The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
THE TWO ISMS

IL TIE Mckinley administration be
analyzed closely it will be found to be
one of the least efficient in the history OF
the country. Events of momentous
character have occurred which have
drawn attention from the weakness
which have characterized the admins
tration
In the war with Spain il was the stored
up manhood of the man with the gun
that brought about results. The admin
istration had no more to do with the real
conduct of II war than if it was a fill
clustering expedition. The Part which
fell to it was so poorly executed that it
constituted disgraceful feature, for
tunately obscured by the gallantry of the
men. ii the wretchod failure to supply
the men in the front with everything
needful, could be considered apart from
the brilliant conduct of the men which
reflects glory upon the administra-
ton which it took no part in achiev-
ing, it would be deemed a fitting thing
at which to point the finger of scorn.
Every investigation SO far conducted
proves that the general public and the
administration contributed equally to
results We're equally intelligently active,
but the administration was accorded the
privilege of being first to receive official
information Whatever work it attempt
ed to do in which the men with the guns
did not take part, was such dismal fail
IRE that people stood aghast at the evil
dences of incompetency What is being
done in the Philippines we may surmise
by the conduct of affairs in Cuba.
But the successful outcome of the war
has strengthened the Mckinley admins
tration as people are so apt to attribute
results to those whose position would
naturally make them an outcome of their
activity
Then came reaction from period of
business depression, The cowboy be-
came financier and sought to over
throw "a system of finance which had
grown through generations, modified at
the suggestions of experience and approx
ed by the business Judgment Of the world
But the cowboy had an inspiration which
he communicated to the southern colonel
and they became missionaries in the field
of finance. The inevitable result follow
ed and business languished, When the
cowboys nostrum was rejected business
revived, The people looked for cause
and Mckinley appeared upon the scene
and the people shouted Behold the Max
sr of Prosperity. He receives credit for
this as he does for the outcome of the
war and his title is equally clear III both
cases
Isolate McKinley's actions from the
glory achieved by other men in which he
is permitted, unworthily, to share, and
from the rejection of the folly in the re-
pudiation of which he was passive. and
what record have we of merit shown by
him.
% Conduct of war which was design
I'd to cripple our own troops rather than
those of the enemy
(2l Ignorance of the situation in the !
Philippines, or if not, deliberate and |
wholly unnecessary deception regarding
it.
(D Criminal Aggression" adopted |
As policy under the softened name of |
Thenefcenp assimilation. =
AZ Failure to suggest legislation |
which would prevent recurrence of |
conditions that made his election prefer
able to the greater evil which the success
of his opponent would entail.
(5) An assault upon civil service de-
signed to be fatal and prevented from
being so because of the hold it had ON |
the public conscience.
This is McKinleyism of which the only |
thing that can be said in its favor is rel |
ative, that it is not as bad as Organism |
would be if invested with power