The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-26
AN ESTIMATE OF M'KINLEY

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One Of the noteworthy phenomena Of
the present contest for the Republican
presidential nomination is that all the
statesmen OF the party are against Nc
Kinley. Or If Statesmen" seems too
exalted term, then call them the rep
resentatives of the party in the senate
and house in whose capacity 1t has
shown it's confidence by sending them to
congress, and often keeping them there
| for years. These men have had the abil-
| ity to achieve political success, and their
| judgment ought to be worth something.
With the exception Of the Ohioans
they are against Mckinley.
| Another phenomenon and a more
i striking and significant one, is the anti
| Mckinley attitude of the business men
of the country. This unfriendly atti-
| tude, noticeable almost at the beginning,
has become more marked as the CAM
paign has progressed. Earnest efforts
have been made to overcome it by the
Mckinley managers, but without sue
| cess. Nowhere has it been found posi-
BILE to organize business mems McKin-
ley clubs or to get business men to take
any part in booming that candidate.
The attempts made in this city have
been dismal failures. The Mckinley
managers tried to get UP buiness mems
mass meeting, but the men they were
trying to capture would not attend. They
would not sit on the platform as vice
presidents, nor would they swell the au-
dience. They would not sign calls Or
join clubs. About the only Chicago bus
mess man who is shouting for McKin-
ley Is Sam Allerton, who calls himself Il
farmer" and whose chief business for
some years was that of "evcner" at the
stock yards.
Neither in Chicago nor in any other
city, east or west, north or south, has
i. been possible for the Mckinley apos
ties to make any proselytes among the
business or commercial classes. Grant
had little support there in 1880, but
Mckinley has none now. In a word, the
men who have the business brains of
the country, who have been successful
in the management of their own affairs,
and who are Interested Immediately in
the well-being and increasing prosper
ity of all branches OF industry, have set
their faces like flint against McKtn-
ley.
Why? Because they want candidate
whose motto will be Let us have indus
trial peace" The business men of this
country are still sore from the bruises
and buffetings of recent years. They
want to be let alone for time. They
fear Mckinley for they are afraid he Is
still addicted to Mc&inleyism and that
his election would be followed by re-
petition of the events of 1890 and subse
quent years.
Tney dread the enactment of an ultra
high protective tariff, followed by the
inevitable revulsion, and the enactment
of one which will have altogether too
little protection. They can see another
Wilson law following IN the wake of an
other Mckinley law. They see unend-
ing strife and acknowledgements specula-
tions, followed by dstressful panics.
That is the reason why the business
men and the politicians-the shrewd,
able men who have met with success I'm
radically different fields of labor-agree
in their OppositiOH 10 THE Lui,i.iat.t-. %
Mckinley. Their deliberate judgment
ought to have weight with men who
have less at stake.
The delegates to the Republican con-
vention should not lose sight of the fact
that while the unthinking, the light
minded, the easily Influenced, and the
"hurrah boys" have been carried away
to some extent by the Mckinley STAN
peders, the political and business intel
ligence Of the country has not been af
fected thereby and is inflexibly op-
posed to his nomination.-Chic Tri-
bune, Republican, April 4, 1896.
Picked up at the corner Of Fourth and
broadway.
LORD LovE-HELL. YE HEDIToR.
(Modernized)
(To The h. TUNE Of THE Buggy left Behind
Boss Of. Is stood at his. castle gate.
His f features iivid With rage ea and hate.
Matching his last new lie-lie-lie.
Hatching his last new lie.
H. REFRAIN:
For I, 9. lis, the o. tbs I. the great 81
care for nobody. no not I; and nobody
cares for me.
+ -i sfiayti3 r.
"oh, where are you going?" silver man
why, Where am at?' " said he:
For whether I'm living or whether I'm
The king of big liars I'll be-be-bc.
The king Of big liars I'll be-
REFRAIN:
It's 9. Tig, / the great O. tbs, the liar they
I care for nobody; why should I, when no.
body cares for me?
When will you be back?' his eagle bird
screeched.
.Shut up your old beak," said he,
It'll wiring your neck. and have you i'm
peached
For daring to speak to me-rne-me.
For daring to speak to me-
REFRAIN:
The great o. It's. the o. tbs I. the coward
they say / he;
I care for nobody, divil bit. eos nobody
cares for me. .-- ~-.-.- -.
He stood on his steps few moments more
And wondered what time 1t might be,
When the buggy of Northam drew up to
And it's owner yelled out to the old
GOatee, Goatee.
Bily-Goatee. Goatee.
~ REFRAIN: II
why, o. Tis I. you skunk O. lis come out
for q ride with me. 'lI.
I care for nobody. nor for you, but yump
along In with me. i f
They jumped on together along Broadway;
And the bells on the cars kept on ring
But 8. lis. at least. so The Herald folks
riuht ctroi0ht olnpu v,tty, - s,r~