The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-03
The Aemorrat.
AS Seen by an Eastern Man.

II will require the exercise Of all
Speaker Henderson's well known taller
or rmusic TO preserve harmony in Ia
next congress,
Secretary Lcng will be able to keeI
out OF trouble just so long as he confine
his remarks to ''the flag" aud does no
attempt to afix the seal OF "oticial hero
lem" on Sampson.
Senator Hanna is trying to coerce the
1000 employees OF the Ashtabula dock
which he owns. AT the dinner hour the
other day he made them speech and
threatened them that unleas they voted
the Republican ticket they might find a
lack Of work. They are mostly oftoreign
birth, Poles, Firms, Swedes and Italians
Every victory Of the Filipiuos over the
Spanish was joytully halted by us as
victory of patriots fighting for liberty.
The Filipino claim TO the right OF seli
government is just as strong and valid
now as when We recognized it then.
Every American interest would have
been satisfied by the gaining Of naval
station in the Philippines and the open
ing of Manila TO our trade. Itwas Pres
ident Mckinley that insisted on contin-
uing the war with Spain unless she sold
us her vanished title to the whole of the
islands.
II is not sudden friendship for Eng
land, it is shamefaced confusion over
our own appeal to brute force to main
tain our title, which silences go many
republicans who would otherwise de
nounce that they would have formerly /
regarded as display Of British greed
and hatred Of republican institutions.
President Mckinley in his vote beg
ging tour failed 10 say anything about
s.opening the mills" in towns where the
mile have been closed by the trusts dur
ing his administration.
The Pennsylvania League ri republic
can clubs has declared against the
civil service reform aw. though the
way the law is administered under !
this administration it hardly amounts to
enough to be worth denouncing.
Members OF the cabinet already speak
Of our ''empire" in their speeches, and
it looks az though imperialism would Z
soon bring s'lese majestic" in Its train.
A man who tried to ask q question at :
one Of the Presidents Michigan meetings ?
WAS clubbed by the police, Jus: as he
would have been in Germany.
Pretilent Mckinley says that the
shedding Of blood is "augnish to my
SOUL but il is likely to be indefinitely
prolonged by his msintainIna Oils in =
for fear Of the popularity that !.
Miles would get by ending the war.
Three hundred mules were lost ain
'yphoon while on their way to Gen. Otis d
but l Q s,ill has plenty of obstinacy. n
Senator Hanna, through the Grm vi T
II. A. Hanna & 90. of which he is the Il
head, figures as prominent directing pl
member Of the mammoth soft coal trust -
ecsnily organized in Pennsylvania. ..
The senator's son, Daniel r. Hanna, "a
vas one OF the most active organizers of Il
hia great monopoly, and President Nc rs
iinIey's cousin, Frank NJ. Osborn, is to IT,
'e president Of this combine. ba
II the people of Luzon are incapable of in
elf government, the President might az
ct his yassal Sultan Of Sulu to give pr
hem few lessons. Mckinley has made Q
treaty with the Sultan allowing him to he
manage affairs in his own way. and
greeIng to peY him from the U. s.
reasurY for doing it.
Spanish Statesmen must emile when WI
ley think that the United States paid ke
lem $40. 100000 for the privilege os .,
'ying to crust what tLey had for year 81
led 20 crush, and failing as they had -
lied.
Even republican pa2ers end it hard to ,
.concile President McKinley's eta'e- be
lent that the Philippines came to Us eh
ithout our seeking, with the published fro
Of our Spanish treaty COM pa
lission, which show that they insisted kn
q Spain ceding US the whole OF the is -
Inds. under threat of our continuing
be war. pS