Provo Daily Enquirer | 1891-11-21 | Page 1 | The Open Court

devoted to the discussion of CONDUCTED T WHY ARE YOU A republican BY JOHN HENRY SMITH SIR your tavor the fell question is to hand why aro you a republican lt tiar is a limit in liberal govern ment which it is not safe te go or anarchy is the natural result to my mind tb republican party in its halicy has goes as nea te the lins aa to all concerned will permit and 2nd the party holds tha this is a and not a conlo merai tion of ard 3rd our ai citizens runa direct to general first and theu nest to the baates in which w reside I 1 brileya in a strong government baand baaed apen th e love and good will of the and supported by the votes of an people I 1 look upon thy democratic idea aa wholly tain ani that as a nation va would be in danger enst a w were befera the war ath so long as nations ara devidas and aro andar various of government atia tha duty of american statesmen to look to the of their own aad to aid as fully as possible in the deyo lemeut of antery resource the party of lincoln grant grfield nd blaine haa sought to do this ever looking t tho best good of tha entire people jtb taft party of min dortoh and a host of other patriots patriota pat riota broke the from the limbs of orad race thy also placed within tha reach of all our land a home and a farm not a when that party ha done more for tha human race chaa any pU party every formal CITY nov 12 1891 BY J L ROBISON SIR your request for me t tte why I 1 am a republican is to han JL fw brief reasons unsupported by argument are all I 1 can give in the paco you allota baa I 1 am a republican because I 1 am an american and to my mind the words ara synonymous republican theories followed by republican have made america th ersa test in the world republicans made it possible for to become something mora than batien of aad tili artt of the boil by the protection et those which not bao 1 cited wi holt such cara and azis resulted in putting our coun try t front among the manufacture ing batione of tha world if america had continued to do gladstone says would been beat to raise mom beorn and mor wheat cae never have th import abc h now anjaya nor could she sacr have trang th which now bake her the fare ineat in tb world she bai abow within her a sise itald q to abo rest ef the world aai her industrial development all ado pos bible hy the loitering foit ering caro ot america a nation and until choso acra followed tho SQ caland beatea waa a collection of jeal ua wrangling factions with no more power to than oil and water after creating a nation those by tho men who loved them tavera th country aiom at tim the disintegrating which had bedora hindered alb colstion coh stion wre acain phenomenally and threatened its unity which was its life republicanism detill holds jin check discordant hut modified the banner ot democracy which if allowed permanent Buor would return to and cost u oar natio n alita I 1 am a because puts a on intellect and e and elevates brain above brawn because while it gives tho ut moat libarty to avery it does not C unfound license lice nae and gives opportunity to mera nam bers and force but the plain lea sora of history w hichi abow the need of strength in the nation atly I 1 am a republican because I 1 am a mormon and republicanism Ee i the very gauina of laws fer ahe of bieh emanate from the cent e and not from the in alia clastic lanea aga of mark twain the dog wags the tail not the tail the deg SALT LAKE CITY NOT BYS SIH your note desiring me to acanter the why aro you a ia to hand and I 1 cheerful ly and comply as I 1 at all times to have a reason for taft course I 1 am pur saias and for the hep therit me I 1 admit that I 1 did not take a very 1 prominent part in the aate campaign KB my vocation has led rae in other directions but upon inquiry ae to abie k ef tho two great national p artie I 1 with my ane I 1 trust hav B efficiently plain aad pro aa to atte doubt of where I 1 ilund politically but t the point politics up to quite recent data hats troubled me hut little fr under a form of arnt we could no very aiding national desues of coarse as a and with me I 1 trust there JB disc mac 1 was a member and aa adherent at the peopled Peo plea party and sa fiah I 1 favored or rather thought I 1 democracy it was prudent to diamand alia local factious that bad distracted oar ani tery 0 o loag nd by y this day which of th two geitt national ye will joia then I 1 han to reflect and to look ar und me leaving from early youth to depend oa say awn judgment and exertions I 1 did not wish to jump in a certain direction because a few or even many did so I 1 considered that evar tince I 1 had made america my home which was in sad dwelt here chiefly under republican rule barring the first lew years ef democratic control under james buchanan which lasted till 1861 and during whose administration the civil war broke out the republican party has been at the helm and guided iho sh ip of fhate through all the sanguinary and trying reverses of the war and through the dark and gloomy timed that followed either party avald have bees sustained dur ing the heat cl conflict but after the fierce struggle was over when alie country wan mourning and in borrow homes lai waste industries and enterprises parozed pary zed the treasury depleted and the nillion in debt then was the time that discontent and bicke rings were likely to arise and renu anew the th at were yet sore aud painful then it remember it I 1 that with a firm and steady baud with a cool calm judgment with and untiring energy blessings bles singa if providence the republican publican Ee party budh ered in s reign of peace aud for years that party has con ducted the a ot the nation briah ing it butof ruin and into prosperity and cheer the once empty vaults and coffers of the nations treasury hive beeb filled withhold and inter sst bearing bonds the credel of the country ig beyond all doubt ita commercial relation aire extended its manufactures are advanced and envied and it a tana ig as a astion aaeng nations brejt nesa ric aes ues facilities capabilities and general the wide over not any on administration of grover cleveland I 1 am not giving my reasons why I 1 ana not a but why I 1 am a rop in allow me briefly to refer to the able diplomacy of th chief and his cub inot there can aft no tree angricia it bitters bot of what political faith he may b but that beela proad oatha ae yoi state who by hi sagacity and tact has brought to issue ana national trtat haab conr a ra latcu so many foreign howera bach makes every man ali has an interest in the nations welfare feel justly proud that h is aa american Ama rican citizen and after ray in my own mind the past 31 years of my lilo in thie baad laad not only the land of my adoption batt of my choice aad taking into tion th wonderful prosperity and ad Tan cament tb has laade and the proud position it today and also considering that all thin hes been accomplished and brought about andr republican rule ib the reason my daar ir briefly it I 1 am a 1 BOTO NOV IS P B the twaddle about republicans not being the working baana friend I 1 have not the apac to anscar nama who are the frienda of the workers iatha republicans ars abot for they them allyc aro tho men both ia brain and brawn bis I 1 am a republican b causa I 1 my own country better than any other arid b alia in B because I 1 m the protection of the people and the development of d the republican i the party ei pree rega and education because its principles ara best alap sd to the erudition ol 01 the country at larga and to eur own territory in particular ti cular 17 1891 BY PROF B CLUFF JR DEAK SIR la answer to your question why are you a I 1 will say among other reasons a alie follow ing ast 1st the theory of as expounded and maintained by the ra pt Alican party ie more nearly correct than that of any ether party A gov crai Beat must be enough to protect its citizens at home and abroad and t these of nations within its borders aad the financial molicy of this party is a wie ene lesterine tho iata beets of the farster and the AI tvr er ever since I 1 can remember 0 ir laders have burgod upon the people iha bacca sity of patronizing izing caora and thi necessity ia still urged what to do by moral w as a people attempt the republican party does by law there ix but little difference in the moans used and no difference in the results produced ard 3rd the party ia oua enough to maintain in the face of opposition its ideas of right aad any toden whatever it knows to be wrong ath party vill do mere for utah ing her resources and building her bod in divine ber state hood than will any other parly in fact if utah ever becomes f abate she will do so through the f the mariy ath after deliberate ui i u ajr 1 ft ta bi bartu fail na audice Jom crat I 1 ana 1 oroa gily I 1 itie thay rica ana vid of tb mure with ours a a potoula alian do those of any other i prova IS OT