Fair play., 1899-06-24
MARK HANNA'S PLATFORM.
Drnxen FnlschoOds Tint Arc ElRtly
COntrndictcd by History
and Records.

Mark lIanna's Ohio platform is COM
posed of brag and promise in the ratio
of about ninety-nine to one. The brag
part is about equally divided between
lies concerning the dreadful things
| done by the wicked democrats and lies
concerning the miracles wrought by the
sanity republicans.
| In the former category of lies are
such statements as that under the last
democratic administration and as the
, result of democratic principles and pol
icy "our industries were DESTROYED. cap
ital and labor were unemployed. the
| poor suffered as never before in our
history. =" every branch of
trade felt the blghting influence of
the democratic hard times.
the gold reserve disappeared. the gov
ernmcnt borrowed money To pay cur
rent expenses" and SO on.
or course. there is no mention of the
fact that the democratic tariff" which
is alleged To have been the cause of AL
the misery. was very much higher and
more protective than WAS The original
tai 1T VI lNbl. NOT is 1IltFc
any mention of the fact that there was
a panic in 1873 under Il tari II republican
in every feature, which was fully as
disastrous as that of 1898 and fully as
productive of suffering among the poor
Nor is there any alluSion to the fact
that the gold reserve WAS fast di-ap-
pcaring for nearly three years before
the beginning of the last democratic
administration. and disappearing un-
der the operation of Il republican stat
ute known as the Sherman silver pur-
chase act. Nor. finally, is there any al
fusion to the fact that under wholly re-
publican legislation the annual surplus
of Sloo.G0n,00O or more OF Clcvcland's
first administration steadily fell dur
ing the Harrison administration and
was converted into q deficit some
months before Clercland's second adj
ministration began.
All these things are facts Of history
and official record. and they tlatlv con
tradict the assertions of the Hanna plat
form and brand them every one as
brazen falschootls.
And they perform III" same oi)icr for
the other category Of lies. Hll of which
are to the effect that the recovery from
the depression following rh,. panic of
1S93-thc republican silver law and
Observation-Disclosures wa> vhniiy
due to III" "splrrdid republican admin
istration" of William Mckinney.
After uttcring Ibis long string of an
cicnt and notorious fal>chuuds in def
of the democratic PARTY ard
laudation of the republican party. Han
mas platform goes on 10 say that ito
the same master guidanc" = the
people can safely commit ,hr solution
of the momentouS problem of the iU-
ture of Cuba. Porto Rico and the Phil .
ippincS. Their wiSr solution Viii vast
ly increase our foreign trade. spread
American civilization abroad AMI add
to the honor and powrrarh glory of this |
great nation
That is Just what We have been herr /!
ing for months. We must Icalr. every {
thing To the ma j"r. implicitly tru>' 10 ,
his infallihlc wisdom iu guiding the, IA +
ton To honor and rowcraud glory. Not .
to do this is treason. Still. some nf Us
will uhstiuHfrly adhere to the opinion .
that the abandonment under this .I,as- :
ter guidance Of the great ur!nci;.lr Of .
sclf-g government on which our rcIsurii. .
is founded has not only involved US in
n ferociouS war and cogrrillt,d NOT Il
thing TO the honor ANA power Glory
~ l,,, III,