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From the Standpoint of
an Independent Ate-
pnbliean..
; The most extraordinary
- phenomenon of President
McKinley 's administration
is the subsidence of social
discontent.
. The threatening flood of
unrest and exasperation born
of misfortune and adversity,
. which culminated in thelnom
. ination of Bryan, ebbed with
: .his defeat. Socialism com
';munism, cheap tnonej and
the other driftwood rvjbbish
and debris of that deplora
ble epoch, like the refuse of
Van inundarion, now lie Stand
ing and decaying' on the
shore, or were swept into
the sea of oblivion and the
stream of national affairs
THREE YEARS OF 31t
1 flows undisturbed in
customed channel.
lts ac-
; Coxey 's noble army c f mar
tyrs has been mustered out.
. The occupation of Debs
; Herr
Most and ether apost
es of
pessi
mism, acolytes of depjair is
Their crazv rant that
once excited mobs to mconT
trollable frenzy will n6v be
heard with amusing or con-
. .tempt. Demagogues are
out of a-job, and th(j only
"tramps are volunteers
. Somet jg-nassca ttered
plenta' - filing j land .
jgmglyment is j ab indant
and wages rise. Aricul-
' ture embarrasses the :rarmer
vith its riches an4 bird ens
the fleets of the world r with
' its abundance. Commerce
thrives bevond precedent.
Manufactures multip
replenish th earth.
. Cape Nome to Porto
y and
From
Rico,
from Manila to Main i, for
ces blaze, stacks kmoke.
wheels revolve, and electric
lights turn night into day
It is un illuminated chapter
from the romance of p -osper-
' "Rvph the per capita, that
mvsteriQUs andn menacing
spectre whose shadow has
fi often darkened the
feast
has increased from
when McKinley was
rated-to $25.42 at th
of the third year of
522.47
nauru-
close
his ad-
ministration the most rapid
irrowth of money in
circula-
tion in our history an
d vTery
largely in gold.
Whether-this j prcidigious
change is due vhol1
or in
mrt, or not at jail
to the
tration,
.s hap-
lK)licy of the admin id
i$. immaterial, it m
. nce;: but the millions who
were ground between the
upper arid- the neth ir mill
stones of adversity n that
-i-nf trr thecol-
laoss of 133 ktiow
,. . 4..-,- . - :;, . t ' r . y ; .
has taken placed
that
They are not inquisitive
as to how it came to pass.
What they desire is its con
tinuance. As soon as the farmer has
a bank account he ceases to
be interested in abstract
The !
questions of finance.
capacity to draw a check
makes him conservative.
The artizan who owns his
home and has constant occu
pation at living wages thinks
less of communisiji and the
redistribution of "the assets
of society.
Such a condition , while
conductive ot tranquility ana
ot favorable
...
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to reform. A people con
tented and prosperious inert
and passively submit to
wrongs that it is more diffi
cult to resist than to endure.
For this reason the encroach
ment of monopolies is now
insidiously destroying com-
petition and opportunity in
every department otcommer-
cial and industrial activity.
Even the newspapers usual-
ly so prompt and vigorous
to resent injustice and op-
oression, submit to the ex-
I ,
tortious of the trust which
has recently so enormously
increased the price of paper
almost without a niurmer of
protest. W itn como.neu ex-
fnt-f tViv rould wrinjr the
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necks of the malefactors and
throw their carcasses on the
compost heap of mammon,
tfhere they belong. 1 his
trust levies its blackmail on
education and religion, on
the school book and the Bible,
on knowledge, literature and
on knowledge, iiierarare u
libraries, on free thought
and tree press, wnicn die
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the sentinels and guardians
of liberty.
Of all the unforgiving
crimes of the anarchy pow-
crimes of the anarchy pow- Aer are matters to which
er this is the most indefen- the bistorian revert nei
sible and infamous. If the , peast,re nor pride.
republican party does not
strangle these monsters it is
certain that some other par-
ty will.
Th nrssidents' career
w I
from the beginning is a stri-
mense value of pure, high,
11 4
stainless, personal cnaractei
no nn pigment of succes in
public life., He wears the
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tripple armor oi mm wuu
hath his quarrel just. He
has escaped calumny.
All our recent presidents,
;m vm oxceotion, have
been reputable enough, but
McKinley has been morethan
this he has lived up to his
ideals. He has made the
golden rule the law of his
conduct. He has been- loyal
to his fiome, faithful to his
friends, magnanimous to his
adversaries, constant in his
devotion: to dutv. He has
paid his tithes of anisD, mint
and cinnamon; he has not o-
mitted the weightier matters
of law. ,
itl
His defects and limitations
are recognized, but no one
doubts his patriotism, his
sincerity, his determination
to do right, his love of jus
tice. He is safe and sane; a
planet and not a meteor.
Hi opponents respect him ,
and the people, regardless 01
party, honor and trust him.
Even caricature, the Roen
tgen ray of satire, which
brings the hidden and sec
ret infirmites of character to
the surfac, has discoverd no
flaws, and the lampooners
have fallen back on the
school-boy irony of depict-
him as tfae marionette in
j il . T v.of
a Punch and Judy show that
moves as the strings are
pulled by stronger men,
which scarce provoke a
smile.
This faith hnd confidence
of the people have been a
lu:ii 4- Vi "President in
i auiciu uv -
. :Mtaf.Yntirc wVipre he
if otherwise have been
" . . not
nuestion. It was the
' -J Th knW
president was oppOSed
A:rar to avoid
I LU lli XIV. uv.ijuv
! , m,a-ht a
ut- hut his
were never jmpuff.
mvfl him
prepare for
4-Un .-,AiVf TNJn war of mod-
j . .
ern times nas Deen iunucu
hv mnrp momentous conse-
quences, and none, on land,
-w I
has been less proline in he
roes or srlory. The private
soldier fought magnificently
as American soldiers always
- but Shafter V bamraock
wkboard campaign,
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and his purpose to retreat at
Santiago; the horrors ot
- f
Mantauk, the Egan episode,
the eccentric contracts ot
But Gne holds the Presi-
, t resoonsible.
s asg w;j tiiey believe
that because he wits to
inart1 thoir wishes he is in-
l"w-4 - "
firni Qf purpose, or that he
r throw con-
stitutional liberty and set up
. . . 1
an empire on the repuoiic.
-pHtirpl issues, like poets,
are born, not made. They
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are oranic and not mventeu.
Tiev are not kept in stock
Hike canned goods in a gro-
leery nor hand-me-downs in a
Hebrew misfit parlor.
The republicans hold the
affirmative on every great
question before the Ameri
can people. They have re
deemed their pledges and are
not encumbered with ancient
platform. They will renomi
nate President McKinley, as
the democrats will nominate
Mr. Bryan, by acclamation.
One will stand on a declara-
tion of principles, for 1900.
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