The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-26
Some Important Isms Of the Hour
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Some important lSms OIL the Hour
Cause Trepidatlon.
The G. O. P. is wrestling with some
vcrv worrying "isms just now: Quay
ism, Algerism, Platism, Hannaism,
and Rooseveltism represent some of
the best known brands, but "there are
Others Mckinleyism has not been
wholly forgotten in its obi form, al
though it has recently turned oct in
"a brand new drew" - quibbling
equivocation and snivelDg deception
being the acute form in which it now
poses before the public eye. ssThe
responsibilities of victory" have been
set forth in glittering generalities,
during his swing around the circle,
without disclosing one article of that
creed OF political faith upon which he
proposes that these responsibilities
Shall be met. If the public is going
TO be left in the dark until it can
patch up and formulate an idea of this
creed from the public acts of the Ad-
ninistration and those who are hold
ing up the Administrations arms, it
must seem that the chief advantage
giving articles in that new creed seek
to further turn the whole machinery
of the Federal Government into cum
ming device for tue sole purpose of
subscribing the personal interests of
the individual few, to whom the pres
ent Administration owes its existence
and power. Mr.. Mckinley is not only
not going 10 heed the popular de-
mands of The hour in furthering his
:ar-castern policy, but he is going to
&c controlled absolutely by the be-
hests OF his masters in dealing with
those aspects of all important ques-
tions which come home to the people
of the laDd-regardless o; the injus
tice and iuequities of the adjustment.
By what sense OF political justice can
be be guided in attempting to fasten
responsibility for the municipal debts
of Cuba upon the people of the Unit
ed States? BY what course of rea-
soning can he reconcile such a pro-
ceedure with the avowed purpose for
which we took up arms? In what
school OF justice does he find justif-
cation for the purpose made manifest
lately of guaranteeing the payment of
the municipal debts of Cuba simply
because some venturesome American
capitalist have invested their money
in the schemes Of making such i'm
provement in exchange for bonds is
sued by these respective towns and
indorsed by the Spanish Government?
How can he reconcile the policy Of
placing an iucumbrance upon the
whole American people by way of af-
fording protection to these venture
some Spectators with any honorable
conception of his sworn duty to the
whole body polite? Thinking ones
know that the interests of America
capitalists are at the bottom of nearly
everything, OF a public nature, that
this Administration has done since its
advent to power. 1t exhausted its
resources in trying to stay-off and
finally prevent the war with Spain
at the dictation Of the American hold
ers of Spanish bonds; it bent all Of
its powers and energies to the consul
nation of the scheme Of anne1ing
Hawaii-at tie dictation of American
owners of interests in the Sandwich
Islands; it consents to having the
United States assume responsibility
for the municipal debts of Cuba-at
the dictation of american spectators
who have sent their capital down
there to build water works, electric
plants and otler money-making en-
terprises-at the dictation OF Ameri-
can capitalists whose money was so
invested; it now proposes to release
back to Spain all of the Philippine
Islands accept that ofLuzop, because
the retention OF the whole archipelago
would vastly impair the value of Span
ish bonds in the hands of American
capitalists-regardless ofthe popular
clamor of our own people; it is going
through the farce Of having the mis-
deeds of the War Department during
the war with Spain investigated in
obedience to the popular demands
therefor-but it took particular pains,
iu constituting the committee OF in
vestigation that a white-wasbing re-
suit was forestalled-ard this IS so
apparent that even the Rev. Lyman
Abbott, pastor Of Henry Ward Beech
er's old church in Brooklyn, felt COM
PEELED to cry out against the attempt
at popular deception. The only words
that seem broad enough to cover even
half ofthe latest manifestation of Nc
kinleyism are universal rascallty
and unb!ushirg debauchery, with a
shameless pervertion OF every func-
ton OF government"