The times., 1897-10-29
Circulation Statement.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1897.
Mr.. Mckinley.

Mr.. Mckinley.
with "A decree OF sorrow and distnay that
. ( cannot longer conceal. we feel compelled
10 oex9rcssthe conviction that Mr.. Mckinley
graduaay, hut persfsteutly aud increasingly, 4
has demonstrated tie fact that he Is a man
without tie VIII power needed in his
position, auJ without the slightest control
over his own Admin is tration.
Although lac has been in office less than
eielIt months, during that short time he
has been forced iLto four positions gem
er3uy known u be abhOrrent to his views
and principles. He has been compelled
70 intrigue with the British government
for the destIuctI Of International binIetal-
Hs,n. and 10 defeat the mission OF his own
commission, which, but for the secret
interposition Of the Administration, would
have secured a basis or agreement for a
stable par CT exchange for silver and gold
ayita Great britain, France and India. and
IIobably with an the members Of the old
biinetalHc Laun Union.
Against his own record as a man and a
Christian. pledged To the holy cause Of hui
man liberty, he has been dragooned into
supporting and pressing the hideous Span
ish polioy OF his malodorous predecessor
Grover Cleveland, and coerced into shut
ting hiS eyes ard ears To the cry OF national
duty, the siaieks OF outraged, tortured
ard butchered innocence and the nanda-
tory canons Of international law; all tnat
tie terrors Of rule by the Inquisition should
be perpetuatcd in Cuba, aud that the
friends Of Dictator Hanna, who own
Spanish Cuban securities, or are interested
In the Sugar Tgust, should have Their
pound Of flesh, no matter at what cost Of
persecution and blood, or the dishonOr and
disgrace o. cur flag and nation.
de has beun cudgeIed into interference
in the local election in New York, and int
forming an alliance with the corrupt
rlacldues Of Croker and PIatt. for no othe-
purpose than TO punish the respectable
elements Of lis party in the national
metropolis for daring To protest against
tie dark and wicked methods used by his
business manager" last year 10 pur-
Chase his own election. and 10 extiuguisn
the rising star Of Seth Low, au honest Re
publican and an honored citizen, lest thai
man. perchance, should become an op-
posing Presidential quantity in 1900.
For these purposes, he has allowed himself
TO use the whole power of his influence
and patronage in a degrading crusade for
the relegation OF New York TO the rascaIy
rule OF rammany Han-to Croker aud
Crokerism--for the next four years
Finally, after "a pitiable and ridiculous
exhibition of squirming under the heel OF
popular and angry protest, he has been
brought 10 do the dirty work originated
by Grover Cleveland in sacrificing the
interests OF the Government in the Union
Pacific sale. Why he has given this lat
est evidence OF helpless subseryiency to
the corrupt influences that surround him
we dislike to reduce to the formula OF an
opinion. The facts and circumstances OF
the transaction are too suggestive af
things one does not like to speak or
write about in connection with the Chief
8Iagi strate Of the nation.
But the deductions from them cannot be
escaped. Mr.. Mckinley knows that the
oUnsummation Of the CIcyeland-Scldff- Nor
gan Huntington deal would not be per
mitted if the sale were to be postponed
until after the assembling OF the Congress
He knows that by Selling the Union Pacific
main line to the syndicate and postpon-
ing the sale of the Kansas Pacific diyis-
ion lac wrecks the Government claim OF
Sl3,BOo.00o against the latter. We viii
not here discuss his motives. We viii not
say that Mr.. Hanna's situation in Ohio,
on the eve OF election, is so desperate
that hc thinks he must have a few nil
lions 10 put into the campaign at any
price. We do know and say that the
scheme and his connection with it posi-
lively arc norrifying to the country.
If the history OF not quite eight months
is 60 n,aik the character OF the Mckinley
Administration for the full term OF hIs
tenure, thcn God save American