The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-10-05
Mr.. Breidenthal would have saved
his own reputation among Populists by
keeping his mouth shut
McNEAL'S PHILOSOPHY.
Some Republican Gospel Expounded by
tho State Printer


tho State Printer.
Thomas A. McNeal draws this pic
ture showing why Republicans are
standing by their party:
For when this Republican editor
begins to turn his typewri er loose az
it were, in the words of Robert Inger-
SOIL the past rises before him like O
dream. He sees on the pictured cam
vas of memory nation divided and
ready to fall. He sees the gathering
storm, the dun war clouds that seem
to obscure the sun of hope. He hears
the roll CT drums and the tramping OF
troops of young men going out to bat
tie. He sees the worn haggard face
of the first Republican president, Alb
raham Lincoln, bowed with the awful
weight of his responsibilities bearing
on his shoulders the accumulated sins
of the nation; treading the wine press
of Gods wrath. He sees in that hour
of darkness and blood and storm the
Democratic party assembling in ma
tional convention, denourc eng the pres
ident and declaring the war a failure.
He hears the cheers of the rebel hosts
for a Democratic candidate and the
Confederate government continuing
the bloody struggle buoyed up by the
hope that the Republican party might
be defeated and Democracy triumph.
He sees Lincoln reelected, the last
hope of the Confederacy crushed and
the sunshine of glorious peace break
through the clouds and light with new
splendor the fields plowed by cannon
wheels and drenched with the blood of
brothers. He sees the gigantic task of
reconstruction begun and the shatter-
ed credit of the nation re-astablished
under a Republican administration
He sees during this period the Demo-
cratic party continually opposing
every movement in the way of restor-
alton and impeding every step In the
way of re-establishment of the credit
of the nation. He hears the Democrat
ic leaders denounce in unmea sured
terms the second Republican presi-
dent, Ulysses S. Grant. He sees the
nation advance in power and influence
in spite of opposition. He sees its
enormous debt reduced at a rate un-
paralleled in the history of nations
and its commerce extended in a way
that excited the wonder and admira-
tion of all civilized people. He sees
the policy Of the nation reversed at
last and Democratic president and
Democratic congress installed in the
nations capital. He sees the era Of
prosperity replaced by an era Of de.
preston and despair. He sees the
highways filled with idle and ragged
men looking vainly for employment
He sees the marching of Coxey armies
toward Washington, demanding that
Congress furnish them with employ
ment and bread. He sees the national
debt increased hund>e-s of millions
and long session of congress pass In
fruitless discussion by men who are
unable to formulate or agree on any
line of policy. He sees the nation agair
reverse itself by an overwhelming ma
iority and the Republican party again
installed in power. He sees again tn
sun of prosperity burst forth in all it
: grandeur and power. He sees tn
smoke again belching from the tai
chimneys of factories that had beel
closed and hears the mighty hum o
the industries again set in motion b
; an exultant people. He sees wage
,, raised and jobs hunting for men II
! stead Of men hunting for jobs. H
sees the great apostle of protectior
the beloved of his party and his natio
stricken down by the bullet Of an a
sassin and the people bowed with sol
row as the gentle spirit of McKinle
goes out, and up to meet his God. H
sees the reins of government graspe
, by the firm hand of Roosevelt and un
der his magnificent leadership the nj
ton rising to still greater heights O
prosperity and glory. He sees our fia
, floating on every sea respected by g
: cry nation and our government recos
nized as the most potent force fo
, peace. Is it any wonder as the visio
, widens las the picture grows In maj
, nificent beauty, as he listens to tn
swelling anthems of a happy peopl
and the laundering chorus Of Il
:, dtstry, that he grows exultant an
proud Of the fact that he is part q
. the Republican party?"