, It is neces-
sarily both incapable and unworthy. and
should not have the peoples favor.
"a party that cannot agree with Itself
should not expect anybody else to agree
with II: and a party that confesses that
II did not know enough last year to know
that free silver was laundering folly
does not know enough to rule the nation
this year; much less fit to be trusted this
year Is a party that was capable OF adj
vocating last year what II then knew to
be ruinous. merely for the sake Of party
success.
"But. waivlng all that, It is a good rule
In politics and In government. as In every
thing else. to let well enough alone. We
disregarded that rule In 1892 and paid the
penalty OF four years Of very hard times.
''The country has no confidence In party
that is one thing this year and another
thing next year, or one thing In Ohio and
| another thing in New York or Nebraska.
| and that lack of conference.-the result Of
years of vacillation and persistence in
error-canont be cured In day by platform
declarations and promises.
ut Is, therefore. enough OF itself to
| paralyze business and bring disaster for
| the democratic party to carry any impor-
| tant election. The mere chance for 1t to
do mischief is sufficient to produce panic.
But in addition to the moral effect Of
| this lack OF confidence, and notwithstaHd-
| Ing Its departures and declarations, the
| fact Is that as to all the great questions
| of the day the democratic party Is now,
as 1t has been, fatally on the wrong side.
at pretends to have learned wisdom
about the tariff, but everybody knows 1t
| has not, and that II would not be In power
| "a hours until its free trade tlnkerlng would
| commence. AS result we would have at
| once a repetition OF our experiences of
| 1898 to 1897. Whatever differences of opin-
ion there may be on other points, there Is
none as to our
Prosperity.
We had II under Harrison; we lost II under
Cleveland: we regained 1t under Mckinley.
Every man knows that return of the
democratic party to power could not in
| crease 1t, and almost every man knows
that 1t would destroy 1t. Why place 1t
In peril?
"It is the greatest we have ever enjoyed.
It surpasses comprehension. 1t defes ex-
aggeration.
1--WE have more industries in operation
than ever before. We have more men en-
ployed than ever before. They are receiv-
ing higher wages and are working fewer
hours than ever before.
"Our farmers are producing more than
ever before; they have better markets than
ever before; they are richer, freer from
| debt and happier than ever before.
our manufacturers are buster than ever
before; they are making more and selling
more than ever before. There is not an
idle man or an idle business. except by
choice. In all this broad land.
such universal peace, universal en-
ployment, universal advancement, univer-
sal gain, universal prosperity. and uni
versal happiness never before blessed this
country or any other in the history of the
world.
"And It didn't just happen so. either
We had the natural conditions that made
1t all possible, but they were not sufficient
OF themselves to save prosperity under
Cleveland or restore II under Mckinley
"Improvident. unwise and unpatriotic
legislation worked our ruin in the one
case. and the reverse has brought us pros
perity in the other. This lesson Is plain
No man can fail to understand 1t.
"If we would maintain and continue ex-
listing conditions, We must keep the re-
publican party in power.
"But nations, like individuals, cannot
/ live by bread alone. We want and must
have prosperity. but we must also have
Honor and n Good Name.
1--WE must have the respect as well as the
| friendship of other nations.
This will be impossible unless we worth
| lily discharge all great duties that fall upon
us. Great duties are upon us now. They
came unlimited, but they are none the
| less commanding. They have brought with
them new and difficult problems. 1t is not a
question whether we shall assume these
| RESPONSIBILITIES and undertake to solve
/
passed. The only question now to be con-
sidered is whether we shall go on or turn
back. The democratic party tells us to
| turn back. 1t not only assails the policies
| we are pursuing, but 1t also denies the gov
ernment's power to carry them out. This
brings up the whole subject. ard calls TO
mind all the great events Of the last three
years.
"The successes we have achieved have
excied the admiration of the world On
land and on sea our flag has been every
where victorious, and our craftsmanship
has been everywhere triumphant"
Cuba.
eve have given Cuba freedom from
Spain. We have restored peace. law and
order where only war, anarchy ard dis
| order prevailed.
1--WE are waiting only till the Cubans can
organize their own government, under a
constitution OF their own adoption. 20 with
draw entirely from the island. leaving
them absolutely free and Independent, with
the single exception that they shall never
| become entagled with any other nation
| that may seek foothold there; and this
restriction has been imposed only because
necessary to our protection and to guard
| the approaches to the isthmian canal which
we contemplate constructing
lis not all this work good and commend
| able in the sight OF the American people?
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