Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-07-05
THE OBITUARY OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

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died in the same city June 22, 1912
Of too much Teddy.
1t had faithfully served its genera
tion by the will OF the trusts and fel
on sleep. The closing hours of dts
illness were characterized by conVul.
sions, and death came as a relief, no
only to the diseased party which had
been defOrmed from its birth, but to
the tired and disgusted watchers as
we'll The bloated, misshapen, dis
figured body will lie in state until
November 5, 1912, when the weather
is a little cooler, and will then be
carried out by a few faithful ser
wants of the trust family and laid to
rest by the side Of the old Whig
party, Of which it was the only hv-
ing descendant.
l have no tears to shed over the
remains of the Republican party. 1t
was conceived in hypocrisy, born in
a paroxysm of unreasOning prejudice
and frenzied fanaticiSm, and during
the first few years of its life sus-
tanned by sectionall prejudice, and by
the time the people began to realize
that the war Was over, this child Of
covetousness and servant Of preGa-
tory wealth had developed into
FrankenStien which was the master
Of it's creators; and so great had its
power become, and so unmindful of
the rights of the people, and so ap-
parently secure in its grip on the
throat Of popular government, that
many thoughtful men had come to
fear that Lincoln's prophecy concern
ing a revolutionary more terrible than
the Civil war would be realized be-
fore the old pander of greed and av-
arice could be driven from power.
1t came into being at the will of
the manufacturing interests of the
old world for the ostensible purpose
of freeing the slaves, but in fact to
place the cotton-producing labor at
the mercy Of the spinners; it contin-
ued to live at the instance of the
manufacturing interests of New Eng
land, for the purpose of enslaving
1000, 900 wage earners and levying
tribute upon the consumers and the
producers of the United States for
the benefit of the protected indus
tries.
But the Republican party is dead
The house of legalized robbery is
left desolate. 'Ichabod" is written
over the door, for its glory has de
parted.
Standing by the corpse Of the Re-
publican party, the nation turns its
face hopefully toward Baltimore look
ing for relief. They will receive it.
For more than sixty years the Dem
0cratic party administered the affairs
of this nation wisely and we'll. When
it went out of power it left pros
porous and contented people There
were no paupsrs nor millionaires; NO
free soup houses nor private palaces;
no anarchists nor trusts. Under the
lowest tariff we ever had the nation
al treasury was full to overflowing
and the wealth of the nation was
fairly distributed in all sections.
After fifty-two years of Republican
misrule and plumber We find that, al
though our wealth has grown to enoI
nous prOpOrtins, We have more pov
erty than any other nation. With
J more courts and laws than any coun
! try under the sun, our criminal re
cord would shame the dark ages
Spending more money for education
than any people on the globe, oul
| percentage Of illiteracy is the great
est among civilized nations. Pro
l ducing food and clothing sufficieH'
for the world, an army Of American
: women sell soul and body for breaC
o annually while the men who wOulC
support and protect them walk th'
streets in idleness, their places il
: mine and mill and factory being fill
t ed by the cheap labor shipped by col
: tract and without any restriction
g from the old world under republican
b immigration laws. Sending mission
: aries to all parts Of the earth ami
boasting of one preacher for each Sd.
hundred Of our home people, as (
nation we are as Goddess and regard
n less of moral ethics as the heathel
H we are trying to convert. Boasttni
Of our marriage laws and praing o
\ the sanctity Of the American home
the looseness Of American morals
a byword among nations and our d
\ Vorce record Is at once the scanda
\ and the wonder Of civilization.
m When its attention has been calle
to these condition the Republica