The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

pose OF guaranteeing 10 every
on whose place the trust companies held
a mortgage the right to vote as he pleas
ed. provided he was pleased to vote as
he was told TO vote. Otherwise they as
sured him In the klndest and most Chris
tian spirit that he could only remain on
his farm until the mortgage became due.
We indorse this broad. liberal. patriotic
and generous policy toward the mortgaged
farmers OF the United States, which policy
was prompted by the most generous and
most virtuous impulses OF the human
heart. and we recommend a further ex-
tension OF this highly moral and philan-
thropic practice in future campaigns.
The experience of the Republican Party
In the campaign of 1896 and subsequent
thereto has demonstrated the wisdom and
necessity of placing all power of the party
under the supreme control and domination
OF one strong. pure-minded and patriotic
man. The Judgment Of all party power in
the person of our dearly beloved. Marcus
Aurelius Hanna. was at once an act of
child-like confiding simplicity and Mt the
same time an exhibition OF the highest
order of intellectual and patriotic dis
elimination. Surrounded at all times as
he is by the representatives of the great
trusts. the great railroads and the great
banks, and by the agents of the Roths-
childs, he at all times has the advantage
of the highest order Of intelligence, patri.
otism and Christian citizenship. which
can only be held by the possessors or re-
personalities of great money or property
interests. We therefore congratulate the
millions of servants of the Republican
Party that they have transferred their
individual sovereignty TO the exclusive
control of this great and good man.
Our all-wise and all-powerful ruler,
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, has graciously
permitted us to say to the servants Of
the party that he still retains the most
I'd fnr thnr,,
he will use his utmost endeavor to again
touch the philanthropic hearts OF the
chiefs OF the money centers Of
the world in the coming cam
paign to enable him to procure
the necessary quantity of noble patriot
ism for distribution among the people and
TO assist him in carrying out the work to
which his whole life is pledged-of purify
ing the ballot and rendering sacred thu
right of American suffrage Our great
master, In furtherance of these highly
moral purposes assures his servants that
the fund of slS,0Oo,0oo at his command in
1896 was all that was needed to defray
the legitimate expenses of the campaign
OF education which he waged and by tho
judicious expenditure of which he was
enabled to cleanse the morals of the
people," preserve the ballot from pollu-
tion," prevent the corrupt use of money"
and otherwise sanctify the cause of an
honest dollar.
Our good master has instructed us to
send special greeting to those Senators
and Representatives Of the United States
Congress, and to leaders Of thought in
the Middle and Western States, who have
reposed implicit confidence in the party
under its present management He desires
us to extend to them his sincere thanks
for their unselfish fidelity to the inter-
ests of himself and his conductors. who
are the beneficiaries Of the policies Of the
party.
He recognizes that the allegiance of
many Senators and Representatives who
have in the past been supporters OF BIZ
metallism can only be maintained by
their surrender of convictions and princi-
pies heretofore dearly cherished and open.
ly proclaimed to their constituents; and
he instructs us to assure them of his high
appreciation OF their heroic devotion to
the interests of the trusts and the bene-
hciaries Of the gold standard so cheerful
ly rendered by them at the expense of the
willful violation of the pledges made to
the people who sent them to Washing
ton and whose sworn representatives they
are supposed to be.
He directs this convention to convey 70
them his profound appreciation of this
willful deception of their constituents and
to assure them that in his code of morals
no act of loftier purpose or more ster-
ling integrity can be found. 1t is our
lHeStl1ndDle pressure 10 assure all
such loyal and faithful servants of the
gold standard that liberal donations will
be cheerfully made from the funds sub
scribed by the trusts and corporations to
secure their retention in public Office by
the usual business methods" employed
by our sainted leader in his earnest ef-
forts to purify the ballot and preserve
the honor and integrity of the nation"
AS one startling and convincing proof Of
tho beneficial effects OF our sacred gold
standard we point with qualification and
pride to the fact that Il has enabled go
900 to accumulate so per cent. of all the
wealth of the United States. leaving 20
per cent. to be divided between n,75O.oO0
people"
These results indicate conclusively to
any fair-minded citizen the wisdom of the
existence of the gold standard and the
necessity for its continuance. It's orig
inal invention and adoption, IL not indeed
OF divine origin, was certainly In response
to that memorable decree of fate that the
many should toll while the few reap the
rewards of their efforts. This is as 1t
should be. The blatant and demagogical
declaration adopted by the illlterate and
uncouth body of men who in 1776 decided
that "all men are created equal has long
since been abandoned by the higher
classes of our citizenship, and we now
obediently acquiesce in the inevitable
trend of civilization toward the permanent
establishment of the rule of the gold STAN
dard and trusts, whereby the common peo-
pie who are engaged in the vulgar voca-
ton of producing wealth shall UNDER
stand that the fruits of their labor right
fully belong to the moneyed classes, who
are entirely competent to absorb the pro-
ducts of toll and to govern and control
the producers of wealth.
The time has come when the great
master of the Republican Party deems it
wise to take his servants into his conf
dence as to the methods which he will
employ in all future campaigns. Hence
forth, as in the campaign of 1896 and SUBJ
sequent one, the unvarying policy of the
party shall be, first, to persuade the citi-
zen to support the party. If he refuse to
do that, then, second, by all the power
of intimidation and coercion so success
fully employed in the campaign of 1896 and
those which followed it. compel him to
support 1t. If that fail, then, third, to
buy him. If that fail, then. fourth de-
stroy him socially, politically and finan-
cially.
With so simple and effective a rule pub.
licly proclaimed, it is the opinion of our
master that the reason, conscience and
patriotism of the citizens will become i'm
mediately responsive to the desires of the
beneficiaries of trusts and the gold stan
dard, and a great victory for a free"
unrestricted" and pure ballot will have
been achieved by our consecrated leader
IN MS relentless eHorts to "c'eanse the
morals of the people," defend t5a right
of American manhood" assert the rer-
sonal freedom of the citizen" and "pre.
serve the honor and integrity of the ma
ton"
The successful achievements which hava
been attained by the concentration Of oil
party power into the sacred care and
keeping of our beloved master justifies ms
in recommending to the serious Consider
alton of the American people the PROPOSE 4
ton to surrender. the form of republican
that ha spirtt and suhStanra of hot exou