The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
MONEY AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.

MONEY AT THE BOTTOM OF 1T.
THE MEANING OF THE MCKINLEY
We find in the great organ of the
Prohibitionists this article:
The Mckinley canvass has begun to
encounter storms. When Senator
William E. Chambers eye began to
| flash and his lip to curl, few days
| ago, the signal service experts OF tho
political weather-bureau predicted a
hard blow. The Senator from New
Hampshire declared that he had eyi.
| dencc that satisfied MIN that it is
true, that McKinley's friends are rails
| ing, out OF manufactures pockets,
sou, 600 to secure his nomination for
President. This, he says, is unfair;
| for the other "fayOrite sons" of the
Republican Party are equally trust
worthy on the tariff, and whatever
manufacturers might do in the
1rain from this sort Of thing,to de feat
other Republicans who are just as
much their friends as Mckinley. He
winds up by saying:
| The republican party should begin
its new career STAINED by high prin-
ciples and free from corrupt practices.
1t will be fatal mistake, soon to be
grievously punished, if we make a dis.
honest start"
But it is hard to see why, If the
manufacturers are justified in paying
afterward for the election OF the Re.
publican candidate, they are not justi-
to secure the right candidate. The
others may he ''all right on the
tariff" but did any one Of them, be-
fore McKinley's time, make up tariff
schedule by telling the manufacturers
TO come in and make up their own
schedules? Senator Chandler does not
carry his ethics far enough. II we
are to have manufacturers own par
ty we ought to have also the manu-
facturers' own candidate. and it is no
worse to buy the one than to buy the
Other.-N. Y. Voice.
And United States Senator Cullum,
Illinois, has publicly charged that the
manufacturers have invaded the
state, and worked for two years to steal
away the support to which he was
naturally and justly entitled, and
that that result was achieved by tile
corrupt use Of money.
| And the great millionaire, Mark
Hanna, Of Cleveland, and the Oil
Trust, and the Coal Combine, Of both
of which he is conspicuous leader,
are also behind Mckinley They can
furnish millions for the fight, and
reimburse themselves by putting up
the price of coal and kerosene. A dol-
lar ton rise in coal,-and such a
rise took place recently,-would cover
all possible cost of the campaign and
leave millions of a surplus to the
men who managed it.
II Minnesota had been left to her
self she would undoubtedly have sent
a Davis delegation to ST. Louis, for it
was in the natural order of events;
and Davis is gold-bug aud a higl-
tariff advocate. as much as Mckinley;
and just as able man. Why then
should Minnesota abandon Davis and
take up man, living 800 miles away,
who represented the same policies?
And who is it that paid for the meet
ings at Crookston and other points, to
fight Davis? See the report Of the
battle in Texas, where the negro dele
gates were first bought by one side
and then bought back by the other;
and at last the convention ended in a
regular knock down and drag-out fist
fight.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, furnished tine money to start
newspaper in New York to boom
Davis, but either their cash or their
nerve gave out, and they failed to
meet the forces Of Mckinley in Min
nesota and elsewhere.
We hope no honest man will deceive
himself. This is not the Republican
party Of Lincoln's time. 1t is a corpse
masquerading in the garments of
mighty past. The battle is no longer
one of principles but of purses. Great
monied interests dominate the world.
Their object is the stealing Of still
more of the wealth produced by the
people; for all wealth must come from
labor. Why then should not the peo-
pie think for themselves and try to
protect their property? Is any man
fool enough to be hypnotized by a
mere name while his pockets are be-
ing emptied?
Let the fools who can be governed
by trumpets and drums. and rockets
and brass-bands, and the orations of
$40 day lawyers, be gathered into a
bunch, while the rest Of mankind spit
upon them, as imbeciles unworthy of
the right of suffrage, and as idiots
who would sell the heritage Of hui
manity for hurrah.
This transcendant fact stands out
and no man can deny it,
The Republican party is supported by
ece,y corporation, ring, combine and trust
IN america. The Wanndmokers, the
Go,.lds, the Tanderbihs, the Rothschilds the
Rocketelle1s all sustain 1t. Every banker
n,ortgage-shark, and usurer are aDith 1t by
instinct.
Why should YOU support it.