Iron County register., 1898-08-25

The more arduous duties of the cam
paign were placed upon the shoulders
o. the younger man, and nobly did he
respond to the call made upon his en-
ergies. The Democracy of this State
then had leaders that led in the way
they wanted to go. and a great victory
resulted. Much of the credit of that
victory was due to the splendid organ
izing ability of Governor Stone. The
Governor has the hearts of the Demo
Gratis of this State as John G. Carlisle
and Henry Watterson once had the
hearts of Kentucky's Democracy. They
believe in his honesty and sincerity,
and fully trust his integrity, but they
think that in giving countenance to
schemes of territorial expansion he has
made a mistake. The old-fashioned
Democrat wants to know who the men
are that are pushing expansion. He
wants to know who will profit by it?
What its after consequences will be?
How it is to be accomplished? In fact,
he wants the most complete and thor
ough Information before venturlng a
foot on the road. The very first thing
that comes under his observation
makes him suspicious. He sees that
every Plutocrat and trust promoter in
the land is widely in favor OF it. He
knows these men have not a Demo-
cratic instinct-not drop of Demo-
cratic blood in their veins. He finds
their papers denouncing Cubans, Porto
Ricans and Philippines as anarchists,
brigands and worthless people, because
they demand the liberty to work out
their own salvation as we were left to
work out ours. As Mexico was left to
work out hers. He sees schemes form
ulated to govern these islands as Royal
Provinces, without any regard to the
wishes of their people. He knows
that these propositions mean the
maintenance OF a strong standing
army. He believes that it is the in
tention of the enemies of Democracy
to accustom the people to the inter-
ference of Federal authority in their
toned to bear debts they never incur
red. He believes that he is witnessing
a systematic attempt to yoke the free
American to the plow of a worldwide
Money Trust, and that the present ad-
ministration does the bidding of Eu-
ropean money centres. He does not
like to see men whom he trusts affilliat-
ing with these people. He knows it
BODIES no good to him or his. What
American will be benefited in his per-
son, pocket, or means OF support, by
the annexation of the islands of the
sea? Who really cares anything about
it-aside from its ultimate effects upon
our government? The Money Lord
believes that the ultimate effect of
policy of expansion will be to fasten
his financial system upon US moro
firmly than before. If he did not
think this, he would not favor it. Is
Governor Stone willing to aid him?
We speak thus plainly to Governor
Stone because we deem it due to him
that he should understand how the
rank and file of the,party in this Sec
tion feel apon this question of expan-
sion. We can do so more freely be-
cause we have no axe to grind and
because we believe that any sacrifice
of principle or any compromise with
the enemy will result in disaster. o.
course, we discredit the story recently
published in the New York Sun that
there has been a deal between Govern
or Stone and Boss Croker of Tammany,
in which the Governor was to crowd
annexation to the front and the silver
question to the rear, because we be-
lieve him to be a man of sense. He
knows as well as anyone that Croker
could not carry township in Missou
ri, unless he ran on the Republican
ticket.