REVIEW OF THE ISSUES.
And now, my fellow-citizens, I have presented for your consideration, fairly and correctly, I think, the principal issues and interests involved in the approaching election. I have established the wisdom and beneficence of Republican administration in Kansas, by presenting facts and figures from the census, and letting them tell the story of the marvelous growth and development of the State under the fostering influences and wise direction of the Republican party. I have demonstrated that the Republican party is the party of the constitution, and is, therefore the people’s party; that it has honestly accepted, and is endeavoring honestly to enforce the decision of the people of Kansas on the question of prohibition. I have shown by the facts of the census, that the assertions of our opponents that prohibition has hurt or harmed the material growth or prosperity of Kansas, is without foundation. I have presented facts and arguments illustrating the hypocrisy and falsehood of the assertion that drinking and drunkenness have not been largely diminished since the prohibitory law went into effect. I have shown, by citing historical facts, and presenting the record of Republican legislation, National and State, that the Republican party has always been the real and helpful friend of the working-people, and has constantly and faithfully labored to improve their condition and protect their interests. In brief, I have maintained, and fairly and conclusively shown, I think, that the Republican party of Kansas, by its acts, its policy, its clear and honest administration of public trusts, its steadfast and courageous devotion to the best interests of the people, and its loyal and consistent respect for the constitutional law of the land, has deserved the confidence the good citizens of this State have always reposed in it, and deserves their confidence and support to-day, as fully and fairly as at any time during the past quarter of a century.