The herald., 1898-11-09

coming will not be able to ENJOY the comPara
tive luxury of the eigh t-hour labor system
Charges from been made that Abner
Mckinley the president has interested himself in
procuring contracts for furnishing clothing
BROTHER and other supplies for the army, and that
ABNER he has done a intermediary and for
profit It is regrettable that such charges
made especially if there basis of truth
in them We avoid thinking that at the oes there
foundation these charges as it seems monstrous and
impossible that they could have been manufactured out OF whole
CLOTH He hardened and unpatrioc sinner who Will invent
infamous thing involve the brother OF the OF
the United States bring disrepue the government
We shall hope will turn out that nothing wrong mas oeen
by brother Abner dpore anything that shall lessen
se for government and institutions and especay that
which the occupant of the
The country somewhat suspicious since so much
misconduct alleged connection with the
the small percentage of the charges has been
established by rrefragible proofs.
In addition the reasoning is that corruption on the part OF
those close the president simply consistent with the methods
employed to carry the 1896 for the Republican ticket
That unprecedented of money contributed py the
wealthy classes engaged in trusts and syndicate and
expended corrupt voters undenied facts
contributed merely out ofove and affection
good but in expectation OF receiving the money
back through favoritsm and special interests
1t known fact that Hanna and some OF the relatives OF
Mckinley engaged in making promises of official rewards during
the campaign the nomination. in order to secure delegates
favorable candidate and that those promises were
after the installation of the president
would unfortunate indeed after all the shocking things
that done during the presidential campaign and also
during the period which raised and organized and
the progress have it established that one
so president brother has been guilty of doing
brokerage fleeing the and imposing
the grasped the rifle in defense of the honor
the flag who endured hadshps suffering and death
the glory of the republic should be enhanced
shall glad if brother Abner shall be able to exonerae
himself the president from implication that does him
nation infinite HARM Respect for popular govern
ment upon the unassailed virtue of officials Like
Caesars wife they must be above suspicion When man be-
president his family does not become royal are rea
tves licensed do that which the code Of morals respeca
by forbd They bound beyond others to the exercise
of circumspection in their conduct
The election returns in mornings Herald from all
the United States reminder thing that this
alton has to be thankful for compared with readers half
century The first tgraph message ever sent on regu-
ary strung ne "What hath God wrought" That
the line just from Washington Baltimore. The next
message of the presidential election That
1874 when Polk and Clay the candidates respect
lively Democratic and Whig parties 1t not until
well in the "fes that telegraph reached great
transmitting election returns Before the advent of
telegraph three weeks generally elapsed before
known with any certainty, how presidential election had
gone
From New York get indication of the way Agerism
pervades the administration and his wife arrested
at blackma and extoon They had fched Sl67
diamond pin from their victim and they trying to get
$4,000 When arrested it found that the had in
his possession the papers, signed by President Mckinley
pointing him United States consul at Durham South Africa The
mans home Cleveland and probably he protege of his
townsman Hon. Marcus A. Hanna.
1t remarkable that presumably busy like President
Mckinley and Coils p Huntington should have enjoyed such
wealth of leisure Monday just before the election Mr.
Huntington called at the White House and remained with the
president The great magnate in reply to inquiry
10Th
probable that the call related to something which Mr.
Huntington wishes avoid payment othe Central Pacfcs
debt to the government.
The presidents journey his ballot proves
that he political gudeboar He does not simply
point the way his pary-he goes himself And he de-
credit for it. In in politics the place for leader
in the lead 1t stated that the president Travelled
special He comparatively man, and we should
think he could hardly afford such luxury hope however,
that he paid his and has not laid himself under obligations
to railroad company
The Benjamin Harrison says disparagingy, that our
British have the good habit of standing by when their
nation is conducting delicate and irritating foreign questions
We have recollection of Americans taking to the woods under
There wide difference between stand
ing and standing incompetence and rascal
y developed departments of Republican administration
We are feeding hungry clothing naked of Europe
on reasonable From port Philadelphia 1000
bushels of and have been shipped the begin
ming this year. Meats and canned goods sending
abroad as never cotton wool and clothing fabrics
are familiar everywhere in Europe Under such conditions
fair share of the should tighten the burden of labor
1t only new coal supply, for California
Salt Lake railway that Southern Pacific surveyors
looking The rapid increase of coal consumption in South
ern California any such effort of discovery interesting
We are wing three times the prices paid for coal
and yet it believed that an abundant supply
might be obtained comparatively near home
That wandering war board had reached Chicago last
counts There must have mistake in the selection
witnesses there if we may Judge testimony given by
Schooler division surgeon who stationed at Camp