The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
The Memphian Mooncalf.

Our esteemed contemporary, the CONNER
cial Appeal, will get neurasthenia long be-
fore the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November If it doesn't curb it's present ex-
hausting and perilous condition Of excite
ment. Even on the Monday before the deci-
sive Tuesday in November, the inflamed
fiubdub subjoined would smack of lunacy
Major MCKINLEY is TO he censured not because he Is
seeking the onice, but because he is seeking 1t after
q fashion that must Inevitably lower his own dignity
ana self. respect and degrade the standard Of polit
ical morality, besides placing him under heavy obi.
cations to n class seeking special favors from the
Government. He has placed in charge OF his
campaign "A coarse.grained and vulgar million.
aire of this class. q man whose grovellinR CON-
ception OF the purpose OF life and the end OF
man Is comprised within the disk OF q dollar. to
whom men and motives and laws aud policies are
commodities to be bought and sold. Mr.. MARK HANNA
has bargained for the right to make the tarir laws of
the country. He is now buying the power to tax the
American people. Mr.. MCKINLEY is merely an Incident
Of the deal IL Is necessary that there should be some
person like MCKINLEY at the head OF the Government
In order TO carry out tho scheme of farming the taxes
OF Mr.. MARK HANNA and his associates In the very
nature of things a campaign based upon such motives.
conducted for such a purpose and by such persons.
must be on a low plane. The crawling vulgarians
who have planned TO buy the Presidency for Nc
KISIRY and the power of taxation for themselves,
ave- necessarily uTdBktu II campaign uOWnt " tnelF
own level"
In the name Of the Prophet, stuff! Major
MCKINLEY deserves praise for boldly throw
ing away the tattered commonplace believed
in by no man and by no man really fol-
lowed, that the Office should seek the man.
He wants to be nominated for President; he
means to get, If he can get, delegates
enough to nominate him; and he and his
friends are openly aiming to secure the nee
essary number. Mr.. HANNA, who happens
to be, and has n perfect right to be, a rich
man, is one OF the most attached Of Mr.. Nc
kINLEY's friends, as he is perhaps the most
active, il not invariably the most judicious
of the gentlemen who are hoping to bring
about the nomination of the Canton states
man. Mr.. HASNA's wealth is distributed
through many channels of business; and he
is not dependent upon n high protective
tariff for prosperity. Indeed, even il he
were, the notion that prosperity can be pro-
NOTED by means of protection is one which
sounds strangely in the mouth of an advo-
cate of "a low tariff or a tariff for revenue
only, like our Memphis contemporary.
Finally, Mr.. MCKINLEY is not the man to
grant, even il Mr.. HANNA were the man to
bSh, itRlSlhNltu ~ ItIuIu loT laNOTS TtCtlNtl,
and if both Mr.. MCKINLEY and Mr.. HANNA
were willing to be the knaves imagined by
this wild Memphian, they are not such fools
as to suppose that the President makes the
tariff laws or any other laws.
Mr.. HANNA is an intelligent, capable,
and agreeable citizen, who minds his own
business, and will do anything in reason
and honor for a man he admires and likes.
He is not known or believed by the persons
best acquainted with him to want any office,
emolument, or eward whatever should his
labors for Mr.. MCKINLEY be successful and
should Mr.. MCKINLEY become President.
"Coarse-grained,' vulgar" "grovel-
ling" 'crawling vulgarians,'' and so on,
are mere dabs of color thrown in for orna-
mental purposes. Doubtless they are re-
garded by the artist as effective, however
much they may amuse the calm spectator.
1t was perhaps unnecessary to say any
thing in regard to charges so palpably the
result of thorough misinformation heated
by the unquenchable fire which sometimes
burns around the tariff; but II may he that
the Memphian mooncalf Is not the only
entry in it's class; and il is remarkably early
to begin a fool campaign.