Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-09
DRrvE1LING HyPocRAcY.

The New York World, Pullitzer's He's sian gold bug organ, is making a fool of itself in railing against the appointment of Mark Hanna as secretary of the treas ury under McKinley's administration. It specifics quite a number, in it's opinion, of insurmountable objections to him. Among other things, it charges that MT. Hanna was not, up to year ago, known outside of Ohio; that he hasn't any of the requisite qualifications for the office; that he is now, and always will be, chiefly known as the great raiser and dispenser of gigantic campaign poodle fund; that his connection with MeKinley's nomina- tion and election should bar him from any place of high honor and trust under the formers administration, and above all, that he would necessarily be the com placent friend, if not willing and sub seryient tcol, of the trusts, syndicates, monopolies and bond erabbers who ex- psct to use the national treasury for their own special profit during the next four years, as they have under Cleveland's administration. This and much more of the same kind of hypocIitical driyel char acterzes the Worlds assaults upon MT. Hanna
 It would be rank mendacity for the World to claim that it did not know as well all the things it is now damning MT Hanna for, if they are true, before the Sd of November as it does now Il knew that he had "enterprised" McI<inley's nomination; it knew that he had succeed cd in raising by subscription from the trusts, monopolies. syndicates, bond grabbers and Wall street gamblers campaign fund of such high proportions as was impossible to expend in the legit- innate and honest charges of a pres.den- tial election; it knew, moreover, that this fund was raised for the purpose of prcs- titution and corruption during the cam pagn and was contributed with that ob- ject in view, covered by Hanna's ante election statement, that if he couldn't carry the election in one way he would in another. The World also knew that the logical result of the election of Me- Kinley would be a high protective tariff the breeder of trusts, monopolies and combines-and that the rapacious bsne- ficiares of that atrocious system of class legislation would demand of his admin istration the return of all its contribu- tions with usury compounded. And knowing these things, the World lent it's utmost aid to the success of the repub- lican party, led and mastered by Mark Hanna. Tn all decency it should hush it's hypocritical railing against Hanna, who, whatever may be said of him, is a sue cessful business man and political boss, and no hypocrltical mugwump.
 Upon the selection of his cabinet de- bends in large measure the success of Mir McKinley's administration. He Is man of affairs and experience, and is, no doubt, capable of judging who will be suitable members of his official house. hold, and will be able to organize his cabinet without the advice and even against the protests of snivelling mug wump hypocrites. Above all, MT. Me Kinley is a republican, elected by repub- licans, and his administration should be republican in fact as well as in mama.
 He will do well to disregard the pro- tests that may come from the World or any other sources of like character. He will do better to let it be known at once that he intends to ignore their advice, | unless it is in harmony with the counsel of his party friends and associates.