Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-10-27
SPANS DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE.

times bankers are the barOmeterS
of business sentiment. Intima-
tions as to the significance of poll
itical movements effect them first,
and afterward the people. Amer.
lean bankers who have daily COM
municatiou with Europe report
now that. from their foreign cor
respondence, it is clear that Great
Britain, France and Spain are
watching closely the progress of
the Congressional campaign in
this country. Official opinion in
each of the three countries is that
no explanation will remove the
belief that President Mckinley
has been condemned for the adj
ministration's conduct of the war
in case the democracy gains the
next House of Representatives..
More significant than this is the
fact that IN British financial
circles reports that the Democrats
expect to control the next House
are beginning to shake the conf
dence which was established by
Mckinley election.
/ Before the war, during the
war, aud after the war our
4 trade relations with all h e
4 European countries have been
such as to turn business sentiment
| in our favor. Never was our Gre
dit balance in Europe so large as
it is today. Never in any period,
war or no war, did the United
s; States sell so many of her prod
ucts for cash to European nations.
/ The victories of our navy. the
!, splendid achievements of our ar
my at Santiago, the conclusion OF
the war after l13 days, gave the
t United States such prestige in
Europe as it never had enjoyed
before. And yet the confidence
that has prevailed in political Cir
! cles in Europe is weakening al
the, very elimination of our -tri-
Iumphs, weakening because there
is fear that the next Congress
!. may be hostile to the President,
and that he will not be able te
) carry out the policies associated
/ with the first year of his admins.
. tration and with the triumph o1
his country in war.
t Explanation of the defiant atti
tude of Spain is found in the be.
lief of Sagasta aud the Other
: Spanish leaders that the Demo
Gratis will succeed in the Congress,
: sional election this fall. i. They
! believe that the Democratic party
E stands ready to rebuke the ad
; m1n1stration for its conduct Of the
e war, and they hope that victory
: of the Democrats will strengthen
E the Spanish cause. Certainly, i:
e the Americans are divided and i.
e Europe has a demonstration 0:
: this fact in the triumph of the
e Democrats in the Congressional
= election of Nov. 8, Spain will bt
j. encouraged to make demand:
which she knows now could no
g Ibe entertained, but which woult
: prolong indefinitely the periot
i before a final treaty of peace.
n The Importance of the Con
u gressional election cannot be owe
d estimated. lAll those who believ,
I in the Mckinley doctrine, al
: those whotbelieve that the Presi
l. dent should be sustained in hi
i war policy, all those whose 'aspi
Q rations look toward higher civ
e ilization in the Philippines unde
q American control, all those, VIII
/ believe in the expansion polio
e 1naugurated by Jefferson, carrie
It out by Monroe, approved by Gran
( and Harrison, and given full fore
s by Mckinley, should vote for tn
: Republican candidates for Con
" gress. There are times when le
q cal issues aud per sonal prejudice
II inf1uence Congressional elections
5. They should cut no figure now
n The question Of today is a; ques
y tion that appeals to American
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