Graham guardian., 1897-03-19
EIGHT vEXED QUESTIANS THAT
CONFRONT MCKINLEY.
Summed up by Thomas Il. Watson. Late
| Candidate For President.


Candidate For yice-President.
There is no suggestion of mug
wumpery about this new admin
istration. 1t is stalwart to th,
core.
/ Mckinley has not obtained hi,
election as Republican with the
purposes of antagonizing Repub
lIcan policies. He is not posing as
the big chef, who is bigger and
better than all the ether chiefs.
and who is, therefore, above ali
party shackles.
The cabinet he has chosen is as
decidedly positive in its makeup
as the President himself No DEM
ecratlc Gresham holds place IN it.
NO Palmerite secures Reorganization.
The cabinet is rigidly Republican.
A cABINFT OF THE 'tpRIv1LEGED."
These men do not represent the
commons. There is no hint of the
third estate" whatsoever. In Nc
hinley's Cabinet the privileged
orders are represented as they have
never been before in any Ameri-
can Administration.
With John Sherman rs confer
piece, the grouping harmOnizes per.
tectly with the political sizes, shape
and color of that eminent spokes-I
nan Of privileged combinations of
wealth. The country at large know
Mr.. Sherman well, and the public
opinion concerning him has crystal.
lied.
lie commenced his public career
money. He has been CON
tlnonsly in politics; he has drawn
The salary of congressman and of |
secretary of the treasury; out of
this he has had to support his fami.
", and to-day he is millionaire
sHERMAN's USE OF OPPORTUNITY.
a secretary of the treasury he
lad larger opportunities than any
other secretary ever had. There
we're millions upon millions to be
banded over to favolite banks to be
Ised, without interest, at a Tune
when the banks found no difficulty
n safely lending at large profits.
There were huge bond deals to
'e manipulated. La these transac-
IONS Mr.. Sherman found himself
'reathing the opuleut atmosphere
# the Belmonts, the Morgans and
he Rothschllds.
Immense fortunes were made by
rlvate persons in these colossal
transactions, and when they were ]
nded Mr.. Sherman was rich man. {
he coincidence is worth attention.
Not only is Mr.. Sherman held 9
y the public generally to be the a
cry embodiment of the poor poll
clan who gets rich by dong
hat the corporations want done, n
ut be is also regarded as the es- h
eeial representative of the deadly y
Obey Of contracting the currency. =
lie is held responsible for the des-
'uction Of the paper money which
le people believe was so beneficial :,
the country. I
To the masses Of the people,
pcretore, the selection of John n
bermrn as Premier Of the admin. Il
tration is significant and omi-
Gus fact, and Mr.. Mckinley has
ade this impression indelible by a
around Mr.. Sherman h
her political magnates Of the like a
18th and order. n
Mr.. Gage stands for antagonism p
the greenbacks, friendship to 4
le national banks and hostility to e,
Ie increase of the currency by sill h
,r coinage or otherwise. IN
He represents the kind of BIZ ia
etallism which all the metropo!i. G
n bankers want-the unanimous 5,
uropean agreement sort-which
knows we cannot get.
Mr.. Bliss goes into the President
family redolent of the New York H
hamber of Commerce and the h,
ocular notions about patriotism in
I'd government which emanate
ON that unselfish region, colored q
his views by his local environ W
ent, as most of US are. OF
Mr.. Bliss will appear to the coun- OF
y at large as an ideal representa- a,
We of the Wall street interests. X
aving been treasurer of the Nc til
inley campaign fund. he, of all AZ
en- knows which corporations a,
and what those al
were promised 81
the way of legislation friendly pI
corporate wishes. III
His gong into the cabinet will ri
pear to mean that tie Mckinley Oh
intends to keep as
III with the said contributors 20 pr
5 expenses. Mr.. Bliss is a nil &c
,nairo banker, Just as Mr., Sher B
an was and Mr.. Gage is. al
Gen. Alger is also a millionaire, A
I'd his views harmonize with Sher-
ans. Then comes Gray, another
then Long, OF Massa,
lusetts, attorney for trusts and
Then there is Nc. II