The herald., 1896-10-11
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BY JAMES q. CLARK

view OF Reviews an article on The
Three Presidential Candidates,
which contains incidental reference to
Mckinley and Bryan. OF the former
he says5 .'"Mr. Mckinley believes In
sound finance-that is, In q currency
based upon gold and as good as gold"
AS matter of fact, 1t is difficult for Nc
Kinley' 'smost intimate friends to tell
what his currency views really are.
His speeches and utterances up to
1892 Indicated that he was an ardent BIZ
metallist ana believed in treating the
two metals impartially.
Senator John Mitchell of Oregon
stumped that state and proclaimed the
fact wherever he spoke that Mckinley
was a hearty believer In the restoration
of silver TO legal equality with gold. and
to prove this quoted some OF his speech
es. Mr.. Roosevelt says: "Mr. Mckinley
believes in the only method OF pre-
serving orderly 1iberty--that is, seeing
that the laws are enforced at what
ever cost" This recipe for the preser-
walton Of orderly liberty" is one that
the czar of Russia or the sultan OF
Turkey. could not possibly object to. put
when Americans who betieye ,ms,ats IN non tnas
the enactment of just laws and the re-
peal Of unjust ones are asked to sub
scribe to 1t as the "only method" Mr..
Roosevelt may find that his proposition
will be no less hard to assimilate than
was the enforcement OF the fugitive slave
act and other laws in the interest OF
chattel slavery.
According to this "only method" the
money kings have but to create the
most oppressive and unjust laws,
through the most unfair and dishonest
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do the rest, provided the army itself
does not object.
Evidently Mr.. Roosevelt's highest II
not only, idea OF law Is the written
statutory article, and this, when COM
bined with his "only method" Of en-
nothing further to be asked or desired
by the. worst tyrant that ever walked
the earth.
1t is well to understand that Mr.
Roosevelt represents what may be
termed the best and highest moral and
economic sentiment Of the monied and
aristocratic elements in New York and
the east generally, that in politics es-
pecially he is an acknowledged "re-'
former. and Is the, oracle Of Anglicized
Americans, who believe not only in
English finance. but in English civil and
social ethics, which insist that every
thing should be done in decency and or
der even to the eviction Of the poor
from the tenements Of the rich and the
saying Of grace before and after de-
vourfng Widows houses. He speaks as
one having authority and in behalf Of
certain limited class who, having sue
ceeded In rnonopolizing through the en-
actment and enforcement Of unjust
laws, nearly all the country's common
wealth. imagine that they have likewise
got corner on all the available honor"
and patriotism" in the United States.
and they prove their own personal and
intrinsic lack of these qualities by
tion that they are the sole possessors
and guardians Of them all, which. by
the way. Is an infalliable sign, for gen.
uine patriotism. personal honesty and
purity of heart. like the Christian
graces. are not forever gabbling about
own superior uprightness by insisting
upon the lack of 1t in others.
Mr.. Roosevelt, In the course of his
article in the Review Of Reviews, makes
the following statement concerning Nc
kinley and Hobart: "All the elements
which have rallied behind Mr.. McKin-
ley are Just as heartily behind Mr. Ho-
bart.s The twp represent the same forces
and they stand for party with a CO.
herent organization and definite pur-
pose, to the carrying out of which they
are equally pledged" This is all very
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expressed even by Bryan himself,
though Mr.. Roosevelt in specifying the
elements which have rallied behind
Mr.. Mckinley" left out Hanna. This,
however. may be due to the fact that
the later does not rally behind" but
before, McKinley-a sort Of guiding
star.
AS regards the elements" referred
to- the people need not be reminded of
their character and purpose. and their
very nature ,and the harmony of means
adopted to the one definite purpose"
are proving their chief and fatal weak
ness. But our Wall street oracle does
not realize this, because egotism, ar
rogance and injustice are always blind.
The following are few of Mr.. Roose-
veits choice phrases, which need no
answer and are selected with view to
prove their author a .reformer," a fair
minded opponent and a Christian gem
tleman:
The men who LEFT the Republican
party because of the nomination of Mr.
Mckinley would have left it Just as
quickly II Hobart had been nominated.
there IT is again), and though many of
the polters object to anarchy and favor
protection, they feel that in this crisis
their personal desires must be repressed
and that they'are conscientiously bound
70 support the depreciated dollar, even
the principles. Of a low tariff and the
doctrine that mob should be allowed to
do what 1t likes with impunity. There
are many advocates of clipped or de-
precfated money who are rather sorry
10 see the demand for such currency
coupled with demand for more law
lessness and an abandonment by the
government Of the police functions.
Wnich are the essential attributes of
clvillzation, but they have overcome
snelr reluctance, feeling, that on the
wnoAe, II IS more important that the
money OF the nation should be unsound
Ina 1nan lts laws should be obeyed.
Ihey are repelled by Mr.. Mckinley 8 al
!ee,ance to the cause Of sound money.
ano ma nothing in Mr.. Hobart's un.
compromisingly honest attitude on the
same question to propitiate them"
unis Is Wall streets highest estimate
through Mr.. Roosevelt-of the Repub-
mean free silver element, and 1t does
not seem to take in the fact that II whs
not Mckinley but the gold plank in the
plaform that drove them from the party
80 far as Mckinley was concerned. he
had proved his wonderful adaptabilitv
to any attitude to which Hanna might
ADJUST him, so long as it gave him the
republican nomination. So far al Ho-
bart was concerned, nobody exceDt the
eastern syndicate kings knew anythin9
about him or his ''uncompromisinp plv
honest attitude" on any question.
Mr. Roosevelt speaks Of Messrs. BRYAN
Sewall and Watson as being ALMOST
equaAy devoted adherents Of the light
Wet&ht dollar and of a curroncv 1u,L1.L