| Show r THE Tribune is not right in attributing the progress that has been made by the country during the long lease of Republican Repub-lican rule unqualifiedly to the fact that Republicans were in power To do this is narrow and ultrapartisan This coun trys growth and greatness is due to no party Its wealth has been developed out of it by all its citizens Democrats and Republicans alike The Tribune very justly criticises its New York namesake for making Arthur responsible for the financial ills which prevailed during his administration As little as Arthur can be held responsible for the evils of the time just as little can the Republican party claim unstinted credit for the wealth and growth that have come to the country coun-try during this rule The country would have flourished and grown during that particular period no matter what party had been in power for the giants Thrift and Genius were at work among the people peo-ple developing the prodigious resources of the country and extending our commerce com-merce abroad while a tide of immigration immigra-tion unprecedented in history came pouring in A party represents only a portion of the people but the wealth and greatness the country has attained is I the work of the whole people |
