The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-10

! the very hour when he most needed her.
Then the paTson expanded and began
to pray for everything and he finally said
And, Oh Lord. # in Thy infinite mercy
/ it be possible. have mercy also upon An
! drew Johnson and John NJ Savage.
Then 1t was that Meredith P. Gentry,
! great man and great statesman as he
was, arose with the tears streaming down
his face and said stop. Mr. Brownlow,
stop; you will exhaust the fount OF in
t,fiEite mercy prolonged laughter.I
But as l was saying. our Democratic
friends have been talking great deal
about the hand which Providence has had
/ in bringing about the prosperity which
has blessed our land during the past
seven years. And we certainly cannot
grudge them whatever consolation they
may derive from this land of talk For
we feel reasonably sure that the people
will prefer TO keep in power a party
which has received such unmistaka bic evil
! dences Of the Divine favor rather than
/ TO take the chance under a party which
I has never at any stage of its history,
/ shown any signs OF being in partnership
with the Almighty.
Panama and the Democrats.
At the beginning Of the session the
! Democrats talked a good deal about
/ Panama. They complained Of the sud
| denness with which the new republic had
| been recognized Well. we didn't wait
/ very long. When thing is 20 be done,
and the Republican party is in power. il
does it. And if Theodore Roosevelt is
in the White house it usually does it
right away. This way of doing things is
so different fro mthe Democratic way
that their first impulse was to scold about
it. Mr.. German even thought he had
found in this question the new issue for
which the Democratic party has been so
long and so franticaliy searching. But
he very soon learned his mistake. He
very soon found out that the people,
south as well as north. are with the adj
ministration on this question.-as they are
on nearly every other The people want
an isthmian canal and they are going
to have it. That was settled during those
four anxious weeks while the Oregon
was plunging around the Horn on her
long journey to the Cuban cOast-and
TO immortal fame and glory. But we
don't want to take any more such
to the craftsmanship, the courage and the
quick decision of Theodore Roosevelt we
are going to have it.
| will not take your time now to dis
cuss in detail all the steps that have been
taken by the administration IN this mat
ter. but I want 70 assure every Republican
here that from the beginning of the blood
less revolution which made possible a
treaty with the Independent republic If
Panama down to the hour when that
treaty was ratified with only fourteen
dissenting votes, by the senate of the
United States. not one thing has been
done which is inconsistent with inter
national law. which is in violation of any
treaty right. or which has in any least
degree furnished our national honor. I
do not think the Democratic party will
attempt TO make an issue OF this ques-
tion. But if they do, we will not fear
to meet it. because there is not a single
step anywhere in the proceedings. which
we will have to apologize for or depend
Every civilized nation on earth has APP
proved our course. The people of the
United States have approved it. And
by the end of Theodore Roosevelt's ad-
ministration, ] mean his second admins
tration, the construction Of the Panama
canal the most important and gigantic
task ever undertaken by mankind. win
be well along toward completion and
when ii is completed 1T will stand for
all time a monument to the courage. the
craftsmanship and the constructive gen
ius of the Republican party
Democrats Quiet on Trusts"
do not know that l ought to talk any
longer. There are doubtless other gen
tlemen here whom you will be glad to
hear. But if you Will ar with me
another moment, 1 shall like to tell you
that the Democrats in congress are sing
ing mighty low on the trust question this
year In the last congress hardly a
Democratic speech was made which did
not contain 4 bitter attack upon the
trusts. This year they have hardly ut
tered the word What is il that has
wrought this change in the spirit OF
their dreams? / viii tell you what ! think
it is. IL the first place they recognize
that the record on that question IS
against them. They know that every
line in the statute books Of the nation
trusts. was written there By the Repub-
lican party They know that every ef-
fective measure taken 20 enforce these
laws has been taken by a Republican
executive. They know above all that
the people have implicit confidence in
Theodore Roosevelt and that so long as
he is president The laws viii be executed
without fear or favor That is one rea-
son the Democratic leaders are not say
ing much on the trust question But
another reason-and ! think it would not
be unfair to say the chief rcason-is b.
cause they are looking to the trusts
to help them out in the coming cam
paign. The fight this year IS going 70
be in the eastern states OF course we
will carry the west we can't help IT,
The election out here win be little more
than a supplementary caucus. But the
Democrats think they have lighting
show in the east-provided they can get
n candidate who is satisfactory to the
trusts. and who will receive their sup
port. financially and otherwise And
that is the reason they are singing low
on the trust question. That Is the rea-
son Mr. Bryan needs not apply this
year That is the reason his demand f0r
the re-afilrnation Of the Chicago and +
Kansas City platforms VII fan on IN
needing ears. And incidentally it is one +
Of the reasons why the Democratic party F.
IS going 10 receive next November one f
az the most crushing defeats in its his
tory.
Koch for Governor.
Eur must not .lrsaErU~ any more nF
your time You are here - nominate .
Old Ed Hoeh for governor and iu doing
this you win honor yourselves and honor &