Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-10-26
FIRST YEAR VOTERS
They. Should Vote With Repub-
lIcan Party.
1t Has Stood for Progressive Policies
Within Sane Lines and Has Given
the Country UnexampIed
Prosperity.

Between three and four million:
young men in the United States will
this year cast their first vote. Every
one of them should vote for President
Taft and the Republican party.
In choosing his political utilization
the first voter should thoroughly
study the platforms, principles and
records of the great political parties,
before allying himself with either. If
he goes into the record of facts i'm
partially, he cannot escape the con-
viction that his choice must be with
the Republican party From Lincoln
to Taft, with one single exception,
every president of the United States
has accepted the, inspiring Repub-
lican doctrine. The. Republican party
preserved the Union, abolished slav
erY, freed Cuba, rescued the Philip
pines and Porto Rico from three CEN
turtles of Spanish granny secured the
open door of trade in China and is
building the Panama Canal-making
the old world dream of centuries
come true and readiustirg the worlds,
highways of commerce. In addition
to all this. its esnefcient policies and
wise administration have resulted in
the progress of the nation. with conn
mercial development and national
wealth reaching a point almost be-
yond imagination
Democrats Are Destructive.
On the other hand. the first water
will find that the Democratic party
has always been an obstructive and
destructive party instead of construc-
tive; that when in power it has al
ways thought disaster to the country
not only because of its ineapacity
and tncompetency, but also because
it has invariably destroyed manufac-
turing interests by attempting to foist
free trade upon the American people,
1t has always been Oh the wrong
side of everything, and If it could
have had it's way weuld have de-
stroyed the credit of the nation with
the free coinage of silver In the last
Democratic administration the ma
! tional debt increased and distrust and
| panic paralyzed the great indus trial
| system of the country The value OF
| farm products decreased $500, 900, 900,
| banks closed business firms failed.
factories were silent aud three million
ablehodied men were begging for work
These things happened during the
short administration of the Demo
cratic party, which has done nothing
Tor progress, lOi lAC CdOSC vi
liberty and freedom, and nothing for
i the glory of our common country. fol
more than half century.
Republican Party Will Live
The first voter will not be received
by the attack now made upon the Re
i publican party by men who are smart
ing under the sting of disappointed
ambition This is not the first yea
in which the Republican party ha.
been subjected to similar experiences
There was the bolt of the Liberal Re
pubIicans TO Horace Greeley in 1872
the OBJECTIONS in the early COS to tn
Farmers Alliance, Greenback AM
Populist parties and the Withdrawal
of the silver Republicans In 1896
Republican observation-disclosures. Gran
and McKinIey-have been loaded wit
the yilest abuse by their contempors
ries lust as President Taft Is assaile
today. But the Republican party ha
survived all these experiences just a
it will survive the present attempt
bring about it's destruction
The men who left the Republica
marty in the past have gone down t
political oblivion Those who have II
NAMED with the Republican part
: have. on the contrary, proudly pa
tfcfpated In its great achievements
The Republican party offers to til
first voter the splendid record of II
past and the glorious promise of II
future