Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-23
FOR SALE. A PRESIDENCY.
Republican Trlcks.ers Who Are Manipu
lating Matters.

Republican Tricksters Who Are Manipu.
iating Matters.
Gov. Mckinley has been in politics
for good many years, and his asso-
Citations have been such that he knows
how public favors are best obtained
from the persons that control in the
republican party. He won his way to
preferment through the assistance of
those who sought high protection as
the means of their own enrichment
He became the representative OF ag-
gregated capital because it could use
him and he could serve its purposes.
Backed by it he was the dauntless
champion of special legislation as die
tated by those who ran his campaigns
and procured him the place in congress
where he could best advance their in
terests. He long since realized how
little the rank and file have to do with
the selection ofrepublican officials, and
how essential it is to have the support
of those who, in the rank of leadership.
have attained to that absolutism which
wins the title of 'sboss."
It is for these reasons that the gov
ernor has not wanted to hear the voice
of the people. His record as governor
of Ohio has condemned his admins
trative ability. Mismanagemento of his
own affairs shows how poorly he is
qualified to manage the affairs of a
great nation. He encounters the active
hostility of Foraker and the jealous
promptings of Sherman. in his own
state. yet with the Machiavelliau arts
of the modern politician. he schemes
for the presidential nomination He
is proclaiming his candidacy in every
quarter. He is at his post of duty
when he cannot discover a better place
in which to help the chances of realiz-
ing upon his browning ambition. As
facts come out regarding the recent
meeting of the president makers" 1t
Washington, the eyes of the people are
opened to the farcical part they play
in running the g. o. p.
Platt is willing to deal, as he always
is His terms will in no wise shock the
sensibilities of Mr.. Mckinley. Platt
will undertake to deliver the deIega-
ton of New York provided he is given
complete control of federal patronage
in that state, and the naming of cab
met official outside of the secretary Of
Buckeye oficeseeker has promised to
his financial hacker in his own state.
Foster will serve upon more favorab
terms because of his enmity to Sher-
man, and some of the other gentlemen
interested are animated by policy of
anything to beat Harrison" as we'll
as other valuable and valid considera-
tions. 1t looks as though deal might
be made to secure the nomination
to the governor.
In this connection it is of interest to
know that the election of Mckinley
would tend to the restoration of Nc
Kinleyism. so emphatically repudiated
by the country, and so unquestionably
responsible for the business and fnan-
cial distress from which the nation is
now recovering.
The people of the United States
should bear this in mind. They can
not ignore the law of self-preservation.
They cannot afford to reesta blish the
sway of the trusts, the combines and
centralized wealth. wrung from the
people by the promoters and the ben
eficiaries of Mckinleyism. They dare
cot invite return of the deplorab BILE
condition to which the country was
brought by the practical workings OF
McKinleyism. They dare not restore
the domination of the classes and
place the masses at the mercy of those
who promulgated McKinleyism for the
most selfish. sordid and unpatriotic
purposes. It is the votaries of McKin-
leyism who complacently regard the
presidency as matter of barter and
sale; a crime against our institutions
that the American people will not
sanction.-Detroit Free Press.