The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04

list the sympathetic interest of Ger
many.-SiouX City Journal.
REPuRLIcANISM As SHE IS.
Perhaps in these days of distrust
on the part of some so-called adher-
ents of the republican party it would
be we'll to publish the utterances Ct
one who was republican-William
j. Mckinley; a man who never enter
ed the slough of despond so far as
his party and its principles were con-
cerned His faith in the principles
when it met with defeat as when it.
was riding on the high wave of pros
perity. Below we give an extract
from his speech delivered at Colum-
bus, O., on Feb. IA, 1898, on the an
niversary of Lincoln's birthday, when
he mckinley was governor of Ohio.
1t breathes that faith in his party that
stirs the blood. Every word of it
contains truth-an everlasting truth;
a truth which is as true of the re-
publican party today as it was the day
it was uttered. Governor Mckinley
said:
''The republican party values it's
principles no less in defeat than in
victory. 1t holds to them after a re-
verse, as before, because it believes
in them; and, believing in them,
is ready to battle for them.
They are not espoused for mere pol
icy, nor to serve in a single contest.
They are set deep and strong in the
hearts of the party and are interwov-
en- with it's struggle, it's life and its
history. Without disbursement, our
great party reatfirms its allegiance to
republican doctrine, and with unshak-
en- confidence seeks again the public
Judgment through public discussion.
The defeat of 1892 has not made re.
publican principles less true nor our
faith in their ultimate triumph less
firm The party accepts with true
American spirit the popular verdict,
and, challenging the Interpretation
put upon it by our political oppon-
ents, takes an appeal to the people,
whose court is always open and whose
right to review is never questioned.
"The republican party, which made
it's first appearance in a national con-
test in 1856, has lost the presidency
but three times in thirty-six years, and
only twice since 1860. 1t has carried
seven presidential elections out Of
ten since it's organization. 1t has
tbop opco UitnocSo6 an qnD9r.
ent condemnation of republican policy
swiftly and conclusively reversed by
a subsequent and better considered
popular verdict When defeat has
come it has usually followed some
measure of public law or policy where
sufficient time had not elapsed to
demonstrate it's wisdom and eXpedi-
ency, and where the opposing party
by reason thereof enjoyed the widest
range for popular prejudice and en-
aggerated statement and misrepre-
sentation. OF the fitness of the re-
publican party for public trust, its
record for thirty years is its best
testimonial. In this particular 1t is
unmatched. It never lacked courage
when in power to put into public law
it's declared purposes, and the statutes
of the United States register it's proud
est achievements. For more than q
quarter of a century it has made the
laws of the country, which have with
stood every assault, and in the end
have won public approval. We are
living under these laws now, and eX-
cept for the uncertainty hanging over
US by reason of the election of 1892,
the country is in a most prosperous
and assuring condition. Nothing but
the result of that election can stand
in the way of our continued prosper
ity.
"If we could strike from the history
of the country all that has been done
and accomplished through the agency
of the republican party, what would
we have left? Little to be proud Of.
Reputation of the public faith; dis
ordered currency; bankrupt treas
ury; a broken union with discordant
and warning states; dishOnOred flag;
human slavery with the lash and
chains and the auction blOck-nOt in
the south alone, but in the great free
northwest as well; discredited name
among the nations of the earth, and
the universal verdict that free gov
eminent had failed.
eff, since the war, the democratic
party could have made effective in
administration and legislation the
declarations of it's national platforms,
what would we have witnessed? Re-
pudiation of the constitutional amend
ments! Reputation of the war debt!
The widest imitation of irredeemable
currency! The repeal of the resump-