The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-09-05
Nuggets

Mark Hanna was asked if Mckinley
would take the stump during the CAM
paign. and we are told by the dispatches
that he looked very scornful rs he re-
piled:
The matter of making speeches is one
that rests entirely with Mr.. Mckinley,
and he seems to have decided that he
does not want to go on the stump. ] guess
nobody blames him fOrnot adopting the
tactics Mr.. Bryan has been following.
MIR. Mckinley is doing very well in the
little speeches he is making from his
own front porch. The people want some
thing sharp and to the point, ANYHOW,
and every one of the speeches he is max
ing at home in Canton is a nugget"
To most people who are acquainted
with campaign management this will
mean that Mckinley has been ordered TO
stay at fume and talk tariff to the little
excursions which may visit Canton. Nc
Kiuley is one of those whom Hanna has
absolutely under his thumb, and Mr..
Hanna is looking out for Hanna and the
other trust magnates who make up the
advisory committee. 1t is refreshing
but will hardly be news to be told that
Mr.. Hanna considers those little tariff
speeches nuggets Tho refreshing
part comes in the frank admission. We
all knew that Hanna went into this
campaign with an eye on his iron and
and steel monopoly and another on the
$lS0.00o which Mckinley owes him. but
we thought him too shrewd to publicly
applaud the ignoring of the financial
issue when the whole country is insist
ing that it is tho only one. His spersonal
avarce oyerreaches itself. He antici.
pates his future profits, il his servant is
elected, rubs his hands and agrees with
himself and his trust committee that
their interests and the nuggets delivered
at Canton are synonymous.
Judging from their past experience
with McKinleyism, their hopes and faith
are based on very good grounds. The
protected trusts enjoyed carnival with
the peoples money during that period
that has never been equaled in this
country. No acts of extortion were too
extreme for them, no combination tGO
outrageous, and no robbery too shame
less. They made their millions with as
much efforts as most men make their
hundreds. No wonder every word Nc
Kinlev says in their behalf to the poor
dupes who applaud him at Canton is a
nugget"
During the present spring and summer
we have seen two large nuggets gath
cred in by Hanna and his friends by
reason of the existence Of a tariff. We
now have 42 per cent tariff, which Re-
publicans are pleased to call call "freo
trade Under this tariff Hanna gath
cred around him his pig iron trust and
put up the prices of this proluct-tho
foundation of the iron aud steel business
So per ton, although it was conceded
that he was getting ample returns in the
way of profits. Another set of gentle
men, not to be outdone in this playful
contest for money that doesn't belong to
them. met soon after andraised the price
Of nails from So cents keg to S2.25 to
American consumers. The same nails
are sold to Germany at about $l.30 per
keg, ocean freight paid. These are just
samples and it is not necessary to men
tion the nuggets gathered in by the steel
rail and billet pools. ani various other
trusts. Their greed is never satisfied
The mouth Of monopoly waters for more,
and Mckinley will be kept at Canton de-
liverirg a supply Of exclusive tariff mug
gets, probably because he couldn't do it
anywhere else in the United States
Sioux City Tribune.