The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-25
AN UNWARRANTED BOAST.

The cut.and-dred platform which
Senator Lodge prepared in accord
ance with the wishes Of President
Roosevelt has a strong family re-
semhlance to other party platforms in
the extravaganza Of rhe claims il
makes Al that is good in the his
/ tory OF the nation for the past forty
1 wears III, according To that document
attributable to Republican policy. In
citing what the party has done 4lnee
its restoration TO power in 1867, the
platform says I'VE chen found the
country after four years Of Democrat,
ic rule in evil plight oppressed with
misfortune ana doubtful OF the iii
ure Public credit had been lowered
the revenues were declining the deht
was growing" ana il is added that
great prosperity Immediately follow
Ell the Republican restoration The
boast about the partys great work in
this particular concludes as follows
We firmly established the gold
standard, which was then menacea
with destruction Confidence rc,uu-
Ell so business ami with confidence
came an meSamp,ed prosperity.
This is a kind OF post hoe propter
hoe argument akin to the declaration /
OF the rooster in the fable that when /
he crowed three times the darkness (
OF night vanished and tn esun shed .
it's benign light above tie horizon.
The ruth is the p1nicky times had
ser in before Mr. Harrison Left The
White House, and Secretary Of the
Treasury Foster hai already had
plates made for A bond issue But Tor
the prompt and courageous action of
the Democratic president in calling
an extra session of congress % re-
peal the mischeyous sherman bullion
purchase law something the Repub-
Leans had lacked the courage to do
lines might have been much worse, 4
The Democratic pre,ideaa, by the
most strenuous efforts, maintained
he gold standard and the Republican 4
that came into power
ii 1897 did nothing more .han carry
1ut Mr. Clevelands policies in this
particular
Mr. MeKinleys record on the mon
IS question was by no means So clear
lnl firm as that OF Mr. Cleveland
The Republican party up to 1896 had
n fact, been wobbly on tine silver
question and It's st. Louis platform Of
hat year threw sop TO the fiat mon
~ cerebus by a declaration in favor
,f international bimetalsm
The credit Of preserving the iinan
,ial integrity Of The nation through
he trying period Of lS93.97 is not due
oaither the Republican or Democrat
c parties, but to Grover Cleveland. a
nan who could rise above party ana
lboya politics The Republicans in
1898 tarned over to Mr. Cleveland the
lation in a state of financial enthar
'assment which they. as much az the
Democrats, had been instrumental in /
producing. Mr. Cleveland brayely
ylthstood the storm and there was
4asy sailing for the Mckinley admin 4
stration when It came into power in {
1897
Ais for the part that the restoration
IF q high tariff may have had IN
renewed prosperity the re-
urning tide had fairly set in some
months before the enactment Of the
DinEley law. and the panic Of 1898
vas while the Mckinley tariff law
vas still In force.
The Republican can justly claim
hat the country has grown and pros
pered under the last two administer
ions. but il IL not due to their poll
lies and achievements alone that the
sun continues to shine, that GOD
nles and the government at Wash
ngton still stands Nashville Ameri-